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Joke l:
A man was sitting reading his papers when his wife hit him round the head with a frying pan. “What was that for?” the man asked.
The wife replied, “That was for the piece of paper with the name Jenny on it I found in your pocket.” The man then said, “When l was at the races last week Jenny was the name of the horse I bet on.” The wife apologized and went on with the housework. Three days later the man was watching TV when his wife hit him on the head with an even bigger frying pan, knocking him unconscious. Upon regaining consciousness the man asked why she had hit again. Wife replied, “Your horse phoned.”
Joke 2:
“Do you believe in life after death?” the boss asked one of his employees.
“Yes, sir, ” the new employee replied.
“Well, then, that makes everything just fine, ” the boss went on. “After you left early yesterday to go to your grandmother’s funeral. she stopped in to see you!”   
Joke 3:
“Oh, I am happy to see you, ” the little boy said to his grandmother on his mother's side. “Now maybe daddy will do the trick he has been promising us. ” The grandmother was curious. “What trick is that?” she asked.
“I heard him tell mommy that he would climb the walls if you came to visit, ” the little boy answered.
Joke 4:
A woman’s husband had been slipping in and out of a coma for several months, yet she had stayed by his bedside every single day. One day, he signaled for her to come nearer. As she sat by him, he whispered, eyes full of tears, “You know what? You have been with me all through the bad times.
When I got fired, you were there to support me.
When my business failed, you were there.
When I got shot, you were by my side.
When we lost the house, you stayed right here.
When my health started failing, you were still by my side… You know what Martha?”
“What dear?” she gently asked, smiling as her heart began to fill with warmth.
“I’m beginning to think you’re bad luck…”
小题1:The wife became angry suddenly in Joke 1 because __________.
A.she had her frying pan burned while away
B.her husband made a bet on a horse but lost
C.her husband was carrying with himself a woman’s name
D.her husband’s pocket money was lost without any reason
小题2:Who called the husband in Joke 1?
A.The organization of the horse races of a club.
B.Jenny the man chose to bet on in the races.
C.Jenny who won the race successfully.
D.Jenny whom the man made friends with.
小题3:What dose the boss mean in Joke 2?
A.He was lucky to see the employee’s former grandmother.
B.The employee’s grandmother has come into heaven after death.
C.He has figured out that the employee told a lie to him.
D.The employee’s grandmother was an honest woman.
小题4:What can we learn about the little boy from Joke 3?
A.His father likes to make fun of his mother-in-law.
B.He likes to play tricks on others.
C.His mother is strict with him.
D.His father doesn’t like his mother-in-law to come.
小题5:The husband in Joke 4 means that __________.
A.he is thankful for his selfless and lovely wife
B.he realizes he is unlucky to have married his wife
C.it is fortunate to experience so many unforgettable things
D.his wife deserves all his love because of her devotion

小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:D
小题5:B

试题分析:本文讲了四则笑话。1. 妻子在丈夫的口袋里发现了写着女人名字的字条。丈夫骗他的妻子说是马的名字。妻子说马打电话来了;2. 职员请假去参加祖母的葬礼早退,结果祖母来公司看他来了;3. 男孩的父亲很不情愿他的丈母娘来,对孩子说,如果他姥姥来,他就跳墙;4. 丈夫对妻子说她一直和一起度过那些糟糕的时刻。妻子感到很温暖。可是丈夫又说:我觉得你给我带来了坏运气。
小题1:细节理解题。由“That was for the piece of paper with the name Jenny on it I found in your pocket.”可知妻子在丈夫的口袋里发现了写着女人名字的字条。故选C。
小题2:细节理解题。由“Your horse phoned.”可知,丈夫说珍妮是马是在骗他的妻子,因此是纸片上的女人打电话来了。故选D。
小题3:推理判断题。职员请假去参加祖母的葬礼早退,结果祖母来公司看他来了,因此老板知道职员在撒谎。选C最佳。
小题4:推理判断题。由“I heard him tell mommy that he would climb the walls if you came to visit, ” the little boy answered.”可知男孩的父亲很不情愿他的丈母娘来。故选D。
小题5:推理判断题。由“I’m beginning to think you’re bad luck…”可知,男人认为他的不幸全是由于娶了他太太,因此认为她是个祸水。故选B。
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Not surprisingly, Bryan has always been interested in building things. Growing up on a “big, old farm” in rural Iowa, he had plenty of room to play. “We were in the middle of nowhere,” Bryan remembers, “with lots of space to do whatever we wanted. I was always making something, using things like sticks or bales of hay.”
Bryan’s grandfather taught him how to stack cards. Bryan’s two interests — building and card stacking — soon combined. But stacking in his family’s farmhouse was challenging. “Our old house had wood floors that weren’t all level,” he reports. “And they weren’t very firm. When people walked around, it was like ‘earthquake action.’ It was a challenge to build something that wouldn’t fall down immediately.”
Bryan constructed tower after tower; he went through a lot of trial and error before he built anything taller than himself. When he placed a few decks of cards on top of his grid, he discovered how strong it was. Bryan’s towers began to grow taller.
How Tall Is Too Tall?
Bryan’s first Guinness World Record for the world’s tallest card tower came in the spring of 1992, when he was in high school. Learning that the world record was 12 feet 10 inches, Bryan built a slim tower that topped out at 14 feet 6 inches. Done as a project for his geometry class, it took him 40 hours and 208 decks of cards. Since then he’s gone on to win world records for even taller buildings. His latest winner measured 25 feet 3.5 inches and used about 2,400 decks of cards. The building, which tapered to a high, narrow point, had 131 stories.
Why don’t these towers fall down? The key is in a good solid base, a repeating pattern of stories, and a tapering top. Bryan likes to point out how card buildings resemble real ones. They are built cell by cell, story by story. The separate parts make one strong whole. The heavier the building, the stronger and more stable it is. But the weight can’t all be at the top.
After spending so much time building something so cool, Bryan admits it’s sometimes painful to see his structures destroyed. But he compares his work to the building of a sandcastle or an ice sculpture.
“They wouldn’t be as special if they were permanent,” he points out. “My buildings are like snowdrifts, or clouds in the sky. They can’t last forever.
小题1:According to the article, which natural structure is a model for Bryan’s card structures?
A.A sand dune.B.A honeycomb.
C.A snowdrift.D.A thundercloud.
小题2:What was Bryan’s first world record?
A.The tallest card tower.B.The widest card dome.
C.The heaviest card house.D.The sturdiest card structure.
小题3:Bryan’s hobby is the result of combining which two boyhood interests?
A.Plant cells and honeycombs.
B.World records and geometry.
C.Building things and stacking cards.
D.Playing cards and designing houses.
小题4:Why was it a challenge for Bryan to build card structures in his family’s farmhouse?
A.The floors of the house were uneven.
B.The ceilings in the house were too low.
C.The floors of the house were slippery.
D.The windows in the house were windy.
小题5:In the underlined sentence, the word “tapered” means the top of the building was_________.
A.olderB.shinierC.strongerD.thinner

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