A lot of us lose life’s tough battles by starting a frontal(正面的) attack—when a touch of humor might well enable us to win. Consider the case of a young friend of mine, who hit a traffic jam on his way to work shortly after receiving an ultimatum(最后通牒) about being late on the job. Although there was a good reason for Sam’s a being late—serious illness at home—he decided that this by-now-familiar excuse wouldn’t work any longer. His supervisor was probably already pacing up and down preparing a dismissal speech.
Yes, the boss was, Sam entered the office at 9:35. The place was as quiet as a locker room(更衣室); everyone was hard at work. Sam’s supervisor came up to him. Suddenly, Sam forced a grin and stretched out his hand. “How do you do!” he said. “I’m Sam Maynard. I’m applying for a job. Which, I understand, became available just 35 minutes ago. Does the early bird get the worm?”
The room exploded in laughter. The supervisor clamped off a smile and walked back to his office. Sam Maynard had saved his job—with the only tool that could win, a laugh.
Humor is a most effective, yet frequently neglected(忽略), means of handling the difficult situations in our lives. It can be used for patching up differences, apologizing, saying “no”, criticizing, getting the other fellow to do what you want without his losing face. For some jobs, it’s the only tool that can succeed. It is a way to discuss subjects so sensitive that serious dialog may start a quarrel. For example, many believe that comedians(喜劇演員) on television are doing more today for racial and religious tolerance(忍受力) than people in any other forum.
小題1:Why was Sam late for his job?
A．Because he was ill.
B．Because he got up late.
C．Because he was caught in a traffic jam.
D．He was busy applying for a new job.
小題2:The main idea of this passage is ________.
A．Sam Maynard saved his job with humor
B．humor is important in our lives
C．early bird gets the worm
D．humor can solve racial discriminations
小題3:The phrase “clamped off” in Paragraph 3 means ________.
A．tried to hold backB．tried to setC．chargedD．gave out
小題4:Which of the following statements can we infer from the passage?
A．Many lose life’s battles for they are lacking in a sense of humor.
B．It wasn’t the first time that Sam came late for his work.
C．Sam was supposed to come to his office at 8:30.
D．Humor is the most effective way of solving problems.

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:A
小題4:B

本文通過一個小故事講述了幽默的重要性。
小題1:細節(jié)題。根據(jù)who hit a traffic jam on his way to work可知，他遲到的原因是他碰上了交通堵塞。
小題2:主旨題。根據(jù)短文第 1 句是主題句 A lot of us lose life’s tough battles by starting a frontal(正面的) attack — when a touch of humor might well enable us to win (在人生很多場激烈的爭斗中，我們?nèi)绻c人硬碰硬正面交鋒的話，可能敗得一塌糊涂。而幽默往往使我們反敗為勝)和文章第 4 段第 1 句，可知整篇短文講的是幽默的重要性。
小題3:詞義猜測題。前面提到老板連辭退他的話都想好了，而Sam開的這個玩笑使人們哄堂大笑。而老板為了樹立他的威嚴，仍然強忍住笑。故答案為A。
小題4:推斷題。根據(jù) …shortly after receiving an ultimatum(最后通牒) about being late on the job 我們可以了解到，Sam不止一次上班遲到了。
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