Question

【題目】The World Stage (舞臺)

Today, people everywhere enjoy watching movies and television. Before movies and television, people didn’t have lots of amusements. ______ they did things at home, or they went to theaters to see plays and performances. Watching performances on stage didn’t stop being popular.

There were theaters in Greece more than 2,000 years ago. Most Greek cities had a theater. Greek plays were funny or sad, but all of them taught important lessons about life. In those times, all the actors were men or boys, and there was a chorus with people singing. Greek plays are still popular today. Every summer people enjoy watching them in ______ theaters, so they don’t feel hot.

William Shakespeare made the theater popular in England about 400 years ago. Shakespeare wrote many plays. People laughed and cried when they watched them in the 1600s, and they still do today. Nowadays you can see his plays in theaters all over the world in many different ______, including Chinese, Japanese, German and so on. One of his most famous plays is Romeo and Juliet.

Music and dance are also popular stage performances. In Spain, people love watching performances of flamenco (吉卜賽). Flamenco comes from Southern Spain. It ______ hundreds of years ago when people moved to Spain from the East. Usually there’s a guitar, and men and women dance. “Palmeros” clap (擊掌) in a special way with the dancers. Flamenco music and dance are very attractive. Together, the music and dance tell a story.

In Vietnam, people enjoy watching an interesting kind of theater called Mua Roi Nuoc. There aren’t any actors---only puppets (木偶). The puppets are on a stage filled with water. People from the Red River Delta began this kind of ______ in the 11th century, but people still watch them today. They’re magic.

Stage performances made us happy ______ history and they continue to make us smile or cry although the TV and movies are a lot of fun.

【1】A.AlsoB.InsteadC.StillD.Yet

【2】A.freeB.unusualC.openD.real

【3】A.copiesB.countriesC.detailsD.languages

【4】A.startedB.changedC.deliveredD.happened

【5】A.showsB.recordsC.customsD.hobbies

【6】A.withinB.duringC.throughD.among

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】D

【4】A

【5】A

【6】C

【解析】

文章大意：今天，世界各地的人們都喜歡看電影和電視。在電影和電視之前，人們沒有很多娛樂活動。2000多年前希臘就有劇院。大多數(shù)希臘城市都有劇院。莎士比亞寫了許多戲劇�，F(xiàn)在你可以在世界各地的劇院看到他的戲劇，有很多不同的語言，包括漢語、日語、德語等等。他最著名的戲劇之一是《羅密歐與朱麗葉》。音樂和舞蹈也是很受歡迎的舞臺表演。在越南，人們喜歡看一種叫做mua roi nuoc的有趣的戲劇。沒有演員，只有木偶。木偶在滿是水的舞臺上。紅三角洲的人們在11世紀(jì)就開始了這種表演，但今天人們?nèi)匀辉谟^看。它們很神奇。舞臺表演使我們在歷史中快樂，盡管電視和電影很有趣，但它們?nèi)匀蛔屛覀冃�或哭�?/span>

【1】句意：相反，他們在家里做事，或者去電影院看戲劇和表演。

A.同樣；B.代替，相反；C.仍然；D.還。根據(jù)上句Before movies and television, people didn’t have lots of amusements.和空后they did things at home, or they went to theaters to see plays and performances.可知，此空是代替，相反的意思，應(yīng)填Instead，故選B。

【2】句意：每年夏天，人們都喜歡在敞開的電影院里看電影，這樣他們就不會覺得熱了。

.A.免費的；B.不尋常的；C.敞開的；D.真實的。根據(jù)空后名詞theaters可知，此空應(yīng)填形容詞，根據(jù)句意可知，此空是“敞開的”意思，應(yīng)填open，故選C。

【3】句意：現(xiàn)在你可以在世界各地的劇院看到他的戲劇，有很多不同的語言，包括漢語、日語、德語等等。

A.副本；B.國家；C.細(xì)節(jié)；D.語言。根據(jù)空后including Chinese, Japanese, German and so on.可知，此空是“語言”的意思，應(yīng)填languages，故選D。

【4】句意：幾百年前，當(dāng)人們從東方移居西班牙時，它就開始了。

A.開始；B.更改；C.交付；D.發(fā)生。根據(jù)后面when people moved to Spain from the East.可知，此空應(yīng)填動詞的過去式，根據(jù)句意可知，此空是“開始”的意思，應(yīng)填started，故選A。

【5】句意：紅三角洲的人們在11世紀(jì)就開始了這種表演，但今天人們?nèi)匀辉谟^看。

A. 表演；B.記錄；C.海關(guān)；D.愛好。根據(jù)空前 this kind of 可知，此空應(yīng)填名詞，根據(jù)句意可知，此空是“表演”的意思，應(yīng)填shows，故選A。

【6】句意：舞臺表演使我們在歷史中快樂，盡管電視和電影很有趣，但它們?nèi)匀蛔屛覀冃�或哭�?/span>

A.within 在之內(nèi)；B.during在…期間；C.through通過，從…一端至另一端，穿過；D.among在…中, 在三者或以上中。根據(jù)空后history 可知，此空應(yīng)填介詞，根據(jù)句意可知，此空是“通過”的意思，應(yīng)填through，故選C。

完型填空，考查學(xué)生們在具體語境中運用語言的能力，綜合性較強(qiáng)。做題時，應(yīng)先通讀短文，了解大意；然后根據(jù)上下文語境的提示做題，先易后難，注意辨析選項中的單詞的意思和用法，并注意空前后的搭配；最后應(yīng)再讀一遍短文，檢查答案。例如第3小題，句意：現(xiàn)在你可以在世界各地的劇院看到他的戲劇，有很多不同的語言，包括漢語、日語、德語等等。

A.副本；B.國家；C.細(xì)節(jié)；D.語言。根據(jù)空后including Chinese, Japanese, German and so on.可知，此空是“語言”的意思，應(yīng)填languages，故選D。