2014福建省厦门3月质检英语试题答案(4)

A．the population of salamanders is on the rise
B．measures have been taken to preserve Oregon chub
C．the Xochimilco canals are the only home to the salamander
D．scientists are sure about what caused nationwide New Bird F1u
    
C
  A culture’s values can be mirrored by its humor．Humor has been evaluated by many great minds such as Thomas Hobbes，who，in“On Nature”，disliked humor,“Laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from sudden thought of feeling far better than others．”He thought humor to be a negative quality of human narrow-mindedness．
  However, Mordechai Gordon，Ph. D of Education，insists，“Humor allows us to view the
world from an angle that is amusing rather than serious．”1 agree with Gordon．Learning to look
at the world through humor is important．
  In the United States，every four years an election occurs．Without humor as a way to express their feelings，how else would Americans keep from clawing their eyes out and going the
way of lemming? Television shows like“The Daily Show”have become important parts of American culture．They are mothering the masses by metaphorically(隐喻地) airplane-ing  politics into our mouths．They make politics fun．
  Of course, politics is only one type of humor．Social humor helps people through the twists
and turns of the human condition．American pop culture promotes an unhealthy self image．On the topic of self-image，Hari Kondabolu stands out．He has a joke about the popular musical group“The Pussycat Dolls”，describing their hit song“Don't Cha”as a negative representation of women．He points out an obvious offence in American culture．
  A study from Loyola University of Maryland has shown that humor is one determining factor for selecting a mating partner．Amongst other things，mates look for an outstanding funny
bone in a potential partner．
  Of course，humor is not always used for good purposes．Humor can be linked to vulgarity
(粗俗)and racism，but，like everything else，it has potential to unite human beings by allowing
us to laugh at ourselves，our failures and our connection with one another．
  Though 1ife may seem tough and depressing at times，all I have to do is look in the mirror at my increased wrinkles(皱纹) to know that there is a comedy out there that even Chaplin wasn’t
aware of．
  With that in mind，remember to laugh with humanity and sometimes at humanity．
63．Hobbes believes that humor__________．
A．was only a way to laugh at others to make oneself feel better
B．resulted in narrow-mindedness of human beings
C．had the power to mirror personal glory and national values
D．was for people to view the world from another angle
64．What is the author’s attitude towards political humor?
A．Worried      B．Disappointed     C．Curious       D．Appreciative
65．The fourth paragraph is developed mainly__________．
A．by example   B．by process       C．by comparison  D．by classification
66．What can we learn from the last two paragraphs?
A．Chaplin wasn’t aware of being laughed at
B．The author feels helpless and sad about getting older
C．Never be the one who laughs at other people
D．The author is determined to face life with a sense of humor．
   
D
  When I was almost six and Jem nearly ten，our summertime boundaries were Mrs. Henry
Lafayette Dubose’s house two doors to the north of us，and the Radley Place three doors to the south．The Radley Place was said to be a ghostly house
    That was the summer Dill came to us．
    Early one morning Jem and I heard something next door in Miss Rachel Haverford’s baekyard．We looked to the right and found someone looking at us．
    “Hey.”
   “Hey yourself．How old are you?”asked Jem．
   “Goin’ on seven.’’
   “You look right puny for goin’ on seven.”said Jem．
   “I’m little but I’m old．”he said．
    Jem looked at him，“Charles Baker Harris? Lord, what a name!”
   “Folks call me Dill，”said Dill，struggling under the fence
   “Do better if you go over it instead of under it，”I said“Where’d you come from? ”
    Dill，from Meridian，Mississippi，was spending the summer with his aunt，Miss Rachel．His family was from Maycomb County originally；his mother worked for a photographer in Meridian，had entered his picture in a Beautiful Child contest and won five dollars．She gave the money to Dill，who went to the picture show twenty times on it．
   “Don’t have any picture shows here．”said Jem．“Ever see anything good?”
    Dill had seen Dracula，a revelation that moved Jem to envy him．“Tell it to us．”
    Dill was a curiosity He was a year my senior but I towered over him．
    When Dill reduced Dracula to dust，and Jem said the show sounded better than the book ,I asked Dill where his father was，“You ain’t said anything about him．”
    “I haven’t got one．”
     “Is he dead?”
     “No’’
    “Then if he’s not dead you’ve got one，haven’t you? ”
     Seeing Dill uneasy, Jem told me to hush，a sure sign that Dill had been studied and found acceptable．Thereafter the summer passed in drama sharing．Dill played the character parts