A story is a work of imagination. The people who write stories write them in order to give pleasure to those who read stories. Story-readers are, generally speaking, women of all ages and younger men. Readers love the start of a story, where there are new and sometimes strange people to be met for the first time. They enjoy the story itself, the gentleness and the violence (暴力), the loves and the hates, with which a good writer interests his readers. They enjoy the end of the story, whether it’s happy or sad. The readers' main purpose in all this is to escape(逃离) from ordinary life for a short time. Older men, as a rule, find their ordinary lives too pleasant to run away from.
1. A story-writer must be________.
A. a funny man B. an interesting woman
C. a person full of imagination D. a person who has much experience in life
2. As a rule, the ordinary lives of old men________.
A. are enjoyable B. are not enjoyable
C. need to be changed D. don’t want changing
3. Most of the story-readers are women, for________.
A. they are free B. stories are easier for them to understand
C. they have a fine feeling D. they have no other books to read
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There are different ways of telling a story. It can be told in words. It can be told in pictures. It can be told in music. It can be acted out. Or it can be told by still another way--by dancing. Dancing that tells a story is called ballet.
The dancing in a ballet is done to music, but the story is told by the movements of the dancers. There is no singing or speaking.
The dancers in the picture are telling the story of Steeping Beauty. The music for this famous ballet was written by the Russian composer Tschaikowsky. The movements of its dancers were worked out by the French ballet master Petipa.
A ballet is a work (of art) just as a beautiful picture is. The person who plans a ballet is an artist. So is each dancer.
Sometimes ballet is called toe dancing. It is true that in some ballets the dancers do dance on their toes. But a great deal of the dancing in ballets is not toe dancing. Toe dancing is used to give the idea of lightness and airiness. It is never put into a ballet unless it fits the story.
Back in the days of ancient Greece and Rome there were dances that told stories of the gods. Even longer ago in Egypt there were dances that told stories of the planets.But the ballet of today had its beginnings about 600 years ago. It began as a kind of entertainment in the courts of the rulers of Italy. Two hundred years later ballet was popular in the French court. The French king Louis X IV founded a ballet school.
On a ballet program today there are often some French words. The names of many ballets are French. But there may be other French words, too. A part of a ballet that is danced by just two people is called a pas de deux. Such French words remind us that France was once the leader in ballet.
Today there are many ballet companies. All opera companies, too, have ballet dancers, for ballets are a part of many operas. No one country now leads in ballet.
Later the rulers of Russia became interested in ballet. They offered a great deal of money to the best ballet masters and dancers of France. They founded a ballet school. Soon Russia was the leader in ballet.
Ballet is not easy to learn. A boy or a girl who wishes to be a ballet dancer has to begin going to a ballet school very early. Some begin when they are only three or four. All the parts in a ballet used to be danced by men. But now a girl has as good a chance as a boy of being a famous ballet dancer.
(1)There are ______ ways of telling a story accordingto the passage.
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(2)Ballet is called toe dancing because _____.
[ ]
A．there is a great deal of toe dancing in every ballet
B．in some ballets toe dancing is used to fit the story
C．it always tells a story by toe move-ments
D．the word ballet means “toe” in French
(3)Ballet of today can date back as early as ___.
[ ]
A．the days of ancient Greece and Rome
B．days before ancient Greece and Rome
C．about 600 years ago
D．the time when Louis X IV was in power
(4)_______ never acted as the leader in the history of ballet.
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(5)Which of the following is true?
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A．Boys are more likely to be successful in ballet than girls.
B．Ballet dances also play parts in many operas beside ballets.
C．Petipa was a Russian ballet master.
D．Ballet dancers of France weren't welcome in Russia.
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
Do you know how to tell a story? The following are some tips:
Who Will Listen?
Will you tell your story to children of your own age? Will they be friends or young people you haven’t met before? Perhaps you will tell it to younger children．Or, will it be an audience of adults? Will it be just a few people, a small group, or a large audience?
Why Are You Telling It?
There are many reasons for telling a story．Knowing why you are telling it may be the most helpful reason for choosing a story for a particular audience．
Many storytellers choose tales just to entertain （娱乐）．They tell jokes or silly stories．Others want to teach something, such as how to be kinder to animals, the environment, or other people．One storyteller likes to encourage his listeners to try new things．Some babysitters tell stories to help children feel not afraid of thunder, lightning or scary shadows in their rooms．Others want to make people think or to help people remember．Some like to frighten their audiences with ghost stories．
Where Will You Speak?
How you tell your story and what story helpers you use depend on where you will be speaking．Will you be talking at an evening party, in your classroom, in a library storytelling program, at a family dinner, at a museum, at a storytelling festival, or during a religious program?
The author mainly shows his ideas by ______．
A．listing questions B．describing
C．comparing D．giving examples
According to the author, when telling a story, you should pay attention to ______．
①the hobbies of the audience
②the jobs of the audience
③the age of the audience
④the size of the audience
⑤the reason for telling a story
A．①②③ B．②③④ C．③④⑤ D．①③④
The purpose of knowing why you are telling a story is to ______．
A．choose stories suitable for a certain audience
B．do something good to animals, the environment or other people
C．decide what can help you
D．satisfy different listeners
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If a story is _____, you’ll become _____ when you read it.
A. exciting; excited B. exciting; exciting
C. excited; excited D. excited; exciting
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科目：高中英语 来源：2011-2012学年黑龙江鹤岗一中高一下学期期中考试英语试卷（带解析） 题型：阅读理解
One day, when old Jacob and little Jacoble were walking home, the sun began to go down. Old Jacob was thinking of his house and little Jacoble didn’t know what to think. Then he thought of a wonderful idea, and he cried, “Jacob! Do you know what I saw yesterday? I saw a green rabbit. It was flying in the air and it was so big, even bigger than an elephant!”
“You saw that with your own eyes?” asked old Jacob. “Of course I did,” said Jacoble proudly. “It’s a good thing that you really saw that big, flying, green rabbit,” said old Jacob, “because that old bridge we are going to walk over is a very strange one. As soon as anyone who hasn’t told the truth comes on it, the bridge breaks in two.” They continued walking.
“Jacob,” said Jacoble a little later, “you know that big, green, flying rabbit I saw yesterday ... Well, it wasn’t really flying, and ... it wasn’t quite as big as an elephant ... but it was very big, about the size of a horse!” “Big as a horse?” asked Jacob as they got closer to the bridge and little Jacoble began not to feel so well.
“Jacob,” said Jacoble. “That big, green rabbit I saw yesterday, well, I had something in my eye and so I couldn’t see that well. It wasn’t a very big rabbit but it was green. Yes, that’s what it was — all green!”
Old Jacob didn’t say a word. He just walked over the bridge. But Jacoble didn’t go after him because he was afraid and he knew why he was afraid. He stood at the bridge and said, “Oh, Jacob! You know that rabbit I saw yesterday. It wasn’t green. No. It was just a little, brown rabbit.”
Then he was not afraid of anything any more and he ran happily over the bridge.
【小题1】We know from the text that the story happened ______.
| A．in the morning | B．in the afternoon | C．at dusk (黄昏) | D．at midnight |
| A．humorous | B．interesting | C．frightening | D．unbelievable |
| A．Because he was afraid of falling into the river. |
| B．Because he tried to persuade Jacob to believe it. |
| C．Because he wanted to frighten Jacob. |
| D．Because he didn’t remember the story clearly. |
| A．A lie will never be known. |
| B．True friends don’t cheat each other. |
| C．Telling lies makes one suffer from fears. |
| D．Making up a story is lying. |
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科目：高中英语 来源：2011届湖南省嘉禾一中高三年级1月高考押题卷英语试题 题型：阅读理解
Do you know how to tell a story? The following are some tips:
Who Will Listen?
Will you tell your story to children of your own age? Will they be friends or young people you haven’t met before? Perhaps you will tell it to younger children．Or, will it be an audience of adults? Will it be just a few people, a small group, or a large audience?
Why Are You Telling It?
There are many reasons for telling a story．Knowing why you are telling it may be the most helpful reason for choosing a story for a particular audience．
Many storytellers choose tales just to entertain （娱乐）．They tell jokes or silly stories．Others want to teach something, such as how to be kinder to animals, the environment, or other people．One storyteller likes to encourage his listeners to try new things．Some babysitters tell stories to help children feel not afraid of thunder, lightning or scary shadows in their rooms．Others want to make people think or to help people remember．Some like to frighten their audiences with ghost stories．
Where Will You Speak?
How you tell your story and what story helpers you use depend on where you will be speaking．Will you be talking at an evening party, in your classroom, in a library storytelling program, at a family dinner, at a museum, at a storytelling festival, or during a religious program?
【小题1】The author mainly shows his ideas by ______．
| A．listing questions | B．describing |
| C．comparing | D．giving examples |
| A．①②③ | B．②③④ | C．③④⑤ | D．①③④ |
| A．choose stories suitable for a certain audience |
| B．do something good to animals, the environment or other people |
| C．decide what can help you |
| D．satisfy different listeners |
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