2021考研英语真题阅读理解试题及名师解析(12)

2021考研英语真题阅读理解试题及名师解析(12)

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题目

名师解析

难句解析

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题目：

If you intend using humor in your talk to make people smile,

you must know how to identify shared experiences and problems.

Your humor must be relevant to the audience and should help to

show them that you are one of them or that you understand their

situation and are in sympathy with their point of view.

Depending on whom you are addressing, the problems will be

different. If you are talking to a group of managers, you may

refer to the disorganized methods of their secretaries;

alternatively if you are addressing secretaries, you may want

to comment on their disorganized bosses。

Here is an example, which I heard at a nurses' convention,

of a story which works well because the audience all shared the

same view of doctors. A man arrives in heaven and is being shown

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around by St. Peter. He sees wonderful accommodations,

beautiful gardens, sunny weather, and so on. Everyone is very

peaceful, polite and friendly until, waiting in a line for lunch,

the new arrival is suddenly pushed aside by a man in a white

coat, who rushes to the head of the line, grabs his food and

stomps over to a table by himself. “Who is that?” the new

arrival asked St. Peter. “Oh, that's God,” came the reply,

“but sometimes he thinks he's a doctor。”

If you are part of the group which you are addressing, you

will be in a position to know the experiences and problems which

are common to all of you and it'll be appropriate for you to

make a passing remark about the inedible canteen food or the

chairman's notorious bad taste in ties. With other audiences

you mustn't attempt to cut in with humor as they will resent

an outsider making disparaging remarks about their canteen or

their chairman. You will be on safer ground if you stick to

scapegoats like the Post Office or the telephone system。

If you feel awkward being humorous, you must practice so

that it becomes more natural, include a few casual and

apparently off-the-cuff remarks which you can deliver in a

relaxed and unforced manner. Often it's the delivery which

causes the audience to smile, so speak slowly and remember that

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a raised eyebrow or an unbelieving look may help to show that

you are making a light-hearted remark。

Look for the humor. It often comes from the unexpected. A

twist on a familiar quote “If at first you don't succeed, give

up” or a play on words or on a situation. Search for

exaggeration and understatements. Look at your talk and pick

out a few words or sentences which you can turn about and inject

with humor。

21. To make your humor work, you should

[A]take advantage of different kinds of audience。

[B]make fun of the disorganized people。

[C]address different problems to different people。

[D]show sympathy for your listeners。

22. The joke about doctors implies that, in the eyes of

nurses, they are

[A]impolite to new arrivals。

[B]very conscious of their godlike role。

[C]entitled to some privileges。

[D]very busy even during lunch hours。

23. It can be inferred from the text that public services

[A]have benefited many people。

[B]are the focus of public attention。

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[C]are an inappropriate subject for humor。

[D]have often been the laughing stock。

24. To achieve the desired result, humorous stories should

be delivered

[A]in well-worded language。

[B]as awkwardly as possible。

[C]in exaggerated statements。

[D]as casually as possible。

25. The best title for the text may be

[A]Use Humor Effectively。

[B]Various Kinds of Humor。

[C]Add Humor to Speech。

[D]Different Humor Strategies。

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名师解析

21. To make your humor work, you should 要想让你的幽默奏

效，你应该

[A]take advantage of different kinds of audience。(充分)

利用不同的观众。

[B]make fun of the disorganized people。取笑那些做事混乱

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的人。

[C]address different problems to different people。和不

同的人谈不同的问题。

[D]show sympathy for your listeners。同情你的听众。

【答案】 C

【考点】 段落主旨题。

【分析】 根据题目知道本题考查的是“幽默须知”的内容，定

位到第一段。文中说“要使你的听众发笑，你就必须知道如何识别你

和他人的共同的经历和问题”，这个就是本题解答的关键。加上第一

段第三句话“Depending on whom you are addressing, the problems

will be different。”(你的问题因人而异。)[A]说利用不同的观众，

这个提法中的“利用”词义本身就有侵害客体的含义，让人觉得是在

利用别人的弱点，而且和上文提到的“幽默须知”显然不符合。[B]

仅仅是作者例举的一个例子，用来表示如何和别人分享经历。[C]很

好地表达了第一段的主题。[D]错在其范围被缩小了。

22. The joke about doctors implies that, in the eyes of

nurses, they are

关于医生的这个笑话表明，在护士眼里，医生

[A]impolite to new arrivals. 对新人不礼貌。

[B]very conscious of their godlike role. 对自己上帝般的

作用非常在意。

[C]entitled to some privileges. 有权获得某些特权。

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[D]very busy even during lunch hours. 午饭时也非常繁忙。

【答案】 B

【考点】 推断题。

【分析】 根据本题的题干，定位为第二段，本题讲述了一个经

典的护士看待医生的笑话，将上帝比作医生那样表现的傲慢无理。考

生应该明白这里实际上是在说医生将自己比作上帝，显得那么傲慢无

礼。[A]只是医生傲慢举止中的一项。[B]非常恰当，因为它揭示了护

士群体眼中的医生那种傲慢的感觉。[C]认为获得某种特权，是因为

没有理解“”的话，被“医生把新来的人推到一边，冲到队

伍的最前面”这个现象误导，享有特权的印象是中性的描述，其实揭

示背后所反应的医生的傲慢才是主要目的。[D]选项显然错误。

23. It can be inferred from the text that public services

从文中可以推断出，公共服务

[A]have benefited many people. 已经造福很多人。

[B]are the focus of public attention. 是大众关注的焦点。

[C]are an inappropriate subject for humor. 是一个不适合

做幽默的主题。

[D]have often been the laughing stock。经常是别人的笑料。

【答案】 D

【考点】 推理题。

【分析】 根据公共服务可以定位到第三段最后一句，这句话中

提到了“邮局”和“电话”这两个行业。文章说“安全的做法是咬住

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一些替罪羊比如邮局和电话业，之所以安全是因为这样不会冒犯什么

人”。既然是这样，那么肯定大家经常会拿这个“公共服务业”来开

玩笑的。因此可以得出结论，即[D]是正确选项。[A]和文章的主旨没

有关系，这里也推断不出这样的结论。[B]说是大众关注的焦点，但

是这句话没有表现出原文对这两个公共行业的一种戏谑的意味。

24. To achieve the desired result, humorous stories should

be delivered

为获得理想的效果，幽默故事的讲述应当

[A]in well-worded language. 言词适当。

[B]as awkwardly as possible. 尽可能含糊。

[C]in exaggerated statements. 夸张。

[D]as casually as possible. 尽可能随意。

【答案】 D

【考点】 段落主旨题。

【分析】 本文题目问的实际上是幽默故事的讲述方式，可以定

位到第四段，它指出幽默要“自然”(natural)，“随意”(casual)，

“急兴”(off-the-cut)，“放松”(relaxed)，“舒缓”(unforced)，

“缓慢”(slowly)，“轻松”(light-hearted)。只要考生看懂了这

些词的意思，这道题就很容易会选择[D]选项。

25. The best title for the text may be 本文最佳标题或许

是

[A]Use Humor Effectively. 有效使用幽默。

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