2024_2025学年高中英语Unit17Laughter课时跟踪练三Lesson2Lesson3_Pre_reading含解析北师大版选修6.docVIP

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课时跟踪练(三)Lesson2Lesson3—Pre-reading

Ⅰ.阅读理解

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Agroupofscientistsandpsychologistsdecidedtofindoutwhatthefunniestjokeintheworldwas.Thiswasobviouslyadifficulttask,asnotwopeopleeverreallyagreeaboutwhatisfunnyandwhatisnot—especiallywhentheyrefromdifferentcountries.

Hereisthejoketheychoseasthefunniestjokeintheworld.Twohuntersareinthewoods.Oneofthemfallstotheground.Hedoesntseemtobebreathing.Theotherhuntertakesouthismobilephoneandcallsemergencyservices.“Myfriendisdead!WhatcanIdo？”Theoperatorsays,“Dontworry.First,makesurehesdead.”Thereisasilence.Thenashotisheard.Bang!Thehuntersvoicecomesbackontheline:“OK,nowwhat？”

Thisisperhapsslightlyamusing.Culturally,itdependsonusknowingthatoftenhuntersarenotconsideredtobeveryintelligentpeople,andthatoftentheyarequiteviolent.Butperhapsthisisnotsoallovertheworld.Itsquitea“black”joke.Theexpertsalsofoundthesecondfunniestjoke:SherlockHolmesandDrWatsongoonacampingtrip.Afterdinner,theygotosleep.Somehourslater,Holmeswakesup.“Watson,whatdoyousee？”

“Millionsofstars，”repliesWatson.

“Andwhatdoyouinferfromthat？”

“Well,therearebillionsofplanets...Weareasmallpartoftheuniverse...Wewillhaveabeautifuldaytomorrow...”

“Watson,youidiot(笨蛋)!Someonehasstolenourtent！”

Ipersonallythinkthisisbetter.Understandingthisjoke,however,dependsonusknowingwhoSherlockHolmesandDrWatsonare.Ithasanunexpectedending—somethingthatisveryimportantandnecessaryformostjokes.Surprisecanbefunny.

WhatsfunnyontheEarth?Scientistsareexcellentatstudyingcomplicated(困难的)things.Somethingsaremuchtoocomplicated,evenforthemostintelligentthought.

语篇解读：本文是说明文。什么笑话最好呢？本文作者举了两个例子来说明影响理解笑话的因素。

1.Itisdifficulttofindthefunniestjokeintheworldbecause________.

A．therearetoo