I'd rather marry a man who had a(n) ________ of humor than one who was stunningly attractive.A capabilityB insightC knowledgeD sense

When I got out of the car and walked about among them, ____one old man who shook his head disapprovingly, they all began to cheer.

A.see that
B.except that
C.provided that
D.except for

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A proverb from ancient China was widely spread in the West: "If you want to be happy for a few hours, go to get drunk; if you want the happiness to last three years, get married; if you want lifetime happiness, take up gardening." The reason for the last is this: Gardening is not only useful, but it helps you to identify yourself with nature, and thus brings you new joy each day besides improving your health.
A research of a US university that I′ve read gives a definition of happiness as what makes a person feel comfortably pleased. To put it simply, happiness is an active state of mind where one thinks one′ s life is meaningful, satisfactory and comfortable. This should be something lasting rather than transitory.
Lots of people regard it the happiest to be at leisure. But according to a study, it is not a person with plenty of leisure but one at work that feels happy, especially those busy with work having little time for leisure. Happiness does not mean gains one is after but a desire to harvest what one is seeking for. People often do not treasure what they already have but desire what they cannot get. That is somewhat like a man with fond dreams of numerous lovers while unwilling to settle down with the woman beside him.
Happiness is a game balancing between two ends--what one has and what one wishes for, i.e. one′s dream and the possibility to realize it. The study comes to this conclusion: A happy man is one who aims high but never forgets his actual situation; one who meets challenges that develop his ability and potentiality; one who′s proud of his achievements and the recognition given to him. He has self-respect and self-confidence; treasures his own identity and loves freedom. He is sociable and enjoys wide range communication with others; he′s helpful and ready to accept assistance. He knows he is able to bear sufferings and failures; he is sensible enough to get fun from daily work. He is a man capable of love and passion.
Who is more likely to be unhappy according to the study?

A.The man who is ambitious regardless of his actual situation.
B.The one who has self-esteem and has confidence in himself.
C.The one who can take pleasure in communicating with others.
D.The one who always helps others and also accepts help from others.

Some young soldiers who had recently joined the army were being trained in modern ways of fighting,and one of the things they were shown was how an unarmed man could trick an armed enemy and take his weapon away from him．First one of their two instructors took a knife away from the other,using only his bare hands;and then he took a rifle away from him in the same way．After the lesson,and before they went on to train the young soldiers to do these things themselves,the two instructors asked them a number of questions to see how well they had understood what they had been shown．One of the questions was this:“Well,you now know what an unarmed man can do against a man with a rifle．Imagine that you are guarding a bridge at night,and that you have a rifle．Suddenly you see an unarmed enemy soldier coming towards you．What will you do?”
The young soldier who had to answer this question thought carefully for a few seconds before he answered,and then said,“Well,after what I have just seen,I think that the first thing I would do would be to get rid of my rifle as quickly as I could,so that the unarmed enemy couldn't take it from me and kill me with it!”

The ending of the passage is__.

A.serious
B.mysterious
C.curious
D.humorous

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Do You Have a Sense of Humor?
Humor and laughter are good for us.There is increasing evidence that they can heal us physically mentally,emotionally,and spiritually.In fact,every system of the body responds to laughter in some positive healing way.So how can we get more laughter into our lives?_______(46)Psychologist and author Steve Wilson,has some answers.
Many people believe that we are born with a sense of humor.They think,"either you've got it,or you don't."Dr.Wilson points out that this is false._________(47)
The parts of the brain and central nervous system that control laughing and smiling are mature at birth.______(48)(After all,when a baby laughs,we don't rush over and say,"That kid has a great sens(of humor!")A sense of humor is something that you can develop over a lifetime.
Sometimes people think that they don't have a good sense of humor because they are not good joke tellers Dr.Wilson reminds us that telling jokes is only one of many ways to express humor._______(49)Then we will make others laugh,too.
A person who has a true sense of humor is willing and able to see the funny side of everyday life.On of the best definitions of a sense of humor is"the ability to see the nonserious element in a situation".
Consider this sign from a store window:"Any faulty merchanJise will be cheerfully replaced with merchandise of equal quality."The store manager probably placed the sign in the window to impress customers with the store's excellent service.________(50)As Dr.Wilson says,"a good sense of humor
means that you don't have to be funny,you just have to see what's funny."

_______(47)
A:Everyone experiences this emotion.
B:Is it possible to develop a sense of humor?
C:He advises us to lose our inhibitions（抑制）and try to laugh at ourselves.
D:However,that does not mean that infants have a sense of humor.
E:What is true,however,is that we are born with the capacity to laugh and smile.
F:He had a serious purpose,but if you have a sense of humor,you will probably find the sign funny!

We reckoned there was only one man who is fit for the post.

A:figured
B:believed
C:encountered
D:understood

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Do You Have a Sense of Humor?
Humor and laughter are good for us.There is increasing evidence that they can heal us physically, mentally,emotionally,and spiritually.In fact,every system of the body responds to laughter in some positive,healing way.So how can we get more laughter into our lives?______(46)Psychologist and author.Steve Wilson,has some answers.
Many people believe that we are born with a sense of humor.They think,"either you've got it,or you don't."Dr.Wilson points out that this is false.______(47)
The parts of the brain and central nervous system that control laughing and smiling are mature at brith.______(48)(After all,when a baby laughs,we don't rush over and say,"That kid has a great sense of humor!")A sense of humor is something that you can develop over a lifetime.
Sometimes people think that they don"have a good sense of humor because they are not good joke tellers.Dr.Wilson reminds us that telling jokes is only one of many ways to express humor.______(49) Then we will make others laugh, too.
A person who has a true sense"'humor is willing and able to see the funny side of everyday life.One of the best definitions of a sense of humor is "the ability to see the nonserious element in a situation." Consider this sign from a store window." Any faulty merchandise will be cheerfully replaced with merchandise of equal quality." The store manager probably placed the sign in the window to impress customers with the store's excellent service.______(50)As Dr.Wilson says,"a good sense of humor means that you don't have to be funny;you just have to see what's funny."

______(50)
A:What is true,however,is that we are born with the capacity to laugh and smile.
B:However,that does not mean that infants have a sense of humor.
C:He advises us to lose our inhibitions（抑制）and try to laugh at ourselves.
D:Is it possible to develop a sense of humor?
E:Everyone experiences this emotion.
F:He had a serious purpose,but if you have a sense of humor,you will probably find the sign funny!

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Wrongly Convicted Man and His Accuser Tell Their Story
NEW YORK NY,January 5,2010,St.Martin's Press has announced the release of the paperback edi- tion of Picking Cotton,a remarkable true story of what novelist John Grisham calls an"account of violence, rage,redemption（救赎）,and,ultimately,forgiveness."
The story began in 1987,in Burlington,North Carolina,with the rape of a young white college student named Jennifer Thompson.During her ordeal,Thompson swore to herself that she would never forget the face of her rapist,a man who climbed through the window of her apartment and assaulted her brutally._______(46)When the police asked her if she could identify the assailant（袭击者）from a book of mug shots,she picked one that she was sure was correct and later she identified the same man in a lineup.
Based on her convincing eyewitness testimony,a 22-year-old black man named Ronald Cotton was sentenced to prison for two life terms.Cotton's lawyer appealed the decision,and by the time of the appeals hearing,evidence had come to light suggesting that the real rapist might have been a man who looked very like Cotton,an imprisoned criminal named Bobby Poole.______(47)Jennifer Thompson looked at both men face to face,and once again said that Ronald Cotton was the one who raped her.
Eleven years later , DNA evidence completely exonerated（证明……清白）Cotton and just as unequivocally（明确地）convicted Poole , who confessed to the crime._________ ( 48 ) " The man I was so sure I had never seen in my life was the man who was inches from my throat,who raped me,who hurt me, who took my spirit away,who robbed me of my soul,"she wrote."And the man I had identified so surely on so many occasions was absolutely innocent."_______(49)Remarkably,both were able to put this tragedy behind them,overcome the racial barrier that divided them,and write a book,which they have subtitled "Our memoir of injustice and redemption."
Nevertheless,Thompson says,she still lives"with constant pain that my profound mistake cost him so dearly._______(50)"

_______(46)
A:Another trial was held.
B:I cannot begin to imagine what would have happened had my mistaken identification occurred in a capital case.
C:Thompson was shocked and devastated.
D:Jennifer Thompson decided to meet Cotton and apologize to him personally.
E:During the attack,she made an effort to memorize every detail of his face,looking for scars,tattoos（文身）,or other identifying marks.
F:Many criminals are sent to prison on the basis of accurate testimony by eyewitnesses.

I′d rather marry a man who had a（n）__________of humour than one who was very attractive.

A.capability
B.sight
C.knowledge
D.sense

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Wrongly Convicted Man and His Accuser Tell Their Story
NEW YORK,NY,January 5,2010.St.Martin's Press has announced the release of the paperback
edition of Picking Cotton,a remarkable true story of what novelist John Grisham calls an"account violence,rage,redemption（救赎）,and ultimately forgiveness."
The story began in 1987,in Burlington,North Carolina,with the rape of a young while college stud。 named Jennifer Thompson.During her ordeal,Thompson swore to herself that she would never forget the face of her rapist,a man who climbed through the window of her apartment and assaulted her brutal ________(46)When the police asked her if she could identify the assailant（袭击者）from a book of n shots,she picked one that she was sure was correct,and later she identified the same man in a lineup.
Based on her convincing eyewitness testimony,a 22-year dad black man named Ronald Cotton was sentenced to prison for two life terms.Cotton's lawyer appealed the decision,and by the time of the the hearing,evidence had come to light suggesting that the real rapist might have been a man who looked v, like Cotton,an imprisoned criminal named Bobby Poole.________(47)Jennifer Thompson looked at b。 men face to face,and once again said that Ronald Cotton was the one who raped her.
Eleven years later, DNA evidence completely exonerated（证明……清白）Cotton and just as unequivocally （明确地）convicted Poole,who confessed to the crime._________(48)"The man I was so sure I had never seen in my life was the~who was inches from my throat,who raped me,who hurt me,who took my spirit away,who robbed me of my soul,"she wrote."And the man I had identified so surely on so many occasions、 absolutely innocent."_______(49)Remarkably both were able to put this tragedy behind them,overcome the racial ban that divided them,and write a book,which they have subtitled"Our memoir of injustice and redemption".Nevertheless,Thompson says,she still lives"with constant pain that my profound mistake cost him dearly,_________(50)"

________(47)
A:Jennifer Thompson decided to meet Cotton and apologize to him personally.
B:Many criminals are sent to prison on the basis of accurate testimony by eyewitnesses,
C:I cannot begin to imagine what would have happened had my mistaken identification occurred in a capital case。
D:Another trial was held.
E:Thompson was shocked and devastated.
F:During the attack,she made an effort to memorize every detail of his face,looking for scars,tattoos(纹身）,or other identifying marks.

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Do You Have a Sense of Humor?
Humor and laughter are good for us.There is increasing evidence that they can heal us physically,mentally, emotionally,and spiritually.In fact,every system of the body responds to laughter in some positive,healing way,
So how can we get more laughter into our lives?______(46)Psychologist and author,Steve Wilson,has some answers。
Many people believe that we are born with a sense of humor.They think,"Either you've got it,or you don't."Dr.Wilson points out that this is false.______(47)
The parts of the brain and central nervous system that control laughing and smiling are mature at birth.______(48)(After all,when a baby laughs,we don't rush over and say,"That kid has a great scm of humor!")A sense of humor is something that you can develop over a lifetime.
Sometimes people think that they don't have a good sense of humor because they are not good joke tellers.Dr.Wilson reminds us that telling jokes is only one of many ways to express humor.______(49) Then we will make others laugh,too.
A person who has a true sense of humor is willing and able to see the funny side of everyday life.One of the best definitions of a sense of humor is"the ability to see the nonserious element in a situation".Consider this sign from a store window:"Any faulty merchandise will be cheerfully replaced with merchandise of equal quality."The store manager probably placed the sign in the window to impress customers with the store's excellent service.______(50)As Dr.Wilson says,"A good sense of humor means that you don't have to be funny;you just have to see what's funny."

______(47)
A:He advises us to lose our inhibitions（抑制）and try to laugh at ourselves.
B:Is it possible to develop a sense of humor?
C:However,that does not mean that infants have a sense of humor.
D:What is true,however,is that we are born with the capacity to laugh and smile.
E:Everyone experiences this emotion.
F:He had a serious purpose,but if you have a sense of humor,you will probably find the sign funny!