Question

【題目】Every Saturday, Wang Weifang puts on a play with his friends in a small town near Xi’an. The audience can hear them, but they cannot see them. That is because they are putting on a shadow play(皮影戲).

Shadow puppets(玩偶) are made of hard leather. The leather is cut out in the shape of a person, an animal or an object. Each puppet is painted in bright colours and put on a stick. Some puppets have movable arms and legs.

During a shadow play, Wang stands behind a white screen with lights behind it. The audience sit in front of the screen. Wang and his friends hold the puppets very close to the screen so the audience can see the puppets’ shadows clearly. Then they move the puppets around and do the voices of the different characters.

Shadow plays are an ancient Chinese art. Now with TVs and films, shadow plays are not as popular as before.

Wang and his friends often work very hard for little money, but they do not mind. They want to keep this traditional art form alive.

【1】How often does Wang Weifang with his friends put on a shadow play?

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【2】What are the shadow puppets made of?

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【3】What color does the screen use in the play?

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【4】Are the shadow plays still popular now?

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【5】Why do Wang and his friends work hard at the shadow play?

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Once a week

【2】Hard leather

【3】White.

【4】No, they aren’t.

【5】Because they want to keep this traditional art form alive.

【解析】【主旨大意】本文主要介紹了中國的一種古老的藝術(shù)形式——皮影戲，以及王偉方和他的朋友們?yōu)楸Ｗo(hù)皮影戲所做出的努力。

【1】題意：王偉方和他的朋友們多久演一次皮影戲？根據(jù)第一段第一句“Every Saturday, Wang Weifang puts on a play with his friends in a small town near Xi’an.”可知，王偉方和他的朋友每周六都在西安附近的一個小鎮(zhèn)上演皮影戲，即每周一次，故答案是Once a week。

【2】題意：皮影戲的玩偶是由什么制成的？根據(jù)第二段第一句“Shadow puppets are made of hard leather.”可知，皮影戲的玩偶是由硬皮革制成的，故答案是Hard leather。

【3】題意：在表演中使用的幕布是什么顏色的？根據(jù)第三段第一句“During a shadow play, Wang stands behind a white screen with lights behind it.”可知，在皮影戲的表演中，王偉方站在白色幕布后面，幕布后有燈光，故答案是White。

【4】題意：皮影戲現(xiàn)在還仍然流行嗎？根據(jù)第四段最后一句“Now with TVs and films, shadow plays are not as popular as before.”可知，現(xiàn)在有電視和電影，皮影戲不再像過去那樣流行了，故答案是No, they aren’t。

【5】題意：為什么王偉方和他的朋友們要努力演皮影戲？根據(jù)最后一段最后一句“They want to keep this traditional art form alive.”可知，因為他們想要讓這種傳統(tǒng)的藝術(shù)形式存活下去，故答案是Because they want to keep this traditional art form alive。