Joe, a Chinese American , got his doctorate in biochemistry （生物化学博士学位）in the US. He then went on to work as a scientist, under his real name, Xi Huang. But at the age of 40, he said goodbye to the successful and highly paid job to risk out full time into comedy.

In 2002 , Joe performed his comedy for the first time at a sports bar. Most of the audience （观众） had been drinking heavily and Joe had to shout over the noise they made and also from the ball games on TV. Only several people actually listened to him. But he wasn't①discouraged. Joe refused to give up, He took comedy classes, polished his jokes and his use of the English language, playing at any local clubs that would have him.

It wasn't easy for Joe to work full-time in the daytime as a scientist while at night writing jokes or on the phone looking （A）_____________ chances to perform. As he got experience in entertaining audiences , his confidence built. He kept improving and even began getting paid for his comedy.

In 2005, he met Eddie Brill, a talent scout （星探） for The Late Show with David Letterman which is famous as "Comedy Oscar" . With Eddie's help, Joe went to the program, where he achieved big success. And he had been in the big time ever since. Joe had also been on national comedy tours and had one of his biggest gigs （现场表演） in 2010 performing for 2, 400 reporters and top US officials. For Joe , what happened after that was amazing. He had a never-ending calendar filled with show dates and was also looking  into producing a TV situation comedy.

②After becoming well-known in the US, he was invited to many universities in China to share his experience. And in 2011 , his autobiography（自传） The Tao of Humor came out. Joe never thought about becoming such a successful comedian when he first went to study in the US. One of his important motivations （动机） was that he wanted to put a more public face on the Chinese in the US. "There are already （B）_____________ Chinese scientists in America but not one comedian. " he once expressed.

On top of that, he went back to China where talk shows were just appearing. Now Joe is hosting a TV show called Is It True on CCTV.

【小题1】请在文中A、B两处的横线上分别填入一个适当的介词和限定词。
（A）_____________   （B）_____________
【小题2】请根据短文内容,猜测文中①处单词discouraged的中文意思。

A．幸运的

B．沮丧的

C．兴奋的

【小题3】请将文中②处划线句子翻译成汉语。
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【小题4】请回答问题: According to the passage . what events won Joe the greatest success?
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请根据短文内容,完成句子,每空一词。
【小题5】Joe's first comedy performance wasn't ____________, but he didn't give up, he did something to ____________ himself.
【小题6】The ____________ why Joe wanted to be a great comedian in the US is that he wished Chinese people to be highly regarded, When he was well-known,he went back to China to be a ____________ on CCTV.