2018年4月12日SAT阅读每日一练 备战5月SAT

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4月12日SAT阅读每日一练

The benefits of humor as an individual coping mechanism and a social lubricant are well established. Humor helps people cope with pain and tragedy, reduces social conflict and promotes group cohesion. But Lehmann-Willenbrock and Allen explored whether humor in the workplace might also help a corporation boost its bottom line. In a longitudinal investigation of team efficiency and productivity, they evaluated humor patterns in the regular team meetings of two industrial organizations in Germany, and then examined short-term and long-term outcomes.

To assess humor patterns, Lehmann-Willenbrock and Allen first videotaped 54 different team meetings, each roughly forty-five minutes long, that collectively involved over 350 employees. If you find work meetings to be arduous and dull, you would not want to be on this research team, for the investigators then watched all of those meeting tapes and coded the team interactions. They were particularly interested in positive humor patterns, that is, upbeat, funny remarks followed by laughter. They intentionally did not include negative humor (sarcasm, put-downs) or failed humor (e.g., a joke followed by silence). After coding the humor patterns, they then evaluated what happened after the laughter.

Lehmann-Willenbrock and Allen found that within the meetings, humor patterns triggered problem-solving behaviors (e.g., what do you think about this approach?), procedural suggestions (e.g., let's talk about our next step), and goal orientation (e.g., we should target this issue). Humor patterns also promoted supportive behaviors like praise and encouragement, and led to new ideas and solutions.

The underlined word "promotes" most nearly means _____

A.encourages.

B.presents.

C.recommends.

D.advocates.

答案：A

解析：

Choice A is the best answer. It is clear from context that when the author says that humor "promotes group cohesion," she means that it "encourages," or stimulates or helps to develop, a feeling of unity among a group.

4月12日SAT阅读每日一练推荐词汇

sarcasm['sɑ:kæzəm]n. 挖苦，讽刺

boost[bu:st]vt. 推进，提高，增加 n. 推进，增加

arduous['ɑ:djuəs]adj. 费力的，辛勤的，险峻的

productivity[.prɔdʌk'tiviti]n. 生产率，生产能力

minutes['minits]n. 会议记录，(复数)分钟

issue['iʃju:]n. 发行物，期刊号，争论点 vi. & vt

dull[dʌl]adj. 呆滞的，迟钝的，无趣的，钝的，暗的

approach[ə'prəutʃ]n. 接近; 途径，方法 v. 靠近，接近，

efficiency[i'fiʃənsi]n. 效率，功率

mechanism['mekənizəm]n. 机制，原理 n. 机械，机构，结构

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