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Back in the 16th century, political plays were all about men. Not now. For some time, American female playwrights have followed

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问题     Back in the 16th century, political plays were all about men. Not now. For some time, American female playwrights have followed the (1)_____ of Wendy Wasserstein, a 50-year-old Brooklyn-born dramatist, whose work has focused (2)_____ family drama and personal (3)_____. Overtly political plays were considered (4)_____ and unfashionable. But this is no longer so often the (5)_____.
    A new generation of female playwrights (6)_____ tackling such subjects (7)_____ racism, rape and apartheid. The quality of these plays has varied (8)_____. The best (9)_____ their subjects with nuance and subtlety, while it is the more controversial productions (10)_____ fall flat. With topical issues now the stuff of shallow, made-for-television movies, audiences are looking to the theatre for something more (11)_____.
    Rebecca Gilman’s previous play, "Spinning into Butter", dealt with white racism in academia; her current drama, "Boy Gets Girl", gives a feminist take on male searching and objectification of women. Kia Corthron has three plays, including "Force Continuum", (12)_____ with racial issues (13)_____ or coming to the New York stage this year. But perhaps the most (14)_____ recent play on political themes to (15)_____ is "The Syringa Tree", a one-woman show about segregation in South Africa in the 1960s, written and (16)_____ by Pamela Glen. (17)_____ the play had trouble (18)_____ an audience when it (19)_____ in September last year, critical acclaim and persistent word-of-mouth followed, gradually (20)_____ to make "The Syringa Tree" one of the city’s most popular offerings.

选项 A、treated
B、treats
C、treat
D、treating
答案C
解析 最好的剧作用细腻的描写刻画了主题。本题测试点为主语单复数的辨别。因为从后面their可以推断是许多剧作品，主语应是复数，因此选treat。
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