如2002第一篇：“If you intend using humor in your talk to make people smile, you must know how to identify shared experiences and problems. Your humor must be relevant to the audience and should help to show them that you are one of them or that you understand their situation and are in sympathy with (支持)their point of view. Depending on whom you are addressing, the problems will be different. If you are talking to a group or managers, you may refer to the disorganized methods of their secretaries; alternatively if you are addressing secretaries, you may want to comment on their disorganized bosses。”
41. To make your humor work, you should
[A] take advantage of different kinds of audience。
[B] make fun of the disorganized people。
[C] address different problems to different people。
[D] show sympathy for (同情)your listeners。
很多考生没有能正确识别两个sympathy的意思，而误选了选项D。
B)貌似同义改写：当选项中出现一个单词和原文中一个单词非常相似，或者就是一个词，只要词性发生变化，一般都是错误答案。
如2004年第二篇：“Can this merely be coincidence? One theory, dreamt up in all the spare time enjoyed by the alphabetically disadvantaged, is that the rot sets in early. At the start of the first year in infant school, teachers seat pupils alphabetically from the front, to make it easier to remember their names. So short-sighted Zysman junior gets stuck in the back row, and is rarely asked the improving questions posed by those insensitive teachers. At the time the alphabetically disadvantaged may think they have had a lucky escape (幸运的逃脱了). Yet the result may be worse qualifications, because they get less individual attention, as well as less confidence in speaking publicly。”
48、The 4th paragraph suggests that
[A] questions are often put to the more intelligent students。
[B] alphabetically disadvantaged students often escape from class. (逃学)
