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1、Unit3 AtasteofEnglishhumourⅠ．阅读理解(共8小题；每小题2分，满分16分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AYouprobablylaughatsomethingyoufindfunny,buthowmuchdoyoureallyknowaboutjokesandhumour?Reader’sDigest(RD)questionedseveralexpertstogiveussomefactsaboutthem.RD:What’stheoldes
2、tjokeintheworld?“Wecan’tknowtheoldestjokeintheworldbecauseitwouldhaveexistedearlierthanwriting，”saysChristieDavies,professorofsociologyattheUniversityofReadingintheUK.Theoldestjokebookthat’sbeenfoundsofaristheGreekPhilogelos.Itdatesfromthe4thcenturyAD,alth
3、oughthejokesdatefromanearliertime.AccordingtopsychologistSteveWilson,directorofNationalHumorMonth(AprilintheUS),itcontains265jokes.RD:Dosomepeoplefailtodevelopasenseofhumour?RodMartin,professorofpsychologyattheWesternUniversityinCanada,believesthatwhileeve
4、ryoneisbornwithoutasenseofhumour,aswedevelop,humourandlaughterbegintoappear.“Ofcourse,somechildrenaremoreserious,quiet,andlesslikelytolaughfrequently,butthisdoesn’tmeantheydon’thaveasenseofhumour.”AndaccordingtoSteveWilson,therearenoadultswhodon’thaveasens
5、eofhumour.“Almosteveryoneisabletodevelopasenseofhumour,andIteachpeoplehow，”hesays.RD:Dopeopleshareasenseofhumouruniquetotheirownnation?Senseofhumourdoesdifferalotbycountry,accordingtoanauthornamedScottWeems.Britishhumouristhoughttobeabsurd(荒谬的)innature,whi
6、leAmericanhumourhasanaggressivequality.Accordingtoastudy,Germansarefoundtofindeverythingfunny.( )1．Whatdoweknowabouttheoldestjokebook?A．Itremainsunknown.B．ItwaswritteninGreek.C．ItwasfoundintheUK.D．Itcontainstheoldestjoke.( )2．WhatdoesRodMartinagreewithab
7、outpeople’ssenseofhumour?A．Nobodyisbornwithasenseofhumour.B．Someadultsloseitwhentheygrowup.C．Childhoodisthebesttimetodevelopsuchability.D．Childrenhaveapoorersenseofhumourthanadults.( )3．Whatkindofhumourhasanaggressivefeature?A．Britishhumour.B．Germanhumour
8、.C．Canadianhumour.D．Americanhumour.( )4．Wherecanyouprobablyfindthetext?A．Inapopularmagazine.B．Inaresearchpaper.C．Inapersonaldiary.D．Inatextbook. 【语篇解读】本文是应用文。文章通过访谈为读者传递了一些有关笑话和幽默的知识。1．B 细节理解题。由第一个问题的回答中的“Th
