Question

We're always being sent contributions(稿件) for our popular Laughter,the Best Medicine section. Some of the jokes are obvious winners. Some of the jokes are ancient, unfit for public consumption，or just don't make the grade(符合要求) .And then there are the rest：the jokes that get our editor scratching his chin and wondering, "Is this one good enough to print?" Now you can help him choose. We've picked five jokes from the "Maybe" pile. Vote for the one you think is the best. The top-rated joke as of July 20,2007 will be published in the magazine and net its author $ 150.

                                            (1)

A boy goes to a bookshop with his birthday money and chooses a book titled Advice to Young Mothers. "Why would you want this book?" the assistant asks him. "Because I collect moths(飛蛾) ，"the boy explains.

Derek Blew，Lane Cove，NSW

                                             (2)

Father："So you want to be my son-in-law?"

Young man："Actually I don't,but I want to marry your daughter and I don't see how I can avoid it."

Kimberley McEwan，Southland，NZ

                                             (3)

How many politicians does it take to change a light bulb(燈泡) ? ―None. They only promised they would do it.

Lisa Bluthal，Umina Beach，NSW

                                             (4)

A couple of country boys driving a semitrailer(半拖車) down the highway come to a bridge with a sign saying："Clearance 3. 1 metres.”They stop,take out a tape measure and find the truck is 3.5 metres high. "I don't see any police around," one says. "Let's go for it."

Loretta Fonseca，Otago，NZ

                                              (5)

There are only two people who really know how to run this country. Sadly, one is cutting hair and the other is driving a taxi.

James White, Belmont, NSW

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(   ) 5. The writer's purpose in writing the passage is to        .

   A.ask readers to judge which joke is the best

   B.provide readers with some jokes for entertainment

   C.collect contributions for a magazine

   D.show us laughter is the best medicine

(   ) 6. What do the underlined words " ' maybe' pile" in the first paragraph mean?

   A.Jokes which are obvious winners.

   B.Jokes which don't make the grade.

   C.Laughter, the Best Medicine section.

   D.Jokes the editor isn't sure of printing.

(   ) 7. We can learn from the first joke that        .

   A.the book is very popular with readers

   B.the assistant is very embarrassed

   C.the boy misunderstands the title of the book

   D.the boy wants to buy the book for his mother 

(   ) 8. What can we infer from the jokes?

   A.The young man doesn't want to marry the girl. (Joke 2)

   B.Politicians seldom keep their promises. (Joke 3)

   C.The boys often break traffic rules. (Joke 4)

   D.Hair dressers and taxi drivers know politics better than anyone else. (Joke 5)

Answer 1

5-8 ADCB

B篇講了五個(gè)笑話，要求讀者評判哪一則笑話最好。

5.A意圖揣摩題。由第一段中的兩句話Now you can help him choose.和Vote for the one you think is the best.可知這篇文章的目的是要讀者來判斷五個(gè)笑話中哪個(gè)最好。所以A 答案正確。

6.D邏輯推理題。由帶畫線詞的這句話可知這五個(gè)笑話是特意被挑選出來供讀者評判的，所以可以推測"maybe" pile意思是"編輯尚未確定是否要印刷出版的笑話"。

7.C深層理解題。男孩把書名to Young Mothers中的mothers誤認(rèn)為mothes了，而他說自己喜歡收集飛蛾，所以他想買這本書。

8.B邏輯推理題。由第三個(gè)笑話中的"They only promised they would do it."可知政客只會(huì)許下空口諾言,卻根本沒有實(shí)際行動(dòng)。