Unit 1 Cultural Relics reading课时作业

Ⅰ.阅读理解

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　　A group of scientists and psychologists decided to find out what the funniest joke in the world was.This was obviously a difficult task, as no two people ever really agree about what is funny and what is not - especially when they're from different countries.

　　Here is the joke they chose as the funniest joke in the world.Two hunters are in the woods.One of them falls to the ground.He doesn't seem to be breathing.The other hunter takes out his mobile phone and calls emergency services."My friend is dead! What can I do？" The operator says, "Don't worry.First, make sure he's dead." There is a silence.Then a shot is heard.Bang! The hunter's voice comes back on the line: "OK, now what？"

　　This is perhaps slightly amusing.Culturally, it depends on us knowing that often hunters are not considered to be very intelligent people, and that often they are quite violent.But perhaps this is not so all over the world.It's quite a "black" joke.The experts also found the second funniest joke: Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson go on a camping trip.After dinner, they go to sleep.Some hours later, Holmes wakes up."Watson, what do you see？"

　　"Millions of stars，" replies Watson.

　　"And what do you infer from that？"

　　"Well, there are billions of planets ...We are a small part of the universe ...We will have a beautiful day tomorrow ... "

　　"Watson, you idiot (笨蛋)! Someone has stolen our tent！"

　　I personally think this is better.Understanding this joke, however, depends on us knowing who Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are. It has an unexpected ending - something that is very important and necessary for most jokes.Surprise can be funny.

　　What's funny on the Earth? Scientists are excellent at studying complicated (复杂的) things.Some things are much too complicated, even for the most intelligent thought.

　　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.It is difficult to find the funniest joke in the world because ________.

　　A．there are too many jokes to choose from

　　B．those experts cannot agree with each other

　　C．people across the world create new jokes every day

　　D．people's standards of what is funny are not the same

解析：选D　细节理解题。根据第一段可知，要想找到世界上最好笑的笑话很难，这