Do you know that many clowns go to school to learn how to be funny? How would you like to go to that school? You could learn how to walk and talk like a clown. Then you could make people laugh.
Clowns may go to school for a year. There they learn to move in funny ways. They learn to run and jump like different animals. They also learn how to fall down in a special way. They make sure they don’t get injured. They make every move look easy. But really it’s hard work.
In a school clowns decide how they will look. They make funny pants and tops. Then clowns have their funny long shoes made. They also learn to make up their faces. Clowns carefully put special paint on, so they look silly.
They start by making every part of their feces white. Then they use red paint around their mouths to make them look big. Clowns may paint re spots on each side of their faces, too. Big red noses are added. They put on funny hair or funny hats.
Now they look silly. They are ready to go to work! You can see clowns at the circus or parade. They do funny things to surprise people. Ten big clowns may get out of a very small car. Or they may walk on a high rope. Then they almost fall. The faces they make when they try to stand up again make people laugh.
小题1:The word “clown” in this passage refers to ____.
A．a person who tries to make people laugh by th
is funny looks, clothes and tricks and actions
B．a person who copies others in speaking, actions and way of walking
C．a person who gives performances only to make p
eople laugh.
D．a person whose job is very easy to do.小题2:Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A．Clowns learn to be funny at school to make people laugh
B．Clowns wear strange pants and tops and funny long shoes.
C．Clowns don’t feel frightened when they walk on a high rope.
D．Clowns put on funny hair and hats and make faces小题3: From the passage, we can learn that clowns play at ____.
A．a parade
B．the circus
C．school
D．both A and B小题4:From the passage, we can infer that _______.
A．there are quite a number of clown schools in the world
B．people laugh when
they watch clowns play at the circus
C．clowns like animals very much so they jump like different animals
D．clowns make people laugh b
ut they seldom laugh
