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1、Unit3AtasteofEnglishhumourPeriod1WarmingUp&Reading课后阅读作业Ⅰ.阅读理解A Alotofusloselife’stoughbattlesbystartingafrontalattack—whenatouchofhumormightwellenableustowin.Considerthecaseofayoungfriendofmine,whowasonhistrappedwaytoworkshortlyafterreceivinganultimatum(最后通牒)aboutthejob.A
2、lthoughtherewasagoodreasonforSam’sbeinglate—seriousillnessathome—hedecidedthatthisby-now-familiarexcusewouldn’tworkanylonger.Hissupervisorwasprobablyalreadypacingupanddownpreparingadismissalspeech. Yes,thebosswas.Samenteredtheofficeat9:35.Theplacewasasquietasalockerroom;ev
3、eryonewashardatwork.Sam’ssupervisorcameuptohim.Suddenly,Samforcedagrinandstretchedouthishand.“Howdoyoudo!”hesaid.“I’mSamMaynard.I’mapplyingforajob,which,Iunderstand,becameavailablejust35minutesago.Doestheearlybirdgettheworm?” Theroomexplodedinlaughter,exceptthatthesupervis
4、orhadtoclampoffasmileandwalkedbacktohisoffice.SamMaynardhadsavedhisjob—withtheonlytoolthatcouldwin,alaugh. Humorisamosteffective,yetfrequentlyneglected,meansofhandlingthedifficultsituationsinourlives.Itcanbeusedforpatchingupdifferences,apologizing,saying“no”,criticizing,ge
5、ttingtheotherfellowtodowhatyouwantwithouthislosingface.Forsomejobs,it’stheonlytoolthatcansucceed.Itisawaytodiscusssubjectssosensitivethatseriousdialogmaystartaquarrel.Forexample,manybelievethatediansontelevisionaredoingmoretodayforracialandreligioustolerancethanpeopleinanyo
6、therforum.【语篇概述】本文通过一个小故事,讲述了幽默的重要性。1.WhywasSamlateforhisjob?A.Becausehewasseriouslyillathome.B.Becausehereceivedanultimatum.C.Becausehewasbusyapplyingforanewjob.D.Becausehewascaughtinatrafficjam.【解析】选D。细节理解题。由第一段第二句话“whowasonhistrappedwaytoworkshortlyafterreceivinganultima
7、tumaboutthejob.”可知,Sam迟到是因为交通堵塞,故答案选D。2.Whatisthemainideaofthispassage?A.SamMaynardsavedhisjobwithhumor.B.Humorisimportantinourlives.C.Earlybirdcangettheworm.D.Humorcansolveracialdiscriminations.【解析】选B。主旨大意题。根据文章第一句Alotofusloselife’stoughbattlesbystartingafrontalattack-when
8、atouchofhumormightwellenableustowin.和第四段第一句,可知文章主要讲的是幽默的重要性。3.Thephrase“clampoff”i
