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  3. Back in the 16th century, political plays were all about men. Not now. For some time, American female playwrights have followed

Back in the 16th century, political plays were all about men. Not now. For some time, American female playwrights have followed

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问题     Back in the 16th century, political plays were all about men. Not now. For some time, American female playwrights have followed the (1)_____ of Wendy Wasserstein, a 50-year-old Brooklyn-born dramatist, whose work has focused (2)_____ family drama and personal (3)_____. Overtly political plays were considered (4)_____ and unfashionable. But this is no longer so often the (5)_____.
    A new generation of female playwrights (6)_____ tackling such subjects (7)_____ racism, rape and apartheid. The quality of these plays has varied (8)_____. The best (9)_____ their subjects with nuance and subtlety, while it is the more controversial productions (10)_____ fall flat. With topical issues now the stuff of shallow, made-for-television movies, audiences are looking to the theatre for something more (11)_____.
    Rebecca Gilman’s previous play, "Spinning into Butter", dealt with white racism in academia; her current drama, "Boy Gets Girl", gives a feminist take on male searching and objectification of women. Kia Corthron has three plays, including "Force Continuum", (12)_____ with racial issues (13)_____ or coming to the New York stage this year. But perhaps the most (14)_____ recent play on political themes to (15)_____ is "The Syringa Tree", a one-woman show about segregation in South Africa in the 1960s, written and (16)_____ by Pamela Glen. (17)_____ the play had trouble (18)_____ an audience when it (19)_____ in September last year, critical acclaim and persistent word-of-mouth followed, gradually (20)_____ to make "The Syringa Tree" one of the city’s most popular offerings.

选项 A、Though
B、But
C、And
D、However
答案A
解析 尽管去年9月该剧上演时观众很少。本题测试点为连同的用法。根据上下文此处是让步关系，因此though是正确答案。
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