Question

Do you know of Guo Degang? In recent months he has become well known in China as a crosstalker．He has never performed on TV before, but attending his crosstalk performance is becoming increasingly fashionable in Beijing, especially for youth and school children．

Guo arrived in Beijing from Tianjin in 1995 and came across a teahouse where he found several young people performing crosstalk．Being a crosstalker himself, he couldn’t help taking to the stage．Gradually, more and more people came to the teahouse to see him perform．He soon found himself playing to audiences numbering more than 100 in a teahouse that could only contain 80．

As his popularity grew, Guo thought over the future of his art．“Traditional crosstalk is at least half an hour long, but performances are no longer than five minutes on TV, which kills much of the story．TV is part of the fast-food culture and crosstalk is a face-to-face art form — it needs interaction (交流), and is not suited to TV,” Guo said．He decided to bring it back to its roots： the teahouse and theater．

In 1996, Guo and some young crosstalk actors founded Deyun Crosstalk Association．Over the next ten years, the association organized countless performances in teahouses across Beijing．Despite their growing popularity, Guo ensured (确保) that ticket prices were kept low to make the art form accessible to everyone．Tickets to his performances are still 20 yuan today．And in keeping with technology and modern times, the association set up a BBS site on the Internet where fans could download recordings and discuss performances with actors．

He hopes that through their efforts, more young people will learn to appreciate crosstalk and perhaps train to be crosstalkers themselves．

41．Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

A．Guo Degang and his traditional crosstalk

B．A traditional art form—crosstalk

C．The development history of crosstalk

D．Deyun Crosstalk Association

42．From the passage, we can know the crosstalk originates(源于) from ________．

A．the TV show           B．the teahouse and theater

C．the cinema              D．the common people

43．According to the passage, Deyun Crosstalk Association set up a BBS site on the internet to ________．

A．let fans download recordings

B．have fans discuss performances with actors

C．keep up with modern technology

D．ask more people appreciate their favorite crosstalk

44．From the passage, we can know the following EXCEPT________．

A．the crosstalk is a face-to- face art which needs interaction

B．Guo was a crosstalker when he was in Tianjing

C．the performances of Guo are very popular

D．the tickets to Guo’s performances may rise in future

Answer 1

41---44   ABCD  

解析:

41．A 主旨大意题。从全文来看，文章主要讲述的就是郭德刚和他的相声。

42．B 细节理解题。从第三段最后一句话“He decided to bring it back to its roots： the teahouse and theater．”可知。

43．C 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中的“And in keeping with technology and modern times, the association set up a BBS site on the Internet where fans could download recordings and discuss performances with actors．”可知，与科技和现代保持同步，德云相声协会建立了一个BBS网站，在网站上粉丝们可以下载段子并与演员们讨论表演。故选C。

44．D 从最后一段的“Tickets to his performances are still 20 yuan today．”，以后会怎样，文中没有提及，故选D。