Text 4 Humor, which ought to give rise to only the most light-hearted and ** feelings, can often stir up vehemence and animosity. Evidently it is dearer to us than we realize. Men will take almost any kind of criticism except the observation that they have no sense of humour. A man will admit to being a coward or a liar or a thief or a poor mechanic or a bad swimmer, but tell him he as a dreadful sense of humour and you might as well have slandered his mother. Even if he is civilized enough to pretend to make light of your statement, he will still secretly believe that he has not only a good sense of humour but are superior to most. He has, in other words, a completely blind spot on the subject. This is all the more surprising when you consider that not one man in ten million can give you any kind of intelligent answer as to what humour is or why he laughs.

Passage FourArchimedes was a famous Greek mathematician and scientist. He was born around 287 BC and he died in the year 212 BC.Archimedes is most well-known for one specific idea that he came up with. "Archimedes's Principle" states that a solid object which is immersed in a liquid is pushed up by a force which is equal to the weight of the water that the object moves. For example, if you put a piece of wood and a piece of gold the same size in water, only the wood will float. Both the wood and gold move the same amount of water, but the wood weighs less than this water, while the gold weighs more.It is believed that Archimedes discovered this principle when the king of Syracuse asked him to solve a problem. The king wanted to know if his crown was pure gold or a mixture of gold and silver. The king, of course, did not melt his crown to find out. The idea came to Archimedes as he lowered himself into his bath. He noticed how the water spilled out of the tub. He decided to use the same idea for the crown. He knew that a gold crown immersed in water would weigh more than one made of silver. The experiment was done and the goldsmith was proved guilty of trying to cheat the king.48. A good title for the selection is______.

A sudden noise of a fire-engine made him（）to the door.

If he is a common carrier，he is absolutely responsible to the owner of the goods carried （）any loss or damage to them unless caused by an Act of God or the Queen’s enemies，or the inherent vice in the goods themselves，or the negligence of the owner of the goods，or a general average sacrifice.

A mortgagee does not acquire a right to the freight（）he has taken actual or constructive possession of the ship.

A structure，usually made of stone，or cement pilings，which extends from the bank at approximately right angles to the current is called a（）.

● A test case normally consists of a unique identifier, requirement references from a design specification, events, a series of steps to follow,input, output, actual result, and (71)

“Shipment is to be made in the second half of a month.” means shipment to be made from （）.

The(71)is a combination of keys that allows the user to activate a program function without clicking a series of menus options.

A declaration made by the Master before a PRC Consul，giving particulars regarding heavy weather or other incidents which may have caused damage to the vessel or cargo，through no fault of the vessel，her officers，or crew is a(n)（）.

He made a promise ____ he earned money， he would build a new school to help develop education.

A series of brief showers accompanied by strong，shifting winds may occur along or some distance ahead of a(n)（）.