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Performances
Let’s Face the Music
Ria Jones, the world-famous star of Cats and Les Misérables, returns home for two special concerts. Ria invites you on a memorable journey that goes from musical to classical and from classical to pop. Songs from Miss Saigon perfectly mix with Disney favorites from Beauty and the Beast along with popular standards for a great evening in the company of a very special vocal talent.
Song Recital
Judy Coe performs widely as a soloist (獨(dú)唱者) in America and is also a music teacher. The program includes songs from Porgy and Bess, a successful American opera, with special solo piano arrangements by Katherine Morris. Judy ends the concert with songs whose texts are by Shakespeare, Yeats, Eliot, Oscar Wilde and Emily Dickinson.
Mayte Martin
Mayte Martin is the best-known Catalan singer. She has been very popular since her early twenties, when she won a string of prizes. She has taken part in Barcelona’s WOMAD festivals and in the Gipsy King’s celebrated festival Mustique Gitano at Nimes. She will be accompanied by her regular solo guitarist, two dancers and a “clapper”.
The Adventure of Malic
This show is about the fantastically dangerous life of an imaginary Iberian character called Malic. In this show he visits China and gets into fights with dragons and then travels to Barcelona where he comes across many dangerous characters. The show is told using Chinese shadow puppets (皮影), with a live narrator-musician who gives life to the show in English.
1. In whose show can you enjoy famous writers’ works?
A. Ria Jones. B. Judy Coe. C. Mayte Martin. D. Katherine Morris.
2. In which performance can you enjoy Disney songs?
A. Let’s Face the Music.
B. Song Recital.
C. Mayte Martin.
D. The Adventure of Malic.
3. What do we know about “The Adventure of Malic”?
A. It is based on a sci-fiction.
B. It is shot and presented in China.
C. It uses a traditional Chinese art form.
D. Its characters speak Chinese fluently.
【答案】1. B 2. A 3. C
【解析】
【分析】這是一篇應(yīng)用文。文章主要介紹了幾場演出，并對其主題進(jìn)行了說明。
【1題詳解】
細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Song Recital部分的“Judy ends the concert with songs whose texts are by Shakespeare, Yeats, Eliot, Oscar Wilde and Emily Dickinson.（朱迪以莎士比亞、葉芝、艾略特、奧斯卡·王爾德和艾米莉·狄金森的寫的歌曲結(jié)束了音樂會。）”可知，在Judy Coe的表演中，你可以欣賞到著名作家的作品。故選B。
【2題詳解】
細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Let’s Face the Music部分的“Ria Jones, the world-famous star of Cats and Les Misérables, returns home for two special concerts.（世界著名的《貓》和《悲慘世界》之星Ria Jones回家參加兩場特別音樂會）”和“Songs from Miss Saigon perfectly mix with Disney favorites from Beauty and the Beast along with popular standards for a great evening in the company of a very special vocal talent.（西貢小姐的歌曲與迪斯尼最受歡迎的《美女與野獸》的歌曲完美地融合在一起，再加上一些流行的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，與一位非常特殊的聲樂天才一起度過一個美好的夜晚）”可知，Ria Jones將在Let’s Face the Music.這個演出上表演迪斯尼的歌曲。故選A。
【3題詳解】
推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章The Adventure of Malic部分的“The show is told using Chinese shadow puppets , with a live narrator-musician who gives life to the show in English（該劇使用中國皮影戲來講述故事，皮影戲處理得很好，還有一位現(xiàn)場的敘述者兼音樂家，他的英語為該劇注入了活力）”可推斷出，The Adventure of Malic是通過一種中國的傳統(tǒng)藝術(shù)形式表現(xiàn)出來的。故選C。
