Funny English Errors and Insights
Laugh..．And Learn!
Welcome to the website for Funny English Errors and Insights (2010), a new book of unconscious humour published by the National Library of Australia．
Funny English Errors and Insights will be launched at the National Library in Canberra on 29th, October 2010.
In the meantime, explore this website for other collections of real-life English language mistakes, including funny answers to exam questions, media misprints, and silly signs.
See Funny English Errors: The B List for more than a hundred examples of funny English gaffes（失言）．For more funny English errors, read author Troy Simpson's blog．For still more examples, join this website to download a free PDF version of English As She Is Taught, which lists our top 250 funny English language mistakes from that classic howlers book.
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Features
Follows in the tradition of the runaway best-seller Howlers books of the 1920s and 1930s
Includes quotes(引文) that have never been published before in this way
Includes more than 30 carefully selected funny photos
Topics include English, science, history, geography, religion, mathematics, and more
A perfect gift for students, teachers, parents, grandparents, public speakers, doctors, lawyers, journalists, clergy and religious, and anyone with a sense of humour!
The word launched in the second paragraph is closest to the meaning:
A．sent up for the first time． B．written for the first time．
C．for sale for the first time． D．printed for the first time．
On the website, you can do the following things except ．
A．read some funny news
B．know something about this book previously
C．find a lot of examples about English errors
D．express your opinions freely
About this book, you know that ．
A．it only includes English, science, history
B．it is quite different from Howlers books
C．all the quotes in it are familiar with us
D．it is intended for people all walks of life
The text is aimed at introducing
A．a popular website B．some selected funny photos
C．a new book D．some funny English errors
科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
A water bearer in India had two large pots, each hung on each end of a pole which he carried across his neck. One of the pots had a crack(裂缝) in it, and while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water at the end of the long walk from the stream to the master’s house, the cracked pot arrived only half full.
This went on daily. The perfect pot was proud of its accomplishment. Of course, the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection. After two years of what it perceived to be a bitter failure, it spoke to the water bearer one day by the stream.
“I am ashamed of myself, and I want to apologise to you.”
“Why?” asked the bearer. “What are you ashamed of?”
“I have been able, for these past two years, to deliver only half my load because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back. And you do no get full value for your efforts” the pot explained.
The water bearer felt sorry for the old cracked pot, and in his compassion he said, “As we return to the master’s house, I want you to notice the beautiful flowers along the path.”
As they went up the hill, the cracked pot took notice of the sun warming the beautiful wild flowers on the side of the path, and this cheered it a little.
The bearer said, “Did you notice that there were flowers only on your side of the path, but not on the other pot’s side?” That is because I have known about you, and I took advantage of it. I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walked back from the stream, you have watered them. For two years, I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate my master’s table. Without you being just the way you are, he would not have this beauty to grace his house.”
Why did the cracked pot feel ashamed?
A．Because it didn’t hold water.
B．Because the water bearer didn’t like it.
C．It couldn’t water the flowers well.
D．Because it could only accomplish half of its load.
How would the cracked pot feel at the end of the story?
A．Delighted with itself. B．Disappointed with itself.
C．Prouder than the other pot. D．Still ashamed of itself.
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A．There were flowers on both sides of the path.
B．The cracked pot was more useful than the perfect one.
C．We sometimes don’t have to mind too much the way we are.
D．The water bearer preferred the perfect pot to the cracked one.
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
Julio loves to visit his grandmother．He doesn’t get to visit her very often because his family lives in a city that is six hours away．His grandmother lives in a big wooden house on a farm .It is old and looks as if it has secret hiding places .
On the third Sunday of June ,Julio’s parents took him to his grandmother’s .Since it was summer vacation ,he was going to stay at grandmother’s for a whole mother ! His cousins Mario and Linda would soon be arriving .They would also be staying at their grandmother’s this summer.
A big porch（走廊）wraps around two sides of the house .Julio sat in the porch swing .He could see the trees that circle the house．They had been planted as a windbreak .They protect the house from the wind and blowing dirt .The house is in the middle of a large ,flat field.
Julio watched the dirt road that leads to the house .He couldn’t wait for his cousins to get there !Mario was his age ,and Linda was a year younger .They had fun together .Last summer they spent one whole morning making a fort out of sacks of seed .Then Uncle Henry had taken them on a tractor ride.
Julio remembered another time with his cousins .They had gone out to explode the fields．Julio touched an electric fence and got a shock .Then they found an old snakeskin .Nothing like that ever happened at his own home!
Julio could smell the dinner that his grandmother was cooking .It made him hungry.
Finally he saw a cloud of dust coming up the road．“They ‘re here! There’re here!” He shouted.
The story tells about Julio and his cousins doing all of the following except_______．
A．watching old movies B．taking a tractor ride
C．finding a snakeskin D．making a fort from seed sacks
How do you think Julio felt when he saw his cousins arriving?
A．He was worried B．He was excited C．He was angry D．He was sad.
After Julio’s cousins arrived ,what would probably happen next?______．
A．They would build a fort on the hill.
B．They would look for snake skins.
C．They would climb the trees in their grandmother’s yard
D．They would eat dinner at their grandmother’s house.
These boxes show events that happened in the story .What is in box 2?
| Julio went to Grandmother’s house | Julio thought about Another visit to grandmother's |
A．Julio’s cousins arrived at Grandmother’s house.
B．Julio could smell dinner cooking.
C．Julio sat in the porch swing.
D．Julio saw a cloud of dust coming up the road.
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：
Across the river _____.
A. lie a new built bridge B. lies a newly built bridge
C. a new built bridge lie D. a newly built bridge lies
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：
One of the engines of the plane was out of order and the bad weather ________ the difficulty.
A. added to B. added up C. added up to D. added
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：
Don’t be by products promising to make you lose weight quickly.
A．taken off B．taken out C．taken away D．taken in
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：
The guest does not the argument but watches a volleyball match on TV.
A. join B. attend C. take part D. join in
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：
Shortly after we ______, a waiter came over to us with a smile.
A.sat B.seated C.was seated D.seated ourselves
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：
---Do you know our home town at all?
--- No, this is the first time I _____ here.
A. was B. am coming C. came D. have come
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