Question

完形填空（10小题，每小题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 (诙谐的，风趣的) 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 (双关语). 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 1^st. 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.B

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.A

6.C

7.D

8.A

9.B

10.C

【解析】

试题分析：每个人都喜欢笑话。甚至在小孩时就开始讲笑话给他们的朋友。一些人一直擅长讲有趣的故事。 当我们讲一个笑话的时候，每一个人发现它是有趣的。但是，有的人讲同样的笑话，却不会使你笑。一个好的讲述者讲述的整个故事都是有趣的。

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9.让你愚蠢可笑。没有人喜欢被取笑，当然，除了四月一日。考查固定句型：make fun of取笑。故选B

10.让你愚蠢可笑。没有人喜欢被取笑，当然，除了四月一日。表示不包含这一天，因此选择except除了。故选C

考点：社会现象类短文阅读。