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Martha Graham received many awards durin...

Martha Graham received many awards during her lifetime. Time magazine     her as the “Dancer of the Century” in 1998. The Martha Graham Dance Company still performs her dances.

After     fourteen, Martha’s family moved to California. Along the way, Martha enjoyed the wide, open spaces of     . So the free, expressive movements of modern dance were     influenced by the beauty of nature.

Earlier in her life, however, Martha did not know she would become a     . Her family was very religious. The upper class did not accept dance as an art form.

      , in 1910, Martha’s father took her to see a dance performance, which then     her.

Martha’s parents, however, did not       her sudden desire to dance. Martha just followed her     of dancing. She attended the dance school, working     hard as to improve her ability to dance. She     her body to become strong enough to meet the difficult demands of dance. In order to     herself freely, she decided to set up her own dance     and school, called the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance.

Martha enjoyed having her students to perform her dances. She     a dance called “Heretic” in 1929. She wore all white and danced     a wall of dancers wearing all black. In 1936, her dance “Chronicle” expressed sadness and loneliness. Showing strong       in dance then was very rare. At first, people did not       well to her style of dancing with strong and sharp movements,      and very different from European ballet. Some of the movements     contracting(收缩) and releasing parts of the body.

In 1938, President Roosevelt’s wife invited Martha to   55  at the White House. A dance “American Document” was created. She later danced there for seven other presidents.

1.A. hired      B. listed        C. appointed       D. fostered

2.A. turning      B. growing     C. counting      D. clicking

3.A. imagination       B. interest         C. hope         D. nature

4.A. clearly       B. strangely     C. badly         D. hardly

5.A. teacher       B. manager       C. dancer        D. writer

6.A. Instead      B. Still      C. Therefore       D. Otherwise

7.A. disappointed    B. astonished     C. motivated     D. sacrificed

8.A. approve of     B. appeal to     C. fight against      D. give up

9.A. advice     B. dream     C. manner      D. style

10.A. less          B. very     C. too       D. so

11.A. forced      B. tested      C. bent       D. trained

12.A. fancy     B. enjoy     C. express      D. refresh

13.A. company     B. gym         C. stage       D. hall

14.A. discovered    B. produced     C. polished      D. filmed

15.A. for      B. over      C. against      D. beyond

16.A. muscles     B. energy    C. desire      D. emotions

17.A. refer    B. turn      C. react      D. contribute

18.A. powerful     B. traditional    C. classical      D. significant

19.A. quitted       B. balanced     C. involved      D. deserved

20.A. work      B. perform      C. speak       D. live

 

1.B 2.A 3.D 4.A 5.C 6.B 7.C 8.A 9.B 10.D 11.D 12.C 13.A 14.B 15.C 16.D 17.C 18.A 19.C 20.B 【解析】 试题分析:本文介绍了美国现代舞蹈之母玛莎·葛莱姆。在她的一生中她独特的美国视角和创作才华为她赢得了无数的荣誉。她被公认为20世纪创新型艺术家,与毕加索(Picasso),斯特拉文斯基(Stravinsky),詹姆斯.乔伊斯(James Joyce),和弗兰克.劳埃德.赖特(Frank Lloyd Wright)齐名。1998年《时代周刊》将葛莱姆誉为“世纪舞者”,而《人物》称她为“本世纪女性楷模”。 1.考查动词和语境理解。A. hired“雇佣”B. listed “列出” C. appointed“任命”D. fostered“培养;抚育”。 玛莎·葛莱姆在1998年被美国《时代周刊》杂志评选为“世纪舞蹈家”。尊称为20世纪最重要的舞者之一。玛莎葛兰姆舞团现在还表演着她的舞蹈。选B。 2.考查动词和语境理解。 A. turning“转身;年满多少岁” B. growing“成长”C. counting“数数” D. clicking“”敲击。在玛莎14岁时,她随家人搬到美国加利福尼亚州的圣巴巴拉。选A。 3.考查名词和语境理解。A. imagination“想象力”B. interest“兴趣”C. hope “希望”D. nature“自然”。沿途在穿越美国中西部地区的时候,玛莎非常喜欢那里视野开阔的自然景观。选D。 4.考查副词和语境理解。A. clearly“清晰地”B. strangely “奇怪地”C. badly “坏的”D. hardly“几乎不”。 她将对于美丽的大自然的细心观察,融入了自由的、富有表现力的现代舞蹈中。现代舞蹈中很多动作很明显的受到自然美的影响。选A。 5.考查名词和语境理解。 A. teacher “老师”B. manager“经理”C. dancer “舞者”D. writer“作家”。 然而,在玛莎早年的生活中,她没想到自己会成为一名舞蹈演员。因为她们家庭是宗教家庭,非常虔诚。上层社会不接受舞蹈作为一种艺术形式。选C。 6.考查副词和语境理解。A. Instead “相反”B. Still “仍然” C. Therefore “因此”D. Otherwise“否则”。尽管如此,1910年,玛莎的父亲仍然带她去看美国第一个现代舞表演。选B。 7.考查形容词和语境理解。A. disappointed“失望的”B. astonished “吃惊的”C. motivated“有积极性的” D. sacrificed“献身的”。 当时的表演激励了她,她决心成为一名舞蹈演员。选C。 8.考查动词短语和语境理解。 A. approve of“同意”B. appeal to“吸引”C. fight against“对抗” D. give up“放弃”。然而起初,玛莎的父母并不赞同她突然决定去跳舞的想法。选A。 9.考查名词和语境理解。A. advice“建议” B. dream “梦想”C. manner“方法”D. style“风格”。玛莎仍然追随着自己的舞蹈梦想。选B。 10.考查副词和语境理解。A. less “更少的”B. very “非常”C. too “太”D. so“因此;如此”。她进入舞蹈学校正式学习舞蹈,她如此刻苦地练习舞蹈为了提高自己的舞蹈技能。选D。 11.考查动词和语境理解。 A. forced“强迫”B. tested“测试”C. bent“弯身”D. trained“训练”。她通过刻苦训练使自己身体变得足够强大,以适应舞蹈的形体要求。选D。 12.考查动词和语境理解。. A. fancy“想要”B. enjoy “喜欢”C. express“表达”D. refresh“使焕然一新”。为了自由的表现自己,实现自己在舞蹈上的梦想,她决定成立自己的舞蹈公司和舞蹈学校。选C。 13.考查名词和语境理解。 A. company“公司”B. gym “体育馆”C. stage“舞台”D. hall“大厅”。 玛莎葛兰姆决定成立自己的舞蹈公司和学校。称为“玛莎葛兰姆当代舞团”。选A。 14.考查动词和语境理解。A. discovered“发现”B. produced “产生”C. polished“润色;磨光” D. filmed“拍电影”。玛莎喜欢学生们展现她自己的公司所创作的舞蹈。她在1929年编排了舞蹈作品《异教徒》。选B。 15.考查介词和语境理解。A. for “为了”B. over“超过”C. against“反对;倚靠”D. beyond“超出”。在《异教徒》舞蹈中,玛莎身穿白衣舞裙,而背对着身穿黑衣的舞者们围成的人墙表演。选C。 16.考查名词和语境理解。 A. muscles“肌肉”B. energy“能量”C. desire“渴望”D. emotions“情感”。在1936年,她的作品《编年史》表现了悲伤和孤独,在舞蹈中展现了舞者内心强烈的情感,描述了玛莎对世界的恐怖。选D。 17.考查动词和语境理解。 A. refer“指的是”B. turn“转身”C. react“反应”D. contribute“贡献”。起初,观众们对玛莎的强烈敏捷的舞蹈动作形式不是很接受。选C。 18.考查形容词和语境理解。A. powerful“强有力的”B. traditional“传统的”C. classical “经典的”D. significant“有意义的”。玛莎的舞蹈感染力强大,具有强而急速的动作与欧洲的传统芭蕾舞形式有很大的区别。选A。 19.考查动词和语境理解。A. quitted“退出”B. balanced “平衡”C. involved “涉及”D. deserved“应得”。现代舞中很多的动作收于放,在剧烈舞蹈中舞动手臂,跃空然后落地。选C。 20.考查动词和语境理解。 A. work“工作”B. perform“表演”C. speak“说话”D. live“居住”。1938年,富兰克林·罗斯福总统的夫人邀请玛莎到白宫演出,她为此创作了舞蹈《美国文件》这部作品。玛莎格雷厄姆后来多次应邀到白宫演出,她曾为七位总统表演现代舞。选B。 考点:人物故事类文章
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