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C Scientists have dicoveredthe world’s funniest joke ! Dr Wiseman , from Oxford Universityin Britain , . created a website with jokes on it . He then asked people to rate (定级) the jokesfrom1( not very funny ) yo5 ( very funny ). People could also tell their onw jokes . At the end of one year , Wiseman has two million ratings and 40,000 jokes from around the world . Why study jokes ? Dr Wiseman thinks humor can tell usa lot about people. In Wiseman ‘s experiment (实验), peoplefromdifferent countries did think different hokes were funny . for example, Europeans rated jokesabout serioustopics like death “Very funny “. North Americans laughed most at jokesthat made fun of people . So , wtaht was the world’s funniest joke ? Two men were hunting , sundernly, one man falls down and isn’t moving The other man calls for helpon his mobile phone .”Help !” The man says “ I think my friend is dead !”” I canhelp you “says the woman on the phone ,”first , are you sure your friedn is dead ?”It’s quiet for a minute . Then the woman hears a gunshot (枪声). The man returnsto the phone “Yes, he is dead . Nowwhat ?” In Dr Wiseman’s experiment , people from a number of countries , old and young , men and women , all thought this jike wasvery funny . What about you ? 11.How did Dr Wiseman find thefunniest jokein 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 favourite jokes ., D.He seacheredthe Internet and chose it by himself . 12. What kind of jokesmad Europeans laugh most ? A jokes about hunting B jokes about people C jokes about telephoning D jokes about death 13.Which of the following can best desribe the mand calling for help in the joke ? A Heis foolish B he id confident C he is clever D He is dishonest 14.What can we learn from the passage ? A The womdn told the man to kill hisfriend B Dr Wiseman wasn’t interestedin Asia jokes C All the people in the worldliked jokesabout death D. Dr Wiseman studied jokesto know aboutpeople 15.How manyratings did the Dr Wiseman get ? A 40,000B 200,000C 2, 000,000D 4000 (责任编辑：admin) |