Question

【题目】The film starts out as a normal day at a typical American high school. Friends chat in the dining room and boys play football. But there's a big surprise when the movie with two students going crazy in the 1 shooting and killing people.

This is “Elephant”，filmed in just 20 days； it stars real high school kids. American Gus Van Sant had no ready-made lines (台词). The student actors their own dialogue，with Van Sant asking them to base their characters on their own .

it may not sound very high quality, the won the Golden Palm (金棕榈奖)for Best Film and the award for Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 25. The film is based on the at a high school in the US，where two boys killed 13 people and then themselves in 1999. The of the movie refers to the old expression about a problem that's as hard to ignore (忽略)as an elephant in the house.

The film takes a close look at a few hours in the lives of the victims(受害者)and the . It shows how high school is a experience for everyone—fun and friendly, or hard and . In many ways, the two , who carry out the shooting, act like ordinary kids. They joke around with one boy's mother as serves them cakes and play the piano. But，there are hints (暗示)of the 30 they feel inside. One of the most boys is bullied (欺负)at school. The other plays video games. But Van Sant isn't their killings on either bullying or violent video games. In fact, the film doesn't offer any for why school violence happens.

“ I didn't want to anything. It's up to the to draw its own conclusions, ” said the 51 -year-old director.

【1】A. deals B. begins C. ends D. agrees

【2】A. school B. country C. city D. room

【3】A. writer B. actor C. director D. student

【4】A. made of B. made up C. carried on D. spoke of

【5】A. lives B. movies C. friends D. families

【6】A. Because B. When C. If D. Although

【7】A. arts B. music C. wine D. film

【8】A. playing B. shooting C. fighting D. teaching

【9】A. actors B. director C. killers D. title

【10】A. killers B. teachers C. children D. people

【11】A. different B. same C. happy D. sad

【12】A. lovely B. happy C. lonely D. excited

【13】A. teachers B. boys C. actors D. girls

【14】A. they B. he C. it D. she

【15】A. hunger B. surprise C. joy D. anger

【16】A. sexy B. lively C. violent D. healthy

【17】A. making B. praising C. discussing D. blaming

【18】A. reason B. help C. introduction D. information

【19】A. understand B. write C. promise D. explain

【20】A. audience B. students C. killers D. listeners

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】C

【4】B

【5】A

【6】D

【7】D

【8】B

【9】D

【10】A

【11】A

【12】C

【13】B

【14】D

【15】D

【16】C

【17】D

【18】A

【19】D

【20】A

【解析】

【1】第一句话讲述了电影开始的场景，故此句应该是结束的场景。

【2】通过前面我们可以得知这里讲述的是在学校里发生的事情，故选A。

【3】通过后面的内容可知是导演。

【4】既然没有事先准备好的台词，所以演员要自己编写对话，make up编造，符合句意。

【5】台词的编写不是随便的，导演要求在自己实际生活的基础上编写。故A合适。

【6】设空后先说质量不高，又说获了很多奖，可知应用although引导让步状语从句，故选D。

【7】这篇文章讲述的是《大象》这部电影，故选D。

【8】由紧接着的定语从句中的kill可知选B。

【9】根据后面的the old expression可以判断选D。

【10】与受害者相对应的就是谋杀者( killers)。

【11】根据后面的形容词可以判断是不一样的。

【12】前面的有趣和友好都是指“好”的方面，那后面的应该是“不好”的方面，选项中只有C符合。

【13】根据下文one of the boys可以判断选B合适。

【14】根据上下文可知这里指的是一个男孩的母亲，故用she合适。

【15】此处指的是能引发谋杀的心情，故应该是气愤。

【16】既然是与谋杀有关，当然打的电子游戏也应该是有关暴力的( violent)。

【17】blame. . . on. . . 表示“把……归咎于……”。

【18】与后面的why相对应。

【19】此处表达导演的想法：不想解释(explain)什么。

【20】be up to sb. 表示“由某人决定”，此处既然导演不想解释什么，那么就把决定权交给了观看电影的观众，故选A。