专四模拟试题 (阅读篇6)
Tho who believed that drama evolved out of ritual also argue that tho rites contained the ed of theater becau music, dance, masks, and自然风景画 costumes were almost always ud. Furthermore, a suitable site had to be provided for performances, and 形容雪的诗句when the entire community did not participate, a clear division was usually made between the "acting area" and the "auditorium". In addition, there were performers, and, since considerable importance was attached to avoiding mistakes in the enactment of rites, religious leaders usually assumed that task. Wearing masks and costumes, they often impersonated other people, animals, or supernatural beings, and mimed the desired effect-success in hunt or battle, the coming rain, the revival of the Sun-as an actor might. Eventually such dramatic reprentations were parated from religious activities.
Another theory traces the theater’s origin from the human interest in storytelling. According to this view, tales (about thelongyu hunt, war, or other feats) are gradually elaborated, at first through the u of impersonation, action, and dialogue by a narrator and then through the
assumption农村幼儿园 of each of the roles by a different person. A cloly related theory traces theater to tho dances that are primarily rhythmical and gymnastic or that are imitations of animal movements and sounds.
1. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The origins of theater. B. The role of ritual in modern dance.
C. The importance of storytelling. D. The variety of early religious activities.
2. What aspect of drama does the author discuss in the first paragraph?
A. The reason drama is often unpredictable.
B. The asons in which dramas were performed.
C. The connection between myths and dramatic plots.
D. The importance of costumes in early drama.
3. Which of the following民族团结心得体会 is NOT mentioned as a common element of theater and ritual?
A. Dance. B. Costumes. C. Music. D. Magic.
4. According to the passage, what is the main difference between ritual and drama?
A. Ritual us music whereas drama does not.
B. Ritual is shorter than drama.
C. Ritual requires fewer performers than drama.
D. Ritual has a religious purpo and drama does not.
5. The passage supports which of the following statements?
A. No one really knows how the theater began.
B. Myths are no longer reprented dramatically.
C. Storytelling is an important part of dance.
D. Dramatic activities require the u of costumes.
1. A) 这是一道主旨题。根据文章第一句“There 报告的格式及范文are many theories about the beginning of drama in ancient Greece. ”及第三段第一句“Another theory traces the theater’s origin from the human interest in storytelling. ”可知本文是讨论戏剧的起源的。故选项 A 为正确答案。
2. C) 这也是一道主旨题。本题可用排除法来做。通过阅读第一段，首先很明 显可将选项 B 和 D 排除；选项 A (戏剧无法预测的原因) 也不正确，故只有选 项 C (神话与戏剧情节的联系) 为正确答案。
3. D) 这是一道细节题。在做本题时要注意题干中的 NOT。通过阅读文章很明 显选项 D Magic 为正确答案。
4. D) 根据文章第二段可知尽管有人说戏剧起源于宗教仪式，但是它们还是有 区别的，例如：戏剧演出“performances”要有合适的演出地点；戏剧表演 时，“表演区” ( “acting area”)
和“观看区” ( “auditorium”) 有明 显的分界线，另外表演戏剧还要有演员。而宗教仪式在进行过程中为了避免犯 错误都是由宗教领袖来进行，由他们戴上面具，穿上服装来模仿其他人，动物 或超自然的东西，做出一些动作以求达到一些目的，例如：在打猎或战斗中取 得胜题设和结论是什么利，祈雨等。由此可判断宗教仪式都有一定的宗教目的，而戏剧却没有， 这正符合选项 D。
5. A) 通过阅读文章可知，选项 A 为正确答案。手消
