A  Deaf  Person's  Joke
Something was wrong with Jack's ears after he was much better from a serious illness. Several months later he went to a doctor. The doctor told him that he was deaf of both ears. Jack was sad. He was afraid to lose his work. So he did not like people to know this.
One evening he asked some friends to dinner. While they were sitting at the table, one of his friends told an interesting joke. Everyone laughed and Jack laughed louder than anyone else. He said, “That was a very interesting joke, but I know a more interesting one. Would you like to hear it?” All his friends said OK to him, so Jack began to tell his joke. All his friends were listening to him with smiles. When the joke ended, everyone laughed louder than before and Jack laughed happily, too. He was very glad because he thought that his must be more interesting than his friend's. But he didn't know that he had made a fool of himself（出丑；鬧笑話） because his joke was the same as the first one.
【小題1】When was Jack deaf of both ears?

A．After he came back from work. B．After a serious illness.
C．After seeing a doctor. D．After being a doctor.
【小題2】 Why did Jack not like people to know he was deaf?
A．He was afraid to lose his work.
B．He was afraid of his friends.
C．He didn't want to lose his face.
D．He was afraid that his wife would leave him.
【小題3】 What did Jack do after hearing his friend's joke?
A．He laughed as loudly as others. B．He didn't laugh.
C．He laughed louder than anyone else. D．He only smiled.
【小題4】Jack laughed because _____.
A．a(chǎn)ll the others were laughing
B．he could tell the same joke himself, too
C．he wanted to show that there was nothing wrong with his ears
D．his friend's joke was interesting
【小題5】Jack's friends laughed a lot louder than before because _____.
A．the joke he told was more interesting
B．it was as interesting as the first
C．a(chǎn)ll his friends liked his joke better
D．it was the same joke as his friend's


【小題1】B
【小題2】A
【小題3】C
【小題4】C
【小題5】D

解析試題分析：本文介紹了杰克在一次大病后失聰了，但他不想讓人知道，因為怕失去工作。有一次朋友們在一起吃飯，一個朋友講了個笑話，杰克比大家笑的聲音更大，因為他不想讓別人知道他耳朵不好。于是他也講了個笑話，別人笑得更厲害了，杰克很高興，以為大家都喜歡他的笑話，而實際上他講的是剛才朋友講過的那個笑話。
【小題1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第一段描述，Something was wrong with Jack's ears after he was much better from a serious illness.The doctor told him that he was deaf of both ears.可知杰克的耳朵是在很嚴重的一次疾病后失聰?shù)模蔬xB。
【小題2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第一段描述，He was afraid to lose his work. So he did not like people to know this.可知他不喜歡讓別人知道他聾是因為他害怕失業(yè)，故選A。
【小題3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第二段描述Everyone laughed and Jack laughed louder than anyone else，可知每個人都笑了，杰克笑的聲音比其他人還要大，故選C。
【小題4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)短文第二段描述，可知杰克笑了，雖然他不知道大家笑的真正原因，但他不想讓別人知道他耳朵有毛病，故選C。
【小題5】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第二段描述But he didn't know that he had made a fool of himself（出丑；鬧笑話） because his joke was the same as the first one.，可知他不知道自己鬧笑話了，因為他講的笑話跟剛才的是同一個，所以他的朋友笑得更厲害了，故選D。
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