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1. The person who is the subject of a practical joke or a prank¹ is ______.

 

a) the pot of the joke

 

b) the butt² of the joke

 

c) the name of the joke

 

d) the end of the joke

 

2. If you don't understand a joke, you can say “______”.

 

a) I don't have it

 

b) I don't get it

 

c) I don't make it

 

d) I don't laugh it

 

3. If a joke is very funny you might laugh so that other people can hear you. This is called ______.

 

a) laughing outside

 

b) laughing with sound

 

c) laughing out loud

 

d) laughing out noisy

 

4. Not everyone thinks the same jokes are funny. Not everyone has the same ______.

 

a) sense of funny

 

b) sense of laughter

 

c) sense of humour

 

d) sense of jokes

 

5. A joke in the form of a funny story about something that has happened in your life can be called ______.

 

a) an anecdote³

 

b) a life story

 

c) a history

 

d) a narration⁴

 

6. A joke made with a word which has different meanings is a ______.

 

a) quip

 

b) gag

 

c) pun

 

d) wisecrack             

 

答案

1) b, 2) b, 3) c, 4) c, 5) a, 6) c.

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