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文章講解：

①David Belasco’s 1912 Broadway production of?The Governor’s Lady?created a sensation with a scene set in a Child’s cafeteria, a chain restaurant that was an innovator in food standardization and emblematic of modern everyday life. 【事實】②While Belasco’s meticulously detailed reproduction of an immediately recognizable setting impressed the public, it was derided by progressive theater critics who championed the New Stagecraft theories of European artists like Max Reinhardt. ③The New Stagecraft rejected theatrical literalism; it drew inspiration from the subjectivity and minimalism of modern painters, advocating simplified sets designed to express a dramatic text’s central ideas. ④Such critics considered Belasco a craftsman who merely captured surface realities: a true artist eliminated the inessential to create more meaningful, expressive stage images.

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1. The?author?of the passage?implies?which of the following about Belasco’s production of?The Governor’s Lady? 推斷+作者態(tài)度，定位①，答題在②，因為題干要找態(tài)度，而①句是事實。

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A. It was dismissed by certain theater critics who?misunderstood?Belasco’s conception of modernity. NE

B. It was intended to?marshal?elements of the New Stagecraft to serve Belasco’s?predilection?for realistic staging.?相反（陣營）/?NE

C. It demonstrated that theatrical literalism could be used effectively to express a dramatic text’s central ideas. RE/NE

D. It elicited responses that reflected a discrepancy between popular tastes in entertainment and the tastes of progressive theater critics.?

E. It relied on the appeal of an impressively realistic stage set to compensate for?weaknesses in other aspects?of the production. 用現(xiàn)實布景來彌補其他方面的不足。NE

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marshal?整理，引領

predilection?偏好，喜好

2. It can be?inferred?that the?theater critics?would be most likely to?agree?with which of the following statements about the?theatrical productions? 推斷+他人態(tài)度

B

A. Theatrical productions that seek to eliminate the inessential also often eliminate theatrical elements that enhance the expressiveness of a play. NE/RE，③句中這樣人是認為極簡更能反映主旨的

B. Theatrical productions that faithfully recreate the visual details of everyday life are unlikely to do justice to a good play’s central ideas.?

C. Theatrical productions that employ the minimalism characteristic of modern paintings may have?greater appeal?to modern audiences than productions that rely on theatrical literalism. NE

D. Theatrical productions that aim to represent truths about modern life should not attempt to employ elements of the New Stagecraft.?NE/IR/RE

E. Theatrical productions that attempt to produce authentic-looking scenes of everyday reality are likely to fail in that goal because of the theater’s?inherent limitations. NE

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背景拓展：

David Belasco?(July 25, 1853 – May 14, 1931) was an American?theatrical producer,?impresario,?director?and?playwright.?He was the first writer to adapt the short story?Madame Butterfly?for the stage, and he launched the theatrical career of many actors. Belasco pioneered many innovative new forms of stage lighting and special effects in order to create realism and naturalism.

美國演劇史上第一位重要導演，推進寫實主義戲劇發(fā)展的革新人物，主張在舞臺上創(chuàng)造生活幻覺。貝拉斯庫對舞臺燈光非常重視，并且富于實驗精神，他對寫實戲劇如何運用與舞臺燈光創(chuàng)造自然幻覺，進行了大量的、卓有成效的創(chuàng)造性活動。美國戲劇評論家蒙特羅斯·摩西斯給他一個稱號“配電盤心理學家”，以此暗示他的特殊貢獻。盡管貝拉斯庫由于受寫實主義藝術觀支配，對舞臺美術外部形象的創(chuàng)造，沉醉于對自然界照相式效果的追求，而逐漸走向自然主義極端，但是他在推進舞臺燈光發(fā)展方面還是有重要貢獻的。

The Governor's Lady?is a 1912 play written by Alice Bradley, directed by?David Belasco?and produced by Belasco and his son-in-law David Elliott. It is known for its unconventional set.

After previews in?Philadelphia?and?WashingtonThe Governor's Lady?opened at Belasco's?Republic Theatre?in?New York?on September 10, 1912.?Emma Dunn?and Emmett Corrigan starred as Mary and Dan Slade,?Gladys Hanson?played Katherine Strickland and?Milton Sills?played Robert Hayes.?The three-act contemporary domestic drama dealt with topics of rising social status and the then-little-discussed topic of divorce.?The reasonably well-reviewed?and moderately commercially successful play ran 135 performances.?It is primarily known as an example of Belasco's theatrical?naturalism, because?he recreated a?Childs Restaurant?on stage using materials and food from the actual restaurant chain rather than conventional representative stage scenery.