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　　Read the following humorous stories．

　　Story 1：

　　Kate：Mom, do you know what I'm going to give you for your birthday??

　　Mom：No, Honey, what?

　　Kate：A nice teapot．

　　Mom：But I've got a nice teapot．

　　Kate：No, you haven't．I've just dropped it．

　　Story 2：

　　One day, when snow was falling, the king of the Scythians(錫西厄國王)asked a man, who was braving it unclad(赤身裸體的), whether he felt cold．The man asked in return, whether his majesty felt cold in his face．"Certainly not!" said the king．"Then, "replied the man, "neither do I feel the cold, for I am all face．"

　　Story 3：

　　Mr．And Mrs．Shaw were on safari(旅行)in Africa．Walking through the jungle．Suddenly a huge lion

sprang out of the bushes and seized Mrs．Shaw, dragging her off．"Shoot!" she screamed to her husband,“Shoot!”“I can't!”he shouted back, "I've run out of film!"

(1)

What does "dropped" mean in the 1st story?It means " ________ "

[　　]

A．

lost

B．

broken

C．

qhidden

D．

stopped

(2)

According to the underlined sentence in the 2nd story, the man says "I didn't feel cold", because ________．

[　　]

A．

he has only my face left

B．

he wants to save face(留面子)for himself

C．

he has nothing to wear

D．

his face doesn't feel cold

(3)

What does "shoot" mean in the 3rd story?．Mr．Shaw thinks his wife wants him to ________．

[　　]

A．

fire the gun at the lion

B．

hunt the lion

C．

take photos of the lion

D．

fire arrows at the lion

答案：1．B;2．C;3．C;
解析：

(1)

動詞drop的基本意思是“摔，摔壞”，應(yīng)該它放在這則外國幽默故事中(語境中)體會。女兒摔壞舊茶壺，贈新的給母親，她的出發(fā)點帶著稚氣，行為也很可愛。而母親很可能因為沒了舊茶壺而不開心啊，或為女兒出于好意的做法哭笑不得。瞧，幽默之處就在于此啊。

(2)

上文提到了這個人是unclad(赤身裸體的)。be all face的表面意思是“全身是臉”，而真實意思卻是“裸體的，一絲不掛的”。這則幽默采用be all face，表面上給人造成理解的分歧，來達到深層的幽默效果，諷刺國王的統(tǒng)治也是外國文化的一次體現(xiàn)�？梢�，學(xué)英語再也不是單單掌握語法和詞組就萬事大吉了，還應(yīng)對外國文化有一定的認(rèn)識和了解。

(3)

獅子來了，依據(jù)人的本能反應(yīng)，shoot應(yīng)表示“開槍或射箭”。而shoot還有“拍照”的意思。戲劇性的是丈夫理解錯了妻子的話，文中有個句子“I've run out of film!”暗示讀者，即這里的film指“膠卷”。丈夫大喊“膠卷用光了!”。很滑稽的一個笑話!可見答案是C。


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