Most people agree that it’s important to have a sense of humor. Having the ability to laugh can help one overcome anxiety, and make better decisions in difficult situations. People with a well-developed sense of humor appear to be happier, and some are healthier as well. This suggests that having a sense of humor is good for you. Humorless people may find themselves being treated as a fool, and become anxious and upset.
A sense of humor also plays an important role in human relationships. However, not everyone has a sense of humor. People with developmental disabilities (發(fā)展性能力喪失) can sometimes have no sense of humor, or have a very strange one.
A number of factors affect a person’s sense of humor, with the age probably being the main one. Young children are often highly amused by simple jokes or shows, while teenagers prefer to enjoy the ironic (諷刺的) events. Educational level, culture, and religious faith also affect one’s sense of humor. While Christians, for example, may have a deep appreciation of jokes about the Bible, others may find them disrespectful.
Many people believe that a sense of humor is something that develops on its own, and that you cannot teach someone to understand why jokes, certain comments, situations or events are funny. However, things can be done to enhance one’s sense of humor. Children, for example, benefit from being told jokes and encouraged to laugh, although some children’s jokes might seem rather strange to adults. If you have children, try to encourage them to tell jokes and think about what makes things funny. And it will help them develop a sense of humor.
【小題1】The purpose of the passage is to _______.

A．explain what influences a person’s sense of humor
B．tell readers the importance of being healthy
C．explain how to make better decisions
D．tell readers how to understand jokes
【小題2】What does the underlined word in Paragraph 4 “enhance” probably mean?
A．Enjoy. B．Reduce. C．Improve. D．Prevent.
【小題3】According to the passage, which of the following isn’t talked about in our passenger?
A．Culture. B．Age
C．Educational level. D．Family backgrounds.


【小題1】A
【小題2】C
【小題3】D

解析試題分析：文章介紹幽默感的重要性，和影響幽默感的因素：年齡，教育水平和文化都會(huì)影響幽默感，
【小題1】主旨題：從整篇文章和第三段的句子：A number of factors affect a person’s sense of humor,可知這篇文章講的是影響人的幽默感的因素，選A
【小題2】猜詞題：從第四段的句子：Many people believe that a sense of humor is something that develops on its own,可知有人認(rèn)為幽默感是自己形成的，可是這句話的意思是：我們可以做些事情培養(yǎng)幽默感，enhance相當(dāng)于improve，選C
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)題：從第三段的句子：with the age probably being the main one. Educational level, culture, and religious faith also affect one’s sense of humor. 可知年齡，教育水平和文化都會(huì)影響幽默感，沒有說家庭背景，選D
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