Personally,I like Chinese New Year's moviesvery much.Because they are filled with joyousthemes.and this kind ofmovie is a good choice for people who finally finish a year'shard work and wish to add some refreshment to their new year.
And it proved to be true that Chinese New Year's movies are in need,for they were well received by common people inthe late 1990s.However,after less than 10.years of flourishing,they are now facing a great decline in box office income.
I think the failure of Chinese New Year's movies is for two main reasons:lack of creation and low quality of produetion.
Audiences are not fools.They watch movies in order to get satisfaction,bappiness and enlightenment(启发)not to be tricked by meaningless,same stories.If a movie tell aboring story,how can filmakers expect applause(鼓掌)fromthe audience.
And at the same time we hope that directors choose actors and actresses carefully.The success of a movie is mostlydetermined by a fine story and good performances.If performers aren't able to communicate a character's emotions exactlv,no matter how wonderful a story is,the movie may be afailure.So a popular New Year's movie ought to be creativeand elaborately(精心地)produced.
My favoufite Chinese New Year's movie is“Be There orBe Square”(Bu Jian Bu San),directed by Feng Xiaogang.It's a story about love and life.The hero is a Chinese man who struggles hard in the US.One day,he meets a girl from Beijing.The two share the same goal:making their fortunes in America.After a series of ups and downs,they fail to realizetheir dreams.But,they finally fall in love with each other and decide to go back to China to make a brand new start.
Feng is good at providing humorous and simple lines with deep and strongly felt meaning.As far as the andience is concerned,it was acceptable and interesting.And the leading ac-tor and actress showed superior performances.They coopera-ted so well and acted so naturally that it seemed they were truly a pair of lovers.
From the simple but moving story,I got a lot.Besides money and fame,there are many other beautiful things worth pursuing(追求)and loving.
Good stories and actors are what the audience desire.Whether Chinese New Year's movies will last in the New Year's film market depends mostly on the filmmakers'attitude towards movie production.I hope that in the coming new year.I can spend several hours in a cinema enjoying a good movie instead of just chatting with my friends to escape a boring movie.
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Form the passage we know________
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the author thinks highly of the present New Year's movies
B.
the author are complaining of some New Year's movies
C.
people don't need New Year's movies now
D.
none of New Year's movies are well produced
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In the opinion of the author,New Year's movie should solve the following problems except ________
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lack of creation
B.
low quality of production
C.
directors'careful choices of actors and actresses
D.
simplicity
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One of the things that make the author like the moie“Be There or Be Square”(Bu jian Bu San)is ________
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humor,simplicity and satisfactory end
B.
nature,enlightenment and sad background
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good theme,good performances and a brand new start
D.
creation,good production and natural performances
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Film-makers'attitude to movie production will ________
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mostly determine whether the New Year's film ma-ket will last
B.
determine the success of the future New Year's movies
C.
mostly determine whether Chinese New Year's movieswill last in the New Year's film market
The evidence for harmony may not be obvious in some families.But it seems that four out of five young people now get on well with their parents, which is the opposite of the popularly-held image of unhappy teenagers locked in their room after endless family quarrels.
An imortant new study into teenage attitudes surprisingly shows that their family life is more harmonious than it has ever been in the past."We were sir[rosed bu just how positive today's young people seem to be about their families, "said one member of the research team."They're exected to be rebellious(叛逆的)and selfish but actually they have other things on their minds; they want a car and material goods, and they worry about whether school is serving them well.There's more negotiation(商议)and discussion between parents and children, and children expect to take part in the family decision-making process.They don't want to rock the boat."
So it seems that this generation of parents is much more likely than parents of 30 years ago to treat their children as friends.“My parents are happy to discuss things with me and willing to listen to me, ” says 17-year-old Daniel Lazall, “I always tell them when I'm going out clubbing.As long as they know what I'm doing, they’re fine with it.” Susan Crome, who is now 21, agrees.“Looking back on the last 10 years, there was a lot of what you could call negotiation.For example, as long as I'd done all my homework, I could go out on a Saturday night.But I think my grandparents were a lot stricter with my parents than that.”
Maybe this positive view of family life should not be unexpected.It is possible that the idea of teenage rebellion is not rooted in real facts.A researcher comments, “Our surprise that teenagers say they get along well with their parents comes because of a brief period in our social history when teenagers were regarded as different beings.But that idea of rebelling and breaking away from their parents really only happened during that one time in the 1960s when everyone rebelled.The normal situation throughout history has been a smooth change from helping out with the family business to taking it over.”
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What is the popular image of teenagers today?
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They worry about school.
B.
They dislike living with their parents.
C.
They have to be locked in to avoid troubles.
D.
They quarrel a lot with other family members.
(2)
The study shows that teenagers don't want to ________.
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share family responsibility
B.
cause trouble in their families
C.
go boating with their family
D.
make family decisions
(3)
Compared with parents of 30 years ago, today's parents ________.
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A.
go to clubs more often with their children
B.
are much stricter with their children
C.
care less about their children's life
D.
give their children more freedom
(4)
According to the author, teenage rebellion ________.