[沖刺中考]英語(yǔ)閱讀與填空：21-Wednesday 芭蕾 266詞

21-Wednesday 芭蕾 266詞

題材： 芭蕾　 詞數(shù)： 266　 建議閱讀時(shí)間： 5.5分鐘

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The kind of dancing called ballet began in Italy about 500 years ago．You go to a theatre to see ballet which tells a story using music and dance．You need to be very graceful and athletic to be a good ballet dancer．Ballet developed greatly in France about 350 years ago and dancers all over the world still call all the movements by their French names．

In England，many children as young as 3 or 4 years old go to weekly ballet classes to develop graceful movement and to learn to move in time to music．Children who want to become ballet dancers as a job need to start learning ballet seriously by the time they are 10．

The Royal Ballet School in London is famous and children interested in ballet dream of being able to go there．The School holds several auditions every year where they choose suitable children to train as ballet dancers．Auditions take a whole day and about 1,000 children go to the auditions every year．The children，usually aged about 10 or 11，are given numbers to pin on their clothes and，in a group，they copy the movements made by a teacher．Ballet teachers watch the children carefully and choose the children who have a suitable shape，some natural talent and who very much want to learn．

Children from many countries can go to the Royal Ballet School．Children who do not live in Great Britain send a video of themselves dancing and if they are very good，they may be asked to travel to London for an audition．

Every year，only 14 boys and 21 girls are chosen to go to the Royal Ballet School．

生詞

athletic　adj． 健壯的，敏捷的：She has a wonderfully athletic body．她的體形非常健美。

movement　n． 移動(dòng)，活動(dòng)；動(dòng)作：Movement's painful when one's hurt one's back．背部受傷后，一動(dòng)就痛。

audition　n． 試演：His audition went well and he's fairly hopeful about getting the part．他的試演進(jìn)行得很順利，他對(duì)得到那角色滿懷信心。

pin　v． （用釘?shù)龋┽斪?，別住，扣住：If you haven't any curtains to draw，pin a sheet over the window．如果你沒(méi)有掛窗簾，就把一塊布釘在窗子上好了。

1．In what two ways does a ballet tell a story？

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2．In which country is the Royal Ballet School？

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3．How many children go to the Royal Ballet School each year？

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4．Why are ballet movements called by French names？

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5．Why do some children send a video to teachers at the Royal Ballet School？

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參考譯文

那種叫做芭蕾的舞蹈起源于約500年前的意大利。你可以去戲院看芭蕾，芭蕾是用音樂(lè)和舞蹈講述故事的。要想成為優(yōu)秀的芭蕾舞演員，你必須非常優(yōu)雅和健美。大約350年前，芭蕾在法國(guó)得到了極大的發(fā)展，世界各地的舞蹈演員依然用法語(yǔ)稱(chēng)呼所有的芭蕾舞動(dòng)作。

在英國(guó)，許多年齡僅為三四歲的孩子就已經(jīng)開(kāi)始每周去上芭蕾課了，他們想練出優(yōu)雅的動(dòng)作，學(xué)會(huì)合著音樂(lè)節(jié)拍舞動(dòng)。想成為職業(yè)芭蕾舞演員的孩子必須從10歲開(kāi)始就認(rèn)真學(xué)習(xí)芭蕾。

倫敦的皇家芭蕾舞學(xué)校舉世聞名，對(duì)芭蕾舞感興趣的孩子都?jí)粝氲侥抢飳W(xué)習(xí)。學(xué)校每年都會(huì)舉辦幾場(chǎng)試演，他們可以從中挑選適合培養(yǎng)成芭蕾舞演員的孩子。面試持續(xù)一整天，每年大約有1000名孩子參加。這些孩子的年齡通常是10歲或11歲，工作人員會(huì)把號(hào)碼別在他們的衣服上，他們分組模仿教師的動(dòng)作。芭蕾舞教師會(huì)仔細(xì)觀察，并挑選出身材勻稱(chēng)、具有某些天賦并且渴望學(xué)習(xí)的孩子。

許多國(guó)家的孩子都可以到皇家芭蕾舞學(xué)校學(xué)習(xí)。不住在英國(guó)的孩子可以把他們跳舞的錄像寄過(guò)去，如果他們非常優(yōu)秀，也可能會(huì)被邀請(qǐng)到倫敦參加面試。

每年只有14名男孩和21名女孩能被選進(jìn)皇家芭蕾舞學(xué)校。

參考答案

Wednesday 1．Using music and dance．　2．England．　3．Thirty-five．　4．Because ballet was greatly developed in France．　5．Because they live in another country.