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Hollywood wrong about Gladiators

  It was thumbs(大拇指) down at the British Museum, in London, for the Hollywood history of gladiatorial combat(格斗), from Quo Vadis through Ben-Hur and Spartacus to this year's blockbuster Gladiator.

  According to Ralph Jackson, British curator(馆长) of the first major exhibition on the true history of the Roman games, no thumb was ever turned down to condemn a gladiator to death; no gladiator ever bellowed(怒吼) in the arena “We who are about to die salute you!”; the bloodied losers were carried off carefully on stretchers(担架), not dragged away with hooks(钩子).

  Most shockingly of all, relatively few died and many lived on to the ripe old age of 35. “The sign for death was a thumb raised,” said Dr Jackson, a historical consultant on the blockbuster film Gladiator, which did at least get this bit right.

  “The sign far life was probably the thumb hidden away behind the other fingers. As for the shout of ‘We who are about to die’, we can only find one reference to one fighter saying it on one occasion, and that was not in the arena.”

  Where Gladiator erred(犯错), he said, was in the spectacle of an amphitheater heaving with gladiators engaged in mass warfare: great movie scene, had history. In reality, gladiators fought in pairs, in highly choreographed bouts(设计好了的动作回合), which ended not with one man being chopped(剁) into cat's meat but signaling(发信号) surrender: most of the complaints by Roman writers were not that the games were barbarous(野蛮的), but that they were boring.

  Gladiators, after years of training and wearing expensive handmade armour, capable of winning small fortunes in prize money and large fortunes in bets, were valuable commodities. “I am not suggesting that the owners looked after their gladiators out of the goodness of their hearts,” said co-curator Paul Roberts.” But they were very costly(昂贵的) property, they were well taken care of, and the owners were shouting for then to win, net to be killed.” The exhibition, which originated in Germany but has been expanded in London, brings together an unprecedented(空前的) collection of gladiatorial items from 22 museums in Europe, ranging from cheap souvenirs sold to fans in gift shops at the amphitheaters, to a 2.5-tonne marble grave slab from near Pompeii.

  It records the first recorded outbreak of stadium violence, when a fight started in the amphitheater(竞技场) at Pompeii between supporters of the home team and the visitors, which led to a riot in the town and the games being banned for 10 years.

  The two most embarrassed warriors in history were on display at the British Museum yesterday, and will be making sporadic(零星的) appearances during the exhibition.

  Blushing under cover of their massive bronze helmets, and tottering(蹒跚的) under 18 kg of kit, were Tim Chamberlain and Tim Clark, the only members of the museum staff who fitted into the replica armour recreated by a German archaeologist from real sword-slashed pieces found in excavations. In fact, the two Tims, though in their 20s, would in historical terms have been getting on a bit as gladiators.

Questions

1.What is the comment of Ralph Jackson on the film?

2.Why didn't the gladiators' owners kill their gladiators?

答案:
解析:

  Answers:

  1.It's a good film of splendid scene but its history is poor.

  2.Because the gladiators were costly property, they were well taken care of, and the owners were shouting for them to win, not to be killed.


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           When sailors are allowed ashore (登岸) after a long time at sea, they sometimes get drunk and cause trouble. 1 this reason, the navy (海军) 2 has its police in big ports. 3 sailors cause trouble, the police come and      4them.

           One day, the police in a big seaport received a telephone call 5 a bar(酒吧)in the town. The barman said that a big sailor had got drunk and      6 the furniture in the bar. The officer 7 the police guard that     evening said that he 8 immediately.                   

       Now, officers who 9 and punish the sailors who were      10 drunk usually choose 11 policeman they could find to go with them.      12 this particular officer did not do this. Instead, he chose the smallest and 13 man he could find to go to the bar with him and 14 the sailor.   Another officer who      15 there was surprised when he saw the officer of the guard choose      16 small man. 17 he said to him. "Why 18 you take     a big man with you? You have to fight the sailor who 19."    

                   

       "Yes, you are 20 right," answered the officer of the guard. "That is exactly      21 I 22 this small man. If you saw two policemen coming      23 you, and one of them was 24 the other, which one      25 you attack(攻击)?"                   

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
  

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Mr Parker was living in the country , and he wanted to go to an office in the city one day . He 1 the address on a letter, got 2 his car and 3 to the city . He drove straight to the office without any 4 and stopped his car 5 the office. He locked his car and 6 to go into his office, but suddenly he turned around and went back to his car . He remembered that he 7 his keys in it ! He telephoned his wife and said, “ 8 , I ’ve locked my keys in my car . Please 9 me your keys .”

Mrs Parker got into their 10 car and drove twenty miles to 11 her husband. But 12 Mr Parker was waiting for his wife, he walked 13 his car and tried the other 14 . It was not locked ! Mr Parker locked it 15 before his wife arrived.

                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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A.looked

     
  

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B.answer

     
  

C.matter

     
  

D.difficult

     
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D.Don’t smile at me

     
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C.carry

     
  

D.show

     
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  Tadatoyo Yamamoto is a Japanese businessman.He  1 the US from time to time.While he was  2 at a hotel on a visit to Chicago,he put his bag on the  3 .A few minutes  4 ,Mr Yamamoto reached down for it,but it was  5 .Inside it were about 900,his passport(护照),  6 of his family,and his  7 tickets to Japan.

   But three weeks  8 he returned to Tokyo,Mr Yamamoto  9 an envelope.There was  10 inside but his passport,his airline tickets,photos of his family and  11 orders for more than 900 and a  12 from Mr Joseph Loveras.It said:

  “I  13 this money order and the things will make you believe in the  14 of Chicago.”

    The next  15 he travelled to the US,Mr Yamamoto  16 Mr Loveras.He was a 67-year-old sick man with a total  17 of 493 a month.

    He explained that he  18 the bag on a street corner and  19 the money and the tickets in the top part of the  20 .He changed the money into money orders and  21 his own money to send it to Japan.

    Mr Yamamoto was very  22 by what Mr Loveras had done. “I asked him  23 he would go to all the trouble to return  24 to me.He told me that if he had not done it,it would have made him feel bad for the rest of his  25 .”

    Now they have become friends,and Mr Yamamoto visits Mr Loveras every time he is in the US.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

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6.   

  

  

  

  

  

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A.information   

  

B.photos   

  

C.names   

  

D.letters   

  

7.   

  

  

  

  

  

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A.coming   

  

B.return   

  

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A.when   

  

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C.hope   

  

D.learn   

  

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B.hotels   

  

C.police   

  

D.people   

  

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C.called at   

  

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B.got   

  

C.wasted   

  

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22.   

  

  

  

  

  

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C.moved   

  

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A.how   

  

B.when   

  

C.whether   

  

D.why   

  

24.   

  

  

  

  

  

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A.things   

  

B.everything   

  

C.the bag   

  

D.the money   

  

25.   

  

  

  

  

  

[  ]   

  

A.life   

  

B.country   

  

C.city   

  

D.family   

  

In the middle of the night, Peter’s wife suddenly fell ill. She couldn’t help crying, “Oh, my stomach! Get the   1    !”

Peter, awaking from a deep sleep, thought his wife was only having a    2    dream.

“Stop that noise, ” he said to her. He turned over and tried to go to   3   again, but his wife still cried out, “On, help! help! I’m sure I’m   4    . ”

Peter got out of bed and started   5    , but he could not find him any clothes.

“Where is my shirt? ” he asked. His wife was   6    ill to tell him, and she could only cry, “Oh, my    7   stomach!”

As soon as he had put his clothes    8    , he said, “Now, my dear, are you quite   9  

that you need the doctor?  Surely you can wait   10   morning, can’t you? ”

“No, I can’t. Go, go, go, ”his wife shouted, “    11    you will find me dead    12  

the morning. ”

So Peter went out into the dark street. He had only gone a few meters   13   he heard his wife calling him again.

“I’m   14   again now, and I shall not want the doctor, ” she said, softly.

Hearing this, he started running as   15    as he could towards the doctor’s. When he arrived there, he knocked at the door loudly enough to wake   16    around.

The doctor put his sleepy head out of the bedroom window and said, “Er?  Who’s there? ”

“Oh, Doctor, ”Peter called up to him, “I’ve very   17    news for you. My wife    18  

ill with a terrible stomachache. I was on my way to bring you to her, but she called me back to say the trouble had suddenly   19    her. So you need not come. Go back to    20   now, and sleep well!”

1. A. driver                                   B. nurse

C. doctor                                     D. child

2. A. terrible                                     B. interesting

C. surprising                                    D. wonderful

3. A. bed                                       B. sleep

C. dream                                       D. hospital

4. A. walking                                   B. dying

C. aching                                       D. sleeping

5. A. dressing                                   B. wearing

C. raising                                       D. working

6. A. very                                         B. so

C. too                                         D. quite

7. A. good                                     B. bad

C. wrong                                       D. poor

8. A. down                                    B. off

C. on                                        D. up

9. A. surprised                                      B. afraid

C. certain                                         D. worried

10. A. before                                    B. for

C. to                                            D. until

11. A. and                                      B. but

C. so                                         D. or

12. A. after                                    B. in

C. before                                       D. until

13. A. after                                    B. when

C. before                                       D. while

14. A. good                                    B. wrong

C. all right                                     D. right

15. A. fast                                     B. slowly

C. hurriedly                                     D. happily

16. A. everyone                                  B. someone

C. no one                                         D. doctors

17. A. good                                    B. bad

C. necessary                                    D. ill

18. A. fell                                         B. stayed

C. grew                                       D. failed

19. A. gone off                                   B. missed

C. pleased                                      D. left

20. A. your home                                 B. your bedroom

C. your dream                                  D. bed

 

I walked into the grocery store, not really wanting to buy anything. I just wanted to stay there quietly — the pain of losing my  11 was still too great. And this supermarket held so many sweet  12 . He often came with me, and always bought me yellow roses.

Standing  13 the meat, I searched for the perfect small steak  14 my husband used to love it.  15 a woman came up beside me. I watched as she picked up a large pack of T-bone steaks, dropped them in her basket,  16 , and then put them back. She turned to go and once again  17 for the pack of steaks. She saw me  18 her and she smiled. “My husband loves T-bone steaks, but they are so expensive.”

“My husband  19 away eight days ago,” I told her, and  20 to control the sadness in my voice, “Buy him the T-bone steaks. And  21 every moment you have together.”

22 by my words, she placed the steaks in her basket and walked away  23 . But several minutes later she came towards me again,  24 a package in her arms. She was  25 the brightest smile I had ever seen.

As she  26 , I saw what she held. “These are for you,” she placed three beautiful yellow roses in my hands. I wanted to tell her what the roses  27 for me, but, unable to speak, only watching her walking away.

Looking down at the roses, I wondered  28 she knew it. Suddenly the answer seemed so  29 . I wasn’t alone. There were  30 many people caring for me and willing to help me. Just be thankful for what you have and who you are.

11.     A. father                                       B. brother                                          C. husband                                     D. son

12.     A. groceries                             B. memories                                 C. flowers                                        D. dreams

13.     A. by                                                    B. for                                                        C. beyond                                         D. against

14.     A. even if                                      B. in case                                             C. until                                                   D. since

15.     A. Actually                                   B. Suddenly                                 C. Instantly                                    D. Hopefully

16.     A. missed                                      B. suffered                                     C. doubted                                      D. hesitated

17.     A. reached                                     B. searched                                    C. sent                                                   D. paid

18.     A.  following                             B. helping                                          C. watching                                  D. stopping

19.     A. broke                                           B. cleared                                         C. moved                                             D. passed

20.     A.  decided                                 B. fought                                              C. offered                                         D. pretended

21.     A.  forget                                         B. recover                                         C. treasure                                   D. imagine

22.     A. Surprised                             B. Embarrassed                       C. Panicked                                  D. Frightened

23.     A. softly                                        B. violently                                     C. silently                                          D. wildly

24.     A. fastening                             B. carrying                                     C. picking                                        D. opening

25.     A. covering                                 B. rolling                                              C. spreading                                D. wearing

26.     A. approached                        B. turned                                              C. continued                                D. bent

27.     A. smelled                                      B. tasted                                                  C. collected                                     D. meant

28.     A. what                                            B. how                                                   C. whether                                     D. when

29.     A. accidental                         B. strange                                         C. obvious                                        D. funny

30.     A.  still                                               B. just                                                    C. even                                                  D. also

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