【正文】 On the issue of __8__ of religion and th。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。s notorious bad taste in ties. With other audiences you mustn39。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。 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 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。t turn on a dime” (Line 2, Para 7)? 　　A)The dollar39。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。t expect any relief soon. The dollar lost strength the way many marriages break up slowly, and then all at once. And currencies don39。s beverage business. Other American panies profiting from this trend include McDonald39。re a winner in the weakdollar gamble. Last week CocaCola39。s also a potential economic problem, since a declining dollar makes imported food more expensive and exerts upward pressure on interest rates. And yet there are substantial sectors of the vast . economyfrom giant panies like CocaCola to momandpop restaurant operators in Miamifor which the weak dollar is most excellent news. 　　Many Europeans may view the . as an arrogant superpower that has bee hostile to foreigners. But nothing makes people think more warmly of the . than a weak dollar. Through April, the total number of visitors from abroad was up percent from last year. Should the trend continue, the number of tourists this year will finally top the 2000 peak? Many Europeans now apparently view the . the way many Americans view Mexicoas a cheap place to vacation, shop and party, all while ignoring the fact that the poorer locals can39。t doing a Titanic against just the pound. It is sitting at a record low against the euro and at a 30year low against the Canadian dollar. Even the Argentine peso and Brazilian real are thriving against the dollar. 　　The weak dollar is a source of humiliation, for a nation39。 its public defenders are few and unimpressive, where they are not extremely unattractive. As a result, the support for ambition as a healthy impulse, a quality to be admired and fixed in the mind of the young, is probably lower than it has ever been in the United States. This does not mean that ambition is at an end, that people no longer feel its stirrings and promptings, but only that, no longer openly honored, it is less openly professed. Consequences follow from this, of course, some of which are that ambition is driven underground, or made sly. Such, then, is the way things stand: on the left angry critics, on the right stupid supporters, and in the middle, as usual, the majority of earnest people trying to get on in life.1. It is generally believed that ambition may be well regarded if ____.A. its returns well pensate for the sacrificesB. it is rewarded with money, fame and powerC. its goals are spiritual rather than materialD. it is shared by the rich and the famous2. The last sentence of the first paragraph most probably implies that it is ____.A. customary of the educated to discard ambition in wordsB. too late to check ambition once it has been let outC. dishonest to deny ambition after the fulfillment of the goalD. impractical for the educated to enjoy benefits from ambition3. Some people do not openly admit they have ambition because ____.A. they think of it as immoralB. their pursuits are not fame or wealthC. ambition is not closely related to material benefitsD. they do not want to appear greedy and contemptible4. From the last paragraph the conclusion can be drawn that ambition should be maintained ____.A. secretly and vigorously B. openly and enthusiasticallyC. easily and momentarily D. verbally and spirituallyPassage SevenImagine waking up and finding the value of your assets has been halved. No, you39。 the publisher of radical books who takes his meals in threestar restaurants。s material needs Passage FiveFew creations of big technology capture the imagination like gia