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.
21.为了使你的幽默工作，你应该（C ）
A.对不同类型的听众有益处
B.对没有组织性的人开玩笑
C.向不同的人说不同的问题
D.向你的听众展示同情
【题目解析】
此题定位在文章第一段。①If you intendusing humor in your talk to make people smile, you must know how to identify shared experiences and problems.②Your 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.③Depending on whom you are addressing, the problems will be different.
①如果你打算使用幽默在你的谈话中使人们发笑，你必须知道如何识别共有的经历和问题。
②你的幽默必须与听众相关并且应该帮助向他们展示你是他们其中的一员或者你能理解他们的处境并且赞同他们的观点。
③取决于你向谁说，问题将会变得不同。
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.
22.这个关于医生的玩笑暗示，在护士眼中，医生们（ B ）
A.对新来的礼貌
B.非常意识到他们上帝的角色
C.享有某些特权
D.在午饭时间非常忙
【题目解析】
此题定位在文章第二段。④Everyone 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, grabshis food and stompsover to a table by himself.⑤" Who is that?" the new arrival asked St. Peter. "Oh, that's God," came the reply, "but sometimes he thinks he's a doctor."
④每一个人都很和平，有礼貌和友善，直到排队等待午饭，这个新来的突然被一个穿白外套的男人推到一边，他冲到队伍的前头，抓住他的食物并且他自己重步走向餐桌。
⑤“那是谁？”新来的问圣彼得，“哦，那是上帝”，圣彼得回复，“但是有时候他认为他是个医生。”
23. 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.
23.从文章中可以推出，公共服务（ D ）
A.对很多人有利
B.聚焦公众关心
C.对幽默来说是不恰当的话题
D.被当做笑料
【题目解析】此题定位在第三段最后一句。③You will be on safer ground if you stick to scapegoatslike the Post Office or the telephone system.
③你将会处在一个安全的地方，如果你坚持谈论替罪羊（像邮局或者是电话系统）。
文章中和公共服务有关的地方就是the Post Office or the telephone system。这个题，如果实在没看懂的话，可以用排除法，首先排除AB，因为这两个选项跟幽默无关，文章中也没有提到。C也可以排除，因为在这一句话开头就说这是一个安全的地方。
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.
24.为了实现渴望的结果，幽默故事应该被讲述（ D ）
A.语言仔细措辞
B.越笨拙越好
C.用夸张表达
D.越自然越好
【题目解析】
此题定位在第四段第一句。①If you feel awkwardbeing humorous, you must practice so that it becomes more natural.
①如果你在幽默里感到尴尬，你必须练习以至于它（幽默）变得自然。
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.
25.文章最好的标题可能是（ A ）
A.有效使用幽默
B.多样的幽默
C.在谈话中增加幽默
D.不同的幽默策略