Martha Graham received many awards during her lifetime. Time magazine her as the “Dancer of the Century” in 1998. The Martha Graham Dance Company still performs her dances.

After fourteen, Martha’s family moved to California. Along the way, Martha enjoyed the wide, open spaces of . So the free, expressive movements of modern dance were influenced by the beauty of nature.

Earlier in her life, however, Martha did not know she would become a . Her family was very religious. The upper class did not accept dance as an art form.

, in 1910, Martha’s father took her to see a dance performance, which then her.

Martha’s parents, however, did not her sudden desire to dance. Martha just followed her of dancing. She attended the dance school, working hard as to improve her ability to dance. She her body to become strong enough to meet the difficult demands of dance. In order to herself freely, she decided to set up her own dance and school, called the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance.

Martha enjoyed having her students to perform her dances. She a dance called “Heretic” in 1929. She wore all white and danced a wall of dancers wearing all black. In 1936, her dance “Chronicle” expressed sadness and loneliness. Showing strong in dance then was very rare. At first, people did not well to her style of dancing with strong and sharp movements, and very different from European ballet. Some of the movements contracting(收縮) and releasing parts of the body.

In 1938, President Roosevelt’s wife invited Martha to 55 at the White House. A dance “American Document” was created. She later danced there for seven other presidents.

1.A. hired B. listed C. appointed D. fostered

2.A. turning B. growing C. counting D. clicking

3.A. imagination B. interest C. hope D. nature

4.A. clearly B. strangely C. badly D. hardly

5.A. teacher B. manager C. dancer D. writer

6.A. Instead B. Still C. Therefore D. Otherwise

7.A. disappointed B. astonished C. motivated D. sacrificed

8.A. approve of B. appeal to C. fight against D. give up

9.A. advice B. dream C. manner D. style

10.A. less B. very C. too D. so

11.A. forced B. tested C. bent D. trained

12.A. fancy B. enjoy C. express D. refresh

13.A. company B. gym C. stage D. hall

14.A. discovered B. produced C. polished D. filmed

15.A. for B. over C. against D. beyond

16.A. muscles B. energy C. desire D. emotions

17.A. refer B. turn C. react D. contribute

18.A. powerful B. traditional C. classical D. significant

19.A. quitted B. balanced C. involved D. deserved

20.A. work B. perform C. speak D. live

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.A

5.C

6.B

7.C

8.A

9.B

10.D

11.D

12.C

13.A

14.B

15.C

16.D

17.C

18.A

19.C

20.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文介紹了美國(guó)現(xiàn)代舞蹈之母瑪莎·葛萊姆。在她的一生中她獨(dú)特的美國(guó)視角和創(chuàng)作才華為她贏得了無(wú)數(shù)的榮譽(yù)。她被公認(rèn)為20世紀(jì)創(chuàng)新型藝術(shù)家，與畢加索（Picasso），斯特拉文斯基（Stravinsky），詹姆斯．喬伊斯（James Joyce），和弗蘭克．勞埃德．賴特（Frank Lloyd Wright）齊名。1998年《時(shí)代周刊》將葛萊姆譽(yù)為“世紀(jì)舞者”，而《人物》稱(chēng)她為“本世紀(jì)女性楷�！�。

1.小題1】考查動(dòng)詞和語(yǔ)境理解。A. hired“雇傭”B. listed “列出” C. appointed“任命”D. fostered“培養(yǎng);撫育”。 瑪莎·葛萊姆在1998年被美國(guó)《時(shí)代周刊》雜志評(píng)選為“世紀(jì)舞蹈家”。尊稱(chēng)為20世紀(jì)最重要的舞者之一。瑪莎葛蘭姆舞團(tuán)現(xiàn)在還表演著她的舞蹈。選B。

2.小題2】考查動(dòng)詞和語(yǔ)境理解。 A. turning“轉(zhuǎn)身；年滿多少歲” B. growing“成長(zhǎng)”C. counting“數(shù)數(shù)” D. clicking“”敲擊。在瑪莎14歲時(shí)，她隨家人搬到美國(guó)加利福尼亞州的圣巴巴拉。選A。

3.小題3】考查名詞和語(yǔ)境理解。A. imagination“想象力”B. interest“興趣”C. hope “希望”D. nature“自然”。沿途在穿越美國(guó)中西部地區(qū)的時(shí)候，瑪莎非常喜歡那里視野開(kāi)闊的自然景觀。選D。

4.小題4】考查副詞和語(yǔ)境理解。A. clearly“清晰地”B. strangely “奇怪地”C. badly “壞的”D. hardly“幾乎不”。 她將對(duì)于美麗的大自然的細(xì)心觀察，融入了自由的、富有表現(xiàn)力的現(xiàn)代舞蹈中。現(xiàn)代舞蹈中很多動(dòng)作很明顯的受到自然美的影響。選A。

5.小題5】考查名詞和語(yǔ)境理解。 A. teacher “老師”B. manager“經(jīng)理”C. dancer “舞者”D. writer“作家”。 然而，在瑪莎早年的生活中，她沒(méi)想到自己會(huì)成為一名舞蹈演員。因?yàn)樗齻兗彝ナ亲诮碳彝�，非常虔誠(chéng)。上層社會(huì)不接受舞蹈作為一種藝術(shù)形式。選C。

6.小題6】考查副詞和語(yǔ)境理解。A. Instead “相反”B. Still “仍然” C. Therefore “因此”D. Otherwise“否則”。盡管如此，1910年，瑪莎的父親仍然帶她去看美國(guó)第一個(gè)現(xiàn)代舞表演。選B。

7.小題7】考查形容詞和語(yǔ)境理解。A. disappointed“失望的”B. astonished “吃驚的”C. motivated“有積極性的” D. sacrificed“獻(xiàn)身的”。 當(dāng)時(shí)的表演激勵(lì)了她，她決心成為一名舞蹈演員。選C。

8.小題8】考查動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)和語(yǔ)境理解。 A. approve of“同意”B. appeal to“吸引”C. fight against“對(duì)抗” D. give up“放棄”。然而起初，瑪莎的父母并不贊同她突然決定去跳舞的想法。選A。

9.小題9】考查名詞和語(yǔ)境理解。A. advice“建議” B. dream “夢(mèng)想”C. manner“方法”D. style“風(fēng)格”�，斏匀蛔冯S著自己的舞蹈夢(mèng)想。選B。

10.小題10】考查副詞和語(yǔ)境理解。A. less “更少的”B. very “非�！盋. too “太”D. so“因此；如此”。她進(jìn)入舞蹈學(xué)校正式學(xué)習(xí)舞蹈，她如此刻苦地練習(xí)舞蹈為了提高自己的舞蹈技能。選D。

11.小題11】考查動(dòng)詞和語(yǔ)境理解。 A. forced“強(qiáng)迫”B. tested“測(cè)試”C. bent“彎身”D. trained“訓(xùn)練”。她通過(guò)刻苦訓(xùn)練使自己身體變得足夠強(qiáng)大，以適應(yīng)舞蹈的形體要求。選D。

12.小題12】考查動(dòng)詞和語(yǔ)境理解。. A. fancy“想要”B. enjoy “喜歡”C. express“表達(dá)”D. refresh“使煥然一新”。為了自由的表現(xiàn)自己，實(shí)現(xiàn)自己在舞蹈上的夢(mèng)想，她決定成立自己的舞蹈公司和舞蹈學(xué)校。選C。

13.小題13】考查名詞和語(yǔ)境理解。 A. company“公司”B. gym “體育館”C. stage“舞臺(tái)”D. hall“大廳”。 瑪莎葛蘭姆決定成立自己的舞蹈公司和學(xué)校。稱(chēng)為“瑪莎葛蘭姆當(dāng)代舞團(tuán)”。選A。

14.小題14】考查動(dòng)詞和語(yǔ)境理解。A. discovered“發(fā)現(xiàn)”B. produced “產(chǎn)生”C. polished“潤(rùn)色；磨光” D. filmed“拍電影”�，斏矚g學(xué)生們展現(xiàn)她自己的公司所創(chuàng)作的舞蹈。她在1929年編排了舞蹈作品《異教徒》。選B。

15.小題15】考查介詞和語(yǔ)境理解。A. for “為了”B. over“超過(guò)”C. against“反對(duì)；倚靠”D. beyond“超出”。在《異教徒》舞蹈中，瑪莎身穿白衣舞裙，而背對(duì)著身穿黑衣的舞者們圍成的人墻表演。選C。

16.小題16】考查名詞和語(yǔ)境理解。 A. muscles“肌肉”B. energy“能量”C. desire“渴望”D. emotions“情感”。在1936年，她的作品《編年史》表現(xiàn)了悲傷和孤獨(dú)，在舞蹈中展現(xiàn)了舞者內(nèi)心強(qiáng)烈的情感，描述了瑪莎對(duì)世界的恐怖。選D。

17.小題17】考查動(dòng)詞和語(yǔ)境理解。 A. refer“指的是”B. turn“轉(zhuǎn)身”C. react“反應(yīng)”D. contribute“貢獻(xiàn)”。起初，觀眾們對(duì)瑪莎的強(qiáng)烈敏捷的舞蹈動(dòng)作形式不是很接受。選C。

18.小題18】考查形容詞和語(yǔ)境理解。A. powerful“強(qiáng)有力的”B. traditional“傳統(tǒng)的”C. classical “經(jīng)典的”D. significant“有意義的”�，斏奈璧父腥玖�(qiáng)大，具有強(qiáng)而急速的動(dòng)作與歐洲的傳統(tǒng)芭蕾舞形式有很大的區(qū)別。選A。

19.小題19】考查動(dòng)詞和語(yǔ)境理解。A. quitted“退出”B. balanced “平衡”C. involved “涉及”D. deserved“應(yīng)得”。現(xiàn)代舞中很多的動(dòng)作收于放，在劇烈舞蹈中舞動(dòng)手臂，躍空然后落地。選C。

20.小題20】考查動(dòng)詞和語(yǔ)境理解。 A. work“工作”B. perform“表演”C. speak“說(shuō)話”D. live“居住”。1938年，富蘭克林·羅斯�？偨y(tǒng)的夫人邀請(qǐng)瑪莎到白宮演出，她為此創(chuàng)作了舞蹈《美國(guó)文件》這部作品�，斏窭锥蚰泛髞�(lái)多次應(yīng)邀到白宮演出，她曾為七位總統(tǒng)表演現(xiàn)代舞。選B。

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