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【題目】 Mark Twain，the famous American writer and a great master of humor，liked to play jokes on others. But once a joke was played on him. One day Mark Twain was invited to give a talk in a small town. At lunch he met a young man，one of his friends.

The young man said that he had an uncle with him. He told Mark Twain that his uncle never laughed or smiled，and that nobody and nothing was able to make his uncle smile or laugh.

"You bring your uncle to my talk this evening，"said Mark Twain. " I'm sure I can make him laugh.

That evening the young man and his uncle sat in the front. Mark Twain began to speak. He told several funny stories and made everyone in the room laugh. But the man never even smiled. Mark Twain told more funny stories，but the old man still kept quiet. Mark Twain continued to tell his funny stories. Finally he stopped. He was tired and quite disappointed.

Some days later，Mark Twain told another friend what had happened. "Oh，"said his friend. "I know that man. He's been deaf for years."

【1】The writer wrote the passage mainly to__________.

A.tell readers Mark Twain liked playing jokes

B.tell readers a joke played on Mark Twain

C.tell readers Mark Twain was a great writer

D.tell readers how to tell a funny story

【2】One day Mark Twain met __________at lunch.

A.a friendB.his brotherC.his teacherD.a young girl

【3】Why did Mark Twain ask the young man to bring his uncle to his talk?

A.Because he thought he could make him laugh.

B.Because he wanted to get to know the old man.

C.Because the old man could tell stories.

D.Because he wanted to learn from the old man.

【4】Mark Twain stopped finally because he was__________.

A.disappointedB.sorryC.illD.sleepy

【5】Mark Twain couldn't make the old man laugh because__________.

A.his jokes were not funny

B.the old man wasn't interested in the jokes

C.the old man could tell more funny jokes

D.the old man was deaf

【6】Where is the story probably from？

A.In the science magazine.B.In the biography.

C.In the fashion newspaper.D.In the medical book.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】A

【4】A

【5】D

【6】B

【解析】

本篇文章難度適中，主要講述馬克吐溫經(jīng)常開朋友的玩笑，一次他的一個(gè)朋友開了他的玩笑。他的朋友說他的叔叔從來不笑，馬克吐溫確信他能讓他的叔叔笑。馬克吐溫在演講時(shí)講了許多笑話，但是他的叔叔不笑。最后馬克吐溫放棄了，他很沮喪。最后他的另一個(gè)朋友告訴馬克吐溫，那個(gè)人的叔叔是一個(gè)聾子。

【1】主旨大意題。根據(jù)Mark Twain，the famous American writer and a great master of humor，liked to play jokes on others. But once a joke was played on him“著名的美國(guó)作家和幽默大師馬克吐溫喜歡開其他人的玩笑。但是有一次，他被開了玩笑”以及下文他的朋友開他的玩笑可知，主要告訴讀者馬克吐溫被開的一個(gè)玩笑，故選B。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)At lunch he met a young man，one of his friends“在午餐時(shí)間，他遇見了一個(gè)年輕人，他的一個(gè)朋友”可知，馬克吐溫在吃飯時(shí)遇見了一個(gè)他的朋友，故選A。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)"You bring your uncle to my talk this evening，"said Mark Twain. " I'm sure I can make him laugh“馬克吐溫說：今晚你將你的叔叔帶到我的演講這來，我確定我能讓他笑”可知，馬克吐溫認(rèn)為他能讓他的叔叔笑。故選A。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Finally he stopped. He was tired and quite disappointed“最后他停止了，他疲憊了而且非常地沮喪”可知，馬克吐溫感到很沮喪，故選A。

【5】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)"Oh，"said his friend. "I know that man. He's been deaf for years."“他的朋友說：哦，我知道那個(gè)男人，他已經(jīng)聾了很多年了”可知，因?yàn)檫@個(gè)男人是一個(gè)聾子，故選D。

【6】推理判斷題。A.在科學(xué)雜志中；B.在傳記中；C.在一個(gè)時(shí)尚報(bào)紙中；D.在醫(yī)藥書中。根據(jù)全文可知，主要講述馬克吐溫的朋友對(duì)他開的一個(gè)玩笑的故事，所以可以推斷出這個(gè)故事來自于傳記，故選B。