The news that China bans time-travel TV dramas and movies got a lot of attention on the internet. Yet, time travel in China is a bit different from time travel in common sense.It is anything but science fiction and always goes backwards in time.There is minimum imagination involved--no ever-ending circles that mess up present and future, no advanced technology, no new social orders or new human forms from the twenty--whatever century, everything is a known historical fact when you travel through in China.

         It is not even called time travel; rather the Chinese people refer it as time crossover.Time crossover has been an extremely popular theme for online novels for years(in fact , it is an indispensible part of China’s online culture), and didn’t get picked up by TV and the big screen until recent two years.Most of time-travel dramas and movies are adapted from popular online novels and like in other cases adaptations are never better than the original books.

The main plot of time-travel novels or TV dramas can be very well summarized in one sentence: from nobody to somebody.Time travel in China is more about escaping from the reality than about realizing wild dreams.

In China , there is no need of time machine either.People travel backwards in time via the possession of antiques presence at historical places of interest encounter of life-threatening accidents or simple a look into the mirror.Some time-travel novels even start with “I wanted to go back to history so much that one morning when I opened my eyes I was back.” Technology is not relevant at all.

Though China is not short of histories to go back to, people have their own preferences and it is pretty much a gender (性别)thing.If the main character is male then he usually goes back to special times in history when he is able to help build up or tear up a dynasty.A typical example is A Step Into the Past(寻秦记), the first time-travel TV drama in China, which tells the story of how a SWAT member helps to unite China and build up Qin Dynasty .

On the other hand , female characters primarily go back to Qing Dynasty partly because Qing Dynasty has the most number of princes to fall in love with.Yongzheng Emperor is the favorite.As can be seen in Startling by Each Step(步步惊心), a Qing time crossover classic, a girl goes back to Qing Dynasty and falls in love with Yongzheng Emperor and his brothers.

1.As for time travel in China, which of the following ideas does the writer agree to ?

A.it is complicated and can be classified into science fiction.

B.it is often based on the familiar story in history.

C.it sometimes messes up the times and social orders.

D.it always occurs in any times but the time before.

2.The writing purpose of this passage is to           .

A.analyze why the time -travel TV dramas are banned in China

B.introduce the characteristics of the time-travel TV dramas in China

C.show the difference between time travel in China and in other cultures

D.advise people to watch the time-travel TV dramas in China

3.It can be inferred from the passage that           .

A.China now has banned any forms of productions about time travel

B.adapted from online novels, time-travel TV and movie productions enjoy more praise

C.the main character always follows a set pattern in the time-travel TV dramas in China

D.all the time-travel productions are about heroes and their success

4.The news mentioned in the very beginning is intended to          .

A.prove author’s view    B.introduce the topic

C.give an example           D.work as a topic sentence

 

A person may have an idea about himself that will prevent him from doing good work.

He may have the  36  that he is not capable (有能力的) of it. A child may think he is stupid because he does not understand how to make  37  of his mental faculties(官能). Older people may be mistaken that they are incapable of  38  anything new because of their age.

A person who believes that he is incapable will not make a real  39 , because he feels that it  40  be useless. He won’t go at a job with the confidence(信心) necessary for success, and he won’t work his hardest, even though he may  41  he is doing so. He is  42  likely to fail, and the failure will  43  his belief in his incompetence(无能).

Alfred Adler, a famous doctor, had  44  like this. When he was a small boy, he had a poor  45  in maths. His teacher told his  46  he had no ability in maths in order that they would not  47  too much of him. In this way, they too  48  the idea. He accepted  49  mistaken thinking of his ability, felt that it was useless to  50 , and was very poor at maths,  51  as they expected.

One day he worked out a problem which  52  of the other students had been able to solve.

Adler succeeded in solving the problem. This gave him confidence. He now  53  with interest, determination and purpose, and he soon became especially good at  54 . He not only proved that he could learn maths well, but luckily he learned early in his life from his own experience that if a person goes at a job with determination and purpose, he may  55  himself as well as others by his ability. 36—40 ABBCA   41—45 BDBAC  46—50 DBADC  51—55 CABDA

1.                A.belief          B.way            C.fact  D.condition

 

2.                A.biggest         B.full            C.higher    D.deepest

 

3.                A.teaching        B.learning        C.accepting D.using

 

4.                A.decision        B.success         C.effort    D.trouble

 

5.                A.would          B.should          C.must D.could

 

6.                A.forget          B.think           C.guess D.understand

 

7.                A.truly           B.really          C.however  D.therefore

 

8.                A.lead to         B.strengthen      C.increase  D.result in

 

9.                A.an experience   B.an expert       C.a thought D.a story

 

10.               A.state           B.mind           C.start  D.ending

 

11.               A.classmates      B.friends         C.neighbours D.parents

 

12.               A.blame          B.expect         C.get   D.win

 

13.               A.developed      B.organized       C.discovered D.found

 

14.               A.a             B.one           C.its    D.the

 

15.               A.manage        B.succeed        C.try   D.act

 

16.               A.only           B.almost         C.just   D.then

 

17.               A.none          B.all             C.many D.most

 

18.               A.lived           B.worked         C.played    D.graduated

 

19.               A.lesson         B.medicine       C.subjects   D.maths

 

20.               A.encourage      B.love           C.astonish   D.disappoint

 

 

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