Question

    My class will put on a short play in English at the end of the year. Yesterday our English teacher gave us copies of the play.

“Choose a character in the play whom you’d like to be,” she told us. “This afternoon learn a few lines(台词) of this part for homework. Then tomorrow you can say those lines in front of the class. I’ll decide who play each part.”

I wanted to have one of the bigger parts in the play, so I choose the part of the king. He has a lot of lines to say. I learned them by heart.

This morning in our English lesson we had to say our lines. I acted the part of the king. When I said my lines, I put a lot of expression into my acting. I thought I acted really well. Everyone in the class read a part and then the teacher decided who would play each part. Many of the students in my class couldn’t act at all. They couldn’t even read without making lots of mistakes. I was sure that I would get a big part in the play.

However, the teacher gave me the part of a soldier. He has only one line. It is, “Yes, sir!”

I was very disappointed. At the end of the lesson I went up to her and asked her why I had such a small part.

“You put too much expression in your acting,” she said. “Good acting is not big acting. It is acting the audience can believe in.”

I think I know what she means.

1.What did the boy want to do in the play?

A.To play a soldier. B.To organize the play.

C.To get a large acting part. D.To stay in a line.

2.How did the boy feel when the teacher told the class they would put on a play?

A.Bored. B.Sad. C.Excited. D.Unhappy.

3.Why didn’t the teacher give him the part of the kings?

A.He did not act correctly. B.He did not know the lines.

C.He was not handsome. D.He was too short.

4.What does the underlined word “expression” in the passage mean?

A.表情 B.建议 C.模仿 D.服饰

Answer

1.C

2.C

3.A

4.A

【解析】

文章讲述了作者所在的班级内准备表演一场戏，作者想选择一个大的角色，却没有被老师选中，原因是作者在表演中加入了过多的表情，最后老师让他饰演一名士兵。

1.细节理解题。根据文中I wanted to have one of the bigger parts in the play, so I choose the part of the king. 我想在剧中扮演一个更重要的角色，所以我选择了国王这个角色。可知，他想演一个大角色，故选C。

2.推理判断题。根据文中I wanted to have one of the bigger parts in the play, so I choose the part of the king. He has a lot of lines to say. I learned them by heart. 我想有一个更大的部分在剧中，所以我选择了国王的一部分。他有很多话要说。我把它们都背下来了。可知作者应该是感到很兴奋的，故选C。

3.细节理解题。根据文中“You put too much expression in your acting,” she said. “Good acting is not big acting. It is acting the audience can believe in.” 她说：“你在刚刚的表演中融入了太多的感情，太过了。”“好的表演不是夸张的。而是可以让观众信服的表演。”可知，作者没被选中扮演国王的原因是他表演的不够恰当，故选A。

4.词义猜测题。根据文中I put a lot of expression into my acting. I thought I acted really well.我表现的绘声绘色。我满以为我是表现得很到位的。以及后文中Good acting is not big acting.好的表演不是夸张的。可知作者在表演中加入了过多的表情，所以expression是表情的意思，故选A。