《2025年高效精练九年级英语上册译林版》

四、阅读理解。
You must have read or heard of the sad love story between Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu. But can you imagine the two singing opera in English instead of speaking poetic Chinese?
Jia and Lin are two characters from the classic Chinese novel A Dream of Red Mansions, written by Cao Xueqin (1715-1763). Now the book has been made into an English-language opera. After being performed in San Francisco, the US, the performance came to Beijing, Changsha and Wuhan in 2017.
Many of the opera's creators have backgrounds in both Chinese and American cultures, including the director and writers. Their understanding of both cultures helped them change a Chinese classic into a foreign-language opera.
The book, which covers the rise and fall of the Jia family, has 120 chapters and hundreds of characters. But opera writer David Henry Hwang cut down the number of characters to just seven. Hwang, a Chinese-American, focused on the love story between Jia and Lin and tried to write a tragedy(悲剧) that everyone would understand.
The art director Timmy Yip, from Hong Kong, tried to help foreign people understand the characters using costumes(服装) and stage decorations. He compared Lin to water and gave her a light green costume. When Lin showed up on stage, there was usually water around her on the stage.
The creators thought the work of introducing a Chinese classic to Western audience was worth doing. Hwang told China Daily he was happy to "have made a contribution(贡献) to the land where my parents were born".
( )1. Where was the opera first performed?
A. In Beijing.
B. In Changsha.
C. In San Francisco.
D. In Wuhan.
( )2. What do we know about A Dream of Red Mansions from Paragraph 4?
A. It is mainly about the rise and greatness of the Qing Dynasty.
B. It tells the happy-ending love story between Jia and Lin.
C. The book is long and rich in characters.
D. The book has seven characters in total.
( )3. The art director compared Lin to water probably because of her ______.
A. dressing style
B. character
C. appearance
D. life habits

答案： 1~3. C C B