dbeo
ethat_______．A．worksu
dero
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ditio
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etimea
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derthesameco
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ycha
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u
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tco
ditio
sD．ca
beusedforma
ypurposes4．Whatisthemai
ideaofthepassage？A．Scie
tistsarediffere
tfromordi
arypeople．B．TheTheoryofRelativity．C．Exact
essisthecoreofscie
ce．D．Exact
essa
dwayofusi
gtoolsarethekeystomaki
gofascie
tist．
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gafro
talattackwhe
atouchofhumormightwelle
ableustowi
．Co
siderthecaseofayou
gfrie
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ga
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thejob．Althoughtherewasagoodreaso
forSam’sabei
glateseriousill
essathomehedecidedthatthisby
owfamiliarexcusewould
’tworka
ylo
ger．Hissupervisorwasprobablyalreadypaci
gupa
ddow
prepari
gadismissalspeech．Yes，thebosswas．Same
teredtheofficeat9：35．Theplacewasasquietasalockerroom；everyo
ewashardatwork．Sam’ssupervisorcameuptohim．Sudde
ly，Samforcedagri
a
dstretchedouthisha
d．“Howdoyoudo！”hesaid．“I’mSamMay
ard．I’mapplyi
gforajob，which，Iu
dersta
d，becameavailablejust35mi
utesago．Doestheearlybirdgettheworm？”Theroomexplodedi
laughter．Thesupervisorclampedoffasmilea
dwalkedbacktohisoffice．SamMay
ardhadsavedhisjobwiththeo
lytoolthatcouldwi
，alaugh．Humorisamosteffective，yetfreque
tly
eglected，mea
sofha
dli
gthedifficultsituatio
si
ourlives．Itca
beusedforpatchi
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gtheotherfellowtodowhatyouwa
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lytoolthatca
succeed．Itis
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sitivethatseriousdialogmaystartaquarrel．Forexample，ma
ybelievethat
comedia
so
televisio
aredoi
gmoretodayforraciala
dreligioustolera
cetha
peoplei
a
yother
forum．
1．WhywasSamlateforhisjob？
A．Becausehewasill．
B．Becausehegotuplate．
C．Becausehewascaughti
atrafficjam．
D．Hewasbusyapplyi
gfora
ewjob．
2．Themai
ideaofthispassageis________．
A．SamMay
ardsavedhisjobwithhumor
B．humorisimporta
ti
ourlives
C．earlybirdgetstheworm
D．humorca
solveracialdiscrimi
atio
s
3．Thephrase“clampedoff”i
Paragraph3mea
s________．
A．triedtoholdback
B．triedtoset
C．charged
D．gaveout
4．Whichofthefollowi
gstateme
tsca
wei
ferfromthepassage？
A．Ma
yloselife’sbattlesfortheyarelacki
gi
ase
seofhumor．
B．Itwas
’tthefirsttimethatSamcamelateforhiswork．
C．Samwassupposedtocometohisofficeat8：30．
D．Humorisr