【题目】The film starts out as a normal day at a typical American high school. Friends chat in the dining room and boys play football. But there's a big surprise when the movie with two students going crazy in the 1 shooting and killing people.

This is Elephant,filmed in just 20 days; it stars real high school kids. American Gus Van Sant had no ready-made lines (台词). The student actors their own dialogue,with Van Sant asking them to base their characters on their own .

it may not sound very high quality, the won the Golden Palm (金棕榈奖)for Best Film and the award for Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 25. The film is based on the at a high school in the US,where two boys killed 13 people and then themselves in 1999. The of the movie refers to the old expression about a problem that's as hard to ignore (忽略)as an elephant in the house.

The film takes a close look at a few hours in the lives of the victims(受害者)and the . It shows how high school is a experience for everyonefun and friendly, or hard and . In many ways, the two , who carry out the shooting, act like ordinary kids. They joke around with one boy's mother as serves them cakes and play the piano. But,there are hints (暗示)of the 30 they feel inside. One of the most boys is bullied (欺负)at school. The other plays video games. But Van Sant isn't their killings on either bullying or violent video games. In fact, the film doesn't offer any for why school violence happens.

I didn't want to anything. It's up to the to draw its own conclusions, said the 51 -year-old director.

【1】A. deals B. begins C. ends D. agrees

【2】A. school B. country C. city D. room

【3】A. writer B. actor C. director D. student

【4】A. made of B. made up C. carried on D. spoke of

【5】A. lives B. movies C. friends D. families

【6】A. Because B. When C. If D. Although

【7】A. arts B. music C. wine D. film

【8】A. playing B. shooting C. fighting D. teaching

【9】A. actors B. director C. killers D. title

【10】A. killers B. teachers C. children D. people

【11】A. different B. same C. happy D. sad

【12】A. lovely B. happy C. lonely D. excited

【13】A. teachers B. boys C. actors D. girls

【14】A. they B. he C. it D. she

【15】A. hunger B. surprise C. joy D. anger

【16】A. sexy B. lively C. violent D. healthy

【17】A. making B. praising C. discussing D. blaming

【18】A. reason B. help C. introduction D. information

【19】A. understand B. write C. promise D. explain

【20】A. audience B. students C. killers D. listeners

【题目】Goldie's Secret

She turned up at the doorstep of my house in Cornwall. No way could I have sent her away. No way, not me anyway. Maybe someone had kicked her out of their car the night before. "We're moving house.'; "No space for her any more with the baby coming." "We never really wanted her, but what could we have done? She was a present." People find all sorts of excuses for abandoning an animal. And she was one of the most beautiful dogs I had ever seen.

I called her Goldie. If I had known what was going to happen I would have given her a more creative name. She was so unsettled during those first few days. She hardly ate anything and had such an air(样子) of sadness about her. There was nothing I could do to make her happy, it seemed. Heaven knows what had happened to her at her previous(以前的) owner's. But eventually at the end of the first week she calmed down. Always by my side, whether we were out on one of our long walks or sitting by the fire.

That's why it was such a shock when she pulled away from me one day when we were out for a walk. We were a long way from home, when she started barking and getting very restless(焦躁不安的). Eventually I couldn't hold her any longer and she raced off down the road towards a farmhouse in the distance as fast as she could.

By the time I reached the farm I was very tired and upset with Goldie. But when I saw her licking () the four puppies (幼犬) I started to feel sympathy towards them. "We didn't know what had happened to her," said the woman at the door. "I took her for a walk one day, soon after the puppies were born, and she just disappeared." "She must have tried to come back to them and got lost," added a boy from behind her. '

I must admit I do miss Goldie, but I've got Nugget now, and she looks just like her mother. And I've learnt a good lesson: not to judge people.

1How did the author feel about Goldie when Goldie came to the house?

A. Shocked. B. Sympathetic.

C. Annoyed. D. Upset.

2In her first few days at the author's house, Goldie .

A. I felt worried B. was angry

C. ate a little D. sat by the fire

3Goldie rushed off to a farmhouse one day because she .

A. saw her puppies

B. heard familiar barking

C. wanted to leave the author

D. found her way to her old home

4The passage is organized in order of .

A. time B. effectiveness(效果)

C. importance D. complexity(复杂性)

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