阅读理解趣味幽默篇1

SectionII趣味幽默篇1

Passage13

Henrywasanofficeworkerinabigcity.Heworkedveryhardandenjoyed

travelinginhisholidays.

Heusuallywenttotheseaside,butoneyearhesawanadvertisementina

newspaper.<4Enjoycountrylife.SpendafewweeksatWestHillFarm.Goodfood.

Freshair.Horseriding.Walking.Fishing.Cheapandinteresting.M

“Thissoundsagoodidea,“hethought."TilspendamonthatWestHillFarm.I

thinkIcanenjoyhorseriding,walkingandfishing.They511makeachangefrom

sittingbytheseasideandswimming.”

Hewrotetothefarmer.IntheletterhesaidthathewouldliketospendallofJuly

there.ThenonthefirstofJuly,heleftforWestHillFarm.

Butfourdayslater,hereturnedhome.

“WhatwaswrongwithWestHillFarm?”hisbestfriend,Ed,askedhim."Didn't

youenjoycountrylife?”

"Countrylifewasverygood,“Henrysaid."Buttherewasanotherproblem.^^

“Oh.What?”

“Wen,"hesaid,“thefirstdayIwasthereasheepdied,andwehadroastmutton

fordinner.^^

“What'swrongwiththat?”Edasked.<6Freshmeatisthebest.^^

“Iknow,butontheseconddayacowdied,andwehadroastbeeffordinner.^^

“Luckyyou!”

“Youdon*tunderstand,Henrysaid.uOnthethirddayapigdiedandwehad

roastporkfordinner.”

“Adifferentmeateveryday,“Edsaidloudly,46andyouarecomplaining!^^

“Letmefinish,“Henrysaid.“Onthefourthdaythefarmerdied,andIdidn'tdare

（敢）stayfordinner!^^

l.HowdidHenryfindoutaboutthefarm?

A.Hesawitinanewspaperadvertisement.B.Hisbestfriendtoldhim.

C.Hewrotetothefarmer.D.Maybehelearneditfromtheradio.

2.Henrycamebackhomeseveraldayslaterbecause.

A.hedidn*tlikethecountrylifeatallB.thefarmerwasn'tfriendlytohim

C.hisholidaywasoverD.hethoughthemighthavetoeatthefarmer

3.”...andyouarecomplaining!”,theword“complain“means.

A.夸奖B.说三道四c.抱怨D.故弄玄虚

4.Whichofthefollowingsentencesistrue?

A.Edcouldeatadifferentkindofmeateveryday.

B.Henrythoughthecouldenjoyachange.

C.Henrycouldn*tthinkofanythingelsetodo,sohewenttothefarm.

D.Thefarmerdiedbecauseofthebadmeatheate.

5.Whichisthebesttitleforthepassage?

A.Whatabeautifulfarm!B.Haveagoodtime.

C.AshortholidayD.Henryandthefarmer.

Passage14

Afterreturningfromherroundtrip,theangrywomanstoodoutsidetheticket

officeofthestation."Therailwayowesme12pounds/shesaidtoHarryJenks,the

youngmanworkingattheoffice.^^YousoldmeaticketforMay22nd,buttherewas

noshipfromJerseythatnight.SomydaughterandIhadtostayinahotel.Itcostme

12pounds.^^

Harrywasworried.Herememberedsellingthewomanareturnticket.66Come

intotheoffice,Madam,“hesaidpolitely.^PlljustchecktheJerseytimetableforMay

22nd.”

Thewomanandherlittlegirlfollowedhiminside.Shewasquiteright,asHarry

soondiscovered.TherewasnosailingonMay22nd.Howcouldhehavemadesucha

carelessmistake?Heshouldn'thavesoldheraticketforthatday.Wonderingwhatto

do,hesmiledatthechild.<6Youlooksunburnt,hesaidtoher."Didyouhaveanice

holidayinJersey?^^

“Yes,"sheanswered,shyly."Thebeachwaslovely.AndIcanswimtoo!”

“That'sfine,“saidHarry."Mylittlegirlcan'tswimabityet.Ofcourse,she's

onlythree...

'Tmfour,^^thechildsaidproudly.66rilbefourandahalf.^^

Harryturnedtothemother.rememberyourticket,Madam,Mhesaid."Butyou

didn'tgetoneforyourdaughter,didyou?^^

“Er,thewomanlookedatthechild.t4Imean...shehasn'tstartedschool

yet,she'sonlyfour.”

“Afour-year-oldchildmusthaveaticket,Madam.Achild'sreturnticketto

Jerseycosts...letmesee...13.50pounds.Thelawisthelaw,butsincethemistakeis

mine....”

Thewomanstoodup,tookthechild'shandandlefttheoffice.

1.Thewomanwasangrybecause.

A.shecouldn'tusetheticketforherroundtrip

B.shehadtoreturnhomeadayearlierthanshehadplanned

C.shespentmoremoneythanshehadexpected

D.HarryhadsoldheratickettoJerseywheretherewasnosailing

2.Harrywasworried.

A.thewomanwasangrywithhim

B.hehadnotdonehisworkcarefully

C.theJerseytimetablewaswrong

D.thelittlegirldidn'thaveareturnticket

3.Harrystartedtalkingtothelittlegirl.

A.becausehewasintroubleanddidnotknowwhattodo

B.becausehehadalittlegirlaboutthesameageasthisgirl

C.becausehewantedtobefriendlytothelittlegirlwholookedsonice

D.whenhesuddenlyrealizedthathecouldfindawayoutfromthelittlegirl

4.WhenHarrysaid,“Thelawisthelaw,butsincethemistakewasmine...^^he

meantthat.

A.theymustfollowitwithoutotherchoice,eventhoughthemistakewashis

B.hehadtobestrictwiththewomanbecauseofthelaw,althoughhedidn'twant

to

C.thewomanhadtopayhim1.50poundsandtherailwaywouldpayherforthe

hotel

D.sheshouldpay1.50pounds,buthehadmadeamistake,shecouldgowithout

paying

5.Thewomanlefttheofficewithoutsayinganythingbecause

A.shewantedtogohomeandgetmoneyforthechild'sticket

B.shewassoangrythatshedidn'twanttohaveanythingmoretodowiththe

youngman

C.shewasmoved（感动）byHarry'skindness

D.sheknewshewouldhavetopaytherailwayifsheinsisted（坚持）

Passage15

Threetravelers,Allan,CarlandPaulweresittingonthechairsinatrainstation.

Theywerewaitingforatrainthatwasverylate.

Topassthetime,theybegantalkingtoeachother.

Atfirst,theytalkedabouttheweatherandtheirwork.ThenPaulsaid,"Tell

me一whatwouldyoumostliketodoifyourdoctortellyouthatyouhaveonlythree

monthstolive?"

Theothertwomenthoughtaboutthisforawhile,thenCarlspoke.

“Well,“hesaid,uifIhaveonlythreemonthstolive,Tiltakeallmymoneyout

ofthebankandgotoforeigncountriesforholidayswithmybestfriend,Erik.I'dlike

totraveltotheplacesintheworldasmanyaspossible.AndI'llstayatthebesthotels

andtheneatthebestfood.IthinkI'llhaveawonderfultime.”

“That'sveryinteresting.^^Paulsaid.

Withthesewords,heturnedtotheotherman,saying,“Andwhataboutyou?”

'TiltellyouasecretJAllansaid."Ialwayswanttobearacingdriver.SoifI

haveonlythreemonthstolive,thefirstthingI'dliketodoistosellmyhouse.With

themoneymbuythefastestcarintheworld.MaybeIcanenterallthebigmotor

races.^^

Thenhelaughed,"Imightevenendup（以...而告终）worldchampion/9

“Nowit'syourturn/Allanwenton,“Ifyourdoctortellyouthebadnews,what

wouldyoumostliketodo?”

“Oh,"saidPaulwithasmile.