2016南京市高三英语试卷及答案（2）
第二节 完形填空(共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分)
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选择中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项涂黑。
The Beginning of Drama
sicongThere are many theories about the beginning of drama in ancient Greece. The one most widely accepted today is bad on the 36 that drama evolved from ritual( 宗教仪式). The argument for this view goes as follows. In the beginning, human beings 37 the natural forces of the world—even the asonal changes—as unpredictable, and they sought through various means to 38 the unknown and feared powers. Tho measures which appeared to
39 the desired results were then kept and repeated until they changed into 40 rituals.
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学习日语41 stories aro which explained or masked the mysteries of the rituals. As times pasd, some rituals were 42 , but the stories, later called myths, continued to exist and provided material for art and drama.
Tho who believed that drama evolved out of ritual also argue that tho rituals contained the 43 of theatre becau music, dance, masks, and 44 were almost always ud. 45 , a suitable site had to be provided for performances and 46 the entire community did not participate , a(n) 47 division was usually made between the “ area of acting “ and the “ area in which an audience sits ”. Besides, there were performers, and, since considerable importance was 48 to avoiding mistakes in the practice of rituals, religious leaders usually 49 that task. Wearing masks and costumes, they often imitated (模仿) other people, animals, or supernatural beings, and mimed (用哑剧表演出) the 50 effect—success in hunt or battle, the coming rain, the revival of the Sun— 51 an actor might. Eventually such dramatic reprentatives were parated from 52 activities.
Another theory traces the theater’s origin from the human interest in 53 . According to this
view , tales about the hunt , war or other things are told and gradually spread. 54 through the u of action and dialogue by a narrator and then through the assumption of each of the roles by a different person. A cloly related theory traces theater to tho dances that are primarily gymnastic or that are 55 of animal movements and sounds.
36. A . background B. assumption C. evidence D. theory
37. A. viewed B. employed C. imagined D. dismisd
38. A. take B. posss C guarantee D. control
39. A. start B. show C. bring D. continue
40. A. usual B. direct C. convincing D. fixed
embrace是什么意思41 A. Apparently B. Actually C. Eventually D. Naturally
42. A. spread B. abandoned C. followed D. celebrated
43. A. ed B. content C. myth D. history
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44. A. costumes B. routines C. instructions D. performancesrebook
45. A. As a result B. In fact C. On the contrary D. In addition
46 A. when B. although C. unless D while
47 A. deep B. equal C clear D extra
48. A.attached B. related C. committed D. tied
49. A. put up B. took up C. took on D. put on
50. A. unexpected B. unpredicted C. prepared D. desired
51. A. whenever B. as C. whatever D. so
52. A. social B. political C. economic D. religious
53. A. accounts B. story-telling C. descriptions D drama-writing
54. A. at that time B. at a time C. at first D. at once
55. A. imitations B. creatures C. prentations D. exhibitions
第三部分 阅读理解(共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分)
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请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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