【正文】 urn on a dime. So if you want to avoid the pain inflicted by the increasingly pathetic dollar, cancel that summer vacation to England and look to New England. There, the dollar is still treated with a little respect. 　52. Why do Americans feel humiliated? 　　A) Their economy is plunging 　B) They can39。t afford trips to Europe　　　　C) Their currency has slumped D) They have lost half of their assets. does the current dollar affect the life of ordinary Americans? 　　A) They have to cancel their vacations in New England. 　　B) They find it unaffordable to dine in momandpop restaurants. 　　C) They have to spend more money when buying imported goods.　　　D) They might lose their jobs due to potential economic problems. 54 How do many Europeans feel about the with the devalued dollar? 　　A)They feel contemptuous of it 　　 B)They are sympathetic with it. 　　C)They regard it as a superpower on the decline. D)They think of it as a good tourist destination.　 55 what is the author39。s advice to Americans? 　　A)They treat the dollar with a little respect B)They try to win in the weakdollar gamble 　　C)They vacation at home rather than abroad　 D)They treasure their marriages all the more. 56 What does the author imply by saying “currencies don39。t turn on a dime” (Line 2, Para 7)? 　　A)The dollar39。s value will not increase in the short term.　　　B)The value of a dollar will not be reduced to a dime 　　C)The dollar39。s value will drop, but within a small margin. 　　D) Few Americans will change dollars into other currencies. Passage Eight 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 ment on their disorganized bosses.Here is an example, which I heard at a nurses39。 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 around by St. Peter. He sees wonderful acmodations, 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. “On, that39。s God, came the reply, “but sometimes he thinks he39。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 mon to all of you and it39。ll be appropriate for you to make a passing remark about the inedible canteen food or the chairman39。s notorious bad taste in ties. With other audiences you mustn39。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 bees more natural. Include a few casual and apparently offthecuff remarks which you can deliver in a relaxed and unforced manner. Often it39。s the delivery which causes the audience to smile, so speak slowly and remember that a raised eyebrow or an unbelieving look may help to show that you are making a lighthearted remark. Look for the humor. It often es from the unexpected. A twist on a familiar quote “If at first you don39。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. 41. 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. 42. 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. 43. It can be inferred from the text that public services __________［A］ have benefited many people. ［B］ are the focus of public attention. ［C］ are an inappropriate subject for humor. ［D］ have often been the laughing stock. 44. To achieve the desired result, humorous stories should be delivered _________ ［A］ in wellworded language. ［B］ as awkwardly as possible. ［C］ in exaggerated statements. ［D］ as casually as possible. 45. 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. 參考答案1． BDCAD2． ACDBB3． ABDCB4． BBDDC5． CDDC6． ACDB7． CCDCA8． CBDDA完形填空部分Passage OneBy 1830 the former Spanish and Portuguese colonies had bee independent nations. The roughly 20 million __1__ of these nations looked __2__ to the future. Born in the crisis of the old regime and Iberian Colonialism， many of the leaders of independence __3__ the ideas of representative government， careers __4__ to talent， freedom of merce and trade， the __5__ to private property， and a belief in the individual as the basis of society， __6__ there was a belief that the new nations should be sovereign and independent states， large enough to be economically viable and integrated by a __7__ set of laws.On the issue of __8__ of religion and th