2023年中考英语时事热点阅读专练 热点43 京剧的历史与发展历程(学生版+解析版)

2023年中考英语时事热点阅读专练热点43京剧的历史与发展历程一、阅读理解1Beijing Opera, also called Peking Opera, is our national oper

2023 年中考英语时事热点阅读专练 43 热点京剧的历史与发展历程 一、阅读理解 1 （形成） Beijing Opera, also called Peking Opera, is our national opera. It came into beingafter 1790 and has ahistory （帝王） of over 200 years. Its music and singing came from Xipi and Erhuang in Anhui and Hubei. The Guangxu Emperor and Empress Dowager Cixi were also crazy about Beijing Opera and helped develop the art form. （男性） There are four main roles in Beijing Opera: Sheng, Dan, Jing, Chou. Sheng is the leading male actor. For （胡 example, aWusheng is asoldier or fighter. AXiaosheng is ayoung man. ALaosheng is an old man with beard 子）.（女性）（喜剧） Dan is the female role. Jing, mostly male, is the face painted role and Chou is the comedy actor or （小丑）. clown Beijing Opera is full of famous stories, beautiful facial paintings, wonderful gestures and fighting. Some of the stories are from history books, but most are from famous novels. The people in the stories usually can't agree with each other. They become angry, unhappy, sad and lonely. Sometimes they are afraid and worried. Then they find away to make peace with （与 ........................ 讲和） each other. Everyone is usually happy in the end. Beijing Opera is an important part of Chinese culture. In China it used to be popular with old people while young people didn't like it very much. However, more young people are becoming interested in it nowadays. And more people around the world are learning about Beijing Opera's special singing, acting and facial paintings. 1. Beijing Opera's singing is from ____________ . A. Anhui and HubeiB. （he history bookC. the literature and novels 2. The second paragraph of （he passage is about the ____________ of Beijing Opera. A. storiesB. paintingsC. roles 3. From the passage, we know the role Chou most probably has a（n） ____________ feature. A. honestB. funnyC. serious 4. Which is TRUE according to the passage? A. Peking Opera is full of different gestures. B. There are only four roles in Beijing Opera.