Imagine that you’re the creator and show runner of the newest comedy show on television. Only it isn’t so popular yet, and your live Studio audience isn’t giving you the big laughs the show deserves. Do you film the show all over again, hoping that this time the audience will laugh? Or is there another option for making a joke sound funnier than it was received?
Sweeten(改善) the sound by adding a laugh track! “Sweetening,” or the addition of sound effects such as laughs, screams, and other audience-produced noises to the audio track of a TV show, has been used since the 1940s to produce the appearance, or rather the sound, of an engaged and entertained response to a show’s comedy. Laugh tracks came into existence as not only a solution, and sometimes replacement, for an unengaged live audience but also as a way to engage an at-home audience into a more-traditional, public, and theater like experience. Adding a laugh track to a television show makes the viewers at home feel much less like they’re sitting on a couch staring at the television screen and much more like they’re in a room full of laughing happy people to varying degrees of success.
Though the art of sweetening has risen and fallen in popularity over the past 60 years, credit for its creation and continued use is owed to laugh-track pioneer and sound engineer Charles Douglass. Douglass was the first to develop, in 1953, a machine for producing “canned laughter”, accessible at the push of a button or pull of a lever (操纵杆). Despite being artificial, sensibly edited laugh tracks are found by television studios to bring about a positive audience response, as their use is usually accompanied by higher ratings and increased audience memory. Though some television audiences may disagree with the value of the laugh track, the cheerful and repetitive sound holds a permanent place in the history and future of television comedy.
1.The author uses the first paragraph to .
A.introduce the topic “sweetening” B.seek solutions for the problem
C.point out a way of making comedies D.arouse readers’ interest in comedies
2.What effect does a laugh track produce?
A.The creation of a show. B.Funnier sound in a show,
C.More engaged live audience D.Communication among TV viewers.
3.What’s the author’s attitude towards the use of the laugh track?
A.Doubtful. B.Positive. C.Neutral (中立的). D.Uncertain,
4.What does the passage mainly talk about?
A.The reason for using laugh tracks. B.The brief history of laugh tracks.
C.The development of TV comedies. D.The way to improve television shows.
1.A; 2.B; 3.B; 4.A
解析:1.推理判断题.根据第一段中Do you film the show all over again, hoping that this time the audience will laugh? Or is there another option for making a joke sound funnier than it was received?和第二段第一句Sweeten(改善) the sound by adding a laugh track! 可知你是希望这一次观众会笑,把整个节目都拍一遍吗?还是有别的办法让一个笑话听起来比收到的更有趣?通过添加笑料来增加声音的亲和力!由此可见,作者用第一段来引入本文话题"sweetening".故选A.
2.推理判断题.根据第二段中"Sweetening," or the addition of sound effects such as laughs, screams, and other audience-produced noises to the audio track of a TV show, has been used since the 1940s to produce the appearance, or rather the sound, of an engaged and entertained response to a show's comedy.可知甜蜜",或者在电视节目的音频轨上添加一些声音效果,如笑声、尖叫声和其他观众产生的噪音,从20世纪40年代起就被用来制作一个对一个节目的喜剧有兴趣和娱乐性的反应的外观,或者更确切地说是声音.由此可见,笑声声带在一场表演中会带来更有趣的声音.故选B.
3.推理判断题.根据最后一段最后一句Though some television audiences may disagree with the value of the laugh track, the cheerful and repetitive sound holds a permanent place in the history and future of television comedy.可知尽管有些电视观众可能不同意笑轨的价值,但欢乐和重复的声音在电视喜剧的历史和未来中占有永久的地位.由此可见,作者对笑声声带的态度是肯定的.故选B.
4.主旨大意题.根据第二段中Adding a laugh track to a television show makes the viewers at home feel much less like they're sitting on a couch staring at the television screen and much more like they're in a room full of laughing happy people to varying degrees of success.可知在电视节目中添加一个笑纹会让家里的观众感觉更不像是坐在沙发上盯着电视屏幕看,更像是坐在一个充满欢笑的人的房间里,取得了不同程度的成功.由此可见,本文谈论的是使用笑声声带的原因.故选A.
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这类文章通过写人记事来揭示文章的主题,显示其社会意义,一般采用顺序或倒叙来叙述。题目经常是一些细节问题。考查的方面可以是原因和其中引发的思考。阅读这类文章要理清思路。
1、浏览试题,明确要求。
在阅读文章前,最好先浏览一下文章后面的题干和选项。知道了问题后再去看文章,可使思路更敏捷,而且也便于阅读时留意文中出现的与选项有关的信息。
2、通读全文,抓住主要内容。
在不影响理解的前提下,尽可能地阅读以便在尽可能短的时间内理解文章或段落的内容。阅读时,如遇到不熟悉的单词、词组或一时看不懂的句子,不要停下来苦思冥想,继续读下去,通过上下文的词语和句子可能就理解了。
3、抓住中心思想和段落大意。
通读全文时,要特别注意主题句。每篇文章或每个段落都有与文章有关的句子,尤其是科技、政论性文章的主题句一般都在文章的开头或结尾,插在中间的很少。所以,文章的第一段或开头的第一、二个句子往往包含着文章的中心思想、作者的意图或全文的概述,因此要特别注意,彻底理解。
4、有针对性地仔细阅读,找寻所需信息。
在前面的基础上,可进行有针对性地阅读了。把与问题无关的内容一扫而过,而对于和问题有关的内容认真阅读,还可以用笔在下面做出记号。再把这些信息与问题的要求结合起来,逐条分析,综合判断,找出正确答案。
5、进行合理的推理判断。
对文章有了全面的了解之后,可以按照文章要求以及上下文之间的关系,做出推理判断。在进行推理判断的时候,需要综合考虑句型、语法、句子之间的逻辑关系、文化背景等方面的因素。
6、认真复读,验证答案。
要用全文的中心思想统帅各个题目,研究其内在联系和逻辑关系,并依次审核那些还未打上的题目,确保理解无误。
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