金标尺教师APP
考教师 金标尺
请使用微信扫描二维码,登录金标尺教师
When I was a teenager, I knew nothing about mental health. What’s more, I didn’t care about mental health, but unfortunately my mental health did “__16__”.
Aged 17, I developed anorexia(厌食症). I didn’t realize it at the time; it was something that __17__, rather than “began”. When I was 23, I was diagnosed(诊断) as __18__ anorexic. I had fasttracked __19__ at the Maudsley Hospital in South London and __20__ 2.5 years of therapy(心理治疗). People are always __21__ to know what helped me recover and among many things, it was simple: comedy.
I’m a __22__ standup comic. Comedy, for me, began as a __23__ and has unbelievably progressed into a job. One of the things that __24__ attracted me about standup is how it plays with pain. Let me explain.
The word “comedy” is believed to __25__ the Ancient Greek “kōmos” meaning “to reveal things”. It is comedy’s __26__ to “reveal” things, to analyze, explain and understand things. This was something I turned to when I was in __27__ from anorexia. I’d never been able to explain what was going on inside my head. So, humor became a way of __28__ things. Then it became a way of explaining them. Now it’s become a way of __29__ other people. I know I’m not the __30__ one.
A
come from
B
turn into
C
make up
D
give up
正确答案 :A
解析
根据空后的the Ancient Greek “kōmos” meaning “to reveal things”可知,古希腊词“kōmos”正是“comedy”这个词的来源,故此处应表示“comedy(喜剧)”这个词源自古希腊词“kōmos”。come from来自;turn into变成;make up构成;give up放弃,故本题答案为A。
相关题集
相关试题
22.
54. Reading is a necessary part of our learning experience.
20.
16.
35. The organizer of the activities above is .
31. How many latest rules are there in the school?
34. Why are volunteers wanted?
19.
教师良心是教育工作者道德觉悟的综合表现。( )
47. You can borrow my car if you promise not to drive too fast.
7. Some students have difficulty _____ English, so they often ask their English teacher for help.
38. What does the writer mainly want to tell us in the fifth paragraph?