Question

Have you experienced the 2009’s Oscar best movie called Slum-dog Millionaire （《贫民富翁》）?

This film is about a poor Indian boy from the slums （贫民窟）, Jamal, who ends up winning the grand prize in a show— “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?”. The night before he answers the prize-winning questions, Jamal is arrested by the police and hurt severely. They don't believe a slumdog like Jamal can answer seven questions correctly and possibly win 20 million rupees. But, as the movie unfolds, Jamal let out the secret how he found the answers to each of the questions. Viewers also learn about Jamal's childhood, his selfish older brother Salim, and his childhood love, Latika.

The movie's point, however, is not just to tell a typical story of an underdog （弱者） who becomes a hero. The director also uses Slum-Dog Millionaire to give viewers a taste of India. The movie begins in Jamal's childhood home in the slums of India. The place where he and his family lived reminds one of the hutong that used to make up a large part of old Beijing. Jamal and his brother grow and travel across India, meanwhile surviving as slum-dogs and cheaters, and India ages with them. By the time Jamal is 17 or 18, his old home has been replaced by a giant  financial center. Jamal and Salim take a moment to recall about their old lives, as they stand high up in a tall building that is still under construction. That view from above reminded me of a similar view I had just two years ago in China: I was standing there in the living room of a family friend's modern apartment, looking out through a window, down to some shacks （简陋的房屋） below, just next to the building complex. It was amazing how riches and poverty could live so close together.    

The thing that was most appealing about the movie, to me and my Indian friends, was how we could understand the story presented in the movie. More important than the story was the window on the social and economic situations in Asia that it provided.

1．Which of the following is TRUE about the movie?

       A．Jamal finally won a big prize after struggling hard to earn an honest living.

       B．Suspected （怀疑）of cheating, Jamal was arrested by the police before winning the prize.

       C．With tall buildings being built up everywhere, slums in India have disappeared.

       D．Jamal remained in his childhood home in the slums before he was 17 or 18.

2．Viewers can learn from the movie EXCEPT __________.

       A．Jamal’s childhood and his bitter experience of wandering across the country

       B．the rapid social changes and economic development in India

       C．the poor life of people in the slums against the development of cities in India

       D．the secret of becoming a millionaire through personal struggle

3．Why does the movie appeal to the writer?

       A．It’s a typical story of the underdog who becomes a hero, which she admires most.

       B．It’s an Oscar best movie that helps her understand the human nature.

       C．It has an exciting and complicated plot that attracts her very much.

       D．It reminds her of her experience in China and helps her know about Asian countries like India.

4．The writer wrote the passage to____________.

       A．introduce a movie to readers and share her views about it.

       B．persuade more viewers to go to the cinema to see the movie.

       C．express her enthusiasm towards Asia and its culture.

       D．reveal the true social reality in most developing countries.

Answer 1

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