III. 选词填空：

The Beginning of Drama

Drama as we know it began in ancient Greece. The first plays were religious(宗教的) affairs, with _______ and music. Then came a chorus(歌舞；合唱), which eventually had a Leader, who was the first actor in the ______ of drama. Aeschylus(埃斯库罗斯), a playwright(剧作家), invented what we now call drama when he wrote a play that featured two actors and a chorus, who symbolized(象征) the common people or sometimes the gods. Other important Greek playwrights were Sophocles(索福克勒斯)and Euripides(欧里庇得斯). Most of what they wrote is ______. Some plays survive, however.

Here is the story of the beginning of drama. We, the chorus, will be your _____ through this history. Every word you are about to hear is true.

In the 5th century B.C. Greece had _______ shows on wooden platforms. A chorus, like ours, would sing, and a leader, like me, would stand out and describe things. But it wasn't really drama. We didn't have plays. We didn't have theaters. We needed someone to give us ______. That person was Aeschylus.

I was the first of the great Greek playwrights. I introduced the second actor. With two actors on ______ at one time, conflict(分歧；冲突) between the two of them became possible. My most famous plays are a trilogy--three plays on the same theme. The first play, the most famous, is called Agamemnon(阿加门农) and _______ with the return of the conquering heroes from the Trojan War. In my plays, human beings have to deal with honor, ________, and duty to their city-state. They also have to suffer the whims and wrath(一时兴起和盛怒) of the gods. Why did my characters _______ greatly? It was their fate(命运). Yet they _______, in the hope that they could somehow avoid that fate.

You speak wisely, O Aeschylus, for the gods can be random(任意的) and terrible in their _______ and deeds. But you have changed our drama for the better. These two actors now wear masks and costumes. People now build theaters in which to ______ your plays. You are the master, but you have many competitors.

　　 Indeed, these plays were originally ______ to be presented at an annual(一年一度的) festival called the City Dionysia. Every year in Athens, the drama festival presented three days of drama--five plays each day. The winner got a small _____ of money. But Aeschylus didn't always win.

10. If I have seen further than other men, it is_______ I have stood on the shoulders of giants.

A. why　　　 　　　　　　　 B. because 　　 　　　 C. due to　　　　 　　　　　　　 D. thanks to

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9.Her daughter was determined to _________ and become a doctor.

　 A. follow her routine　　　　 　　　　　　　 B. follow the example　　　　　

C. follow in her steps　　　　 　　　　　　　 D. follow the lead

8.He asked the children to ________a poem about their life in the school.

　 A. take up　　　　　　　　 B. keep up　　　　　　 　　　 C. make up　　　　　　 　　　 D. put up

7. Normally, _________ meetings shall be held in each term in this school

　 A. no such　　　　 　　　 B. any such　　　　　　　　　 C. such as　 　　　　　　　　 D. two such

6. Remember that there are no shortcuts to_________ in a healthy and reasonable way.

　 A. lose weight　　　　　 B. losing weight　　　　　　 C. put on weight　　　　　 D. carrying weight

5.He ________the place where the village lay.

　 A. pointed to　　　　　　 B. pointed at　　　　　 　　 C. pointed out　　　　　　　 D. pointed up

4.The visitors________ at the entrance of the exhibition.

　 A. got up　　 　　　　　 B. stood up　　　　　　　　　 C. kept up　　　　　　　　　　 D. queued up

3. Nobody had ever heard the song sung _________ it was sung that night by Martin.

　 A. the way　　　　　　　　 B. in which way　　　　　　 C. the way which　　　　　 D. in the way

2.He e-mailed me in ________ to my question whether I could go to study in his university. Which of the following is wrong?

　 A. answer　　　 　　 B. respond　 　 　　　　　　　 C. response　　　 　　　 D. reply