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Unit5Meetingyourancestors

Ⅰ.阅读理解

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AtacomedynightatJohnsHopkinsUniversityinMaryland，membersoftheschoolscomedyclubbringlotsoflaughtertotheirclassmateswithfunnyspeechesandhumorousbodymovements.Thesecollegestudentcomedianshumorentertainsbusy，youngpeopleandeasestheirstress.

YettheclubmemberAriellaShuasayscomedyisseriouswork.Everycomedystartsasanindividualproject—eachmemberwritestheirownmaterial.Thentheytryitoutinweeklyclubmeetingswhereallclubmembersreadthematerial，goingjokebyjokeandseeingwhatworksandwhatdoesnt.Nothingunsatisfactorywillbecompromised.Inthiswaycomesasatisfyingcomedy.

Ariellajoinedtheclublastyear.Nowshedoesnotgoanywherewithoutbringingsomethingonwhichshecantakenotes.“WheneverIjusthaveathoughtinmyheadorwhenIseesomethingoroverhearsomeonesayingsomethinginthelibrary，Ijustputitdown，”Ariellaexplained.“WhenImtryingtowritemyownset，Igowalkthroughthat...toseeifthereisanythingintherethatIcanuse.”

ClubpresidentNicholasScandurafindswritingoneofthemanyskillshehasdevelopedsincejoiningtheclub.“Writingjokestakesalotofcriticalthinking，”hesaid.Theclubgivesitsmembersasenseofcommunity.Whentheymeet，theysharefunnyexperiences，telljokesandlaugh.

HarryKupersteindiscoveredtheclubwasanaturalfit.Noticingthefunnyqualitiesofdifferentsituationsimprovedhiswayoflookingattheworld.Becominganactivememberalsohelpedhimworkonthefutureskillshellneedasamedicaldoctor.“Havingjokesreadytogomighthelpsmooththeseinteractionsandmakeyouabetterpublicspeaker，”hesaid.

语篇解读本文是一篇记叙文。介绍了美国一所大学的喜剧社团及其成员。社团成员自己创作，集体研讨，然后进行演出，并在这一过程中收获颇多。

1．Whatcanasuccessfulcomedybedescribedas?

A．Agroupeffort.

B．Apersonalproject.

C．Asatisfyingtask.

D．Acompromisedoutcome.

A[考查推理判断。根据第二段中的“Everycomedystartsasanin