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【题目】Before I studied psychology, I used to think that people would laugh when funny things occurred. While I was right about that, I discovered there are lots of other psychological factors that make people laugh other than the funny part of a joke. When someone laughs at a joke, there will usually be more than one reason that makes him laugh—and the more reasons there are, the more powerful the joke will be.

I was attending a stand-up comedy show in Egypt, and when the man started to make fun of pedestrians crossing streets, everyone laughed their hearts out. The main reason those people strongly laughed was that almost all of them felt angry towards pedestrians who crossed streets carelessly. The joke wasn’t only funny, it also made the audience feel that they were right about being angry at those pedestrians. That is, people were laughing both because of the funny joke and because of the happiness experienced as a result of the psychological support they got.

The better a joke makes a person feel, and the more it includes other psychological factors, the more the person will like it. For example, if you envy one of your friends, and someone tells a joke that is funny and, at the same time, makes your friend seem stupid, then you will probably laugh at it louder than if you weren’t jealous of him.

In short, we don’t laugh only when we hear something funny; we also laugh when we experience some kind of happiness that results from the other psychological factors involved in the joke. I strongly discourage making fun of anyone or belittling someone to make someone else laugh. All I want to explain is that if your joke supports a person’s emotions, he will certainly like it a lot.

【1】What did the author find out after studying psychology?

A. Only good jokes make people laugh

B. Many factors lead to people laughing.

C. Funny things can make people laugh

D. Laughter can make people healthy.

【2】Why did the audience laugh loud at the pedestrians?

A. They played a trick on the pedestrians.

B. The pedestrians behaved in a funny way.

C. They could feel the pedestrians’ happiness.

D. Their emotion was approved of by the show.

【3】What does the underlined word “belittling” probably mean?

A. Speak highly of B. Get close to

C. Look down on D. Feel content with

【4】Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】C

【4】B

【解析】

试题分析：本文属于科普说明文，主要分析了除了笑话中有趣的部分之外，还有很多心理学上的因素导致人们会大笑。文章中还举例进行了说明。

【1】B 细节理解题。根据第一段第二句While I was right about that, I discovered there are lots of other psychological factors that make people laugh other than the funny part of a joke.可知当我进行研究以后我发现除了笑话中有趣的部分之外，还有很多心理学上的因素导致人们会大笑。所以B项正确。

【2】D 推理判断题。根据第二段第二、三句The main reason those people strongly laughed was that almost all of them felt angry towards pedestrians who crossed streets carelessly. The joke wasn’t only funny, it also made the audience feel that they were right about being angry at those pedestrians.人们嘲笑那些不守规则过马路的，是因为他们发现自己对这些人的愤怒的情感在这个节目中受到了人们的支持。故D正确。

【3】C 词义猜测题。根据本句I strongly discourage making fun of anyone or belittling someone to make someone else laugh.句中的or说明前后是选择关系，下划线的词belittling和making fun of是近义词，都是指嘲笑他人。故C项“看不起”与之一致。A项“高度评价”，B项“接近”，D项“对...满意”与上下文不一致。

【4】B 篇章结构题。文章第一段提出人们嘲笑他人有很多心理学上的原因，二、三两段分别通过举例和说理进行阐述，最后一段进行总结归纳。所以文章属于总分总结构，故B正确。