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  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   1   with two students going crazy in the   2   shooting and killing people.

  This is“Elephant”.Filmed in just 20 days, it stars real high school kids.American   3   Gus Van Sant had no ready made lines(台词).The student actors   4  their own dialogue, with Van Sant asking them to base their characters on their own   5  

    6   it may not sound very high quality, the film won the Palmed' Or(金棕榈奖)for Best Film and the award for Best Director at the Cannes   7   festival in France on May 25.

  The film is based on the   8   at a high school in the US, where two boys   9   13 people and then themselves in 1999.

  The title of the   10   refers to the old expression about a   11   that's as hard to ignore 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   12  .It shows how high school is a different experience for everyone-fun and friendly, or hard and   13  

  In many ways, the two boys, who carry out the shooting, act like ordinary   14  .But, there are hints(暗示)of the   15   they feel inside.One of the boys is bullied at school.The other plays violent   16   games.But Van Sant isn't   17   their killings on either bullying or violent video games.In fact, the film doesn't offer any   18   for why school violence happens.

  “I didn't want to   19   anything.It's up to the audience to draw its own   20  ,”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.

studies

B.

shootings

C.

interests

D.

heroes

(9)

[  ]

A.

surrounded

B.

hit

C.

killed

D.

scolded

(10)

[  ]

A.

passage

B.

magazine

C.

movie

D.

newspaper

(11)

[  ]

A.

story

B.

murder

C.

problem

D.

thought

(12)

[  ]

A.

killers

B.

teachers

C.

children

D.

people

(13)

[  ]

A.

lovely

B.

happy

C.

lonely

D.

excited

(14)

[  ]

A.

actors

B.

kids

C.

murderers

D.

players

(15)

[  ]

A.

hunger

B.

surprise

C.

joy

D.

anger

(16)

[  ]

A.

sports

B.

video

C.

puzzle

D.

card

(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.

attention

B.

pictures

C.

conclusions

D.

cartoons

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The film starts out at a normal day in a typical American high school. Friends 1_______ in the dining room and boys play football. But there's a big surprise when the movie 2 ________ with two students going crazy in the 3 ________ -shooting and killing people.

This is "Elephant", 4 ________ in just 20 days; it stars real high school kids. American 5 ________ Gus Van Sant had no ready made lines(台词). The student actors made up their own 6 _______, with Van Sant asking them to base their characters on their own 7 ________.

8 ________ it may not sound very high quality, the 9 ________ won the Palme d'Or(金棕榈奖)for Best Film and the award for Best Director at the Cannes film festival in 10 ________ on May 25. The film is based on the 11 ________ at a high school in the US, where two boys killed 13 people and then themselves in 1999. The 12 ________ 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 killers. It shows how high school is a 13 ________ experience for everyone-fun and friendly, or hard and lonely. In many ways, the two 14________ who carry out the shooting, act like ordinary kids. They joke around with one boy's mother as 15 ________ serves them cakes and play the piano.

But, there are hints(暗示)of the 16 ________ they feel inside. One of the boys is bullied(欺负)at school. The other plays 17________ video games. But Van Sant isn't 18 ________ their killings on either bullying or violent games. In fact, the film doesn't offer any reason for why school violence happens. "I didn't want to 19 ________ anything. It's up to the 20________ to draw its own conclusions," said the 51-year-old director.

1. A. chat B. sleep C. swim D. fight

2. A. start B. ends C. begin D. talk

3. A. cinema B. church C. school D. station

4. A. discussed B. lasted C. shown D. filmed

5. A. President B. director C. film D. actor

6. A. faces B. dialogue C. mind D. clothes

7. A. teachers B. parents C. lives D. family

8. A. Since B. Because C. although D. However

9. A. victim B. boys C. film D. director

10. A. France B. Germany C. Hong Kong D. Australia

11. A. playing B. fighting C. teaching D. shooting

12. A. actors B. director C. killers D. title

13. A. different B. same C. happy D. sad

14. A. teachers B. boys C. actors D. girls

15. A. they B. he C. it D. she

16. A. shock B. anger C. joy D. sorrow

17. A. sexy B. lively C. violent D. healthy

18. A. blaming B. praising C. scolding D. spending

19. A. tell B. show C. explain D. stop

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

 

 

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