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1、贵州仁怀市2017高考英语阅读理解专题一轮训练（二）阅读理解。阅读下列短文,从给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。 SomethingthathasalwaysinterestedmeaboutAbrahamLincolnis,notsurprisingly,hissenseofhumor.AsfarasIcantell,he’sthefirstAmericanPresidenttohaveone.That’sbecausetheterm“senseofhumor”reallywasn’tin
2、commonusageuntiltheeighteensixtiesandseventies.Intheeighteenfortiesandfifties,itwascalled“thesenseoftheridiculous”,anddidn’thavethepositiveconnotations(隐含意义)that“senseofhumor”hastoday.Backthen,whatwasridiculouswaswhatinvitedridicule(讥笑).Funninessandcruelty
3、wenthandinhand.Ofcourse,theystilldoalotofarm-in-armwalkinginourdayaswell.Lincoln’shumorwasverydifferentbecause,foronething,itwasactually“humor”aswhatthewordmeantinhistime.Wedon’tmakethedistinctionbetween“wit(风趣)”and“humor”anymore;butinthenineteenthcenturyp
4、eopledid.Witwasunpleasantandoffensivewhilehumorwaspleasantandsympathetic.It’sthedifferencewenotenowwhenwedistinguishbetween“laughingwith”and“laughingat”.Lincolnwasmuchmoreabout“laughingwith”than“laughingat”.Andwhen“laughingat”,itwasoftenhimselfhewasteasing
5、.InthefamousLincoln-Douglasdebate,whenDouglasaccusedLincolnofbeingtwo-faced,Lincolnreplied,referencinghisplainlooking,“Honestly,ifIweretwo-faced,wouldIbeshowingyouthisone?”And,inaway,Lincoln’sfaceitselftellsusmuchabouthissenseofhumor.Youcancombthroughthous
6、andsofphotographsofpoliticians,soldiers,andthelikefromLincoln’stimeandnotfindasinglesmile.True,thelongexposures(曝光)requiredforphotographsofthattimemadesmilingdifficult.YetLincolnalone,asfarasIcantell,overcamethatdifficulty.Interestingly,whilehavingasenseof
7、humor,oratleasttheappearanceofoneprovidedbycomedywriters,hasbecomeanecessarycharacteristicforanAmericanPresidentinourtime,inthenineteenthcentury,toomuchhumorwasconsideredaproblem.AndthatwasthecaseforLincoln.AjournalistcoveringtheLincoln-Douglasdebatecommen
8、tedthat“Icouldnottakearealpersonallikingtotheman,owingtoaninbornweaknessforwhichhewaseventhennotoriousandsoremainedduringhisgreatpubliccareer,hewasextremelyfondofjokes,anecdotes,andstories.”【文章大意】说起第16任美国总统亚伯
