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单元检测（三十一）SmallTalk

Ⅰ.阅读理解

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Recently,agroupofscientistsdecidedtofindoutwhatthefunniestjokeintheworldwas.Thiswasobviouslyadifficulttask,asnotwopeoplereallyagreeaboutwhatisfunnyandwhatisnot—especiallywhentheyarefromdifferentcountries.

Hereisthejokewhichtheexpertsdecidedwasthefunniestjokeintheworld：

Twohunterswereoutinthewoods.Oneofthemfelltotheground.Hedidntseemtobebreathing;hiseyeswereclosed.Theotherhuntertookouthismobilephoneandcalledtheemergencyservices(紧急救援部门).“Myfriendisdead！”hecriedtotheoperator.“WhatcanIdo？”Theoperatorsaid，“Dontworry.First,makesurehesdead.”Therewasasilence,andthenashot(枪声)washeard.Bang!Thehuntersvoicecamebackontheline.Hesaid，“OK,nowwhat？”

Thisisperhapsamusing.Culturally,itdependsonusknowingthatoftenhuntersarenotconsideredtobeveryintelligentpeople,andthatoftentheyarequiteviolent.Butperhapsthisisnotsoallovertheworld.Itsalsoquitea“black”joke—ajokeaboutsomethingwhichisntreallyafunnysubject.Theexpertsalsofoundthesecondfunniestjokeintheworld.Hereitis：

SherlockHolmesandDr.Watsonwentonacampingtrip.Afterdinner,theywenttosleep.Somehourslater,Holmeswokeup.“Watson,lookupattheskyandtellmewhatyousee.”

“Iseemillionsofstars,Holmes，”repliedWatson.

“Andwhatdoyouinferfromthat？”

“Well,therearebillionsofstars...weareasmallpartoftheuniverse...”

“Watson,youidiot！”hesaid.“Someonehasstolenourtent！”

Ipersonallythinkthisisbetter.

Canscientistsintheenddecidewhatisfunny?Somethingsaremuchtoocomplicated,evenforscientists.

语篇解读：本文是一篇议论文。一些科学家试图找到世界上最好笑的笑话，但实际上由于人们判断笑话好笑的标准不一样，找出最好笑的笑话是很难做到的。

1．Whatcanwelearnfromthefirstparagraph?

A．Fewjokescanmakescientistslaugh.

B．Onlyscientistscanfindoutthefunniestjoke.

C．Therearedifferentjokesindifferentcount