Perhaps what we like most about the successful man who has a sense of humor is that he doesn't seem to take himself too 36 . The average person expects the man in a powerful 37 to be too vain and self-centered. “Walt Dizzy is just a plain, ordinary guy. It's absolutely amazing,” Harvey tells his friends, “He's really not different from any one of us. Boy, I'll tell you, success didn't spoil him.” 38 it was Walt Dizzy's aptitude for making the people around him feel 39 that relaxed everyone who met him and gave people the impression that he’s “one of the boys’’. It's always a surprise and a 40 when people discover that successful individuals are basically not different from anyone else. The majority of people 41 highly successful men and women to be very solemn and earnest because they 42 such big decisions. An executive who has a relaxed 43 and good sense of humor leaves a favorable impression. You've undoubtedly often heard someone say, 44 discussing one of these tycoons(大人物), “I can identify with him.” The party who makes the remark has absolutely 45 in common with the tycoons, but the 46 atmosphere, not the man himself, becomes the means of identification. Greeting someone 47 whom you are about to do business with a warm smile is the best way to introduce yourself. People can't 48 immediately liking such an individual. He seems humble, and they're impressed with his informal manner. They notice his “human side,” and he 49 them over at once. People want to cooperate with this kind of man. A 50 first meeting sets the stage beautifully for the formal discussions. On the other hand, there's the humorless, dull type who turns you completely 51 .Stanley Shtick, president of a large food company, is a good 52 . “He is the coldest fish I’ve 53 met,” says Zelda Zoftik, “You would think he was the King of England, the way he acts,” she 54 . “The longer it is before I meet with him again, the 55 .”
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小题1:A
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:C
小题6:A
小题7:B
小题8:C
小题9:A
小题10:B
小题11:B
小题12:B
小题13:A
小题14:A
小题15:C
小题16:D
小题17:B
小题18:A
小题19:C
小题20:C
幽默通过创造一种愉快而友好的气氛来减轻不幸和苦恼。僵硬的表达让别人不舒服，微笑和机智却能熄灭怒火、减轻沮丧、抚慰绝望。幽默能促进更好的沟通和理解，因而不仅把快乐带给自身，而且更重要的还能让别人感到高兴。幽默感确实能提高一个人受欢迎的程度。幽默感通常是在人际交往中是非常重要的。
题目分析：本文论述了
小题1:考查副词及上下文的呼应。Seriously认真地，严肃地； highly 高度地；easily容易地； simply简单地。幽默的人好像不把自己看的过于认真，故选A。
小题2:考查名词及上下文的呼应。Position指职位。一般的人都认为处于职位高的人是虚荣的并且是以自我为中心，故选B。
小题3:考查副词及上下文的呼应。Actually事实上； Eventually最后； Gradually 逐渐地； Naturally自然地。根据上文Walt Dizzy说他不同于其他的人，事实上是他的才能使在他的周围人们感觉很轻松，故选A。
小题4:考查形容词及上下文的呼应。nervous 紧张的；conscious神志清醒的； comfortable 舒适的；reliable可靠的。根据relaxed everyone who met him and gave people the impression that he’s “one of the boys’’故选C。
小题5:考查名词及上下文的呼应。pressure 压力；pleasure快乐； relief安慰； shock震惊。根据下文An executive who has a relaxed 43 and good sense of humor leaves a favorable impression.可知应选C。
小题6:考查动词短语及上下文的呼应。expect sb to do 希望某人做某事；大多数人都希望成功的人是严肃的和热心的，因为他们能做出大的决定，故选A。
小题7:考查动词短语及上下文的呼应。make big decisions 做出大的决定，故选B。
小题8:考查名词及上下文的呼应。figure人物； smile微笑； personality性格； shape身材。行政人员有一个脾气随和的性格并且有幽默感留给人的印象很好。故选C。
小题9:考查连词及上下文的呼应。当我们谈论一个大人物时，故选A。
小题10:考查动词短语及上下文的呼应。have nothing in common with当事人去仿效大人物说话，绝对跟大人物没有没有共同之处，故选B。
小题11:考查形容词及上下文的呼应。但是气氛非常轻松，故选B。
小题12:考查介词及上下文的呼应。do business with sb 与某人做生意，这是whom引导的定语从句故选B。
小题13:考查动词及上下文的呼应。help招待，补救，促进；人们不可能招待就是那个人所喜欢的，故选A。
小题14:考查动词短语及上下文的呼应。win sb over赢得了某人的心，故选 A。
小题15:考查形容词及上下文的呼应。一个友好的第一次见面为了更进一步的交谈奠定了一个好的基础，故选C。
小题16:考查动词短语及上下文的呼应。turn on 打开； turn down拒绝； turn over 移交；turn off使转变方向。另一方面，没有幽默，沉闷的气氛会转向另一方向。故选D。
小题17:考查名词及上下文的呼应。Stanley Shtick 是公司的老板他就是这样的一个例子，故选B。
小题18:考查副词及上下文的呼应。Stanley Shtick 是一个我见过的非常冷酷的人，故选A。
小题19:考查动词及上下文的呼应。explain解释； suggest建议；complain抱怨；praise表扬.她抱怨说“你会认为Stanley Shtick是英国的国王，他的那个样子”故选C。
小题20:考查形容词及上下文的呼应。她抱怨说“我见到他隔的时间越长越好”，故选C。
点评：对于完形填空题考生应该快速阅读全文，掌握全文的大意和主题。
在阅读全文时千万不要急于看文章后每个题目的选项，应该对空格所在的上下文仔细阅读，预测可能出现的答案。
充分理解全文和每个空格后再看选项。如果选项中某一个与预测的答案一致，那么答案十有八九是这个选项。
对于难以确定答案的题，要根据上下文语境，运用语法和词汇知识，反复推敲以求得解答。对于同义词和近义词的选项，在充分考虑到上下文具体语境下特别注意这些同义词和近义词搭配。