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河南省2020年普通高中招生英语预测考试卷(四)(含听力音频)

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    You might have been told before that watching American TV series is a good way to improve your English. The show Friends is one of the most commonly suggested shows for English students.

    Friends is a classic American situation comedy, or sitcom for short. It has been one of the most popular sitcoms since 1994. What has made the show so popular?

    Its humor is, of course, the main reason. Sitcoms like Friends are full of lightheartedand funny jokes. According to a research, the number of jokes in popular US sitcoms ranges from 3. 4 to 7. 4 per minute. Friends has 6 jokes per minute. This pace of humor keeps the audience relaxed, but also fully involved in the show.

    When you laugh at the jokes, you might hear people laughing along with you on the show.

    This is another special feature of sitcoms-the laugh track. Dating back to the 1940s, the laugh track aims to create. a theater experience at home. This makes the show even more interesting-when others laugh, we want to laugh too.

    But sitcoms are not only about Jokes and laughs. As American writer Ken Sanes said, sitcoms are often about the trivial matters of daily life and every character is as real as we are They have fears and foolish emotions, and also do crazy things. The weaknesses they show help us relate to them.

    Sitcoms give us permission to move beyond the idealized images of ourselves and the world." as Sanes wrote. "They give us permission to be imperfect."

(1)、What's the main reason people love to watch Friends?
A、It is funny. B、It has a special laugh track. C、It is about our daily life. D、They want to learn English.
(2)、What does the underlined word "lighthearted" mean in the text?
A、让人轻视的 B、轻浮的 C、轻松愉快的 D、空洞的
(3)、What's the use of the laugh track?
A、To draw our attention. B、To make us feel like sitting in a theater. C、To remind us of daily life. D、To help us understand the jokes better
(4)、According to Ken Sanes, which of the following is right?
A、Sitcoms are all about humor. B、The characters in the sitcoms can be related to us. C、Sitcoms enable us to create idealized images of ourselves. D、The characters in the sitcoms are foolish
(5)、What's the best title for the text?
A、How to improve your English. B、Friends--the most commonly suggested show. C、The power of humor. D、Relax with a good laugh.
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