解放军文职招聘考试幽默2

 A: I once heard someone shout, “Look out.” I put my heard out of the window and a bucketful water fell on me. It seems that “Look out” may mean “Don’t look out”.

B: I was once on a ship and heard the captain shout, “All hands on deck(甲板).” I put my hands on the deck and someone walked on them.

C: I once called early on an English friend and the servant who came to the door said, “He’s not up yet. Come back in half an hour.” When I went again for him, she said, “He’s not down yet.” I said, “If he’s neither up nor down. Where is he?” 

1. In the dialogue the phrase “Look out” actually means “______”.

A. Don’t look out              B. Look out for the water

C. Be careful                  D. Look everywhere

2. The underlined word “them” in the dialogue means _______.

A. my feet       B. my hands    C. the ship       D. the deck

3. “He is not up” and “He is not down” in the dialogue actually means     _______.

A. He doesn’t stand up and doesn’t lie down

B. He doesn’t come up and doesn’t go down

C. He hasn't turned up and hasn't turned down

D. He hasn't got up and he hasn't come downstairs

4. The best title for the dialogue may be _______.

A. Look Out B. All Hands On Deck   

C. How Strange D. What A Language

5. The writer writes the dialogue to tell us that ______.

A. English is very interesting if you like it and keep on using it

B. it is impossible to learn English very well in a short time

C. languages keeps on developing and changing all the time

D. words and phrases may have different meanings in different situations.

【答案与解析】本文讲的是 A、B、C三人由于不明白英语中的一些习语的意思而闹出的笑话。

1. C。词义推断题。根据 A 听到有人喊  “Look out.”，就把头伸出窗外，结果是一桶水泼了下来，由此推出泼水的人喊  “look out” 是在提醒别人当心一下，他要泼水了，因此 “look out” 是注意、当心的意思，所以此题答案为 C。

2. B。细节判断题。“all hands on deck” 是“全体船员到甲板上集合”的意思，B 却误解了这句话的含义，把双手放在了甲板上。因为船员要到甲板上集合，就有人踩到了他的双手，由此可知 “them”是 “my hands” 的意思，所以答案为 B。

3. D。词义推断题。根据 C 讲述的第1句中 “early” 的和仆人说的话He’s not up yet. Come back in half an hour 可推出 He’s not up 是 He hasn’t got up 之意；根据 When I went again for him, she said, “He’s not down yet.” 可推知 He’s not down  是 He hasn’t come downstairs 之意。所以答案为 D。

4. C。语义理解题。通读全文可知，A、B、C 三人因为没有理解这些习语的真正含义，所以他们对别人的做法和说的话感到迷惑不解。由此可知 How strange  作为这篇文章的标题最合适，所以答案为 C。

5. D。主旨题。通读全文可知 “look out” “ all hands on deck” “ up” “down” 在特殊的语境里都不再是字面的意思了，由此可知作者是想告诉读者有些词或短语在不同的语境里有不同的含义，所以答案为 D。

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A beautiful and very successful actress was the star of a new musical show. Her home was in the country, but she didn’t want to have to go back there every night. So she rented an expensive flat in the centre of the city, bought some beautiful furniture and hired a man to paint the rooms in new colours.

It was very difficult to get tickets for her show, because everybody wanted to see it, so she decided to give the painter two of the best seats. She hoped that this would make him work better and more willingly for her. He took the tickets without saying anything, and she heard no more about them until the end of the month, when she got the painter’s bill. At the bottom of it were the words: “Four hours watching Miss Ball sing and dance: $3,” with this note: “After 5 p.m., I get fifteen shillings an hour instead of ten shillings.”

1. In this article, “Miss Ball” was the name of _______.

A. a place where people sang and danced B. a dance party

C. an actress D. a ball

2. The actress gave the painter two tickets, hoping ________.

A. he would be pleased　　

B. he would ask less money for his work

C. he would charge more money for his work 　　

D. he would praise her musical show

3. After the painter got the tickets from the actress, he _______.

A. sold them for $3 B. went to watch the musical show　　

C. paid $3 for them D. was very thankful to her

【答案与解析】本文讲述了一个女演员为了调动给她做事的人的积极性，给了他两张很难买到看演出的门票，结果，这个做事的人曲解了这个女演员的用意，以为这也是在为她工作，而向她收取工钱的幽默故事。

1. C。推断题。从第2段第1句It was very difficult to get tickets for her show及工人的收款单下面的字Four hours watching Miss Ball sing and dance: $3可知Miss Ball就是这个演员，故此题答案为C。

2. A。细节题。根据第2段第2句She hoped that this would make him work better and more willingly for her.可推知此题答案为A。

3. B。推断题。从工人的收款单下面的字Four hours watching Miss Ball sing and dance: $3可知：工人花了四小时的时间观看她的演出，故此题答案为B。