Question

Making sense of how the US shows humor

Living in a new country gives me many surprises. The first surprise was the way that the US people speak.

One day I saw someone was having a public speech in a square. I thought it would be a serious speech. But I soon found it became a kind of entertainment show.

   The speaker told the audience to protect the environment with humorous words. Later he said some people’s behavior didn’t go with their words. He took the example of Taylor Swift’s song We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.

   He said that since Swift doesn’t want to be with the boy any more, she doesn’t need to speak it aloud, she doesn’t need to sing unless she still keeps in touch with that guy. It sounds like she is a hypocrite.

   Then he sang the song in a funny way. The audience laughed out loudly. I felt a little angry because Swift is my favourite star. I couldn’t understand why they laughed at Swift.

As time goes on, I find many US people make fun of others. But they don’t mean to hurt them. They do that to show closeness and humour. And people who are laughed at seldom get angry. Now I understand the speaker at the square. Now I’ve got used to the way the US people speak.

   It’s easy to find culture shock when you’re in a new place. But everyone should learn to understand different cultures and customs. 

1.The man in the square was _______________.

A. teaching people how to give a speech

B. calling on people to protect the environment

C. giving a singing show in public

D. criticizing the US government           

2. What does the underlined word “hypocrite” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A. 會唱歌的人      B. 真誠的人       C. 虛偽的人       D. 愛護環境的人

3.From Paragraph 6, we learn that_________________.

A. many US people like to laugh at others  

B. many US people are friendly and humorous

C. the US people get angry at others easily  

D. the writer doesn’t like the way the US people speak          

4.Which is Not suitable for the passage?

A. The writer went to America and protect the environment.

B. Americans show humour in a different way from China.

C. It’s easy to find culture shock when you are in a new place.

D. Tailor Swift is an American famous singer.               

5.What does the article mainly talk about?

A. Differences between the Chinese and the US people.      

B. In what way the US people speak in public.

C. How to get used to life in the US.  

D. A Chinese girl’s culture shock experience in the US.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.C                 

3.B                       

4.A                   

5.D                      

【解析】  

試題分析： 本文講訴了我對美國文化的理解過程。開始的時候我很不能理解他們的幽默方式。有次我聽到有人做演講，卻拿我喜歡的歌手做例子，諷刺挖苦他，這讓我很生氣。但是后來我發現，美國人經常拿別人開玩笑，但真的沒有惡意。這就是我的理解美國文化的過程。

1.細節理解題。根據文中：The speaker told the audience to protect the environment with humorous words.演講人用幽默的語言告訴觀眾要保護環境。故選B。

【小題2詞義猜測題。根據文章：Later he said some people’s behavior didn’t go with their words. He took the example of Taylor Swift’s song  后來他說有些人言行不一致。他舉了 Taylor Swift的歌曲做為例子。故選C。           

2.細節理解題。根據文中；They do that to show closeness and humour.他們這么做顯示親密和幽默。故選B。                

3.細節理解題。根據：The speaker told the audience to protect the environment with humorous words.演講者通過幽默的語言告訴人們要保護環境。可以知道，保護環境是演講者說的不是作者說的，故選 A 。                 

4.主旨大意題。根據：Living in a new country gives me many surprises. The first surprise was the way that the US people speak.可知文章講的是文化的差異。故選D。

考點：故事類短文閱讀。