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.
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选项 A、mix
B、join
C、put
D、share

答案D

解析 考查动词辨析。mix“混合”,多为及物动词,用在“mix…with…”中;join in“参与,参加”;put in“提出,停泊”;share in“共享,分摊”。根据文意,音乐剧众多成分集中起来,构成一个整体,形成了它独一无二的特征,最佳答案为D.share。
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