爱华网透过笑话我们可以看到一个民族的生存环境、生活方式、社会关系和心理特征等等。下面是小编带来的短小经典的英语笑话，欢迎阅读!
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Bad Business
A salesman was chatting with the owner of a motel."Business is terrible," said the motel owner. 'Really bad."
"But every time I drive by here you have the 'no vacancy' sign on. " said the salesman.
"That's true," replied the motel owner. "But I used to turn away 30 to 35 people a night. Now, I only turn away ten to 15."
Notes:
(1) motel n.汽车旅馆 (3) turn away n.谢绝
(2) vacancy n.空缺
Exercises:
根据短文判断下列句子正(T)、(F)：
① A motel is a hotel for motorists.
② The salesman was arguing with the owner of the motel.
③ When the motel owner said that business was terrible, the salesman did not believe him.
④ Every time the salesman drove by the motel, the motel was only half full.
⑤ The motel owner used to turn away ten to 13 people.
58.生意不好
一个商人在和汽车旅馆的主人闲聊。“生意大糟了，”旅馆主人说，“真的太糟了。
“可是每次我驾车经过这儿，你都挂上了‘客满’的牌子，”商人就。
“那倒是真的。”旅馆主人答道，“可是过去我一夜就谢绝三十至三十五人，而如今只能谢绝十至十五人。”
练习参考答案：
①T②F③T④F⑤F
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The Cheater
Donald was not very good at math.
He could not understand the teacher's explanations.
Even when the teacher explained something a second time, Donald still could not understand it.
"Never mind," Donald told himself. "I'm quite good at other subjects. I'll cheat in the math exam, then I won't be in trouble."
"I'll sit next to the boy who's best at math, he thought, "and copy down his answers."
The day of the exam came, and Donald sat next to Brian Smith, who always was at the top of the class in math.
Donald carefully copied Brian's answers on to his own exam paper.
At the end of the exam, the teacher colllected the papers and graded them.
Then she said, "Well, boys and girls, I've decided to give a prize to the student who got the highest grade. It's difficult for me to decide who to give the prize to, however, because two students, Donald and Brian, got the same grade.
"Let them share it," one of the other students said.
"I've thought about that," the teacher said, "but I've decided to give the prize to Brian."
Donald was angry when he heard this.
He stood up and said, "That's not fair. I got the same grade as Brian. "
"That's true," the teacher said. "However, Brian's answer to Question 18 was 'I don't know'. Yours was 'Neither do I'."
Notes:
(1) be good at擅长
(2) cheat v.作弊
(3) be in trouble有麻烦
(4) grade v.打分;分等
Exercises:
① Donald decided to cheat in the math exam because _____.
A. he was always at the top of the class in math
B. he understood the questions
C. he was not very good at math
D. the math teacher did not explain the questions carefully
② Donald got a high grade in math because_____ .
A. math was his best subject
B. the questions were easy
C. he copied from another boy
D. the teacher explained the questions carefully
③ Donald got the same grade as Brian because _____.
A. both boys were good at math
B. Donald cheated
C. Brian copied Donald's answers
D. the questions were very easy
④ The teacher knew it was Donald who cheated because_____ .
A. his answers were the same as Brian
B. he wrote "I don't know " as an answer
C. he got the same wrong answers as Brian
D. he wrote the words "Neither do I"
⑤ In the end , we can learn that_____ .
A. both Brian and Donald won the prize
B. neither of Brian and Donald won the prize
C. Brian won the prize
D. Donald won the prize
59.作弊者
多纳尔德数学不太好。
他听不懂老师的讲解。
即使解释第二遍，他也听不懂。
“不要紧，”多纳尔德安慰自己，“我别的科目很好。我要在数学考试中作弊，那么我就不会有麻烦了。”
“我将坐在数学最好的同学旁边，”他想，“并抄下他的答案。”
考试那一天到来了，多纳尔德坐在布思·史密斯的旁边。
布恩是班里数学学得最好的学生。
多纳尔德仔细地把布恩的答案抄下来。
考试结束后，老师把卷子收上去，开始判分。
判完后，她说：“好，同学们，我已决定给得最高分的同学奖励。然而我不知该奖励哪一个，因为两个学生，多纳尔德和布恩，都得了一样的分数。”
“让他们两个都得奖励吧，”一个学生说。
“我想过这样办，”老师说，“但我打算奖励布恩。”
多纳尔德听到这话非常生气。
他站起来说：“这不公平。我和他得的分数是一样的。”
“是这样的，”老师说，“然而，布恩的第18题的答案是‘我不知道’。你的是‘我也不知道’。”
练习参考答案：
①C②C③B④D⑤C
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Which One to Call Back
After I took office as mayor of a small Kentucky city, an unfortunate incident precipitated some hateful phone calls to my home. One night while I was conducting a city-council meeting, my wife answered the phone.
"Is this the home of Bert May, the mayor?" a woman's voice asked.
When my wife explained that I was at a meeting and would return her call if she left a name and number, the caller said. "That's confidential. This is his girlfriend. "
My wife, knowing this was all a ruse, calmly responded, "Lady, if you don't leave your name and number, he won't know which one to call back
Notes:
(1) take office 任职 (4) confidential adj.保密的
(2) precipitate v.使突然发生 (5) ruse n.欺诈
(3) conduct v.主持
Exercises:
根据短文选择正确答案：
① What did the husband take office as?
A. president of a big company
B. mayor of a big city
C. mayor of a small city
D. mayor of Kentucky
② What happened after he took office?
A. an unfortunate incident
B. an earthquake
C. the opening ceremony of a company
D. his wife got ill
③The word "precipitate" in "an unfortunate incident precipitated some hateful phones to my home" probably means _____.
A. to return
B. to receive
C. to initiate
D. to get
④ Why wouldn't the woman on the line leave her name and number?
A. Because she had no name or number.
B. Because she was not allowed to do so by her husband.
C. Because she was too nervous to remind herself of her name and number.
D. Because she was just playing a dirty trick.
⑤ From the passage we can see that _____.
A. the mayor had many girlfriends
B. the woman on line had dialed the wrong number
C. the wife of the mayor was quick-minded
D. the mayor would return the woman's call
60.给哪一个回电话
我上任为肯塔基州的一个小城的市长后，发生了一件不幸的事，从而招致了一些可恨的电话打到我家里。一天夜里，我还在主持市政会议，我妻子接到了一个电话。
“是伯特·麦因、市长的家吗?”一个女人的声音问道。
我妻子向她解释说我还在开会，如果她留下姓名和电话号码的话，我会给她回话。通话人马上说：“这个保密。我是他的女朋友。”
我妻子知道这完全是欺诈。她镇静地回答说：“女士，如果你不留下姓名和号码的话，他就不会知道给哪一个回话。”
练习参考答案：
①C②A③C④D⑤C
