Question

语法填空

Welcome to What’s Your Rhythm. In today’s program, we are going to discuss Beijing Opera. It’s a 1.(nation) treasure of China. The art dates back 2. the late eighteenth century and it 3. (combine) acting, talking, singing, music, dancing and acrobatics (杂技). Actors play one of four 4. (role): sheng, male roles; dan, female roles; chou, clown roles and jing, roles with brightly painted face masks. Each role has 5. (it) own singing and acting styles. In the early days, most often Beijing Opera 6. (perform) on open-air stages in markets, streets, teahouses or outside temples. The music had to be performed loudly and the performers had to sing with sharp voices in order to be heard over the crowds. Slowly this kind of 7. (sing) became a special style of Beijing Opera. Beijing Opera used to be performed on open-air stages 8. were lit only by oil lamps. As 9. result, the costumes in Beijing Opera are often very bright colors. If the costumes  10. (be) not in bright colors, the crowds would not be able to see them clearly.

Answer

1.national

2.to

3.combines

4.roles

5.its

6.was performed

7.singing

8.which/that

9.a

10.were

【解析】

本文是说明文，介绍了中国的国粹——京剧的历史。

1.考查形容词。修饰名词treasure应用形容词。故填national。

2.考查固定短语。句意：这门艺术可以追溯到十八世纪后期。短语date back to意为：追溯到，起源于。故填to。

3.考查动词的时态和主谓一致。根据并列分句The art dates back 2 the late eighteenth century可知用一般现在时，主语为it，用动词的第三人称单数形式。故填combines。

4.考查名词的数。“one of +可数名词复数”意为：……之一，role应用复数形式。故填roles。

5.考查代词。此处作定语，修饰名词短语own singing and acting styles，用形容词性物主代词。故填its。

6.考查动词的时态和语态。句意：早期，京剧大多是在市场、街道、茶馆或寺庙外的露天舞台上表演。根据时间状语In the early days可知用一般过去时；Beijing Opera与perform之间为被动关系，应用一般过去时的被动语态。且主语Beijing Opera是第三人称单数，故填was performed。

7.考查名词。介词of后应用名词或doing形式，此处用sing 的动名词，故填 singing 。

8.考查定语从句。句意：京剧过去是在露天舞台上表演的，这些舞台上只靠油灯照明。先行词为stages，关系词在限制性定语从句中作主语，指物，故用which / that。

9.考查固定短语。短语as a result意为：结果，因此。故填a 。

10.考查虚拟语气。句意：如果服装颜色不鲜艳，人群就不能清楚地看到他们。根据主句谓语动词“would not be able to ”可知，是虚拟语气，表示与现在事实相反的假设, if从句用一般过去式。故填were。