单选题
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 agreement with their point of view. Depending on whom you are speaking to, the problem will be different. If you are talking to a group of managers, you may refer to the funny methods of their secretaries; alternatively if you are addressing secretaries, you may want to talk about their fool bosses. Here is an example, which I heard at a nurses' meeting, 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 accommodations, 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 rushed to the head of the line, seizes his food and sits at a table by himself. "Who is it?" the new arrival asked St. Peter. "Oh, that's God," came the reply, "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 problems which are common to all of you and it'll be appropriate for you to make a passing remark about inedible canteen food or the chairman's bad taste in ties. With other audience, you will be on safer ground if you stick to scapegoats (替罪羊) like the Post Office or the Bank. If you feel embarrassed being humorous, you must practice so that it becomes more natural. Include a few casual and spontaneous remarks in a relaxed and unforced manner. Often it'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 light-hearted remark.
单选题
To make your humor work, you should ______.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】细节题。文章第一段提到“Depending on whom you are speaking to, the problem will be different.”，因为你谈话的对象不一样，对付的难题也不一样，也就是说，对不同的人说不同的笑话。因此，[C]正确。
单选题
The joke about doctors implies that in the eyes of nurses, they are ______.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】推理题。文章第二段中“Everyone is very peaceful, polite and friendly, waiting in a line for lunch…”说明每个人都很平静，有礼貌，很友好，在那里排队吃午饭；而“…the new arrival is suddenly pushed aside by a man in a white coat, who rushed to the head of the line, seizes his food and sits at a table by himself.”突然新来者横冲直闯，旁若无人…可见新来者的与众不同，特殊地位。因此，[C]正确，[C]中的privilege表示“特权”。
单选题
It can be inferred from the passage that public services ______.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】推理题。文章第三段提到“…it'll be appropriate for you to make a passing remark about inedible canteen food or the chairman's bad taste in ties. With other audience，you will be on safer ground if you stick to scapegoats(替罪羊)like the Post Office or the Bank．如果你是群体中的一员，你可以把食堂难以下咽的食物或老板的领带没有品味作为笑料；如果你不是其中一员，那么就把邮局，银行等公共部门作为笑料是安全的。因此，[D]正确。[D]中“laughing stock”表示“笑柄”。
单选题
To get the desired result, humorous stories should be delivered ______.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】细节题。由文章最后一段中“Include a few casual and spontaneous remarks in a relaxed and unforced manner.”可知，幽默要在轻松的状态下，不经意地而且自然地说出。因此，[D]正确。