2013年高考英语适应性训练之阅读理解17
阅读理解
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
A
In the reception hall of the British Royal Academy of Dance are displayed the statues of four outstanding female d ancers. The stone sculpture of Dai Ailian is one of them. At the unveiling ceremony(揭幕典礼), she said with deep feeling, “The honor belongs to my motherland.”The words from the bottom of her heart may explain well her dancing career.
Dai Ailian was born in Trinidad and Tobago, an independent republic in the West Indies in 1916, with her forefathers living abroad for many years. In 1930, she went to London to study dance. Many famous dancers such as Anton Dolin, Rudolf Laban and Mary Wigman had been her teachers. Though ballet and modern dance were not well connected at that time, Dai Ailian learned both of them. This is of great significance to her later