摘要: The film him of what he had seen in Paris. A. recalled B. called C. remembered D. reminded

网址:http://m.1010jiajiao.com/timu3_id_3028343[举报]

阅读理解

  Film stars may come and go, but Paul Newman' s Career(事业) is longlasting. Newman has worked in films for 40 years. His most recent one opened in December.

  The film is called “Nobody's Fool”, Newman plays a 60 - year - old construction worker named Sully .

  To some people. Sully seems to be a loser. But he has a lot of charm(魅力) . His life changes when his son comes to town. Late in life, Sully learns to grow up.

  “I've played a lot of characters and the character I play in ` Nobody' s Fool' is closer to me than any other role I've done. ”says Newman.

  Newman turned 70 years old on January 26, 1998.“Nobody' s Fool ”is his 52nd film. He has won two Oscars in his career.

  Newman has found success in other aspects (方面) of life. He has been married 36 years. He took up car racing at the age of 47 and won prizes.

    Twelve years ago, he started a food company called Newman' s Own. He gives away all his money he has helping the poor.

1.The underlined sentence implies ________.

[  ]

A.many film stars leave the screen after they become successful

B.it is not easy for a film star to lose his or her charm.

C.not all film stars can remain famous for a long time .

D.film stays are successful not only on the screen.

2.Newman likes the character of Sully because

[  ]

A.he finds a lot in the character that is new to him.

B.he likes playing an ordinary person.

C.he has never played such a wonderful role.

D.he sees more of himself in Sully.

3.Newman was born in ________.

[  ]

A.1920s

B.1930s

C.1940s

D.1950s

4.The writer wrote this passage mainly to ________.

[  ]

A.prove that a person can be successful in many ways

B.show us a most recent film by Paul Newman

C.introduce a famous film star, Paul Newman

D.tell us about Sully, a moving character in a recent film

查看习题详情和答案>>

完形填空。

  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   1   with two students going crazy in the   2   shooting and killing people.

  This is“Elephant”.Filmed in just 20 days, it stars real high school kids.American   3   Gus Van Sant had no ready made lines(台词).The student actors   4  their own dialogue, with Van Sant asking them to base their characters on their own   5  

    6   it may not sound very high quality, the film won the Palmed' Or(金棕榈奖)for Best Film and the award for Best Director at the Cannes   7   festival in France on May 25.

  The film is based on the   8   at a high school in the US, where two boys   9   13 people and then themselves in 1999.

  The title of the   10   refers to the old expression about a   11   that's as hard to ignore 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   12  .It shows how high school is a different experience for everyone-fun and friendly, or hard and   13  

  In many ways, the two boys, who carry out the shooting, act like ordinary   14  .But, there are hints(暗示)of the   15   they feel inside.One of the boys is bullied at school.The other plays violent   16   games.But Van Sant isn't   17   their killings on either bullying or violent video games.In fact, the film doesn't offer any   18   for why school violence happens.

  “I didn't want to   19   anything.It's up to the audience to draw its own   20  ,”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.

studies

B.

shootings

C.

interests

D.

heroes

(9)

[  ]

A.

surrounded

B.

hit

C.

killed

D.

scolded

(10)

[  ]

A.

passage

B.

magazine

C.

movie

D.

newspaper

(11)

[  ]

A.

story

B.

murder

C.

problem

D.

thought

(12)

[  ]

A.

killers

B.

teachers

C.

children

D.

people

(13)

[  ]

A.

lovely

B.

happy

C.

lonely

D.

excited

(14)

[  ]

A.

actors

B.

kids

C.

murderers

D.

players

(15)

[  ]

A.

hunger

B.

surprise

C.

joy

D.

anger

(16)

[  ]

A.

sports

B.

video

C.

puzzle

D.

card

(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.

attention

B.

pictures

C.

conclusions

D.

cartoons

查看习题详情和答案>>

With long brown hair, deep blue eyes, a tall and thin figure, Brad Pitt seems to be a born actor. He made his

 1  appearance in a film in 1990. Though he  2  in the film for only 14 minutes,people flooded the cinema to see him. In his next  3  , Pitt played the role of a fisherman. To make the film  4  , he learned the skill of fishing from a fisherman.

Pitt,caring  5  about roles than money,has a special favour for the "hard" roles. After  6  the screenplay of "Legends of the Fall", he was attracted by the  7  character. He asked for a lower  8   from the shooting team and was  9   to work in hard conditions in the Rocky Mountains for six months. "The film  10  the chance to know life. I shall  11  remember the time when we were   12  the film,"Pitt said after completing it fully.

Pitt started his  13  of art when he was in university.  14   born in an ordinary family in 1964, he showed his  15   in film at an early age. After leaving high school, he went to university to  16  law. Because he loved film more than law, shortly before he could graduate, he  17  out for a life of his own,with only 325 dollars in  18   , sometimes as a porter   19  a waiter.Thanks to his hard work, he  20  opened up a new field of his own.

1. A. last B. first C. second D. other

2. A. was B. worked C. stayed D. appeared

3. A. part B. cinema C. film D. appearance

4. A. earlier B. later C. better D. cheaper

5. A. more B. less C. nothing D. much

6. A. seeing B. writing C. reading D. hearing

7. A. leading B. active C. small D. shy

8. A. price B. pay C. money D. degree

9. A. sad B. worried C. anxious D. willing

10. A. finds B. leaves C. gives D. misses

11. A. always B. never C. ever D. hardly

12. A. playing B. making C. seeing D. directing

13. A. work B. job C. dream D. show

14. A. Because B. When C. Since D. Though

15. A. hope B. interest C. success D. feelings

16. A. break B. teach C. introduce D. study

17. A. fled B. stopped C. dropped D. ran

18. A. hand B. book C. head D. bag

19. A. but B. and C. or D. otherwise

20. A. nearly B. almost C. already D. finally

查看习题详情和答案>>

阅读理解

  Where in the world can you take an hour’s train ride, and pass a forest, a London street, a scene from the Wild West(西大荒), and a burning building that never burns down? There’s only one place, and that’s Hollywood, in California.The scenes you see from the tourist train are film sets(布景)in the Universal Studios, one of the oldest and largest movie companies(公司)in the U.S.A.

  A visit to Universal Studios brings back memories of great days of Hollywood, the films and the stars.But they are only memories.Hollywood isn’t quite the same as it used to be.Costs have gone up and confidence has gone down.Movie-makers are afraid to spend their money on expensive new ideas.Instead, they repeat old ones.

  The film industry is changing fast.Teenagers still go out to the movies.The theatre is a good place to meet friends away from home.But older people mostly stay home to watch series, like Dynasty, which have become as important to Hollywood as expensive movies.These“soap opera,”as they are called, show rich, powerful families living in beautiful homes and wearing beautiful clothes.But the actors and actresses are nearly all middle-aged, like many of the people who watch them.

  Though it is soap operas the are keeping the film-makers of Hollywood in Business, big films are still being made in America.But more and more of them are made outside Hollywood.New York is the most important new center, but there are many others as well.Movie-makers have realized that they don’t need Hollywood any more.They can use modern cameras and real houses instead of expensively made copies in a studio.Other states, especially Florida and Texas, are working hard to take the film business away from California.They are offering better working conditions and lower cost.

  But Hollywood is fighting back.The state of California is trying hard to keep its best-known industry.

(1)

From the passage, we know Universal Studios is ________.

[  ]

A.

a very large park

B.

a busy London street

C.

a famous movie company

D.

an old Hollywood movie

(2)

The movie industry in California isn’t as successful as before because ________.

[  ]

A.

young people don’t go to movie theatres any more

B.

there is strong competition from other states

C.

its movie companies are in need of young stars

D.

the state hasn’t put a development plan into action

(3)

Which of the following seems to be a threat(威胁)to Hollywood?

[  ]

A.

The use of modern cameras and other equipment

B.

The interest of middle-aged film stars

C.

The making of TV series like Dynasty

D.

The expensively made copies of scenes.

(4)

What can we learn about“soap operas”from the passage?

[  ]

A.

They are teenagers’ favorites.

B.

They are much more expensive.

C.

They are less attractive.

D.

They are cheaper and easier to make.

(5)

The passage mainly tells us ________.

[  ]

A.

something about the film industry in the U.S.A.

B.

the importance of soap operas in Hollywood

C.

the good old days of Hollywood

D.

the film business in California

查看习题详情和答案>>

违法和不良信息举报电话:027-86699610 举报邮箱:58377363@163.com

精英家教网