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birthto
“
TheMeiLanfangSchool
”
.Hewasalsothefirstartistto
introducePekingOperatoanoverseasaudience
,
winninginternational
fameacrosstheglobe.Forhalfacentury
,
MeiLanfangwasahousehold
nameinChina.
MeiLanfangbegantolearnPekingOperaattheageof8.Histeacher
saidheshowedlittlehopebecauseofhisboringeyes.Toimprovethis
,
heexercisedthemdayafterday.Hewouldflykitesandlookatthem
movingslowlyinabluesky.Healsokeptpigeonsinordertolookat
themflyinghigherandhigheruntiltheydisappearedintotheclouds.
Thankstohisefforts
,
hemanagedtochangehisdulleyesintoapairof
brightandexpressiveeyesandwinnationalfamebeforetheageof20.
Inover50yearsonthestage
,
MeiLanfangplayednolessthan100
differentcharactersinthetraditionalPekingOperaperformance.He
completelychangedbothstagemake
⁃
upandcostumes
,
andenriched
characters
gesturesandexpressions.Healsowrotemanynewplays
,
designingthedanceshimself.Manyofthedanceshecreatedformpartof
thegreatlegacy
thathelefttoPekingOpera.
In1930
,
MeiLanfangstartedonasuccessfulUStour.Therehis
brilliantperformancesfascinatedtheaudience
,
makingthemrealizethat
PekingOperawasamostvaluableformofart.
【语篇解读】本文主要介绍戏剧大师梅兰芳的生平事迹以及他对中国京剧所
做的贡献。
好词
①expressive
adj
.
传神的;富有表现力的;
②dayafterday
日复一日
4.HowlongdidittakeMeiLanfangtoexercisehiseyesintobrightand
expressiveones
?
A.About8years.B.About10years.
C.About12years.D.About14years.
答案与解析
C
数字计算题。根据第二段的叙述可知梅兰芳
8
岁的时候开始学习
戏剧,一直坚持练眼神,到
20
岁的时候终于有所成就。由此推知他大概锻炼了
12
年,
故选
C
。
5.Whatisthemeaningoftheunderlinedword
“
legacy
”
inparagraph3
?
A.Somethingoflittleimportance.
B.Someonewellknownallovertheworld.
C.Somethingconsideredtobeanarttreasure.
D.Somethingvaluablepasseddownfromgenerationtogeneration.
答案与解析
D
词义猜测题。画线词后是
that
引导的定语从句,解释说明名词
legacy
,根据从句
“
thathelefttoPekingOpera
(留给京剧)
”
可知,画线词意思是
“
代代相传的遗产
”
,故
D
项正确。
6.Whatisthemainideaofthesecondparagraph
?
A.MeiLanfang
searlystagelife.
B.MeiLanfang
shardtraining.