题目内容
Robert Altman’s films were different from the usual methods of Hollywood movie storytelling. In the 1940s, he started his film career directing industrial movies in his hometown of Kansas City, Missouri. Later, he moved to Hollywood, California, to make television shows.
His first major film, MASH, was released in 1970. It tells about a group of American medical workers in an army hospital in Korea during the Korean War in the 1950s. The movie was a great success. It questioned the rules of the military in a way that was sharply funny and clever.
Robert Altman continued to make movies with strong political and social points. His next major movie, Nashville, came out in 1975. This movie provides a complex (not simple) look at changes in the country music industry.
Robert Altman’s movies have a very special style. Often, his actors speak so naturally that it is hard to believe they are performing. Altman liked his actors to be free to make up their own lines. Altman wanted to copy the way people talked and acted in real life. And he was willing to fight with movie studio businessmen to make sure that he had total creative (有创造力的) control over his work.
Even as an old man, Robert Altman continued to make movies. Many of his 33 films were nominated (提名) for Academy Awards, including The Player and Gosford Park. Robert Altman died in November in Los Angeles, California. He was 81 years old.
1.According to the passage, Altman was ______.
A. a writer B. an actor C. a director D. a soldier
2.Robert Altman began to make films ______.
A. in the 1940s B. in the 1950s C. in 1970 D. in 1975
3.What is special about Altman’s films is that ______.
A. they were all industrial films
B. they were true to life
C. they were films with strong political points
D. many of them were nominated for Academy Awards
4.The passage mainly tells us that ______.
A. the Korean War took place in the 1950s
B. Robert Altman made his first major film in 1970
C. Robert Altman’s films have a different style
D. Robert Altman received many Academy Awards
5.The best title for this passage should be ______.
A. Robert Altman - Director of Special Style Movie
B. Some Famous Films from Hollywood
C. How Robert Altman Directed His Films
D. Actors in the Films of Robert Altman
1.C
2.A
3.B
4.C
5.A
【解析】略
Almost 55,000 people who have had a major impact on British society are profiled in a new 60-volume book that has taken 12 years to compile.
It has cost more than £25 million and taken 10,000 writers to update the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Murder victims Stephen Lawrence and James Bulger are among those joining the likes of Queen Victoria and Gandhi.
The new version of the dictionary, which was founded in 1882, costs £7,500 and takes up 12 feet of shelf space.
Projects director Robert Faber said Stephen Lawrence was included because his death triggered "dramatic developments in British policing and social policy".
Women make up 10% of the entries - double the previous share - and include Queen Elizabeth I, Dusty Springfield, Linda McCartney and Virginia Woolf, whose father compiled the first edition.
Alongside the famous names are lesser known individuals such as the inventor of snooker, army reservist (预备役军人) Neville Chamberlain.
Stephen Lawrence and James Bulger were both included because of the "overwhelming soul-searching (真挚的自我反省、深思) and examination of education and social policy" which followed their deaths.
Mr Faber said: "These are not just people who were killed but people who had an impact. Jill Dando is there as much for her career but also because her death became a public event.
"So many of these people have seized the public imagination and have contributed to public debate."?
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2.It can be inferred that Jill Dando _____.
A.died in a case of murder which drew the public much attention |
B.isn’t included in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |
C.is the director of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |
D.is included in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography only for her death |
3._____ are collected in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
A.Those who were murdered in history |
B.Those who have shaped Britain |
C.Those who are famous all over the world |
D.Those who live in Britain |
4.How much does a volume of the new version cost on average?
A.More than £25million. |
B.More than £400, 000. |
C.£7, 500. |
D.£125 |