单选题 Sentence Completion

Whereas off-Broadway theater over the past several seasons has clearly ______ a talent for experimentation and improvisation, one deficiency in the commercial stage of late has been its marked incapacity for

A、 manifested...spontaneity
B、 lampooned...theatricality
C、 cultivated...orthodoxy
D、 disavowed...histrionics
E、 (E) betrayed...burlesque

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】The off-Broadway and Broadway theaters are contrasted here. The former has manifested or shown a talent for improvisation, extemporaneous or spontaneous performance. The latter has manifested no such talent for spontaneity. Note the use of whereas to establish the contrast.