题目内容
We’re always being sent contributions（稿件） for our popular laughter, The Best Medicine Section. Some of the jokes are obvious winners. Some of the jokes are ancient, which are unfit for public consumption or just don’t make the grade（符合要求）. And then there are the rest: the jokes that get our editor scratching his chin and wondering, “Is this one good enough to print? ” Now you can help him choose. We’ve picked five jokes from the “Maybe” pile. Vote for the one you think is the best. The top-rated joke as of July 20, 2012 will be published in the magazine—and net its author $150.
(1)
A boy goes to a bookshop with his birthday money and chooses a book titled Advice to Young Mothers. “Why would you want this book? ” the assistant asks him.
“Because I collect moths（飞蛾）. ” the boy explains.
Derek Blew, Lane Cove, NSW
(2)
Father: “So you want to be my son-in-law? ”
Young man: “Actually I don’t, but I want to marry your daughter and I don’t see how I can avoid it. ”
Kimberley McEwan, southland, NZ
(3)
How many politicians does it take to change a light bulb（灯泡）?
None. They only promised they would do it.
Lisa Bluthal, Umina Beach, NSW
(4)
A couple of country boys driving a semitrailer（半拖车） down the highway come to a bridge with a sign saying: “Clearance 3. 1 metres. ” They stop, take out a tape measure and find the truck is 3. 5 metres high. “I don’t see any police around, ” one says. “Let’s go for it. ”
Loretta Fonseca, Otago, NZ
(5)
There are only two people who really know how to run this country. Sadly, one is cutting hair and the other is driving a taxi.
James White, Belmont, NSW
Click here for Poll Archives（投票档案）.
71. The writer’s purpose in writing the passage is to________ .
A. ask readers to judge which joke is the best
B. provide readers with some jokes for entertainment
C. collect contributions for a magazine
D. show us laughter is the best medicine
72. What do the underlined words (in the first paragraph) mean?
A. Jokes which are obvious winners.
B. Jokes which don’t make the grade.
C. Laughter and The Best Medicine Section.
D. Jokes that the editor isn’t sure of printing.
73. We can learn from the first joke that________ .
A. the book is very popular with readers
B. the assistant is very embarrassed
C. the boy misunderstands the title of the book
D. the boy wants to buy the book for his mother
74. What can we infer from the jokes?
A. The young man doesn’t want to marry the girl. (Joke 2)
B. Politicians seldom keep their promises. (Joke 3)
C. The boys often break traffic rules. (Joke 4)
D. People in that country live a happy life. (Joke 5)
75. The passage can most probably be found________ .
A. on the Internet B. in a newspaper
C. in a story book D. in a magazine
71.【解析】选A。主旨大意题。从第一段倒数第二句Vote for the one you think is the best. 知本文是向读者征求建议。
72.【解析】选D。词义猜测题。“我们从候选的笑话中选出五个”，故划线词词义应是D项：编辑不能确定的笑话。
73.【解析】选C。推理判断题。这个笑话的幽默之处在于小男孩把书中的Mothers误解为Moth+ers，即研究或搜集飞蛾的人，故选C。
74.【解析】选B。推理判断题。第三个笑话说的是“换一个灯泡需要多少个政客？他们只是承诺（而不付诸行动）”。由此可推断出其言外之意是政治家很少兑现他们的承诺。故选B。
75.【解析】选A。推理判断题。由文末的 Click here for Poll Archives. 可知，本文应来自网站。故选A。
A 7.0 magnitude（级）earthquake killed more than 230,000 people in Haiti. Then an 8.8 magnitude quake killed more than 900 people in Chile. And few weeks later, a 6.0 magnitude quake struck rural eastern Turkey, killing at least 57 people.
The earthquakes kept coming hard and fast. 1 It’s not. The problem is what’s happening above ground, not underground, experts say.
2 They’re rapidly putting up buildings that can’t stand up to earth quakes, scientists believe.
And news reports and better earthquake monitoring make it seem as if earth quakes are increasing all the time.
On average, there are 134 earthquakes a year that have a magnitude between 6.0 and 6.9. So far this year there have been 40 earthquakes—more than in most years for that time period. But that’s because the 8.8 quake in Chile caused a large number of strong aftershocks.
Also, it’s not the number of quakes, but their destructive effects that gain attention. The death is largely due to building standards, 3 Paul Earle, a US seismologist, called for better building standards in the world’s big cities.
Of the 130 cities worldwide with populations of more than I million, more than half are likely to be hit by earthquakes. 4 “If you have a problem feeding yourself, you’re not really going to worry about earthquakes,” said Paul.
The earthquakes made everyone start to think 5 “People are paying attention to the violent planet we’re always lived on. Come back an another six moths if there has been no earthquakes, most people will have forgotten it again,” said US disaster researcher Dennis Mileti.
| A．But it won’t last. B．More people are moving into big cities. C．Earthquakes don’t kill people, buildings do. D．There have been more deaths overt the past decade from earthquakes. E．Many people began to wonder if something terrible is happening underground. F．While it seems as if the are more earthquakes occurring, there really aren’t. G．But developing nations with growing populations don’t pay attention to earthquake preparedness. |
The Rockford police chief and some city officials want to install （安装） video cameras in all 100 police cars．They think this will reduce the number of lawsuits （法律诉讼）．In the last five years, Rockford has paid out more than five million dollars to settle about 40 lawsuits．
The chief said, "If cameras had been in those cars．we wouldn't have had to pay one cent． We're always pulling over drunks or drug users who try to fight the police or shoot them．Then they always claim （声称） that the police start beating them first or start shooting at them first．"
The cost of installing cameras will be about $500 each．The city council （委员会） will vote on the proposal （提议） next Monday．Ten of the 13 council members said that they like the idea． One member said that it makes good sense．
The police officers enthusiastically support camera use．One officer said that too many people think the police often lie; cameras would show citizens that police tell the truth．"The money that we've been spending on lawsuits will be better spent on more cameras," said one of
ficer．
Citizen opinions to the idea of police car cameras are mixed．One person, said that the police should have started doing this years ago when video cameras were invented．But an elderly man strongly objected．'These police are trying to stick their nose into everything," he said．He was going to attend the council meeting to condemn the proposal．He hoped that other citizens would join him.
【小题1】We can learn from what the chief said that with cameras on ___．
| A．the police will not be treated unjustly |
| B．the police will be free from any lawsuits |
| C．the police can beat the law-breakers first |
| D．the police can monitor everything around |
| A．To pay less money on lawsuits． |
| B．To cut the number of lawsuits． |
| C．To prevent lawsuits from happening． |
| D．To stop being beaten by law-breakers． |
| A．Council members, | B．Police off icers． |
| C．Local people． | D．Drug users． |
| A．Most citizens support camera use in police cars, |
| B．The police are trying to take control of everything． |
| C．The man showed great disagreement on camera use in police cars． |
| D．Other citizens will join the man to object to camera use in police cars． |