2017年贵州省学位英语真题及答案（四）

Part IⅢ Cloze (10 points)

Directions: There are 10 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices markedA, B, C and D. You should choose the one that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

The joy of laughing story is universal,probably as old as language 1___.But, what is it that makes a story or a joke funny?

As one who had enjoyed humor since I first recognized it, I've made 2____ to explain and discuss humor with students in such diverse cultures as Latin America and China.I've done some serious thinking about funny stories.It has been a labor of love!

Why is it 3____several students in a class will fall out of their chairs laughing after I tell a joke 4____the rest of the students 1ook as if I've just read the weather report? Obviously some people are more 5____ to humor than others.And,we recognized that some people tell jokes very well while others struggle to say 6____ We've all heard people say,“I like jokes,but I can't tell one well,and I can never remember them."some people have a better ____of humor than others  just as some people have more musical talent,mathematical talent etc. than others.A truly funny person has a joke for every occasion. A_ 8 person is not likely to be the most popular person in a group,It is reasonable to say that the truly humorous individual is not only well liked ,9____is often the focus of atenton in any gathering.

Humor is alive and well, and it will persist simply because there are funny things 10____every day. Some humorous people see and hear these funny things and are able to make them into funny entertaining jokes and stories.

1-5:ADCBA 6-10:DBDAC

1.A.itself  B.of it  C.of its own   D.himself

2.A.a decision  B.an attention  C.an arrangement   D.an attempt

3.A.what   B.when   C.that   D.before

4.A.When  B. while   C.and   D. though .

5.A.sensitive   B.sensible   C.senseless   D.sentimental

6.A.fun something   B.funny something   C.something fun   D.something funny

7.A.feeling   B.sense   C. ability   D.capability

8.A.humor   B.humorous   C.humored    D.humorless

9.A.but   B.or   C.and  D.either

10.A.happen   B.happened   Chappening   D.being happened