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11.Not being the greatest fan in the world of live performance,I took a deep breath before I entered the building,the castle theatre,and prepared myself to be bored,expecting to find it more interesting to watch the audience than the show.Then I got the shock of my life.
Wadaiko Inchiro are a group of ten young Japanese men and women using traditional drums with a history going back more than 1500years.The drums were once used for festivals and religious ceremonies and also as a means of communication during wars.Today they give an ear-blasting performance which punches out rhythms with the power to wind you.They're a welcome relief from the Scottish pipers.
Unlike other performances,the best seats are at the back of the house.Not only will your ears be protected from full blast,but you will get a fantastic view of the whole set.On stage are some of the biggest drums you will ever see and a cast wearing red,white and black headscarf.
There had been almost no publicity for the show,but the house was full of people desperate,one could only assume,for something a bit different from the unrelenting performances appearing at this world-famous festival.The solid 60-minutes show starts as it means to go on.The drums rumble into fever-pitch action as the ten-strong company strike their sticks with startling control.Their rhythmic frenzy almost immediately drugs you into submission.Trapped inside the beating of the drums,you carried swiftly through warrior war cries to emotional rhapsodies(狂想曲).Not only is this display musically impressive,but the dance is strikingly beautiful.Moving between the enormity(巨大)of the drums,the slight Japanese characters have complete synchronicity(同步性)with the flying of their sticks,which they ceremonially cross and use to command.
The biggest drum is played only by Inchiro,the leader of the group.When I ask why this is so,he refuses to admit that he is being precious about this monster of an instrument and says:"When someone else can play it as I do,I will happily move aside."Dressed all in red,he stands before it as thought he is worshipping at an altar; as he raises his sticks to the drum,he touches it sometimes tenderly and sometimes murderously.Inchiro and his drum produce a range of sounds from thunder to the trickle of rain.

46.The writer took a deep breath before entering the building because she.D
A.was excited                 B.knew it would be hot in the theatre
C.was nervous                 D.was preparing herself to be bored
47.According to the writer,there were many people watching the performance because.B
A.the drummers are dressed in different colors
B.they wanted to see something unusual
C.the people in the group are famous
D.the show had been well advertised
48.We can learn from the passage that.A
A.the drums have been linked with religion for a long time
B.the show was more exciting at the beginning than at the end
C.the drummers make controlled movements with their drums
D.the best place to see the show is the seats nearest to the drummers
49.Inchiro feels that.C
A.no one else should ever play the biggest drum
B.he must always make loud noises on his biggest drum
C.he is now the only one who can play the biggest drum well enough
D.it is very important for him to teach someone else to play the biggest drum.

分析 文章讲述了作者去看一场演出的经历,有隆重的表演,有宗教化的鼓声.

解答 46.D    47.B    48.A    49.C
46   D   细节理解题.由文中 and prepared myself to be bored可知我准备好自己无聊了,所以选D.
47   B    推理判断题.由文中There had been almost no publicity for the show,but the house was full of people desperate,one could only assume,for something a bit different from the unrelenting performances appearing at this world-famous festival.可知人们想看到一些不同的东西,所以选B.
48    A    推理判断题.由文中he stands before it as thought he is worshipping at an altar; as he raises his sticks to the drum,he touches it sometimes tenderly and sometimes murderously可知她穿着一身红衣服,他站在那以为他是崇拜的祭坛;他举起棍棒的鼓,他摸到它,有时温柔,有时杀气腾腾.,所以A符合题意.
49    C    细节理解题.由文中The biggest drum is played only by Inchiro可知只有他能敲这个鼓,故选C.

点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.

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