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Reading Practice: Agnes de Mille

With the show Rodeo. Agnes de Mille had been an innovator in the world of ballet. But with the show Oklohomo she revolutionized the Broadway stage-brought to an end the dance line routine of high kicks and mechanized movement. and gave in its place dance and plot smoothly integrated. choreography reinforcing the action. Twenty  five years later. in March. 1968, a New York Times article by theater critic Walter Kerr, headed In the beginning Was Oklahomo stated. 'Oklahomo had a plot. It had to do with whether a boy would succeed in taking a girl to a pioni lunch. At the end of the first half this great issue was still unresolved. so unresolved that its emotional implications had to be danced out at a great length in what remains the most exhilarating dancing. . . ever devised for the United States musical comedy stage.
 
     Tie impact of Okloriomo . was instantaneous. The song 'Beautiful Morning' sounded out vie radios. in restaurants. from cars passing on the highways in shoeshine parlors. Full skirts of gingham patterns. street shoes made to look like ballet slippers. the ponytail hairdo. were the rage. The play ran for five years and nine weeks in New York City. A traveling road company played it for nine and a half years. It also toured abroad for several years. In 1955 it became a movie. A newly assembled all  star company was sent abroad by the State Department as representative of a part of United States culture.
 
     As for Agnes de Mille her days of giving recitals and losing $ 300 to $ 1,000 each time were over. She became the most sought - after choreographer on Broadway.
 
1.What is the author 5 main purpose in the passage?
(A)To explain the background of the song Beautiful Morning
(B)To compare Rodeo and Qklahorna!
(C)To describe Agnes de Mille's success with Oklahoma
(D)To discuss the fashions made popular by Oklahoma
 
2.The author cites Walter Kerr because he was
(A)the composer of the music for Oklahoma!
(B)a dancer who performed with Agnes de Mille
(C)a critic who praised Agnes de Mule' choreography
(D) the owner of The New York Times
 
3.In lines 13 - 14. the expression were the rage could best be replaced by
   (A)created chaos
   (B)made people crazed
   (C)made people angry
   (D) were very popular
 
4. According to the passage. Oklahoma. was selected by the State department to be performed abroad because it was.
(A) considered rather revolutionary
(B) representative of an aspect of American life
(B) poorly received in New York City
(D) an inspiring love story
 
5. The passage implies that prior to Oklahoma!A9nes de Mille had given recitals that were
(A) popular comedy routines
(B) financially unsuccessful
(C) performed at picnics
(D) broadcast over the radio
 
6. According to the passage. what was most significant about do Mille' s work with musicals?
(A) She wrote innovative music.
(B) She integrated dance and plot
(C)  She traveled with her shows
(D)  She ended a stage revolution

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The energy content of food is measured in calories. The calorie is defined as the heat energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water from 14.5 ~ to 15. 5'C. The calorie used in nutrition is sometimes spelled with a capital C to distinguish it from the much smaller energy calorie used in physics and chemistry. But it is more properly called the kilogram - calorie, or kilo-calorie, because it is precisely 1,000 times the smaller unit. or gram - calorie. The energy content of food is stored in the chemical bonds that link its atoms and molecules.
 
1. What is the main subject of the passage?
(A) A branch of chemistry
(B) A type of food
(C) A unit of energy
(D) An alphabet system
 
2. What does the author define in lines 1-2?
(A) The molecule
(B) The kilogram
(C) The kilo-calorie
(D) The gram - calorie
 
3. As compared to the calorie used in nutrition, the calorie used in physics and chemistry
(A) is smaller
(B) is measured more precisely
(C)varies more in its spelling
(C) contains 1,000 more gram- calories
 
4.The word properly is closest in meaning to which of the following?
(A)Cleanly
(B)Modestly
(C)Politely
(D)Correctly
 
5.The word its could best be replaced by
(A)the energy's
(B) the food's
(C) the link's
(D) the molecule's
 
6. What does the passage imply about food with a high calorie content?
(A) It can yield a lot of heat energy
(B It has a high percentage of water
(C)It should be stored only in cool places
(D)It is hotter than food that has fewer calories


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