20．mourn vt.& vi.哀悼，忧伤

Ⅲ.写出下列短语或短语对应的汉语意思(共10题；每题3分，满分30分)

21．stand up for　　　　 支持，维护

22．trip over 绊倒

23．make fun of 拿......开玩笑；取笑，嘲弄

24．have affection for 喜爱，钟爱

25．come up with 想出；拿出

26．queue up 排队，排队等候

27．make jokes about 拿......来开玩笑

28．make up 编造，杜撰

29．follow in the footsteps of sb. 跟随......的脚步；效仿某人

30．Pass away 去世，亡故

Ⅳ.完成句子(共5题；每题8分，满分40分)

31．Stand-up is a kind of comedy that is done on a stage by a comedian talking straight to audience members.

单口喜剧是单个喜剧演员在舞台上直接与观众交流而表演的一种喜剧。

32．One such person is Billy Crystal.

比利·克里斯托就是这样一个人。

33．He says it is because when he started practising stand-up as a child，he told himself jokes while standing in front of the mirror，brushing his teeth.

他说，这是因为在他小时候开始练习单口喜剧时，他站在镜子前面，边刷牙边给自己讲笑话。

34．One reason Crystal has become so famous is that he is very quick thinking，and is often able to come up with new jokes about the people and things around him.

克里斯托之所以如此出名，原因之一就是他思维非常敏捷，常常能就身边的人或事即兴编出新的笑话。

35．Whatever the reason，research shows that in the end，the English saying, 'Laughter is the best medicine'， may be true after all.

不管是什么原因，研究表明，那句英语格言"笑是灵丹妙药"到头来可能真的没错。