外研版高中英語必修5module3adventureinliteratureandthecinema同步測試1(參考版)
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【正文】 Hungary， drawn like so many others by the “Grea t American Dream” ． However，he experienced severe financial hardship when his family business was ruined in the Great Depression of the early 1930s. Miller’s most famous play ， Death of a Salesman， is a powerful attack on the American system， with its aggressive way of doing business and its insistence on money and social status as indicators of Willy Loman， the hero of the play，we see a man who has got into trouble with this is “burnt out” and in the cruel world of business there is no room for sentiment： if he can’t do the work， then he is no good to his employer， the Wagner Company， and he must is painfully aware of this， and at a loss as to what to do with his lack of refuses to face the fact that he has failed and kills himself in the end. When it was first staged in 1949， the play was greeted with enthusiastic reviews，and it won the Tony Award for Best Play， the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award ，and the Pulitzer Prize for was the first play to win all three of these major awards. Miller died of heart failure at his home in Roxbury， Connecticut， on the evening of February 10,2021， the 56th anniversary of the first performance of Death of a Salesman on Broadway. 5． Why did Arthur Miller’s father move to the USA? A． He suffered from severe hunger in his home country. B． He was attracted by the “Great American Dream” ． C． He hoped to make his son a dramatist. D． His family business failed. 6． The play Death of a Salesman ________. A． exposes the cruelty of the American business world B． discusses th
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