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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 topic 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?

1．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．

2．What kinds of jokes made Europeans laugh most?

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

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

3．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．

4．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．

We know that there are too many net bars around us．The Internet is popular and it makes our lives colourful．Many of us like going online very much because we can learn how to use the computer and get more information form the Internet．We can learn English．We can read some good newspapers and magazines．We can also watch some exciting sports matches．It can make us clever in playing computer games．We can send e-mails to our friends quickly．We can chat freely online with our friends．It can help us get in touch with people from all over the world．

       But some students spend too much time in playing computer games and some stay in the net bars all day and all night．Teenagers even get to have boyfriends or girlfriends online．They send e-mail to each other．It takes them too much time to chat online so they do worse and worse in their lessons and they don’t study well any more．I think we mustn’t get online when it is time for us to study．We can do it in summer or winter holidays．We should get online with adults-our teachers or parents．

    At the same time，if we have lots of free time，we can do some out-of-class activities at school．We usually have activities from 4：50 to 5：50 in the afternoon．We have different kinds of activities．If you are interested in sports，you can play basketball or football．We can go to the English Corner．We can practice talking in English there．We hope we can spend more time on our subjects or on such activities that we can learn a lot from and spend less time on the Internet．

1．What does the underlined word“It”in Paragraph I refer to?

      A．A net bar．          B．A computer．      C．Going online． D．Watching matches．

2．Because of the Internet，our lives are becoming ________．

      A．richer and richer                                      B．more and more colourful

      C．worse and worse                                       D．more and more boring

3．Which of the following is the best out-of-class activity at school?

      A．Playing computer games．                       B．Sending e-mails to each other．

      C．Chatting on the Internet．                           D．Going to the English Corner．

4．The writer suggests that students shouldn’t _________．

      A．have boyfriends or girlfriends online            B．do different out-of-class activities

      C．get online during their holidays                    D．get online with their parents

5．What is the passage mainly about?

      A．Going online．                                        B．Computers．

      C．How to use computers．                             D．How to play computer games．