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An Amusing Acting

　　Some plays are so successful that they run(连续上演) for years on end. In many ways this is unfortunate for the poor actors who are required to go on repeating the same lines(台词) night after night. One would expect them to know their parts by heart and heart and never have cause to falter(结结巴巴地说). Yet this is not always the case.

　　A famous actor in a highly successful play was once cast(选……扮演角色) in the role of an aristocrat(贵族) who had been imprisoned(使监禁)in the Bastille for twenty yeas. In the last act a gaoler (看守监狱者) would always come on to the stage with a letter he would hand to the prisoner. Even though the noble was expected to read the letter at each performance he always insisted that it should he written out in full.

　　One night the gaoler decided to play a joke on his colleague to find out if after so many performances he had managed to learn the contents of the letter by heart. The curtain went up on the final act of the play and reveatled the aristocrat sitting alone behind bars in his dark cell. Just then the gaoler appeared with the precious letter in his hands. He entered the cell and presented the letter to the aristocrat. But the copy he gave him had not been written out in full as usual. It was simply a blank sheet of paper. The gaoler looked on eagerly anxious to see if his fellow actor(搭档) had at last learnt his lines. The noble stared at the blank sheet of paper for a few seconds. Then squinting(眯着眼看) his eyes he said:“The light is dim. Read the letter to me.”And he promptly handed the sheet of paper to the gaoler. Finding that he could not remember a word of the letter either the gaoler replied:“The light is indeed dim sire. I must get my glases.”With this he hurried off the stage. Much to the aristocrat's amusement the gaoler returned a few moments later with a pair of glasses and the usual copy of the letter which he proceeded to read to the prisoner.

1．The play in which the two actors took part ________.

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A．had had a highly successful run of twenty years

B．was about the plight(困境) of a nobleman

C．ended with the imprisoment of aristocrat

D．had been performed so often that audiences were bored by it

2．When the aristocrat was presented with a blank sheet of paper ________.

A．he improvised(临时准备) the words which he had forgotten

B．the gaoler was eagerly waiting to take the aristocrat's part

C．he preteneded that the light was not good enough for him to read by

D．he asked the gaoler to fetch him some glasses

3．The gaoler decided to ________ his colleague(同事).

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4．The gaoler ran off the stage because ________.

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A．he went to get his glasses

B．he has made a mistake by taking a black letter

C．he was angry

D．he went to get the usual copy of the letter