Question

Dr. Wiseman started the “l(fā)augh lab” project in September 2001. It is the largest study of humor. Participants are invited to log on the laugh lab website, give a few personal details, tell their favorite jokes and judge the jokes told by other people.

     Their project will last for a year, and the organizers hope to finally discover the world’s funniest joke. But there is also a serious purpose. The researchers want to know what people from different nations and cultures find funny. And they want to find out the differences between male’s and female’s sense of humor. The idea is that if we want to understand each other, we have to find out what makes us laugh.

     This is a subject that has long interested psychologists (心理學家) and philosophers (哲學家). Most of the time, people are not completely honest. We do things that society expects us to and say things that help us get what we want. But laughing cannot be controlled. When we laugh, we tell the truth about ourselves.

By December 2001 over 10,000 jokes had been submitted (公認的). This gave the scientists enough evidence to make early conclusions. It seems that men and women do have different senses of humor, for example.

     “Our findings show the major differences in the ways in which males and females use humor,” said Dr Wiseman. “Males use humor to appear superior (高傲的，有優(yōu)越感的) to others, while women are more skilled in languages and prefer word play.”

Researchers also found that there really is such a thing as a national sense of humor. The British enjoy what is usually called “toilet humor”. But the French like their jokes short and sharp, “You’re a high priced lawyer. Will you answer two questions for $ 500?” “Yes. What’s the second question?”

The Germans are famous for not having a sense of humor. But the survey found that German participants were more likely to find submitted jokes funny than any other nationality. Perhaps that proves the point. Is this joke funny? I don’t know, but let’s say yes, just to be safe.

     Dr Wiseman and his workmates also submitted jokes created by computer. But none of those who took part in the survey found any of them amusing. Perhaps this is relief (安慰). Computers already seem like they can do everything. But at least they should leave the funny things to us.

1.The scientist started the “l(fā)augh lab” project ________.

A. to find the funniest joke in European countries

B. to know what funny people are from different nations and cultures

C. to find out the differences between the male’s and female’s sense of humor

D. to get more personal details about participants

2.The writer gave the examples of the British, the French and the Germans_____.

A. to show that the French people have a better sense of humor

B. to prove the British people have a sense of “toilet humor”

C. to show people from different nations have different senses of humor

D. to prove that the Germans have no sense of humor

3.Which statement is true according to the passage?

A. The jokes by computer are less funny than those by humans.

B. The Germans cannot find the submitted jokes amusing.

C. Males are better at word play compared with women.

D. Females like to use humor to show that they are superior.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.C

3.A

【解析】

試題分析：文章介紹了由Dr. Wiseman進行的一次有關幽默感的調(diào)查，調(diào)查者想了解世界上最幽默的笑話，了解來自于不同國家不同文化的人的幽默感，以及男士與女士之間幽默感的不同。同時通過對參與者的統(tǒng)計得出了一定的結(jié)論。

1.C細節(jié)理解題。Their project will last for a year, and the organizers hope to finally discover the world’s funniest joke.句意為：這項工程要持續(xù)一年，組織者希望找到世界上最有趣的笑話，由此可知A選項是錯誤的；The researchers want to know what people from different nations and cultures find funny.句意為：研究者想知道來自于不同國家不同文化的人都有什么樣的樂趣，由此可知B選項是錯誤的；研究者的目的是搜集世界上最有趣的笑話，調(diào)查不同的人有什么不同的幽默感以及男女之間幽默感的不同，并非想得到參與者的更多的個人信息故D選項是錯誤的。因此答案為C。

2.C細節(jié)理解題。Researchers also found that there really is such a thing as a national sense of humor. 句意為：調(diào)查者也想知道諸如民族幽默感這樣的事情。下文通過舉例說明英國，法國，德國不同的國家幽默的方式是不同的。故答案應為C。

3.A細節(jié)理解題。Dr Wiseman and his workmates also submitted jokes created by computer. But none of those who took part in the survey found any of them amusing.句意為：Dr Wiseman和他的同事也搜集了由電腦創(chuàng)作的笑話，但是參與研究的人中，沒有人發(fā)現(xiàn)這些笑話很有樂趣，由此可知答案A是正確的，意思是由電腦創(chuàng)作的笑話沒有人創(chuàng)造的笑話有樂趣；But the survey found that German participants were more likely to find submitted jokes funny than any other nationality.句意為：調(diào)查發(fā)現(xiàn)，德國參與者似乎比其它任何國家都有幽默感故B是錯誤的；“Males use humor to appear superior (高傲的，有優(yōu)越感的) to others, while women are more skilled in languages and prefer word play.” 句意為：男性用幽默去顯示出他的優(yōu)越感，而女性在語言方面更嫻熟，更喜歡語言游戲，由知可知C D是錯誤的.

考點:社會現(xiàn)現(xiàn)象類文章的閱讀理解。