Oneofthehardestjobsinentertainmentisthelifeofthe“stand-upcomic”orstagecomedian(喜剧演员).Withamicrophoneandverysimpleobjectsto(57)them,theystandbeforeanaudiencetellingjokes,makingsoundsandcommentin

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One of the hardest jobs in entertainment is the life of the “stand-up comic” or stage comedian (喜剧演员).With a microphone and very simple objects to (57)__________ them,they stand before an audience telling jokes,making sounds and commenting on society.Being (58)__________ for laughter and claps of approval,they will try almost anything.They will try to shock their audience with (59)__________ language.They will push the (60)__________ of the current political climate with jokes about Congress and the President.In clumsy haste,they will fall over a chair or off the stage.But,it is exceedingly difficult to figure out the (61)__________ for laughter.It is not the joke that (62)__________ the audience’s approval,but the delivery of that joke and the character of the comedian.Some get lucky for a while by behaving in a way that has never been seen before.Some catch a brief glimpse of fame by going against the public’s sense of what is (63)__________ subject matter.Few,however,learn how to (64)__________ a performance that demands the intelligence and wit of their audience.These few do so not by simply startling their audience’s sense of what is decent and good,but by (65)__________ their audience to feel and see things in a new way.A real comic (66)__________ creates not only laughter but also thought.That is real entertainment for the public.Word Bank
A) reducing E) limits I) appropriate M) accomplish B) inducing F) genius J) coarse N) accompany C) equivalence G) separate K) commit O) commands D) equation H) desperate L) execute

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好久没做4级题目了,大概做了下,供你参考：
57.accompany 58.desperate 59.coarse 60.limits 61.equation 62.commands 63.appropriate
64.commit 65.inducing 66.genius