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Passage1（人文类，难度：中等）

Thedebateovertheoriginsoftheaterisoneoftheoldestinliteraryandculturalstudies.Traditionaltheoriesfallintotwomaincamps:thosethatseetheaterasevolvingfromritualandthosethattraceitsrootstostorytelling.Proponentsoftheritualtheoryarguethattheateroriginatedinthereligiousceremoniesofancientcivilizations,wherechants,dances,andmaskswereusedtoinvokedeitiesorcommemoratesignificantevents.Theserituals,theycontend,graduallybecamemoresecularizedovertime,withthefocusshiftingfromreligiouswors