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Get ready to have a taste of English humour and laugh as you read the best jokes in this text.
Hunting Disaster
A man was on a hunting trip with his friend when the friend suddenly fell to the ground and stopped breathing. He crazily called 911 and screamed to the operator, “My friend is dead! What should I do?” The operator tried to calm him down. “It will be OK. I can talk you through this. First, we need to make sure he’s dead. “Finally in the silence, the operator heard a shot (开枪) fired. “OK. My friend is dead. What next?” the man asked.
The Origin of Man
A little girl was wondering where humans came from. She asked her mom, and her mom gave her a religious explanation, telling her how God created Adam and Eve. She asked her dad, and her dad told her that humans came from monkeys.
The little girl was very confused, so she asked her mom. “Why did you tell me that humans came from God and dad told me that humans came from monkeys?” Her mom joked, “Well, I was telling you from the God’s side because I came from God. Your dad was telling you from the monkeys’ side because he came from monkeys.”
Cultural Differences
A Texan meets an Ivy League graduate at a party and asks, “Where are you from?” The Ivy League graduates responds, “I’m from a place where we don’t end our sentences in prepositions (介词).” The Texan thinks about this for a moment and then says, “OK. Where are you from, Jerk?”
21．How did the hunter finally make sure that his friend was dead in Hunting Disaster?
A．He fired his gun at his friend. B．He checked his friend’s breath.
C．He called a doctor to check his friend. D．He threw his friend to the ground.
22．What can we learn about the mother from her reply in The Origin of Man?
A．She was just joking. B．She wanted to defend her husband.
C．She was angry with her husband’s answer. D．She gave a scientific explanation to her daughters.
23．What is the purpose of the text?
A．To introduce the best movies. B．To tell some funny English jokes.
C．To advertise some English books. D．To list the most attractive places on earth.
