江苏省南京市2014届高三9月学情调研英语试题答案(5)

    C. Safety problems concerning electricity.
    D. Lack of certificates．
66. The underlined words“make the switch”in the last paragraph most probably mean
    A. change to a different gym B. use green exercise equipment
    C. switch on the spin bikes D. add a battery to the machine
                                                        D
    Something that has always interested me about Abraham Lincoln is，not surprisingly，his
sense of humor. As far as I can tell，he's the first American President to have one．
    That's because the term“sense of humor，， really wasn't in common usage until the
eighteen-sixties and seventies．In the eighteen-forties and fifties，it was called“the sense of the
ridiculous," and didn't have the positive connotations（隐含意义）that“sense of humor" has
oday. Back then，what was ridiculous was what invited ridicule（讥笑）．Funniness and cruelty
went hand in hand．Of course，they still do a lot of arm-in-arm walking in our day as well．
    Lincoln’s humor was very different because，for one thing，it was actually "humor＂as what
the word meant in his time. We don't make the distinction between "wit（风趣）”and "humor”
anymore; but in the nineteenth century people did．Wit was unpleasant and offensive while
humor was pleasant and sympathetic．It’s。the difference we note now when we distinguish
between "laughing with”and“laughing at．”Lincoln was much more about "laughing with”than
"laughing at．”And when“laughing at，”it was often himself he was teasing.
    In the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates，when Douglas accused Lincoln of being two-faced，
Lincoln replied，referencing his plain looking，“Honestly，if I were two-faced，would I be
showing you this one？”And，in a way，Lincoln's face itself tells us much about his sense of
humor．
    You can comb through thousands of photographs of politicians，soldiers，and the like from
Lincoln's time and not find a single smile．
    True, the long exposures（曝光）required for photographs of that time made smiling
difficult．Yet Lincoln alone，as far as I can tell，overcame that difficulty.
    Interestingly ．while having a sense of humor，or at least the appearance of one provided by
comedy writers ．has become a necessary characteristic for an American President in our time，in
the。ineteenth century，too much humor was considered。problem. -And that was the case for
Lincoln．A journalist covering the Lincoln-Douglas debates commented that“I could not take a
real personal liking to the man，owing to an inborn weakness…that he was extremely, fond of
iokes，anecdotes，and stories．”
67．We can infer from Paragraph 2 that＿＿
    A ．the American President could influence the use of English
    E. the term "sense of humor”wasn't invented until the 1860s
    C ．what is funny to someone might be offensive to someone else
    D ．the concept of humor remains the same despite the passing of time
68 ．The underlined words“this one”in Paragraph 4 refer to＿＿．
    A. Lincoln's unattractive face
    B. Lincoln's sense of humor
    C.debate they were having
    D.cruelty that went with funniness
69 We rarely s(。people from Lincoln's time wear smile：in their photos because＿．
  A. being humorous was considered inappropriate
  B. they found it quite funny to smile before camera
  C. not smiling for photographs was the fashion
  D. photography technology then was not advanced
70．What might the writer think of the journalist covering the Lincoln-Douglas debates？
  A. His comment accurately reflected his time，
  B. He created a false picture of Lincoln．
  C. He was prejudiced and self-centered．
D. He was brave to point out Lincoln's weakness．
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                                Learning inside the museum
        Museums have an important role in providing learning services to users，especially school
    children．Some learning services will provide a range of formal teaching opportunities in the
    museum；others will work closely with school teachers so that these teachers can make better use
    of the learning resources available through displays and exhibitions，databases，handling
      collections and museum staff.
        In an ideal world，every museum would have at least one learning or education specialist．He