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第9题【阅读理解】
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
What is it that makes people laugh? More than two thousand years ago the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle defined (定义) jokes as the pleasure that results from a feeling of triumph(胜利) by showing we\better than someone else in a certain way. According to Aristotle and many other philosophers，all jokes depend mainly on showing inferiority in another person or group of persons—that is，putting it clearly，on showing that they are worse off than ourselves. Jokes raise our good opinion of ourselves at someone else\expense.
Showing how much better than other people we are is only one reason we like jokes. Someone may also use a joke to express their anger or their cruelty or any other kind of action that is not acceptable to us. We feel free to laugh when we hear about someone sliding on a banana skin. The joke lets us express those attitudes which are usually unacceptable to society. This is probably the reason why some of the jokes，especially those involving cruelty，are so popular with certain people.
Besides，all jokes depend on our enjoyment of laughing at something that is strange and out of place because it\pleasant，depending entirely on how strange and out of place it is. If a girl in a bathing suit falls into a
swimming pool，we don\，the situation is at once unusual in a pleasant way and we laugh. A good joke-teller will always try to build up a situation in which one thing is expected until something unexpected suddenly happens，and so we laugh.
According to Aristotle，all jokes depend mainly on ________. A、showing inferiority in another person or group B、resulting in a sense of success C、having a good opinion of other people D、making people laugh unexpectedly
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The underlined word “inferiority”(in Paragraph 1) means ________. A、something that is not as good as something else B、something that is better than something else C、someone that is not as good as someone else D、someone that is better than someone else
What\
A、Showing we are better than other people is the only one reason we like jokes. B、When people are angry，they would like to hear jokes. C、People who like jokes are usually cruel.
D、To express those attitudes usually unacceptable to society is one of the reasons we like jokes.
What will a good joke teller always try to do? A、Make a sad situation into a pleasant one. B、Make different things happen at the same time.
C、Make an unexpected thing happen in an expected situation. D、Make people laugh at something unusual and out of place.
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第10题【阅读理解】
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。 August 2011 was my last month before the
departure to Beijing. But I didn’t know that August would bring me an
unforgettable meeting with one of the famous traditional Chinese kungfu masters, Sui Yunjiang. He came to my city with a series of conferences and was to stay for a fortnight. I was asked to be his interpreter and had to accompany him and his wife during all that time, as well as Viktor who was the organizer and the host.
According to the Chinese tradition, we
called Sui Yunjiang master Sui shifu or Sui laoshi. His personality impressed
me deeply. Maybe it was a fate（yuanfen）, or something other, but it was not the first time I heard his name, since he used to come to my town every two years, mostly in August. However, I never saw him in person, nor did the translation for him. I lacked knowledge in wushu, but the master was very patient trying to explain to me every single word that I couldn’t comprehend. He was already in his sixties at that time, but, giving credit to his sharp mind, he could find a
way with the youngest disciples(门徒) as well as the older ones. The two weeks that I had spent with that amazing family inspired me and I continued my kungfu practices in
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Beijing.
During all these three years now that I have
known him since our first meeting, he never stopped surprising me with his strong, yet sensitive personality. Our lessons go far beyond simply learning kungfu technics. His teaching is more about life, about enjoying every single moment of it because it will not happen twice, about training our will and overcoming difficulties, about harmonious existence, and building relationships with other people. After every kungfu lesson, we are welcome into his
house to drink tea. This is another lesson being taught — the mastery of chadao, or tea ceremony.
Miracles are everywhere. For me, a miracle
is meeting Sui Yunjiang. I love being a journalist, interviewing and writing about people from different paths of life, but Sui laoshi is the only person who made such a strong impression on me. How did the writer meet Sui Yunjiang? A、By being asked to be his interpreter. B、By travelling in China.
C、By interviewing Chinese kungfu masters. D、By discussing how to drink tea.
The underlined phrase in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ____________. A、privately B、mentally C、personally D、physically
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