Question

 The movie Forever Enthralled was directed by the director Chen Kaige, and some famous stars acted in it, such as Li Ming, Zhang Ziyi and Chen Hong. The movie shows Mei Lanfang’s life as a master of Beijing Opera.

Mei grew up in a family of Beijing Opera performers. He began to perform on the stage in 1904 when he was 10 years old. He learned his acting skills and played female roles. Singing, dancing and acting are the three main parts of the traditional Chinese opera. Mei Lanfang became highly good at them.He turned himself into a performer of almost all types of female roles named “ Dan ’’. After many years of hard work he enabled (使能够）the “Dan” to have an important place in Beijing Opera, with a clear-cut form for new comers to follow and develop. In his 50-year stage life, he used new acting skills and made lots of good operas.

In July 1937, the Japanese army occupied (占据）Beijing. The officer of the army told Mei to perform for them and they would give him something good. Mei refused at risk of his life and from then on he didn’t turn up on stage during the war. His decision made him poor until the war ended in 1945.

Mei Lanfang was the first artist to introduce Beijing Opera to foreign countries. He had his opera tours abroad, and people in other countries started to understand this kind of play. After 1949, he became the symbol of Beijing Opera through making a great contribution (贡献）to the development of Beijing Opera.

(   ) 1. Whose life does Forever Enthralled show?

A. A famous actress’.

B. A movie director’.

C. An unknown movie star’.

D. A master of Beijing Opera’.

(   ) 2. What does the underlined word “them” in

the second paragraph refer to?

A. Opera performers.

B. Male roles.

C. Singing, dancing and acting.

D. Famous stars.

(   ) 3. Why did Mei Langfang have his tours abroad?

A. To practice his new acting skills.

B. To go around and see the whole world.

C. To let more people understand Beijing Opera.

D. To learn Western opera from foreign artists.

(   ) 4. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Li Ming, Zhang Ziyi and Chen Hong acted in the movie Forever Enthralled.

B. Mei Lanfang began to perform on the stage at the age of 10.

C. Mei Lanfang lived a rich and happy life during the war.

D. Mei Lanfang was good at singing, dancing and acting.

Answer 1

 1.    D    2.    C    3.    C    4.    C