题目内容
B. touched
C. took
D. made
“Tomorrow is another day”---- this line has impressed various people at various times. It's now 70 years after it appeared in the film, but it still seems to hold its power especially during an economic downturn.
The phrase comes from a film adaptation of Margaret Mitchell's successful 1936 novel Gone With the Wind. It's set in the American South and tells the story of a strong heroine, Scarlett O' Hara, who struggles to find love during the Civil War and, afterwards, of her streng
th in surviving the war and its hardships.
Love story
In a moment of despair, Scarlett finally realizes that her love belongs to Rhett Butler. For many audiences, it is the theme of love and struggle that h
as kept the movie alive. While the burning of Atlanta might seem irrelevant(不相关的) to today's viewers, the timeless theme of love keeps its ability to touch people.
With a promise to her lover still in her mind, Scarlett chooses to stay in the midst of war and take care of Melanie. But her heart is broken when Rhett just walks away, leaving the woman that he once loved with cruel words, "Frankly, dear, I don' t give a damn."(毫不在乎)
Great epic (史诗)
The film shows the love-hate relationship of these characters, but also American history, the fall of the Confederacy and the following period of Reconstruction in the South. The background made this film a true classic in the epic genre.
When the film opened after World War II, French viewers loved it, and it reminded them of their fight against the Nazis. In 1940 Shanghai, during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression(侵略), people stood in line for hours to watch this film, and saw the same suffering they were having as well as the hope and possibility of building a new homeland from the ruins.
Each nationality could identify with the story and see it as a victory. In fact, Gone With the Wind never lost its charm and ability to inspire and amaze.
Biggest of all time
The film had five directors, 15-plus screenwriters, and an unexpected $3.9 million budget. The film brought in $ 200 million, which makes it the biggest selling film of all times in North America. It also won 10 Academy awards in 1940.
【小题1】The underlined "it" in the first paragraph refers to _______.
| A.the novel Gone with the Wind | B."tomorrow is another day" |
| C.the movie Gone with the Wind | D.the Academy Award |
| A.celebrate the anniversary of Margaret Mitchell |
| B.introduce how the film was directed and filmed |
| C.throw light on the charm of the movie "Gone with the Wind" |
| D.inspire people to struggle the economic downturn |
| A.optimistic and lucky | B.childish and realistic |
| C.caring and stubborn (固执的) | D.strong-minded and persistent (坚毅的) |
| A.prove that the background of the movie touched viewers |
| B.describe how popular the movie was at that time |
| C.point out that Shanghai was a center of entertainment |
| D.tell us that Chinese were suffering the War then |
I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as Mother sat doing letters(学问). Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens, and white paper, I decided that the act of writing must be the most wonderful thing in the world.
Years later, during her final illness, Mother kept different things for my sister and brother. “But the desk”, she said again, “is for Elizabeth.” I never saw her anger, never saw her cry. I knew she loved me; she showed it in action. But as a young girl, I wanted heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter. They never happened. And a gulf opened between us. I was too emotional. But she lived “on the surface”.
As years passed, I had my own family. I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did forgive(原谅)me. I posted the letter and waited for her answer. None came. My hope turned to disappointment, then little interest and, finally, peace-it seemed that nothing happened. I couldn’t be sure that the letter had even got to Mother. I only knew that I had written in, and I could stop trying to make her into someone she was not.
Now the present of her desk told me, as she’d never been able to, that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside-a photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded and refolded many times. Give me an answer, my letter asks, in any way you chose. Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words.
1.The writer began to love her mother’s desk _______.
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A.after Mother died. |
B.before she became a writer. |
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C.when she was a child. |
D.when Mother gave it to her. |
2.The passage shows that _____.
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A.Mother was cold on the surface but kind in her heart to her daughter. |
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B.Mother was too serious about everything her daughter had done. |
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C.Mother cared much about her daughter in words. |
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D.Mother wrote to her daughter in careful words. |
3.The word gulf in the paragraph 2 means ______.
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A.deep understanding between the old and the young. |
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B.different ideas between the mother and the daughter. |
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C.free talks between mother and daughter. |
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D.part of the sea going far in land. |
4.What did mother do with her daughter’s letter asking for forgiveness?
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A.She had never received the letter. |
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B.For years, she often talked about the letter. |
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C.She didn’t forgive her daughter at all in all her life. |
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D.She read the letter again and again till she died. |
5.What’s the best title of the passage?
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A.My Letter to Mother. |
B.Mother and Children. |
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C.My Mother’s Desk. |
D.Talks between Mother and Me. |