Question

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项.选项中有两项为多余选项.

How do actors and actresses memorize hundreds of lines? Memorizing lines takes practice and constant repetition. However, there are a few ways to make the memorization process run smoothly and quickly.

  1.

For most performers, there is no quicker way of memorizing lines. To learn lines, an actor must recite the play loud over and over again. Most rehearsals(彩排) encourage this by running through the lines or having a ＂read through＂. By the time opening night arrives, most actors have spoken their lines hundreds of times.

Listen to your cast members.

Sometimes inexperienced actors spend rehearsals looking at fellow performers, waiting patiently to say their next line.    2.   This will help the actor learn his lines better because the context of the dialogue is absorbed.

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Because there is often not enough rehearsal time, many performers find ways to listen to the play’s dialogue during everyday activities. They use a tape recorder or an MP3 player to listen to the lines from each relevant scene. Some actors prefer to record the lines of all the characters, including their own.    4.  Others like recording the lines of fellow cast members, and they leave a blank space so that they can insert their dialogue while listening to the recording.

Think positively and don’t panic.

Most actors will experience stage fright before the opening night. Actors forget lines now and then. When it happens, however, most of the time the audience never notice. If you forget a line in the middle of your performance, don’t freeze. Stay in character. Keep the scene going to the best of your ability. If unfortunately you forget a line once, you will probably never forget that line ever again.   5.

A. Record your lines.

B. Practice makes perfect.

C. Read lines loud and repeat them.

D. Read lines loud and remember them in a short time.

E. Sometimes embarrassment is the toughest method of memorization.

F. Then, they not only listen carefully, but they also speak all of the lines.

G. Instead, they should be listening carefully, responding in character at all times.

Answer

1.C

2.G

3.A

4.F

5.E

【解析】

试题分析：本文介绍几种演员正确迅速记住台词的方法。

1.此题是本段的标题。根据本段中所讲的To learn lines, an actor must recite the play loud over and over again，并结合下面各个选项的意思，可知此处讲的是要不断地重复被台词。故选C。

2. G分析本空格后面的句子This will help the actor learn，可推断空格中的句子所讲述的就是方法。结合各个选项意思，可知G选项的中心就是讲方法。再根据句意，故选G（与之相反的，他们应该认真听，总是能对角色做出反应。）。

3.此题是本段的标题。根据本段中的关键句They use a tape recorder or an MP3 player to listen to the lines from each relevant scene，可知本段讲述的是要录音，并结合各个选项意思，可知选A（录下你的台词。）。

4.根据本段所讲的内容，可知此处讲的是要听和讲。结合各个选项意思，应选F（他们不仅听是仔细，而且能说出所有的台词。）。

5.空前句意：如果你不幸地忘记一句台词，你可能再也想不起来。故这里E（有时候，尴尬是记忆的最困难的方法。）符合上下文。

考点：考查七选五短文。

【名师点睛】

在答题中，应首先略读一下短文，了解一下短文的大致意思，本文讲到几种演员正确迅速记住台词的方法。然后把几个选项含义理解透，尤其注意意思相近，表达有交叉的选项之间的区别。然后再细读短文，把答案填入合适位置。答题时可以把含义相近的几个选项轮流填入同一处位置，反复阅读，反复体会，找出最佳选项，对于实在没有把握的小题可以留待最后完成。完成短文后，再认真通读一遍全文，看看上下语意是否通顺，是否符合逻辑关系。比如：本文第36小题，此题是本段的标题。根据本段中所讲的To learn lines, an actor must recite the play loud over and over again，并结合下面各个选项的意思，可知此处讲的是要不断地重复被台词。故选C。

另外，做题时要注意文章的首段和每一段的首句或尾句，因为它们往往就是文章的主题句。阅读中要注意要点之间的关系。