专题08 阅读理解（记叙文）（学生版）.docxVIP

专题08阅读理解（记叙文）

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（2025·河南安阳·二模）

VusiMdoyi,ayoungboygrowingupinapoortownshipnearJohannesburginthe1980s,wasfascinatedbythedancemoveshesawaroundhim.Therapidfoottaps,complexkneetwists,andbodyshakescametogetherinauniquestyleknownaspantsula,adanceformthatofferedashortmomentofjoyinthedarkdaysofpoverty.

Atjust5yearsold,Vusibeganimitatingthedancemovesanddisplayedaprecocioustalentforit.By10,heperformedinschoolfestivals.Now,at44,Vusiisacelebrateddancerandchoreographer(编舞者)whohashelpedimprovepantsulafromastreetarttoarespectedglobaldanceform.

In1998,whilestillateenager,VusiparticipatedinworkshopsorganizedbyStepAfrika!,adancecompanythatcombinedAfricanAmericanstepdancingwithtraditionalAfricanstyles.ThisexposuretointernationaldancehelpedVusibecomeproudofpantsula,astylethathadoncebeenignored.

Encouragedbythatrecognitionandthepassiontomakethisartformknowntomorepeople,Vusimadehisfirstoverseastripin2001toteachpantsulainBritain.Thenthefollowingyear,hetouredinternationallywithViaKatlehong,adancecompanyfromhistownship.

Vusi’slatestdance,“TheTatteredSoulofaWorker”,performedinSowetoin2023,reflectshisjourneyandthechallengesofSouthAfricanmigrant(迁移的)workers.Thedancers,dressedinmid-centurysuitsandcarryingbeercrates,criticizethecapitalist(资本主义的)systemthatforcesworkerstoendurehardships.

BlackSouthAfricansbegantotakeuptapdancinginthe1960safterseeingitinAmericanfilms.Thateventuallydevelopedintopantsula,whichstartedintownships,whereBlackSouthAfricanswereforcedtolive.Inthe1990s,Vusiandotherdancersseizedtheopportunitytoturntheirpassionintoart,foreverchangingtheglobalperceptionofdancefromSouthAfrica.

24.WhatinfluencedidVusi’sinvolvementwithStepAfrika!haveonhim?

A．Hewonwidespread