Question

【题目】

Most films set in space are usually horror films and include aliens in their story. Gravity(地心引力) is different and focuses on the human drama ______. The film’s special effects are so amazing that it is easy to believe that Gravity really was filmed in space. It took more than three years for a British team to create all of these effects.

We first meet the ______ outside of their spaceship on a spacewalk. Dr Stone, a strong-minded mother whose daughter died in an accident, is on her first journey into space and is joined by Matt Kowalski, an experienced astronaut. Kowalski makes jokes and tells stories about his life to help Dr Stone feel less nervous about being in space.

The astronauts are soon ______ that pieces of a damaged satellite are flying in their direction. Their spaceship is soon hit and destroyed. Dr Stone is knocked into space. It seems that she will die there. The fast moving camera work and losing ______ with the Earth makes everything even scarier(恐怖的).

______, Kowalski saves Dr Stone and they decide to go to the nearby International Space Station and see if their escape vehicle can be used to return to the Earth. On the journey, they have trouble and are about to lose their lives in space together. Kowalski allows himself to float away to save Dr Stone.

From here Dr Stone is alone and the film explores whether she is strong enough to stay alive, or want to.

Gravity is a powerful film about a woman’s journey in a(n) ______ place. You will find it worth watching because it is not only interesting but also moving.

【1】A. still B. yet C. instead D. perhaps

【2】A. characters B. directors C. actors D. fans

【3】A. agreed B. warned C. shown D. telephoned

【4】A. energy B. patience C. sight D. contact

【5】A. Finally B. Recently C. Luckily D. Immediately

【6】A. dark B. lonely C. horrible D. empty

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】B

【4】D

【5】C

【6】B

【解析】这篇文章简述了有名的太空电影“万有引力”，简单介绍了其与众不同之处和精彩的情节，向读者介绍了这样一部令人动容的电影。

【1】句意：“地心引力”与众不同，专注于人类的事件。前句说的是大多数太空电影都是恐怖电影，故事中总是有外星人，而地心引力却是不同的，instead可以放在句子末尾表示转折，表示“（相较而言）而不是”，选项A“仍然”，选项B“然而”，选项C“而不是，代替”，选项D“可能”，故选C。

【2】句意：我们首先遇到在飞船外太空行走时的人物。后文提到的“Dr Stone”是一个电影中的人物，这里是在描述第一个出场的电影角色。选项A“人物”，选项B“导演，主任”，选项C“演员”，选项D“粉丝”，故选A。

【3】句意：宇航员很快就被警告说，一颗损坏的卫星的碎片正朝着它们的方向飞来。有碎片飞过来说明有危险，这些宇航员是被“警告”的，“be warned”指“被警告”，选项A“同意”，选项B“警告”，选项C“展示”，选项D“打电话”，故选B。

【4】句意：快速移动的相机和失去与地球的接触使一切变得更加可怕，“lose contact with”指“失去与…的联系”，这里是说飞船被击中，斯通博士被撞进了太空，所以是“失去了联系”，选项A“能量，精力”，选项B“耐心”，选项C“视力”，选项D“接触”，故选D。

【5】句意：幸运的是，科瓦尔斯基救了斯通博士。斯通博士被救了，这是幸运的事情。选项A“最后”，选项B“最终”，选项C“幸运的是”，选项D“立刻”，故选C。

【6】句意：“万有引力”一部关于一个女人在孤独的地方旅行的具有强大力量的影片。这个故事的背景在太空中，而且斯通博士孤立无援，在选用描述这个地方的形容词的时候，可以用“lonely”，来映衬前文的“斯通博士在最后已经是一个人了”，选项A“黑暗的”，选项B“孤独的”，选项C“可怕的”，选项D“空的”，故选B。