2018届高三英语总复习第一部分回归教材Unit3AtasteofEnglishhumour课时作业新人教版必修420171010135.docVIP

Unit 3 A taste of English humour Ⅰ.阅读理解 (2017·成都外国语学校高三模拟) Something that has always interested me about Abraham Lincoln is, not surprisingly, his sense of humor. As far as I can tell, hes the first American President to have one. Thats because the term “sense of humor” really wasnt in common usage until the eighteen-sixties and seventies. In the eighteen-forties and fifties, it was called “the sense of the ridiculous”， and didnt have the positive connotations(隐含意义)that “sense of humor” has today. Back then, what was ridiculous was what invited ridicule(讥笑). Funniness and cruelty went hand in