Beijing Opera is also called Peking Opera.. It came into being after 1790 when the famous four  Anhui opera troupe(戏班) came to Beijing. Its music and singing(唱腔) came from Xipi and Er-huang in Anhui and Hubei. Its costtumes are all fascinating and artistic.It is the highest expression of the Chinese culture. It’s full of famous stories , beautiful facial paintings, and wonderful gestures and fighting. This kind of opera is very popular with Chinese people.
There are four main roles in Beijing Opera: Sheng ,Dan, Jing and Chou. Sheng is the leading male(男性) actor。For example , a Wusheng is a soldier or fighter .A Xiaosheng is a young man . A Laosheng is the comedy actor or clown.Dan is the female (女性)role 。 Jing，mostly male , is the face-painted role and Chou is the comedy actor or clown.
Stories in Beijing Opera are very intetesting . Some of them are from the history book ,but most of them are from the literature , especially famous novels . The people in the story usually have some disagreements. They become angry and uhappy . They are sad and lonely . Sometimes they are nervous and worried. Then they find a way to make peace . The stories usually end with happiness and lunghter and people are all happy in the end.
【小题1】.Beijing Opera’s singing is from _______.

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阅读下面短文，从各题A、B、C、D中选出能填入文章中相应空白处的最佳答案。
Dear David,
Thank you very much  1  your letter. Beijing 2  beautiful! People in Beijing are friendly (友好的).  3  I like Beijing and I like China. Now I’m fine and I’m busy with my lessons. I have seven classes every day. There are  4  in the morning and three in the afternoon. I have nine  5  this term (学期). I like math, biology and history. My  6   subject is science, because it is very interesting. My English is very  7 , and I like it. But I 8  like Chinese, because it is too difficult  9  me, and I can’t learn it well. Do you play soccer? Can you  10  Chinese? I hope you can come to China one day.
Yours,
Jim

His aunt ________ Beijing and she will stay there for three years.

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   has left for