2002年历年考研英语真题

SectionⅡReading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts.Answer the questions below each text by choosing [A],[B],[C]or [D].Mark youranswers on ANSWER SHEET 1.(40 points)Text 1If you intend using humor in your talk to make people smile,you must know how to identify shared experiences andproblems.Your humor must be relevant to the audience and should help to show them that you are one of them or that youunderstand their situation and are in sympathy with their point of view.Depending on whom you are addressing,theproblems will be different.If you are talking to a group of managers,you may refer to the disorganized methods of theirsecretaries;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 sharedthe same view of doctors.A man arrives in heaven and is being shown around by St.Peter.He sees wonderfulaccommodations,beautiful gardens,sunny weather,and so on.Everyone is very peaceful,polite and friendly until,waiting ina 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,grabshis food and stomps over to a table by himself."Who is that?"the new arrival asked St.Peter."Oh,that's God,"came thereply,,“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 problemswhich are common to all of you and it'll be appropriate for you to make a passing remark about the inedible canteen food orthe chairman's notorious bad taste in ties.With other audiences you mustn't attempt to cut in with humor as they will resentan outsider making disparaging remarks about their canteen or their chairman.You will be on safer ground if you stick toscapegoats 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 andapparently off-the-cuff remarks which you can deliver in a relaxed and unforced manner.Often it's the delivery which causesthe audience to smile,so speak slowly and remember that a raised eyebrow or an unbelieving look may help to show that youare 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,giveup"or a play on words or on a situation.Search for exaggeration and understatement.Look at your talk and pick out a fewwords 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 listeners22.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]v