解放军文职招聘考试幽默3

“All we have are whole heads,” came the cold reply.

“I don't want a whole head,” the customer demanded, “Just half a head. Are you going to sell me half a head?” 

    “Wait a minute, ” said the clerk nervously, “Let me ask the manager.” 

    She went back where the manager was stamping prices on canned goods. “Hey,” she said, “there's a big, stupid — looking buffalo(水牛) out front who wants me to sell him half a head of cabbage. Shall I tell the fool to…” She noticed the manager staring — not at her, but behind her. Turning, the clerk saw that the big and tall customer had followed her and heard every word. Quickly, the clerk turned back to the manager, “And this gentleman, ” she said, “wants to buy the other half.” 

1. What is the best title for this passage?

A. A Strange Customer B. A Friendly Customer

C. A Nervous Customer D. A Polite Customer

2. When talking to the manager, the clerk was referring to _______.

A. two different customers

B. the same customer

C. more than two customers

D. a stupid-looking customer and a gentleman

3. What is your impression of the customer?

A. Looking like an animal. B. Looking like a house wife.

C. Looking like a gentleman. D. A man of strong build.

【答案与解析】本文讲述的是一个女售货员面对尴尬场面如何机智化解的小幽默故事。

1. A。推断题。这位顾客块头很大，而且只买半头洋白菜，故令人奇怪。也可根据文章内容，采用排除法知答案为A。

2. B。推断题。从短文中我们可以知道女售货员实际上指的是同一个顾客。

3. D。细节题。根据文章第1句A great big fellow, weighing around 250 pounds 以及big and tall customer可推知此题答案为D。

 

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It’s Pigs’ Hometown

The story happened during the Second World War. An old man lived in a small town of Germany. He had three sons and they all worked in the same factory where he had worked. After the war had begun, his sons were all made to join the army one after another and they all died in the fights. The old man was very sad. He didn’t have enough food and was often hungry. And nobody helped him and he didn’t know how to go on living.

It was a very cold winter night. The old man couldn’t go to sleep. He had been hungry for two days and it was so cold in his room that ice could be seen. He had to get up and began to run in the room until he lay down on the floor. The next morning he had to beg from door to door. He had been to a lot of cities and knew a lot.

Once he came to a village, but the villagers were all poor and couldn’t give him anything. He was too hungry to go to another village. He thought hard and found a way. He came to a police station and called out, “Hitler is a foolish pig!”

Out came an old policeman at once. He took the old man into a room, gave him some bread and a cup of tea. Then he said, “Don’t say so in our village, sir!”

“I’m sorry, sir,” said the old man. “I don’t know it’s Hitler’s home town.” “No, no, sir,” the policeman said in a hurry. “It’s pigs’ hometown!”

1. The old man’s sons joined the army because _______. 

A. they were all strong B. they loved their country

C. they wanted to be full D. they had to do so

2. The old man was sad because _______. 

A. his three sons had to join the army

B. his three sons lost their lives during the war

C. he lived in the small town alone

D. he had neither food nor clothes

3. The villagers didn’t give the old man any food because _______. 

A. they weren’t kind-hearted B. his sons were in the army

C. they were also hungry D. they hated him 

4. Which of the following is true? 

A. The old policeman would send the old man into prison.

B. The old policeman hated Hitler, too.

C. The old policeman thought Hitler was better than pigs.

D. The old man found a friend at the police station.

5. The policeman thought _______. 

A. Hitler was more foolish than pigs

B. the old man insulted(侮辱) their hometown

C. the old man had to say sorry to him

D. the old man had to fight with Hitler

【答案与解析】本文表面上看来是一个幽默，实际上是表现出了人们对希特勒的憎恶。

1. D。推断题。根据 …his sons were all made to join the army 这里用了 made 说明his sons 并不是自愿去的，因此应该选 D。

2. B。细节题。根据 …his sons were all made to join the army one after another and they all died in the fights 可知应该选 B。

3. C。细节题。根据第3段第1句 …but the villagers were all poor and couldn’t give him anything 可知答案为 C。

4. B。判断题。根据 Then he said “Don’t say so in our village, sir!” 和 the policeman 后面讲的话可知，他也不喜欢希特勒，因此选 B。

5. A。推断题。根据文章内容，the old man 说 I don’t know it’s Hitler’s home town，而 the policeman 急忙说 No, no, sir…It’s pigs’ hometown! 据此可知，the policeman 认为 Hitler 连一头猪都不如。因此选A。

 

文章中说 The police say this is the pig’s hometown，而且他不允许 the old say this is Hitler’s hometown 从中可以感受到他认为 Hitler还不比一只猪强。因此应该选择 A。