It can be inferred that the writer might be ______ when the immigration official grinned cheerfully to him.
A. puzzled
B. surprised
C. indifferent
D. happy
It is acknowledged that the modem musical show is America's most original and dynamic contribution toward theater. In the last quarter of 20th century, America has produced large 【21】______ of musical plays that have been popular abroad 【22】______ at home. 【23】______ , it is very difficult to explain 【24】______ is new or 【25】______ American about them, for the 【26】______ are centuries old.
Perhaps the uniqueness of America's contribution to the 【27】______ can best be characterized through brief descriptions of several of the most important and best-known musicals. One of these is surely Oklahoma by Richard Rogers and Oscar Hamerstein. It burst 【28】______ popularity in 1943. Broadway audience and critics were 【29】______ by its 【30】______ , vitality and excitement. This "new" type of musical was 【31】______ as kind of 【32】______ theater in which the play, the music and lyrics, the dancing, and the scenic background were assembled not merely to provide entertainment and 【33】______ , but to 【34】______ in a single unifying whole to contribute to its unique feature. 【35】______ , it meant that the songs and dances should 【36】______ naturally out of the situations of the story and play an important part in carrying the action 【37】______ . In Oklahoma, an American folk-dance style. was organically combined with classical ballet and modem dance. It is fight to say that the musical was a brilliantly integrated performance by the talented dancers and singing actors.
Oklahoma also marked a new 【38】______ in the choice of story on which a musical is based. Writers and composers began to abandon the sentimentally picturesque or aristocratic setting 【39】______ more realistic stories in authentic social and cultural 【40】______ Oklahoma was based on a "folk" whose story dealt not only with young love but also with the opening of the American West.
【21】
A. number
B. amount
C. quantity
D. numbers
One factor that can influence consumers is their mood state. Mood may be defined 【B1】______ a temporary and mild positive or negative feeling that is generalized and not tied 【B2】______ any particular circumstance. Moods should be 【B3】______ from emotions which are usually more intense, 【B4】______ to specific circumstances, and often conscious. 【B5】______ one sense, the effect of a consumer's mood can be thought of in 【B6】______ the same way as can our reactions to the 【B7】______ of our friends -- when our friends are happy and "up", that tends to influence us positively, 【B8】______ when they are "down", that can have a 【B9】______ impact on us. Similarly, consumers operating under a 【B10】______ mood state tend to react to stimuli (刺激因素) in a direction 【B11】______ with that mood state. Thus, for example, we should expect to see 【B12】______ in a positive mood state evaluate products in more of a 【B13】______ manner than they would when not in such a state. 【B14】______ , mood states appear capable of 【B15】______ a consumer's memory.
Moods appear to be 【B16】______ influenced by marketing techniques. For example, the rhythm, pitch, and 【B17】______ of music has been shown to influence behavior. such as the 【B18】______ of time spent in supermarkets or 【B19】______ to purchase products. In addition, advertising can influence consumers' moods which, in 【B20】______ , are capable of influencing consumers' reactions to products.
【B1】
A. as
B. about
C. by
D. with
A.They generally hold bad feelings towards their birth parents.B.They do not want to h
A. They generally hold bad feelings towards their birth parents.
B. They do not want to hurt the feelings of their adoptive parents.
C. They have mixed feelings about finding their natural parents.
D. They are fully aware of the expenses involved in the search.