Today dance has become a _____ means of entertainment among young people in China.
A.welcome
B.favorite
C.favor
D.loving
![](https://lstatic.shangxueba.com/sxbcn/h5/images/tips_org.png)
A.welcome
B.favorite
C.favor
D.loving
第1题
第一篇 TheDevelopment of Ballet
Ballet is a dance form. that has a longhistory. The fact that it survives to this day shows that it has adjusted as times have changed.
Ballet began in the royal courts duringthe Renaissance. At that time it became common for kings and quee'ns, as well as other nobility(贵族), to participate in pageants that includedmusic, poetry, and dance. As these entertainments moved fromthe Italian courts to the French ones, court ladies be- gan participating in them. Though their longdresses prevented much movement, they were able to perform. elaborate(复杂的) walking patterns. It was not until the 1600sthat women dancers shortened theirskirts, changed to flat shoes, and began doing some of the leaps and turnsperformed by men.
It was also in the 1600s thatprofessional ballet began King Louis XIV of France, himself a devoted dan- cer, founded the Royal Academy of Dance. Thefive basic feet positions from which all ballet steps begin were finalizecL Inthe late 1700s another important change occurred. Ballet began to tell a storyon its own. It was no longer simply dance to be performed between acts ofplays. Elaborate wigs(假发) and costumes wereelimina- ted By the early 1800s dancers leamed to rise on their toes to make itappear that they were floating.
Classical ballet as we know it today wasinfluenced primarily by Russian dancing. The Russians remainedinterested inballet when it declined in otherEuropean countries iri the mid-1800s. One ofthe most influentialfigures of the early 20th century was Sergei Diaghilev Hisdance company, the Ballets Russes, brought a newenergy and excitement toballet. One of his chief assistants, George Balanchine, went on to found theNewYork City Ballet in 1948 and to influence new generations of dancers.
31 This passage deals mainly with
A.famous names in ballet
B.how ballet has developed
C. Russian ballet
D. why ballet is no longer popula
第2题
--Who has been planning the dance?
--Everyone in the class ______.
A. is
B. has
C. have
D. are
第3题
A.own
B.pursue
C.occupy
D.possess
第4题
One of the reasons why the appointment came as such a surprise, however, is that Gilbert is comparatively little known. Even Tommasini, who had advocated Gilbert's appointment in the Times, calls him "an unpretentious musician with no air of the formidable conductor about him. " As a description of the next music director of an orchestra that has hitherto been led by musicians like Gustav Mahler and Pierre Boulez, that seems likely to have struck at least some Times readers as faint praise.
For my part, I have no idea whether Gilbert is a great conductor or even a good one. To be sure, he performs an impressive variety of interesting compositions, but it is not necessary for me to visit Avery Fisher Hall, or anywhere else, to hear interesting orchestral music. All I have to do is to go to my CD shelf, or boot up my computer and download still more recorded music from iTunes.
Devoted concertgoers who reply that recordings are no substitute for live performance are missing the point. For the time, attention, and money of the art-loving public, classical instrumentalists must compete not only with opera houses, dance troupes, theater companies, and museums, but also with the recorded performances of the great classical musicians of the 20' century. There recordings are cheap, a-vailable everywhere, and very often much higher in artistic quality than today's live performances; moreover , they can be " consumed" at a time and place of the listener's choosing. The widespread availability of such recordings has thus brought about a crisis in the institution of the traditional classical concert.
One possible response is for classical performers to program attractive new music that is not yet available on record. Gilbert's own interest in new music has been widely noted; Alex Ross, a classical-music critic, has described him as a man who is capable of turning the Philharmonic into " a markedly different, more vibrant organization. " But what will be the nature of that difference? Merely expanding the orchestra's repertoire will not be enough. If Gilbert and the Philharmonic are to succeed, they must first change the relationship between America's oldest orchestra and the new audience it hopes to attract.
第5题
Who is disabled in China?
China is a country with a large number of disabled.Almost 60 million people have vision, hearing, speech, limb, intellectual or mental impairments.There is one disabled person in every 20 Chinese, and one out of every five households on average has a disabled family member.
According to nationwide surveys of the disabled, handicapped children under 14 account for 16 percent of the total handicapped population, and they display the greatest need for rehabilitative training as they display the highest recovery rates after early therapy.Those disabled between the ages of 15 and 59 account for 44 percent, but often their disabilities are not very severe.Although they are more or less able to work, they require vocational training, ‘cultural education’ and special employment.
The disabled over 60 years of age account for 40 percent.Many of them become handicapped due to illness or loss of various functions.Some live alone without any income, and therefore their insurance, rehabilitation, and medical needs have become a social issue.
The illiterate and semi-illiterate suffer from limited employment opportunities, and often they become socially handicapped as well.These people, often neglected, pose another social problem.
(China Today)
Questions 6-10 are based on Passage 3
6.Which group represents the largest percentage of disabled people in China?
A) Children under 14.
B) Those between 15 and 59.
C) People over 60.
D) People at the age of 16, 40 and 44.
7.According to the passage, ‘disabled people’ refers to .
A) those who are physically handicapped
B) those who are mentally handicapped
C) those who are socially handicapped
D) All of the above
8.‘Socially handicapped’ people refers to .
A) those who cannot read or write or can read and write only a little
B) those who cannot speak or can speak only a little
C) those who cannot hear or can hear only a little
D) those who cannot sing or dance or can sing and dance only a little
9.The disabled people who are most likely to recover after an early treatment are .
A) the children under 14
B) those between 15 and 59
C) the people over 60
D) the people at the age of 16, 40 and 44
10.According to the passage, some of the disabled people, though more or less able to work, they need to receive _______.
A) vocational training
B) cultural education
C) special employment
D) all of the above
第6题
Everybody dances. If you have (1)_____ swerved to avoid stepping on a crack in the sidewalk, you have danced. If you have ever kneeled to pray, you have danced. For these actions have figured importantly (2)_____ the history of dance. Dance goes (3)_____ to the beginnings of civilization—(4)_____ the tribe—where natives danced to get (5)_____ they wanted. Primitive dance was (6)_____ all practical, not the social dancing we know today. Natives approached dance with (7)_____ seriousness as a way to help the tribe in the crucial process (8)_____ survival. Dance was believed to be the (9)_____ direct way to repel locusts, to (10)_____ rain to fall, to insure that a male heir would be born, and (11)_____ guarantee victory in a forthcoming battle.
Primitive (12)_____ was generally done by many people moving in the same manner and direction. (13)_____ all dances had leaders, solo dances (14)_____ rare. Much use was made of (15)_____ part of the body. And so (16)_____ were these tribal dances that, if a native (17)_____ miss a single step, he would be put to death (18)_____ the spot. Fortunately, the same rigid (19)_____ that governed the lives of these people do not apply in the (20)_____ relaxed settings of today's discotheques.
A.ever
B.never
C.before
D.after
第8题
A.change
B.effort
C.effect
D.role
第9题
第10题
A.Microwave
B.Buses
C.TV
D.Suburbs
为了保护您的账号安全,请在“赏学吧”公众号进行验证,点击“官网服务”-“账号验证”后输入验证码“”完成验证,验证成功后方可继续查看答案!