Unit 3 Back to the Past 单元话题阅读理解练习高二英语选择性必修三单元重难点.docx

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Unit3BacktothePast

单元话题阅读理解练习

（2022春·江苏连云港·高二统考期中）Perhapsunsurprisingly,buffoonery(滑稽)wasoneoffewcareersacceptableforwomentopursueintheMiddleAge.Anditwasnotuncommonforwomentoenjoythiscareer.

However,inthe17thcentury,comedianswereforcedtosociety’sedgeastheirtendencytotruth-tellingwasnolongertoleratedamonghighsocietyandwomen,bearingtheweightofgenderprejudice,wereseldomamongthiscareer.

Thisslowlybegantochangeinthemid-19thcenturywhenwomenbegantoentertheworkforceand,inthecircusindustry,agrowingminorityoffemaleperformerswereemployed.Theypromotedtheindustry’s“NewWoman”movementwhichintroducedfemaleperformersintothetraditionallymalestage.

In1895,amongthewomenbreakingtheprejudicewasJosephineWilliamsor“LadyEvetta”calledthe“TheOnlyLadyClown”.

WilliamstoldTheNewYorkTimes:“Ibelievethatawomancandoanythingforalivingthatamancandoanddoitjustaswellasaman.AllmypeoplelaughedatmewhenItoldthemthatIwasgoingonstageasaclown.Buttheydonotlaughnow.”

Despiteherbeingoptimistic,thearticleconcluded:“ThemenintheclownbusinessratherenjoyMiss.Williams’oddperformancesbuttheydonotregardherasaseriouscompetitororbelievethatanyotherwomenarelikelytofollowherexample.”

Howwrongtheywere.Inthe1970s,French-bornAnnieFratelliniopenedehcircusschool,AcadémieFratellini,encouragedbyherfilm-makinghusbandPierreEtaix.

FratelliniAugustewasrecognizableastheclownfamiliartoday.Heruniquemake-upwasmadeupofabigrednose,tears,ablackmouthandshinydecorationsfixedtohereyes.Whenaskedwhetherthecharactersheactedwasmaleorfemale,sheinsistedthat“clownshavenogender”.

1．Whathappenedinthe17thcenturyaccordngloParagraph2?

A．Comediansdisappearedinthesociety.

B．Fewwomen