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上海市各区2016届初三英语二模试题分类汇编：回答问题

One【2016届上海市虹口区初三英语二模试题】 D. Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题) ( 12分)

The art of acting in a theatre and writing plays for the theatre is known as drama (戏剧). Most dramatic events take the form of actors acting out a story by a writer, called a playwright or dramatist.

Because this is usually done on a stage in a theatre,

drama is also called theatre. The stories acted in the theatre are called plays. Drama is very much like literature(文学) , but is not written only to be read from books. In a way it is a kind of literature brought to life in the form of a play.

Some drama is not written down, but is made up by the actors as they go along. This is called improvisation(即兴创作). Another form of drama is mime. In mime, the actors do not say anything, but use their movements and facial expressions to tell the story. In mime make-up and costume is important to show the kind of character that the actor is playing.

The first recorded play was performed by the ancient Egyptians around 2700 BC. The beginning of drama as we know it, however, was in ancient Greece, where it used to be part of a religious ceremony(宗教仪式). The Greek plays were performed in semi-circular theatres. These outdoor theatres could often hold over 20,000 people. The church in the Middle Ages also used drama as part of its worship. As time went by, groups of actors were from town to town with a mobile stage to put these plays on.

Soon, actors and playwrights found new subjects for their plays. Towards the end of the 15th century, the Italians developed the art of comedy.

A hundred years later, in England, William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was writing many plays on historical subjects. Nowadays, plays have as many different subjects as novels do and there are dramatists in many countries writing all kinds of plays.

88. What do actors do in most dramatic events? (1分)

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上海市各区2016届初三英语二模试题分类汇编：回答问题

89. Why is drama very much like literature?

Because it’s not only__________________, but also________________________. 90. How do the actors tell the story in mime?

__________________________________________________________________. 91. Where did drama begin as part of a religious ceremony?

__________________________________________________________________. 92. When did the Italian actors and playwrights develop the art of comedy?

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93. Do you like watching plays in the theatre or reading novels at home? Give your reason(s). (3分)

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Keys:88. They act out a story by a writer. / They act in a theatre and write plays for the theatre

89. written to be read fr.m hooks, brought to life in the form of a play. 90. By (using) their movements and facial expressions. /They use their movements and facial expressions. 91. In ancient Greece.

92. Towards the end of the 15th century. 93. Any reasonable answer is accepted.

Two【2016届上海市黄浦区初三英语二模试题】 D. Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题) ( 12分)

SCENE I One dollar a week

The doorway of the house where Chandler has a room. He is dressed in his best clothes, ready for his evening out. He is going out as his friend, Jeff White, comes in. WHITE

What are you doing this evening, Towers?

(Smiling) Tonight I’m going to live like a man with a million dollars! What are you talking about? You haven’t got a million dollars!

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CHANDLER WHITE

上海市各区2016届初三英语二模试题分类汇编：回答问题

CHANDLER WHITE CHANDLER WHITE CHANDLER

How much money are you and I paid each week, Jeff? Eighteen dollars. Why?

And how much of that eighteen dollars do you spend each week? All of it, of course.

Well, I don’t. Each week I save one dollar out of my eighteen. Then, every ten

weeks, I can buy myself an evening to remember. WHITE CHANDLER

What do you do?

I put on my finest clothes, go to one of the best restaurants in New York, eat the most expensive food on the menu, drink the best wine, and then take a taxi home!

WHITE CHANDLER

( 90 ) Why?

Why? Because it makes me feel wonderful to sit with some of the richest people in America, and to make them think that I’m rich, too.

WHITE CHANDLER

You’re crazy!

(Laughing) Perhaps I am!

Notes:

scene 场景 million 百万 blank 空格suitable 合适的 adjective 形容词

Mrs. Black comes in.

MRS BLACK Ah, Mr. Chandler. I wanted to see you. CHANDLER

Good evening, Mrs. Black. What a lovely evening!

MRS BLACK Lovely evening perhaps, but you haven’t paid me for your room this month.

When am I going to get the money?

CHANDLER

Soon, Mrs. Black. Very soon.

Mrs. Black looks at Chandler’s clothes.

MRS BLACK You can spend money on expensive clothes, but you can’t pay for your room.

Is that right?

CHANDLER

88. Who comes in when Chandler is going out?

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(Hurrying away) Good night, Mrs. Black!

89. How much can Chandler pay at most for an evening to remember every ten weeks?

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