Question

完形填空（10小題，每小題1分，共10分）

Everybody loves a good joke. Even children at a very young age start ___ jokes to their friends. Some people are _ very good at telling funny stories. When they tell a joke, everyone finds it _3 But someone else telling the same joke may not make you laugh. This is because it is not only the end of the joke that has to be funny. A good joke-teller is amusing ____ telling the whole story.

Some people are witty (詼諧的，風趣的) in their normal everyday conversation. They say humorous things all the time. They can quickly see two ____ words in the same word and then like to make puns (雙關語). If someone says to them, after their trip to the US. "How did you find New York?" They will probably answer by saying something like, "By driving south from Boston!"

There is another type of humor where people play jokes on their __ . They tease them by saying untrue things like, "Someone just ____ me that our English teacher is going to give us a test today." When their friends start to worry, they laugh and say, "I am only ___." These people love to make ____ of you, make you silly and ridiculous. And nobody likes to be made fun of, ___, of course, on April 1st. On this day, everyone is allowed to play jokes on their friends.

1.A. saying B. telling C. speaking D.talking

2.A. always B. sometimes C. never D.hardly

3.A. exciting B.relaxing C. surprisng D.amusing

4.A. before B. while C.after D.until

5.A. different B. same C. similar D. opposite

6.A. teachers B. students C. friends D. family

7.A. taught B. answered C. asked D. told

8.A. kidding B. asking C. playing D. talking

9.A. use B. fun C. story D. friends

10.A.though B. besides C. except D. however

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.A

6.C

7.D

8.A

9.B

10.C

【解析】

試題分析：每個人都喜歡笑話。甚至在小孩時就開始講笑話給他們的朋友。一些人一直擅長講有趣的故事。 當我們講一個笑話的時候，每一個人發現它是有趣的。但是，有的人講同樣的笑話，卻不會使你笑。一個好的講述者講述的整個故事都是有趣的。

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9.讓你愚蠢可笑。沒有人喜歡被取笑，當然，除了四月一日。考查固定句型：make fun of取笑。故選B

10.讓你愚蠢可笑。沒有人喜歡被取笑，當然，除了四月一日。表示不包含這一天，因此選擇except除了。故選C

考點：社會現象類短文閱讀。