[face=Georgia]9. An easy willingness to tell funny stories or jokes about oneself is the surest of supreme self-confidence. This willingness, often not acquired until late in life, is even more revealing than is good-natured acquiescence in having others poke fun at one.
Which one of the following inference is most supported by the statements above?
(A) A person who lacks self-confidence will enjoy neither telling nor hearing funny stories about himself or herself.
(B) People with high self-confidence do not tell funny stories or jokes about others.
(C) Highly self-confident people tell funny stories and jokes in order to let their audience know that they are self-confident.
(D) Most people would rather tell a funny story or joke than listen to one being told.
(E) Telling funny stories or jokes about people in their presence is a way of expressing one’s respect for them.
这个题目的答案选A,我选的是E.但是A中的"hearing funny stories about himself or herself"是原文没有说的无关信息啊!这个题目有一定的疑问
20. Politician: Homelessness is a serious social problem, but further government spending to provide low-income housing is not the cure for homelessness. The most cursory glance at the real-estate section of any major newspaper is enough to show that there is no lack of housing units available to rent. So the frequent claim that people are homeless because of a lack of available housing is wrong.
That homelessness is a serious social problem figures in the argument in which one of the following ways?
(A) It suggests an alternative perspective to the one adopted in the argument.
(B) It sets out a problem the argument is designed to resolve.
(C) It is compatible either with accepting the conclusion or with denying it.
(D) It summarizes a position the argument as a whole is directed toward discrediting.
(E) It is required in order to establish the conclusion.
1. E肯定不对。。respect为根本无关信息。 A虽然hear原文没有明显提出。。但是joke oneself应该是愿意tell and listen的。。。其实A选项是和原文最接近的。。只是某些字眼。其他都很容易排除。
2 这道题需要明白原文的矛盾：what incur such serious social problem? 作者也承认homeless is a serious social problem...所以不管接受或者反对结论，homeless is a serious social problem 都是成立的。。它并不是文章的焦点。。也就是compatible in any case...
作者也承认HOMELESS is a serious social problem 要辩论的是： 是什么引起such serious social problem(作者认为不是lack of hourse) 所以，homeless is aserious social problem不是全文要argue的东西,而是compatible with 支持或者反对作者的观点,即都成立的。
9. An easy willingness to tell funny stories or jokes about oneself is the surest mark of supreme self-confidence. This willingness, often not acquired until late in life, is even more revealing than is good-natured acquiescence in having others poke fun at one.说明好脾气默许别人开自己的玩笑，也是一种自信的表现
Which one of the following inference is most supported by the statements above?
(A) A person who lacks self-confidence will enjoy neither telling nor hearing funny stories about himself or herself. 自信的人既能够主动开自己的玩笑，也能让别人开自己的玩笑
(B) People with high self-confidence do not tell funny stories or jokes about others. 没提到自信的人是否会提到别人
(C) Highly self-confident people tell funny stories and jokes in order to let their audience know that they are self-confident. 虽然tell funny stories and jokes是self-confident的标志，但是没有说明它的目的就是为了让别人这么认为自己
(D) Most people would rather tell a funny story or joke than listen to one being told.（A）
(E) Telling funny stories or jokes about people in their presence is a way of expressing one’s respect for them.
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