問題詳情

Ⅳ、閱讀測驗(Ⅰ)： 30％
(A) One of Taiwan’s most unique art forms is budaisi. It’s a form of folk art that goes back hundreds of years and has seen a lot of ups and downs. Originating in Fujian province in China about 250 years ago, puppet shows were originally put on during temple festivals to amuse audiences. The shows combined music, colorful costumes, well-loved stories, and the graceful puppets themselves.In Taiwan, the classic Chinese stories familiar to local audiences were changed during the colonial Japanese era, and they were required to take on a strong Japanese flavor, so the popularity of Budaisi declined. After the defeat of the Japanese and their withdrawal from the island, puppetry started to regain popularity as the old Chinese stories were re-introduced, often with new, grotesque characters and special audio-visual effects. In 1970, The Scholar Swordsman caused a sensation when it was launched as a TV series, something unheard of for a puppet show. Each episode was eagerly discussed, and to this day its TV ratings have yet to be surpassed.Sadly, in the late-1970s the government decided to interfere by implementing a number of restrictions, which meant that the days of puppetry on TV were numbered. The popularity of puppetry once again declined until the advent of video cassettes in the 1980s. Then the 1990s saw a new style of puppetry, born with strong local flavor, special effects, loud music, and colorful costumes. It was hugely popular and resulted in a TV channel dedicated to puppetry. (教二)
46. What is the writer’s purpose for writing the passage?
(A) To explain why children don’t play with puppets anymore.
(B) To explain why puppets are only popular in Asia.
(C) To teach people about how television killed puppetry.
(D) To illustrate the history of a traditonal Taiwanese form of art.

參考答案

答案：D[無官方正解]
難度：非常困難0
統計：A(0),B(2),C(0),D(6),E(0)

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