2011年英语六级模拟答案和解析完整版9

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M: What about the custard pie routine?　　W: What do you mean ‘custard pie routine’?
　　M: You know, all those old films where someone gets so outraged with his boss, He picks up a custard pie and plasters it all over the other person’s face。
　　W: That never makes me laugh much, because you can guess what’s going to happen. But a lot of people still find it laughable. It must because of the sort of the thing we’d all love to do once in a while and never quiet have the courage to。
+ _+ V& Y% u! K) N- J# E" q1 R9 q' o　　M: I had an old aunt who used to throw cups of tea at people when she was particularly irritated. She said it relieved her feelings。
+ R; V) Q+ }9 u) a$ A# L4 V　　W: It must have come a bit expensive。
8 v$ U8 [5 W5 Q$ p　　M: Not really. She took care never to throw her best china。
　　19. C)We derive some humorous satisfaction from their misfortune。
　　解析：从But of course there is also a kind of humorous satisfaction in seeing somebody self-important making a fool of themselves。一句中，可知，我们会嘲笑他人的不幸，是因为我们可以从中得到一种幽默的满足，derive from 意为得到，取得， make a fool of 意为愚弄，出洋相，所以正确答案是C