2025中考英语阅读题压轴题常见主题：puppet (皮影) play
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Every Saturday, Wang Weifang puts on a play with his friends in a small town near Xi’an. The audience (观众) can hear them, but they cannot see them. That is because they are putting on a shadow puppet (皮影) play.
Shadow puppets are made of hard leather (皮革). The leather is cut out in the shape of a person, an animal or an object. Each puppet is painted in bright colors and put on a stick. Some puppets have movable arms and legs.
During a shadow puppet play, Wang stands behind a white screen with lights behind it. The audience sit in front of the screen. Wang and his friends hold the puppets very close to the screen so that the audience can see the puppets’ shadows clearly. Then they move the puppets around and do the voices of the different characters.
Shadow puppet play is a kind of ancient Chinese art. Now with TV and films, shadow puppet plays are not as popular as before. Wang and his friends often work very hard for little money, but they do not mind. They want to keep this traditional art form alive.
阅读短文，回答下列问题。
61. What are the shadow puppets made of?
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62. Is each puppet painted in bright colors?
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63. Where does Wang stand during a shadow puppet play?
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64. Why do Wang and his friends still work hard on shallow puppet plays without much money?
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65. What’s the best title of the passage?
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答案解析：
61. The shadow puppets are made of hard leather.
解析：文章中明确提到“Shadow puppets are made of hard leather.”，所以答案是硬皮革。
62. Yes, it is.
解析：文中写道“Each puppet is painted in bright colors”，所以答案是肯定的。
63. Wang stands behind a white screen with lights behind it.
解析：原文“During a shadow puppet play, Wang stands behind a white screen with lights behind it.”清晰说明了王在皮影戏表演时所站的位置。
64. Because they want to keep this traditional art form alive.
解析：文章最后提到“Wang and his friends often work very hard for little money, but they do not mind. They want to keep this traditional art form alive.”，解释了他们不介意钱少仍努力工作的原因是想让这种传统艺术形式存续。
65. Shadow Puppet Play
解析：整篇文章主要围绕皮影戏展开，介绍了皮影戏的制作、表演以及面临的现状等，所以“Shadow Puppet Play”这个标题能够很好地概括文章的主要内容。
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