2020年7月英语六级听力真题-短文1

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Section B 

Passage One 

Too many people view their jobs as a five day prison from which they are paroled every Friday, says Joel Goodman, founder of the Humour Project, a humour consulting group in Sara Togher Springs, New York. （9）Humour unlocks the office prison because it lets adults bring some of their childlike spirit to the job. According to Howard Collier, professor of psychology at University of Tennessee, Knoxville, an office with humour breaks is an office with satisfied and productive employees. （10）Polio conducted a study that proved humour can help workers excel at routine production tasks. Employees performed better when they have fun in large corporations with a hierarchy of power. There is often no outlet for stress. Every company needs underground ways of poking fun at the organisation, says Lynn Mark, a speaker on workplace humour for St.. Mary's Health Centre in St. Louis. Kodak's Rochester, New York, branch discovered a way for its 20000 employees to uncork that bottled up resentments. There are 1000 square foot humouring features a toy store. Amongst the rooms, many stress reducing gadgets. The main attraction is a boss doll with detachable arms and legs. （11）Employees can take the doll apart as long as they put its arms and legs back in place. Sandy Cohan, owner of a graphic print production business, created the, quote board to document the bizarre phrase, as people say, when under strict deadlines, when you're under stress, you say stupid things, says Cohen. Now we just look at each other and say, that's one for the quote board.

9. What does the passage say about humour in the workplace? 

10. What does the study by Howard Pollio show? 

11. What can Kodak’s employees do in the Humour Room? 

【参考答案】 

9. A) It helps employees to reduce their stress. 

10. D) Humour can help workers excel at routine tasks. 

11. B) Take the boss doll apart as long as they can assemble it.