13.1always figured that comedians were the best kind of people to hang around with as a kid.They tell funny stories,make joke after joke,and happiness seems never to leave them.But time goes on,and we come to see these same people as clowns on the outside,but crying a river in the inside.Comedy from these people comes from a deep pain and sadness in their lives,or out of a deep-seated anger they have at the world around them.
Look at Richard Pryor,need I say more?Richard seemed to have everything.For Superman,he ended up getting more money than Christopher Reeve did.Yet he said while he was in his forties that the last truly happy moment he remembered in his life was when he was jumping around in the dirt while pretending to be a cowboy at the age of 10.This guy set himself on fire,and he played that for laugh while performing live at the Sunset Strip!Comedy was his constant weapon against pain,and he never held anything back.
The movie Funny People understand very well this gloomy field many comedians have to survive in.It stars Adam Sandler as George Simmons,a famous comedian in the movie.Simmons has it all:a beautiful mansion overlooking the sea,a swimming pool,great cars,and so on.But in his eyes,we see that he is a sad man who has come to truly look down upon himself for what he has become.All the wealth he has collected only serves to separate him from the rest of the world and it makes him defensive when around total strangers who cannot see him as a normal person.But now,he hears from his doctor that he has a terminal disease and has only months left to live.Simmons reacts to this news as if someone took away his blood in the heart,and it makes him clearly see just how much he hates his life.So now he has to make every minute count.Then come a series of funny stories.
Comedy is just life as it is,isn't it?
32.What can we infer about"comedians"according to the text?D
A.Comedians like to get along with kids.
B.Comedians'life is full of jokes.
C.Comedians often cry in their daily life.
D.Comedians often use their sad experience
33.When was the happiest moment for Richard Pryor?C
A.When he played the part of SupermanⅢ.
B.When he got more money than Christopher Reeve.
C.When he pretended to be a cowboy in the childhood.
D.When he performed live at the Sunset Strip.
34.Why was George Simmons unhappy?A
A.He wasn't accepted by the outside world.
B.He had no friends at all.
C.He spent too much on his house.
D.He was hated by all the strangers around.
35.By saying"Comedy is just life as it is,isn't it?",the author meansB
A.life like comedy will make you happy
B.comedy comes from the sadness in real life
C.there is no happiness at all in real life
D.life is full of comedy in reality.
分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀,作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了喜劇的背后其實是悲傷的升華,然后通過不同的例子來證明.作者認為生活中總是充滿了很多痛苦,只是喜劇人員將痛苦進行了加工.
解答 32.D.細節理解題.根據文章第一段末"Comedy from these people comes from a deep pain and sadness in their lives,or out of a deep-seated anger they have at the world around them"這些人他們的生活喜劇來自深深的痛苦和悲傷,或從一個深層次的憤怒;可知喜劇來自經歷痛苦的人,即這些人會把這些痛苦經歷轉化為喜劇形式來表達;故選D.
33.C.細節理解題.根據文章第二段的 he last truly happy moment he remembered in his life was when he was jumping around in the dirt while pretending to be a cowboy at the age of 10 可知理查德•普賴爾最幸福的時刻是他在童年時假裝是一個牛仔在垃圾周圍蹦蹦跳套;故選C.
34.A.推理判斷題.根據文章第三段All the wealth he has collected only serves to separate him from the rest of the world and it makes him defensive when around total strangers who cannot see him as a normal person.可知是 錢使Simon和外界隔離了,并且始終對陌生人有一種防衛感,而其他人也沒有把他看作是正常人;因此George Simmons不開心是因為他不被外面的世界接受;故選A.
35.B.主旨大意題.通讀全文,可知文章從一開始就說喜劇的背后其實是悲傷的升華,然后通過不同的例子來證明.作者認為生活 中總是充滿了很多痛苦,只是喜劇人員將痛苦進行了加工;故選B.
點評 考察學生的細節理解和推理判斷能力,做細節理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進行比較,再做出正確的選擇.在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實,要根據文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.