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  3. It is acknowledged that the modern musical show is America’s most original and dynamic contribution toward theater. In the last

It is acknowledged that the modern musical show is America’s most original and dynamic contribution toward theater. In the last

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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.
【C20】
选项 A、circumstances
B、context
C、situation
D、surroundings
答案B
解析 词汇类试题；上下文类试题。circumstances意思是“环境，情况”；context意思是“某一事件发生的环境，背景”；situation意思是“位置，形势”；surroundings意思是“周围的事物，环境”；原文是说社会和文化背景，相比之下，context更合适。
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