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通州区2022—2023学年第一学期高一年级期末质量检测
英语试卷
本试卷共8页,共100分。考试时长90分钟。考生务必将答案答在答题卡上,在试卷上作答无效。考试结束后,请将答题卡交回。
第一部分:知识运用(共三节,40分)
第一节 完形填空(共10小题;每小题1.5分,共15分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的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。
Chinese opera
Chinese opera is one of the three oldest dramatic art forms in the world. During the T ang Dynasty, an emperor established a(n)____1____school named Pear Garden. From that time on,____2____of Chinese opera were referred to as “disciples (弟子) of the Pear Garden”. Since the Yuan Dynasty it has been____3____by court officials and emperors and has become a traditional art form. During the Qing Dynasty, it became fashionable among____4____people. Performances were watched in tearooms, restaurants, and stages.
Many of the features that characterize modern Chinese opera developed in Northern China, including the use of certain set____5____like Sheng (the man), Dan (the woman), Jing (the painted face) and Chou (the clown).
It developed from folk songs, dances, talking and especially distinctive (独特的) dialectal music. Gradually it combined music, art and literature into one performance on the stage. Accompanied by____6____musical instruments like erhu, gong (锣), and lute (琵琶), actors present unique melodies as well dialogues which are beautifully written and of high literary value. For Chinese especially senior people, to listen to this kind of opera is a real____7____.
Beijing Opera is considered to be the essence of Chinese opera, but actually, the language of Beijing Opera is not the dialect of Beijing. In 1790, four famous opera performing teams traveled to Beijing. They created the Beijing Opera by____8____their local opera with the operas in Hubei, Shanxi and Zhejiang. It was____9____to create a new opera based on the operas from these parts of China. At the beginning, the Beijing Opera was only popular in royal families and before too long, it had_____10_____to every part of a China. Now, people from all walks of life like it.
1. A. art B. dance C. opera