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  3. It is acknowledged that the modern musical show is America’s most original a

It is acknowledged that the modern musical show is America’s most original a

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问题     It is acknowledged that the modern musical show is America’s most original and dynamic contribution toward theater. In the last quarter of a century, America has produced large 【C1】_____of musical plays that have been popular abroad 【C2】_____at home. 【C3】_____, it is very difficult to explain 【C4】_____is new or【C5】____American about them, for the 【C6】_____ are centuries old.
    Perhaps the uniqueness of America’s contribution to the 【C7】_____can best be characterized through brief descriptions of several of the most important and best-known musicals. One of these is surely Oklahoma by Richard Rogers and Oscar Hamerstein. It burst 【C8】_____popularity in 1943. Broadway audience and critics were【C9】____by its 【C10】_____, vitality and excitement. This "new" type of musical was 【C11】_____as kind of 【C12】_____theater in which the play, the music and lyrics, the dancing, and the scenic background were assembled not merely to provide entertainment and 【C13】_____, but to【C14】____ in a single unifying whole to contribute to its unique feature. 【C15】_____, it meant that the songs and dances should 【C16】_____naturally out of the situations of the story and play an important part in carrying the action 【C17】_____. In Oklahoma, an American folk dance style was organically combined with classical ballet and modern dance. It is right to say that the musical was a brilliantly integrated performance by the talented dancers and singing actors.
    Oklahoma also marked a new 【C18】_____in the choice of story on which a musical is based. Writers and composers began to abandon the sentimentally picturesque or aristocratic setting 【C19】_____more realistic stories in authentic social and cultural 【C20】_____. Oklahoma was based on a "folk" whose story dealt not only with young love but also with the opening of the American West. [br] 【C14】
选项 A、mix
B、join
C、put
D、share
答案 D
解析 语法类试题(动词搭配及其意义)；上下文类试题。A项mix混合，多为及物动词，用在“mix…with…”中。B项join in“参与，参加”。C项put in“提出，停泊”。D项share in“共享，分摊”。根据文意，音乐剧众多成分集中起来，构成一个整体，形成了它独一无二的特征，最佳答案为D项。
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