Ang Lee won the Best Director Oscar for his adventure film Life of Pi at the 85th Academy Awards in Hollywood,

California February 24,2013.

Life of Pi shows a young Indian named Pi,who finds the world he knows swept away when his family sells their zoo and sets sail for Canada with a few animals. Only Pi escapes from the storm and floats in a lifeboat with a giant Bengal tiger.

“ I really want to thank you for believing this story and sharing this unbelievable journey with me”’ Lee said in his speech. The film also won three other Oscars,for best original music,best cinematography(电影艺术)and best visual (视觉)effects. It won more awards than Lincoln and Argo which were also among the hottest nominees.

Coming from China’s Taiwan,the 58 — year - old Lee won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2001 for Crouching Tiger,Hidden Dragon and another for Best Director in 2006 for Brokeback Mountain. He is the only person of Asian to win the directing award and one of the rare people who won that award more than once.

In an after - ceremony interview,Lee said he believed Asian films would come to the main stage of the world sooner or later. “ I was bom in Asia and grew up with Chinese education. It is natural for me to put Asian thinking into Western things. ” The film,which cost 120 million U. S. dollars,has earned nearly 600 million dollars worldwide. Lee said most of the earnings came from outside China. Lee said he felt warm that he won the award on the day of the Lantern Festival,a Chinese traditional festival on which families get together to solve puzzles on lanterns and eat Tang Yuan. He wished everyone a happy new year of the snake and everybody gets luck.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。

(   ) 56. What kind of film does Life of Pi  belong to?

A. Comedies.  B. Tragedies.  C. Detective films.  D. Adventure     films.

(   ) 57. So far,how many Oscar directing  awards has  Ang  Lee won?

A. One.  B. Two.  C. Three.  D. Four.

(   ) 58. How do Chinese people celebrate  the Lantern  Festival?

A. Families get together and have     rice dumplings.

B. Children make lanterns out of big orange pumpkins.

C. People solve puzzles on lanterns and enjoy Tang Yuan.

D. Children go to the display of lanterns and receive red packets.

(   ) 59. What can we know from the passage?

A. The 85th Academy Awards was held in Hollywood,California this year.

B. Pi was a young American who had an adventure trip with a tiger in India.

C. Lincoln and Argo won more awards than Life of Pi.

D. Asian films have come to the main stage of the world.

(   ) 60. Which of the following about Life of Pi is  true?

A. It was a great success as it won four Oscars.

B. It earned nearly 600 million dollars in     China.

C. It describes Pi’s escape from a terrible  earthquake.

D. It is the only successful film Ang Lee has ever made.

  As the Internet becomes more popular,many older media (媒体)businesses are dying out. But TV seems to be doing OK. 61     Though the Internet is popular in the world,television continues to draw more and more people all over the world to many of its programs. Hundreds of millions turn to TV to watch World Cup soccer,Olympic Games and Discoveries.

In many places,increasing numbers of people can watch more TV than before. Ten years ago,only 44% of British homes had satellite or cable TV (卫星或有线电视).  62     More importantly,recent studies show that people are spending more time watching TV. Surprisingly,this is even true of young people between the ages of 8 and 18. Today’s television industry has given so many choices. As a result,people can watch more of the things they like 24 hours a day.

63     The big boxes that once filled living rooms are gone. Today’s TV screens are thinner and thinner,yet the pictures are better and better. TVs are also moving from living rooms into kitchens and vehicles.

For years,TVs have also been used as video game players. But now they have been used in a few new ways. Many televisions can connect to the Internet and record programs. They also let people watch two programs at the same time.

64     The Internet is the main challenge (挑战)for television now. 65    

根据材料内容,从下面五个选项中选出能填人文中空缺处的最佳选项,使短文意思通顺,内容完整,并将其标号填写在下面题号后的横线上。

A. Today,more than 93% do.

B. In fact,it’s doing better than OK.

C. But TV industry has shown that television will be important for years to come.

D. Today the most modem television has been on the way of development.

E. The technology behind television has also improved.

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