PAGEUnit5TheValueofMoney閱讀理解ATheBritishareknownfortheirsenseofhumour.However,itisoftendifficultforforeignerstounderstandtheirjokes.ThemainpointtorememberisthattheBritishoftenuseunderstatement.Understatementmeanssayinglessthanyouthinkorfeel.Forexample,ifsomeonegetsverywetinashowerofrain,hemightsay,“It'salittledamp(潮濕的)outside.”O(jiān)r,ifsomeoneisveryimpoliteandshoutsatanotherperson,someoneelsemightsay,“Heisn'texactlyfriendly.”Understatementisoftenusedinunpleasantsituationortomakeanotherpersonlooksilly.UnderstatementplaysanimportantpartinBritishhumour.AnotherkeytounderstandingBritishhumouristhattheBritishliketomakefunofthemselvesaswellasothers.Theyoftenlaughaboutthesillyandunpleasantthingsthathappentotheireverydaylifewhensomeoneaccidentallyfallsoverinthestreet.Theyalsoliketomakejokesaboutpeoplefromdifferentclassesofsociety.Theyliketomakejokesabouttheiraccents,thewaytheydressandthewaytheybehave.What'smore,theBritishlovetowatchcomediesaboutpeoplewhodonotknowhowtobehaveinsociety.ThecomedyseriesMrBeanisagoodexampleofthiskindofhumour.MrBeanisthecharactercreatedbyBritishactorRowanAtkinsonin1990.MrBeandoesn'ttalkoften,andinsteadheuseshisbodymovementsandfacialexpressionstomakepeoplelaugh.PerhapswhatmakesMrBeansofunnyisthathedoesthingsthatadultsintherealworldcannotdo.MrBeanispopularinmanycountriesaroundtheworldbecauseyoudonothavetospeakEnglishtounderstandthehumour.Becauseofthis,manypeoplehavebecomefamiliarwiththeBritishsenseofhumour.本文是一篇說(shuō)明文，主要介紹的是如何理解英式幽默。1．WhichofthefollowingisTRUE?A．TheBritishoftenenlargethefact.B．Britishjokesareconnectedwithmanydifferentcultures.C．WhattheBritishsaymeanslessthanyouthinkorfeel.D．Britishjokesarenotasfunnyasjokesinothercountries.答案：C解析：細(xì)微環(huán)節(jié)理解題。依據(jù)第一段中的“ThemainpointtorememberisthattheBritishoftenuseunderstatement.”及其次段中的“Understatementmeanssayinglessthanyouthinkorfeel.”可知，英國(guó)人說(shuō)的比你想的或感覺(jué)的要少，故C項(xiàng)正確。2．Theauthorexplainsunderstatementby.A．usingexamples B．makingcomparisonsC．followingtimeorder D．describingaprocess答案：A解析：細(xì)微環(huán)節(jié)理解題。依據(jù)其次段中的“Forexample,ifsomeonegetsverywetinashowerofrain,hemightsay,‘It'salittledamp(潮濕的)outside.’Or,ifsomeoneisveryimpoliteandshoutsatanotherperson,someoneelsemightsay,‘Heisn'texactlyfriendly.’”可知，作者是通過(guò)舉在雨中淋濕和不禮貌地對(duì)別人大喊大叫的例子來(lái)說(shuō)明輕描淡寫的，故A項(xiàng)正確。3．MrBeanmakespeoplelaughby.A．tellingfunnystoriesB．makingjokesaboutothers'accentsC．copyinghowothersbehaveD．usinghisbodymovementsandfacialexpressions答案：D解析：細(xì)微環(huán)節(jié)理解題。依據(jù)最終一段中的“MrBeandoesn'ttalkoften,andinsteadheuseshisbodymovementsandfacialexpressionstomakepeoplelaugh.”可知，憨豆先生是通過(guò)肢體動(dòng)作和面部表情使人發(fā)笑的，故D項(xiàng)正確。4．Whatcanbethebesttitleforthetext?A．BritishHumourinComedy B．HumourinDifferentCulturesC．DevelopingYourSenseofHumour D．UnderstandingBritishHumour答案：D解析：標(biāo)題推斷題。依據(jù)第一段中的“However,itisoftendifficultforforeignerstounderstandtheirjokes.ThemainpointtorememberisthattheBritishoftenuseunderstatement.”及倒數(shù)其次段中的“AnotherkeytounderstandingBritishhumouristhattheBritishliketomakefunofthemselvesaswellasothers.”可知，外國(guó)人很難理解英式幽默，要記住的主要一點(diǎn)是英國(guó)人常常運(yùn)用輕描淡寫，另一個(gè)理解英式幽默的關(guān)鍵是要知道英國(guó)人不僅喜愛(ài)訕笑別人還喜愛(ài)訕笑自己，因此本文主要介紹的如何理解英式幽默，故D項(xiàng)正確。BCampingisagoodwaytospendtimealongwithyourkidsandtoshowthemhowwonderfulnaturecanbe.Throughcamping,childrencandiscovernewthingsaboutnature,suchasflowers,birds,andothersmallanimals.Campinggiveskidstimetogetawayfromalltheelectronics(電子)oftoday'sculture.Soitisnecessarytoplanexcitingandenjoyablefamilycampingtripswithyourchildrenwhiletheyareyoung.Whenplanningyourfamilycampingtrip,considertheactivitiesyourkidslike:games,hiking,swimming,boating,bicycling,etc.Selectacampingplacethathassomeoftheactivitiesthekidsareinterestedin.Mealplanningisanimportantpartofyourcampingtrip.Planthemealstogether,andkidslovetochoosewhattheywanttoeat.Whenstartingtopackforyourtrip,letthekidspacktheirownitems(物品).Eachpersonshouldhavehis/herownsleepingbagwithaluggage(行李)bagtoputitin.Personalitemsshouldbepackedwiththeirsleepingbags.Encouragethekidstoputtheiritemsinacertainplaceandalwaysreturnitwhentheyhavefinishedusingit.Whenyouhavearrivedatyourcampsite,makeallthecampingactivitiesafamilyactivity,whichwillhelpchildrentorealizehowimportantteamworkis.Everyonecanhavehis/herownjobsittingupthecampsite.Mealtimecanbeafuntime.Solettheolderoneshelpwiththecookingonyouroutdoorcampingstovewhiletheyoungeronesgetthepicnictableready.本文是一篇爭(zhēng)論文，論述了野營(yíng)的好處，同時(shí)對(duì)野營(yíng)提出了一些建議。5．Whichofthefollowingisthebestplaceforafamilycamping?A．Aplacecoveredwithforests.B．Aplacewithariverandwildanimals.C．Aplacewherekidscanfindvariousfoodstheylike.D．Aplacewhichprovidesmanyinterestingactivities.答案：D解析：細(xì)微環(huán)節(jié)理解題。依據(jù)其次段中的“Whenplanningyourfamilycampingtrip,considertheactivitiesyourkidslike:games,hiking,swimming,boating,bicycling,etc.Selectacampingplacethathassomeoftheactivitiesthekidsareinterestedin.”可知，在安排你的家庭野營(yíng)旅行時(shí)，考慮孩子們能在那兒開(kāi)展喜愛(ài)的活動(dòng)：嬉戲、遠(yuǎn)足、游泳、劃船、騎自行車，等等。選擇一個(gè)有孩子們感愛(ài)好的活動(dòng)的野營(yíng)地。故選D。6．Whatdoestheauthoradviseparentstodowhileplanningafamilycampingtrip?A．Encouragethechildrentotakecareoftheirownthings.B．Keepthechildrenawayfromanimals.C．Takemorefoodtomeetthechildren'sneed.D．Letthechildrenlearnbywatching.答案：A解析：細(xì)微環(huán)節(jié)理解題。依據(jù)第三段“Whenstartingtopackforyourtrip,letthekidspacktheirownitems(物品)．..Encouragethekidstoputtheiritems