My class will put on a short play in English at the end of the year. Yesterday our English teacher gave us copies of the play.
"Choose a character in the play whom you'd like to be," she told us. "This afternoon learn a few lines of this part for homework. Then tomorrow you can say those lines in front of the class. I'll decide who play each part."
I wanted to have one of the bigger parts in the play, so I choose the part of the king . He has a lot of lines to say. I learned them by heart.
This morning in our English lesson we had to say our lines. I acted the part of the king. When I said my lines, I put a lot of expression into my acting. I thought I acted really well.
Everyone in the class read a part and then the teacher would decide who would play each part .
Many of the students in my class couldn't act at all. They couldn't even read without making lots of mistakes. I was sure that I would get a big part in the play.
However, the teacher gave me the part of a soldier. He has only one line. It is ,"Yes, sir!"
I was very disappointed. At the end of the lesson I went up to her and asked her why I had such a small part.
"You put too much expression in your acting," she said. "Good acting is not big acting . It is acting the audience can believe in.”
I think I know what she means.
What did the boy want to do in the play?

A．To get a small acting part.	B．To organize the play.
C．To get a large acting part.	D．To work the lights.

How did the boy feel when the teacher told the class they would put on a play?

A．Bored

B．Sad

C．Excited

D．Unhappy

Why didn’t the teacher give him the part of the king ?

A．He did not act correctly.

B．He did not know the lines.

C．He was not handsome.

D．He was too short.

What does the underlined word "expression " in the passage mean?

A．表情

B．建议

C．模仿

D．服饰

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