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

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

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问题      It is acknowledged that the modem musical show is America’s most original and dynamic contribution toward theater. In the last quarter of 20th century, America has produced large  【21】______   of musical plays that have been popular abroad  【22】______   at home.  【23】______   , it is very difficult to explain  【24】______   is new or  【25】______   American about them, for the  【26】______   are centuries old.
     Perhaps the uniqueness of America’s contribution to the  【27】______   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  【28】______   popularity in 1943. Broadway audience and critics were  【29】______   by its  【30】______   , vitality and excitement. This "new" type of musical was  【31】______   as kind of  【32】______   theater in which the play, the music and lyrics, the dancing, and the scenic background were assembled not merely to provide entertainment and  【33】______   , but to  【34】______   in a single unifying whole to contribute to its unique feature.  【35】______   , it meant that the songs and dances should  【36】______   naturally out of the situations of the story and play an important part in carrying the action  【37】______   . In Oklahoma, an American folk-dance style was organically combined with classical ballet and modem dance. It is fight to say that the musical was a brilliantly integrated performance by the talented dancers and singing actors.
      Oklahoma also marked a new  【38】______   in the choice of story on which a musical is based. Writers and composers began to abandon the sentimentally picturesque or aristocratic setting  【39】______   more realistic stories in authentic social and cultural  【40】______   Oklahoma was based on a "folk" whose story dealt not only with young love but also with the opening of the American West.
【40】
选项 A、circumstances
B、context
C、situation
D、surroundings
答案B
解析 circumstances意为“环境，情况”；context意为“某一事件发生的环境，背景”；situation意为“位置，形势”；surroundings意为“周围的事物，环境”。原文谈到社会和文化背景，相比之下，context更合适。
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