二、完形填空 讲笑话&学英语
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Do you like telling 1 in your English study? Jokes can make your words colorful and 2. If you make people 3, you can know that people are interested in your topic.
In order to get jokes, you can watch comedies or talk shows 4 TV. When you hear some jokes in the programs, you had better 5 them down. Then you can have more jokes to 6 when you talk with others. If your English is 7 enough, you can also write your own jokes to tell at a party or to break the ice 8 a speech. It will not make others feel 9.
10 do you make your jokes more interesting? Not all the English words 11 funny. Some English words sound funny by 12, while others can get a laugh only in phrases or sentences. You have to 13. Different people may have different feelings on a joke, 14 do not be sad if others don't laugh after you tell a joke. 15, telling English jokes is just a way to help you with your English study.
1. A. stories B. jokes
C. lies D. truth
2. A. boring B. tiring
C. interesting D. terrible
3. A. laugh B. jump
C. sleep D. dance
4. A. in B. at
C. on D. for
5. A. turn B. knock
C. bring D. write
6. A. say B. tell
C. ask D. speak
7. A. poor B. crazy
C. good D. careful
8. A. after B. before
C. until D. but
9. A. impatient B. uncomfortable
C. impossible D. unnecessary
10. A. What B. Why
C. How D. When
11. A. look B. sound
C. taste D. feel
12. A. myself B. yourselves
C. themselves D. itself
13. A. listen B. guess
C. choose D. change
14. A. and B. although
C. because D. so
15. A. For example B. Of course
C. At least D. After all

【解题导语】 本文主要说明了在英语学习中多讲笑话可以使你的语言丰富多彩和有趣。
1 B 根据下文中的"Jokes"可知,此处表示讲笑话。故选B。
2 C 根据空前的"colorful and"并结合选项可知,空处应是描述笑话对语言的积极影响。故选C。
3 A 根据空后的"are interested in"可知,此处是说如果你让人笑了,就能知道他们对你的话题感兴趣。故选A。
4 C on TV"在电视上"为固定搭配。故选C。
5 D 根据下文中的"Then you can have more jokes"可知,此处是说当你在节目中听到一些笑话时,你最好把它们写下来。turn sth. down表示"把……调低,拒绝";knock sth. down表示"击倒,撞倒";bring sth. down表示"减少,降低";write sth. down表示"写下,记下"。故选D。
6 B tell jokes表示"讲笑话"。故选B。
7 C 根据空后的"write your own jokes to tell at a party"可知,此处指的是英语足够好的话可以自己写笑话。故选C。
8 B 根据空后的"a speech"可知,此处指在演讲之前讲笑话来破冰。故选B。
9 B 空处作feel的表语,表示不会让别人感到不舒服。故选B。
10 C 下文中讲述了让笑话变得更有趣的方法,故此处应用How提问,询问的是方式。
11 B 根据下文中的"Some English words sound funny"可知,此处说的是不是所有英语单词听上去都有趣。故选B。
12 C 主语是"Some English words",反身代词用themselves。故选C。
13 C 根据上文中的"Some English words sound funny by 12, while others can get a laugh only in phrases or sentences"可知,有些英语单词本身听起来就很有趣,而另一些单词只有在短语或句子中才能博得笑声,所以要选择。故选C。
14 D 空处前后内容是因果关系,空后表示结果,用so连接。
15 D 根据空后的"is just a way"可知,如果别人在你讲笑话后不笑,不要难过,毕竟,讲英语笑话只是帮助你学习英语的一种方式。for example"例如";of course"当然";at least"至少";after all"毕竟"。