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2021年1月17日发(作者：凌德)
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趣味幽默篇

Section II
趣味幽默篇

Passage 13


Henry was an office worker in a big city. He worked very hard and enjoyed traveling in his holidays.


He usually went to the seaside, but one year he saw an advertisement in a newspaper. “Enjoy
country life. Spend a few weeks at West Hill Farm. Good food. Fresh air. Horse riding. Walking. Fishing.
Cheap and interesting.”



“This sounds a good idea,” he thought. “I’ll spend a month at West Hill Farm. I think I can enjoy horse
riding, walking and fishing. They’ll make a change from sitting by the seaside and swimming.”



He wrote to the farmer. In the letter he said that he would like to spend all of July there. Then on the
first of July, he left for West Hill Farm.


But four days later, he returned home.


“What was wrong with West Hill Farm?” his best friend, Ed, asked him. “Didn’t you enjoy country
life?”



“Country life was very good,” Henry said. “But there was another problem.”



“Oh. What?”



“Well,” he said, “the first day I was there a sheep died, and we had roast mutton

for dinner.”



“What's wrong with that?” Ed asked. “Fresh meat is the best.”



“I know, but on the second day a cow died, and we had roast beef for dinner.”



“Lucky you!”



“You don't understand,” Henry said. “On the third day a pig died and we had roast

pork for dinner.”



“A different meat every day,” Ed said loudly, “ and you are complaining!”



“Let me finish,” Henry said. “On the fourth day the farmer died, and I didn't dare (
敢
)stay for dinner!”



did Henry find out about the farm?


A. He saw it in a newspaper advertisement. B. His best friend told him.


C. He wrote to the farmer. D. Maybe he learned it from the radio.


2. Henry came back home several days later because ______________.


A. he didn't like the country life at all B. the farmer
wasn’t friendly to him



C. his holiday was over D. he thought he might have to eat the farmer


3. “…and you are complaining!”, the word “complain” means __________.



A.
夸奖

B.
说三道四

C.
抱怨

D.
故弄玄虚



of the following sentences is true?


A. Ed could eat a different kind of meat every day.


B. Henry thought he could enjoy a change.


C. Henry couldn't think of anything else to do, so he went to the farm.


D. The farmer died because of the bad meat he ate.


is the best title for the passage?


A. What a beautiful farm! B. Have a good time.

C.A short holiday D. Henry and the farmer.


Passage 14


After returning from her round trip, the angry woman stood outside the ticket office of the station.
“The railway owes me 12 pounds,” she said to Harry

Jenks, the young man working at the office.” You
sold me a ticket for May 22nd, but there was no ship from Jersey that night. So my daughter and I had to
stay in a hotel. It cost me 12 pounds.”

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Harry was worried. He remembered selling the woman a return
ticket. “Come into the office,
Madam,” he said politely. “I’ll just check the Jersey timetable for May 22nd.”



The woman and her little girl followed him inside. She was quite right, as Harry soon discovered.
There was no sailing on May 22nd. How could h
e have made such a careless mistake? He shouldn’t
have sold her a ticket for that day. Wondering what to do, he smiled at the child. “You look sun burnt,” he
said to her. “Did you have a nice holiday in Jersey?”



“Yes,” she answered, shyly. “The beach was

lovely. And I can swim too!”



“That’s fine,” said Harry. “My little girl can’t swim a bit yet. Of course, she’s only three…”



“I’m four,” the child said proudly. “I’ll be four and a half.”



Harry turned to the mother. “I remember your ticket, Madam,” he said. “But you didn’t get one for
your daughter, did you?”



“Er, well…” the woman looked at the child. “I mean…she hasn’t started school yet, she’s only four.”



“A four
-year-
old child must have a ticket, Madam. A child’s return ticket to Jersey costs …
let me
see… 13.50 pounds. The law is the law, but since the mistake is mine….”



The woman stood up, took the child’s hand and left the office.



1. The woman was angry because __________.


A. she couldn’t use the ticket for her round trip



B. she had to return home a day earlier than she had planned


C. she spent more money than she had expected


D. Harry had sold her a ticket to Jersey where there was no sailing


2. Harry was worried __________.


woman was angry with him


had not done his work carefully


Jersey timetable was wrong


little girl didn’t have a return ticket



3. Harry started talking to the little girl ___________.


e he was in trouble and did not know what to do


e he had a little girl about the same age as this girl


e he wanted to be friendly to the little girl who looked so nice


he suddenly realized that he could find a way out from the little girl


4. When Harry said, “The law is the law, but since the mistake was mine…”
he meant that ____.


must follow it without other choice, even though the mistake was his


had to be strict with the woman because of the law, although he didn’t want to



woman had to pay him 1.50 pounds and the railway would pay her for the hotel


should pay 1.50 pounds, but he had made a mistake, she could go without paying


5. The woman left the office without saying anything because _______________.


wanted to go home and get money for the child’s ticket



was
so angry that she didn’t want to have anything more to do with the young man



was moved (
感动
) by Harry’s kindness



knew she would have to pay the railway if she insisted (
坚持
)


Passage 15


Three travelers, Allan, Carl and Paul were sitting on the chairs in a train station. They were waiting
for a train that was very late.


To pass the time, they began talking to each other.
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At first, they talked about the weather and their work. Then Paul said,
—
what would you
most like to do if your doctor tell you that you have only three months to live?


The other two men thought about this for a while, then Carl spoke.


“Well,” he said, “if I have only three months to live, I’ll take all my money out of the bank and go to
foreign countries for holidays with my best friend, Erik. I'd like to travel to the places in the world as many
as possible. And I'll stay at the best hotels and then eat the best food. I think I'll have a wonderful time.”



“That's very interesting.” Paul said.



With these w
ords, he turned to the other man, saying, “And what about you?”



“I'll tell you a secret,” Allan said. “I always want to be a racing driver. So if I have only three months to
live, the first thing I'd like to do is to sell my house. With the money I’ll bu
y the fastest car in the world.
Maybe I can enter all the big motor races.”



Then he laughed,
以
……
而告终
) world champion.”



“Now it's your turn,” Allan went on, “If your doctor tell you the bad news, what would you most like to
do?”



“Oh,” said Paul with a smile. “I’ll go and see another doctor.”



three men were talking _____________.


A. in the post office B. in the waiting room


C. on the train D. on the chairs


man called ________ answered the question first.


A. Carl B. Allan C. Erik D. Paul


men began to talk about the weather and the work because they __________.


A. didn't know anything new B. wanted to pass the time quickly


C. had nothing to do D. were very interested in each other's work



4.


A.
名人

B.
赛车手

C.
大款

D.
冠军



sentence is right according to the passage?


A. The train didn't arrive on time.



B. Paul wanted to buy a racing car very much.


C. Allan was the second man to answer the question.



D. Carl didn't like traveling at all.


Passage 16


An English traveler found himself in Norway with only enough money to buy the ticket for his journey
back home. As he knew that it would take him only two days to get to England, he decided that he could
easily spend the time without food. So he bought a ticket and got on the ship. The man closed his ears to
the sound of the lunch bell. When dinnertime came, he didn’t go to dinning room, saying that he was not

feeling very well.



The next morning he still didn’t have breakfast and at lunchtime he again stayed in his room. But at
dinnertime he was so hungry that he went to the dinning room and ate everything the waiter put in front of
him. He got ready for the quarrel.


“Bring me the bill,” he said. “The bill, sir?” said the waiter in surprise. “There isn’t any bill. On our ship
meals are included (
包括
) in the money for the ticket,” said the waiter.



story happened _______.


A. in England B. on a ship from Norway to England



C. in Norway D. on a ship from England to Norway
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didn’t the traveler go to the dinning room first?



e he had no money


e he didn’t feel very well



e he didn’t want to eat anything



e he d
idn’t hear the sound of the bell



traveler went to the dinning room to eat something because _______.


friend had given him some money


waiter had asked him to change his mind


learned that there was no bill on the ship


was too hungry


many meals did the traveler have on the ship?


A. Only one B. Two C. Three D. None


the traveler finished eating, ________.


had a quarrel with waiter over the bill


drank a lot



asked the waiter to bring him the change(
零钱
)


came to know that travelers on the ship had free meals



Passage 17 A farmer had a cow. He took very good care of this cow and one day when it was ill, he
was



very worried. He telephoned the vet.


“What’s the problem?” The vet
asked him when he arrived.


“My cow's ill,” the farmer said. “I don’t know what's the matter with her. She’s lying down and won’t
eat. She's making a strange noise.”



The vet looked over the cow.
medicine.


He took a bottle out of his box, put two pills into his hand and said,
make her better.


“How should I give them to her?” the farmer asked.



The vet gave him a tube (
管子
)and said,
blow. That'll make it.


The next day the vet came to the farm again. The farmer was sitting outside his house and looked
more worried.


“How's your cow?” the vet asked.



“No change,” the farmer said, “and I’m feeling very strange myself.”



“Oh?” the vet said,



“I did what you said,” the farmer answered. “I put the tube in the cow's mouth and then put two pills
down it.”



“And?” the vet asked.



“The cow blew first,” the farmer said.



the story, the vet must be _________.


A. the farmer's friend B. a milk factory



C. a hospital for cows D. a doctor for animals


farmer asked the vet for help when his cow _______


A. couldn't lie down B. didn't eat the pills

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C. couldn't make any noise D. was ill


medicine did the vet give the farmer?


A. Bottle of pills. B. A long tube.


C. Two pills. D. A small box.


vet taught the farmer how _________.


A. to blow the tube B. to make the cow take the pills


C. to take the medicine D. to put the tube in his mouth


of the following is true?


A. The farmer ate the pills himself.


B. The cow got better after taking the medicine.


C. The vet came to help farmer change the cow the next day.


D. The farmer waited for the vet outside his house the next day.


Passage 18


Several years ago, a television reporter was talking to three of the most important people in America.
One was a very rich banker, another owned one of the largest companies in the world, and the third
owned many buildings in the center of New York.


The reporter was talking to them about being important.


“How do we know if someone is really important?” the reporter asked the banker.



The banker thought for a few moments and then said, “I think anybo
dy who is invited to the Whiter
House to meet the President of the United States is really important.”



The reporter then turned to the owner of the very large company. “Do you agree with that?” she
asked.


The man shook his head, “No. I think the President invites a lot of people to the White House. You’d
only be important if while you were visiting the President, there was a telephone call from the president of
another country, and the President of the US said he was too busy to answer it.”



The report
er turned to the third man. “Do you think so?”



“No, I don’t.” he said. “I don’t think that makes the visitor important. That makes the President
important.”



“Then what would make the visitor important?” the reporter and the other two men asked.



“Oh,
I think if the visitor to the White House was talking to the President and the phone rang, and the
President picked up the receiver, listened and then said, ‘it’s for you.’”



story happened in _______.


A. England B. America C. Japan D. Australia


are _______ in this passage.


A. two men and two women B. three men and one woman



C. three women and one man D. four women


banker thought _______.


was really important because he was a rich banker


visitor to the White House was really important


visitor who met the President of the United States


D. the reporter was really important


owner of the very large company thought _______.


was really important because she owned one of the largest companies


banker was really important
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owner of many buildings in the center of New York was really important


D. the visitor would be really important if while he was visiting the President, the President would not
answer any telephone call


owner of many buildings thought _______.


was really important because he owned many buildings in the center of New York


owner of the very large company was really important



visitor was really important if he talking to the President and the President received a
telephone call for the visitor


person who worked in the White House was really important


Passage 19


Three men traveling on a train began a conversation about the world's greatest wonders.


“In my opinion,” the first man said, “the Egyptian pyramids are the world's greatest wonder. Although
they were built thousands of years ago, they are still standing. And remember: the people who built them
had only simple tools. They did not have the kind of machinery that buil
ders and engineers have today.”



“I agree that the pyramids in Egypt are wonderful,” the second man said, “but I do not think they are
the greatest wonder. I believe computers are more wonderful than the pyramids. They have taken people
to the moon and brought them back safely. In seconds
，
they carry out mathematical calculations that
would take a person a hundred years to do.”



He turned to the third man and asked, “What do you think is the greatest wonder in the world
？
”



The third man thought for a long time
，
and then he said, “Well
，
I agree that the pyramids are
wonderful, and I agree that computers are wonderful, too. However
，
in my opinion, the most wonderful
thing in the world is this thermos.”



And he took a thermos out of his bag and held it up.


Th
e other two men were very surprised. “A thermos
？
”they exclaimed. “But that's a simple thing.”



“Oh, no
，
it's not, ”the third man said. “In the winter you put in a hot drink and it stays hot. In the
summer you put in a cold drink and it stays cold. How does the thermos know whether it's winter or
summer
？
”



underlined word “thermos” means in Chinese “ _____ ”.



A.
电冰箱

B.
洗衣机

C.
电风扇

D.
保温瓶



three men could not agree on what the world's greatest wonder was because _____.


A. they could not think of anything very wonderful


B. they all had different ideas


C. they could not prove that their opinions were right


D. the journey ended too soon


first man thought the pyramids were the most wonderful things in the world because _____.


A. they were very beautiful


















B. they were Egyptian


C. they had been built with very simple tools


D. they could do mathematical calculations


third man thought a thermos was the most wonderful thing in the world because _____.


A. it lasted longer than the pyramids






B. it cost less than a computer


C. he thought it knew whether it was winter or summer


D. the other two men were surprised when he told them about it


third man was not very clever because _____.


A. he could not think of anything to say


B. he did not understand how a thermos works


C. he did not think the pyramids were wonderful

D. he did not know anything about computers


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