《2025年绿色通道45分钟课时作业与单元测评高中英语必修第二册人教版》

Ⅰ. 阅读理解
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In America, we have a thing called stand-up comedy. This popular form of entertainment consists of a comedian standing up at the front of a club, holding a microphone, and telling jokes. Of course, comedy is popular in Chinese culture as well, but the performances are quite different from the style in the US. In China, it's called crosstalk, which usually involves two guys engaging in an entertaining dialogue.
It's believed that crosstalk came into being in the Qing Dynasty as a bit of a by-product of the imitation shows that were a popular form of entertainment in the Song Dynasty. After the People's Republic of China (PRC) was established in 1949, this comedic art became more and more popular. Today, it is still heavily featured in the China Media Group (CMG) Spring Festival Gala in China. The 1990s was the golden age of crosstalk; even foreigners studied the art of crosstalk. Mark Rowswell, a Canadian named Da Shan in Chinese was very famous in China. At the turn of the century, crosstalk began to decline, and many well-known actors left the stage.
There are four skills that are essential in crosstalk: speaking, imitating, teasing, and singing. Most of the time, it is performed with two actors—one serves as the lead actor while the other plays a support role. However, sometimes it is also performed simply as a one-man show, and at other times there are several actors. In order to criticise something, the humour involved in crosstalk is satirical.
1. What's the difference between American stand-up comedy and Chinese crosstalk?
A. Chinese crosstalk actors don't use a microphone.
B. American stand-up comedy actors are all men.
C. Chinese crosstalk is more liked by Canadians.
D. American stand-up comedy is only a one-man show.
2. Which word can best summarise Paragraph 2?
A. History.
B. Future.
C. Features.
D. Difference.
3. What can we know about Mark Rowswell?
A. He was an American stand-up comedian.
B. He was very popular with Canadians.
C. He was a famous crosstalker in China.
D. He left the stage in the early 1990s.
4. What's the meaning of the underlined word "satirical" in the last paragraph?
A. Acid-tongued.
B. Good-tempered.
C. Warm-hearted.
D. Smooth-tongued.

答案： 1.D 2.A 3.C 4.A