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M6U1 Reading

Stand up for your health! Careful reading Multiple choices: 1. How many types of stand-up are mentioned in the article?

A. Five

B. Three

C. Two

D. Four 2. The phrase “does impressions” in Line 19 means _____.

A. copying the way a famous person behaves

B. making fun of a famous person

C. making cruel comments on a person

D. telling jokes about daily life 3. After starting as a stand-up comedian, what did Billy Crystal go on to do later in life?

A. He went on to act in films.

B. He performed during the Academy Awards.

C. He tried to find how to live longer.

D. He started practicing stand-up as a child. 4. The example of the 2004 Academy Awards mentioned in the article shows that Crystal was______.

A. good at teasing audience members

B. quick thinking and humorous

C. famous for hosting the Academy Awards

D. a successful television performer 5. By learning from Bob Hope and Gorge Burn, Billy Crystal expects to______.

A. live long and keep working till his death

B. be very famous like them

C. have no plans to stop working

D. perform stand-up and act in films and televisions

Questions: 1. How might a stand-up comedian decide what jokes to tell? (no more than10 words) 2’

________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Why does laughing help people stay healthy? (no more than 12 words) 2’

________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Why is stand-up so popular with people?(no more than 13 words) 3’

_______________________________________________________________________________ 4. What does the title mean?(no more than 8 words) 3’

_______________________________________________________________________________

Blank-filling: Stand-up is a kind of comedy done on a stage by a comedian talking straight to audience members. A stand-up comedian may tease (1)_____ audience member, (2)_____ might decide to tell different jokes depending (3) _____ how the audience reacted to his previous jokes.

Nowadays, stand-up comedy is popular among people round the world. Doctors have been researching what effect stand-up and (4)_______forms of comedy have on us and have discovered that people who laugh a lot live longer. They say this is (5)________ when you laugh, your brain sends chemicals around your body that are good for you. Laughing helps the body stay healthy and can even help you fight pain. Maybe this explains the long lives of men like Bob Hope and George Burns. No matter (6)______ the reason is, research shows that in the end, the English saying “Laughter is the (7)______ medicine”, may be true after all. So go and make someone laugh —(8)_____ just might help them and you live longer.