2024届高考英语一轮总复习必修第二册Unit4HistoryandTraditions单元主题训练.docVIP

PAGE UNIT 4 单元主题训练 Ⅰ.阅读理解 eq \a\vs4\al(?2023·惠州高三检测?)Many older people around the world have at least one common concern: How to get younger people, hooked on their electronic devices, interested in classic literature. Take the Monkey King, or Sun Wukong, as an example. The main character in the 16th-century classic novel, Journey to the West, is a romantic figure of bravery and adventure that charmed millions of readers before the appearance of online attractions. Havoc in Heaven, a new Beijing Opera film, attracted the wider public to the glamor of the traditional Chinese performance art, featuring one of the best-known chapters from Journey to the West. This film, expected to create a new channel to promote Beijing Opera, includes nearly all the key ingredients of Beijing Opera. It covers all the basic techniques, more than 10 classic tunes, and makeup for dozens of facial representations of different figures characteristics. Its actually a big challenge to combine Beijing Opera and film, each of which has its own rhythm, according to Cheng Lu, director of the film, who is adopting a fresh approach to present the traditional art form. One challenge that Cheng and his production team faced is how to balance the new approach with maintaining the fundamentals of the art. The basic principles and performance skills in Beijing Opera cannot be changed. Some background images on stage, such as a painted waterfall, remain, and a live band was on the set to provide sound for the film, rather than employing the prerecorded music. “If we change traditions to cater to peoples taste and preference for a regular film, it will no longer be a Beijing Opera piece of art，” Cheng said. On the other hand, some creativity was needed because Cheng and his team did not just want to document a stage performance. Computer technology is also applied to achieve some visual effects and to present impossible scenes. Beijing Opera films played a powerful role in the 1960s and 1970s, but the