3The phrase "clamped off" in Paragraph 3 means ______.

　　A．tried to hold back B．tried to set

　　C．charged D．gave out

　　4The main idea of this passage is ______.

　　A．Sam Maynard saved his job with humor

　　B．humor is important in our lives

　　C．early bird gets the worm

　　D．humor can solve racial discriminations

　　Ⅴ.经典重现

　　1.Now that we've discussed our problem，are people happy with the decisions ______？

　　A．taking　　　　　　 　　B．take

　　C．taken D．to take

　　2.They use computers to keep the traffic ______ smoothly.

　　A．being run B．run

　　C．to run D．running

　　3.______ is the power of TV that it can make a person suddenly famous.

　　A．Such B．This

　　C．That D．So

　　4.There is a great deal of evidence ______ that music activities engage different parts of the brain.

　　A．indicate B．indicating

　　C．to indicate D．to be indicating

　　5.The government plans to bring in new laws ______ parents to take more responsibility for the education of their children.

　　A．forced B．forcing

　　C．to be forced D．having forced

　　6.The director had her assistant ______ some hot dogs for the meeting.

　　A．picked up B．picks up

　　C．pick up D．picking up

　　7It was so dark in the cinema that I could hardly ______ my friend.

　　A．turn out B．bring out

　　C．call out D．pick out

Ⅵ.书面表达