2013年中考英语精品复习资料 阅读理解记叙文篇(九)

2013年中考英语精品复习资料

阅读理解篇（九）

记叙文

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Scientists have discovered the world’s funniest joke! Dr. Wiseman，from Oxford University in Britain，created a website with jokes on it．He then asked people to rate(定级) the jokes from 1(“not very funny”) to 5(“very funny”)．

People could also tell their own jokes．At the end of one year，Wiseman had two million ratings and 40 000 jokes from around the world．

Why study jokes? Dr. Wiseman thinks humor can tell us a lot about people．In Wiseman’s experiment(实验)，people from different countries did think different jokes were funny．For example，Europeans rated jokes about serious topics like death “very funny”．North Americans laughed most at jokes that made fun of people．So，what was the world’s funniest joke?

Two men are hunting(打猎)．Suddenly，one man falls down and isn’t moving．The other man calls for help on his mobile phone．“Help!”the man says，“I think my friend is dead!”“I can help you，”says the woman on the phone．“First，are you sure your friend is dead?”It’s quiet for a minute．Then the woman hears a gunshot(枪声)．The man returns to the phone．“Yes，he’s dead．Now what?”

In Dr. Wiseman’s experiment，people from a number of countries，old and young，men and women，all thought this joke was very funny．What about you?

77．How did Dr．Wiseman find the funniest joke in the world?

A．He asked different scientists for their ideas．

B．He asked people to rate jokes on the website．

C．He asked his students about their favorite jokes．

D．He searched the Internet and chose it by himself．

78．What kind of jokes made Europeans laugh most?

A．Jokes about hunting．B．Jokes about people．

C．Jokes about telephoning．D．Jokes about death．

79．Which of the following can best describe the man calling for help in the joke?

A．He is foolish．B．He is confident．

C．He is clever．D．He is dishonest．

80．What can we learn from the passage?

A．The woman told the man to kill his friend．

B．Dr．Wiseman wasn’t interested in Asian jokes．

C．All the people in the world liked jokes about death．

D．Dr．Wiseman studied jokes to know about people．

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These days，a new kind of restaurant is becoming popular．People who go there can not only enjoy their meals，they can also enjoy playing computer games and have fun with their family and friends on the internet．uWink is the restaurant’s name．It is in Los Angeles，and it’s about fun and food．In uWink，there are no waiters or waitresses around you．The screens have replaced(取代) them．You can order the food you want by touching the screen in front of you and runners will bring it to the tables．You can also play video games with the people at the next table．The screens can show music videos，movies and so on．But mainly they are used to show video games．It’s an interactive(互动的) restaurant where you will control your meal and your fun．The service is fast and the runners know clearly where to go．There will be no waiting for a waiter，and no misunderstandings(误解) in the kitchen．Different kinds of food are served at any time of day．uWink is a place which hosts“room games”，where every table in the restaurant can have a video game competition at the same time．

The owner of the restaurant hopes that uWink can make it easy for people to be interactive，have fun and enjoy a delicious meal．

81．Where is the restaurant-uWink?

82．How can you order the food in uWink?

83．When is the food served in uWink?

84．Why is the service fast in uWink?

85．What do you like doing best in uWink? Why?