题目内容
Between Virginia and Maryland on the Potomac River lie 1. ________
Washington D.C. It is about 220 miles in the south 2. ________
of New York City. The pleasantest and easiest ways to 3. ________
get there is by long-distance bus, or by the fast
(125-mile-an-hour) train which spends a little more money than 4. ________
the bus journey and a little less money than flying. I could travel far
more than 220 miles to see Washington. It’s not city that has 5. ________
been grown up accidently as most big cities have done. 6. ________
It was carefully planned for the nation’s capital by a 7. ________
Frenchman, Perril Enfant. The city was named 8. ________
George Washington, the much-loved, much-admired,
much-respected first president of the United States. 9. ________
In 1791 he himself arranged to buy the land which it stands. 10. ________
1. lie改为lies
2. in改为to
3. ways改为way
4. spends 改为 costs
5. city 前加上 a
6. 去掉 been
7. for 改为 as
8. named 后加上 after
9. 此行无错
10. 在which 前或stands后加 for
解析:
1.这是一倒装句, 该句的主语是Washington D.C.。
2. Washington D. C. 不在New York City 所属范围内。
3. 主语为单数,从下一行is 可看出。
4. 主语为物,作“花费”解。
5. city 为单数。
6. 句中grow up 的意思是成长,无被动式。
7. 是将Washington D.C. 作为首府
8. 从后半句看,此句的意思是“以……命名”,而非“名叫……”。
9. 此行无错
10. 定语从句用法。
The film “Avatar” has received great popularity around the world. It turned out to be a great success. The film got $1 billion in ticket sales in a very short time. The story in the film happens on an alien planet called Pandora where many strange species live. Among the planet’s inhabitants(居民,栖息动物),the one that has the most similarities with humans is the Na’vi, and it is the struggle between the Ma’vi and human invaders(入侵者) that forms the story of the film.
As to the factors(因素) leading to the film’s success, many think that the entertaining feast(盛宴) for the eyes and the wonderful story shouldn’t be forgotten, but the new language invented especially for the film which provides audiences with a new experience also plays an important part.
In order to increase the truthfulness of an alien race(外星人), the film’s director James Cameron asked an expert in languages from the University of Southern California to invent a language for the Na’vi. Professor Paul Frommer combined the languages spoken among Indians, Africans and mid-Asians and worked with James Caneron for four years to create the Na’vi language based on the original 30 words that the director had already come up with.
According to Professor Frommer, the most important characteristic of the Na’vi language is that it could be pronounced. “This is an alien language but obviously it has to be spoken by human actors and actresses,” Professor Frommer told the BBC, “it has to sound natural and it should make human beings comfortable when using it.”
The language has a vocabulary of around 1000 words but Professor Formmer hopes to enlarge the vocabulary in possible follow-ups to the film and in video games. The professor hopes that one day his creation will be as successful as the Klingon alien language from the “Star Trek”films. “There’s a translation of Hamlet into Klingon and it has received great popularity among the audiences,” says Professor Frommer,“if anything like this happens to the Na’vi language, I’d be very happy.”
【小题1】What do we know about“Avatar” from this passage?
A.The story in it is a moving love story. |
B.It brings the producer $1 billion in total. |
C.The story in it happens on an alien planet. |
D.It talks about humans and aliens’ friendship. |
A.make the film a whole mystery |
B.make the Na’vi more believable |
C.make the Na’vi different from humans |
D.make the film have specific characteristics |
A.Paul Frommer. | B.An Indian. | C.James Cameron | D.Hamlet. |
A.it can be spoken by humans |
B.it has just 30 original words |
C.it has a vocabulary of 1000 words. |
D.it is like the Klingon alien language |
A.James Cameron will produce follow-ups to “Avatar” |
B.the Na’vi language is another kind of the Klingon language |
C.the director believes the Na’vi language will be popular |
D.Paul Frommer hopes to add new words to the Na’vi language |