Module 6 Films and TV Programmers同步练
阅读理解
(一)
A
Films to Watch in March
Greta
A lonely young waitress finds a handbag on a New York subway train. Luckily, the address is inside, so she returns it to the piano teacher who left it there. She then discovers that the piano teacher makes a habit of dropping bags around the city on purpose to make new friends. Directed by Neil Jordan, the actors are attractive. Grace Moretz is the waitress and Isabelle Huppert is the one who admires her. Thanks to them, Greta winds up being far more enjoyable than it has any right to be.
The Aftermath
The Aftermath is one of the few World War Ⅱ-related films. Based on Rhidian Brook’s novel, this touching romantic movie is starred by Keira Knightley, who is the wife of a British officer. She hates the Germans because her son was killed in an air raid (突袭). But is there a chance that a tall, dark and handsome man might persuade her to overcome her hate?
Captain Marvel
It took Marvel Studios a decade to finally make a female superhero. It’s also the first Marvel film to be directed by a woman, who has directed Half Nelson and Missisippi Grind. Captain Marvel is set in the 1990s. The Oscar-winning Brie Larson stars as Carol Danvers, a US Air Force fighter pilot, while Samuel L Jackson, as usual, plays Nick Fury.
Dumbo
Dumbo is a classic Disney cartoon, and there have been plenty of those kind of movies in recent years. Burton always has inspirations to direct such kind of movies from Edward Scissor hands to Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. Magical figures have always been his favorite characters.
1. Who works on a different job?
A. Isabelle Huppert. B. Keira Knightley.
C. Rhidian Brook. D. Brie Larson.
2. What makes Captain Marvel special?
A. Its winning Oscar. B. Its female director.
C. Its time setting. D. Its leading role.
3. Which film is better for a 7-year-old kid to watch?
A. The Aftermath B. Captain Marvel
C. Greta D. Dumbo
B
When my family moved to the United States from Colombia, I was 9 years old and knew little about English. As time passed, teachers finally knew all of their students and slowly everyone began to head inside, except for me. No one called out my name, and no one seemed to know I existed. I spent the next month in my new classroom quietly. I felt a wave of fear, loneliness and sadness came over me.
It turned out the school administration never cared that I didn’t speak English, but something else was teaching me English. Every morning when my aunt drove me to school and picked me up, she always had 106.7 Light FM on. It was this station that introduced my young ears to the English sounds of R&B, soul, jazz and much more.
Because of Sabrina the Teenage Witch, I learned the difference between “witch” and “which”. While watching the TV show South Park, I was attracted by the funny characters. I related “You bastards!” to anger and saved it in my mental word bank. In fact, thanks to pop culture, the world of English became not so hard to me while it was being turned down at school.
I also learned how to express my emotions thanks to pop culture. One day at school, we were taking a math quiz and the whole class was quiet. Suddenly, the tip of my pencil broke and I shouted loudly, “You bastards!” Everyone held their breath in surprise and I laughed to myself because something at that moment told me I had just learned my first bad word in English.
Four months passed before the school placed me into an ESL program. By this time, I was speaking broken English and making myself understood. Finally, I learned how to speak and write English at a more advanced level, and I owe it all to pop culture.
4. Why did the author feel sad when she moved to the US?
A. She missed her hometown.
B. No one paid attention to her at school.
C. She was looked down upon for poor grades.
D. Learning a new language was too difficult for her.
5. How did the author first learn English?
A. By talking with her aunt.
B. By working in radio stations.
C. By listening to English songs.
D. By watching funny TV shows.
6. How did the author feel after realizing she shouted “You bastards!”?
A. Happy. B. Upset.
C. Surprised. D. Nervous.
7. What is the best title for the text?
A. My Life Experiences in the US
B. How I Fell in Love with Music
C. Pop Culture Taught Me English
D. How I Overcame Learning Difficulties
(二)
A
You are watching a film in which two men are having a fight. They hit one another hard. At the start they only fight with their fists. But soon they begin hitting one another over the heads with chairs. And so it goes on until one of the men crashes through a window and falls thirty feet to the ground below. He is dead!
Of course he isn’t really dead. With any luck he isn’t even hurt. Why? Because the men who fall out of high windows or jump from fast moving trains, who crash cars or even catch fire, are professional. They do this for a living. These men are called stuntmen (特技表演者).
There are two sides to their work. They actually do most of the things you see on the screen. For example, they fall from a high building. However, they do not fall onto hard ground but onto empty cardboard boxes covered with a mattress (床垫). Again, when they hit one another with chairs, the chairs are made of soft wood and when they crash through windows, the glass is made of sugar.
But although their work depends on tricks of this sort, it also requires a high degree of skill and training. Often a stuntman’s success depends on careful timing. For example, he has to jump out of the way of the explosion (爆炸) just at the right moment.
Naturally stuntmen are well paid for their work, but their lives are always dangerous. They often get seriously injured, and sometimes killed.
1. Stuntmen are those who often ___ .
A. dress up as actors
B. prefer to lead dangerous lives
C. fight against each other for a living
D. perform seemingly dangerous actions
2. How do stuntmen earn their living?
A. By playing tricks.
B. By selling their special skills.
C. By crashing through windows.
D. By jumping from fast moving trains.
3. Doing the job of falling from a high building, a stuntman ___ .
A. uses no tricks
B. needs no protection
C. is generally quite safe
D. will be covered with a mattress
4. What is the most important for a successful stuntman?
A. Being fast. B. Being brave.
C. Being exact. D. Being strong.
B
I grew up in a house where the TV was seldom turned on and with one wall in my bedroom completely lined with bookshelves, and most of my childhood was spent on books I could get hold of. In fact, I grew up thinking of reading as natural as breathing and books unbelievably powerful in shaping perspectives (观点) by creating worlds we could step into, take part in and live in.
With this unshakable belief, I, at fourteen, decided to become a writer. Here too, reading became useful. Every writer starts off knowing that he has something to say, but being unable to find the right ways to say it. He has to find his own voice by reading widely and discovering which parts of the writers he agrees or disagrees with, or agrees with so strongly that it reshapes his own world. He cannot write without loving to read, because only through reading other people’s writing can one discover what works, what doesn’t and, in the end, together with lots of practice, what voice he has.
Now I am in college, and have come to realize how important it is to read fiction. As a law student, my reading is in fact limited to subject matter—the volume (量) of what I have to read for classes every week means there is little time to read anything else. Such reading made it all the clearer to me that I live in a very small part in this great place called life. Reading fiction reminds me that there is life beyond my own. It allows me to travel across the high seas and along the Silk Road, all from the comfort of my own armchair, to experience, though second-hand, exciting experiences that I wouldn’t necessarily be able to have in my lifetime.
5. What can we infer about the author as a child?
A. He read what he had to.
B. He disliked watching TV.
C. He found reading very hard.
D. He considered reading part of his life.
6. What does the underlined word “voice” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A. An idea. B. A sound quality.
C. A way of writing. D. A world to write about.
7. What is the main effect that reading has on the author?
A. It helps him to realize his dream.
B. It opens up a wider world for him.
C. It makes his college life more interesting.
D. It increases his interest in worldwide travel.
8. What can be the best title for the text?
A. Why Do I Read? B. How Do I Read?
C. What Do I Read? D. When Do I Read?
(三)
They are sisters. They are in a car. They are arguing and one of them tries to leave. The two girls are acting but for 17-year-old Ellie it’s not all that far from the truth. Next week she will be in court to testify (作证) against a friend who hurt her. “Being here makes me forget all about that,” she says.
At Breeze Arts Foundation in Leeds, eight young people between the ages of 16 and 20 are practicing what their acting teacher Fiona has presented to them.
Breeze Arts Foundation, which has been running for five years, is trying to get young people who are Neets (not in education, employment, or training) or in danger of becoming Neets back into education or work.
Each member of the group tells a different story. Some are here because they simply can’t stay in school, some because they have family problems, and some because they have a history of breaking the law.
The course members attend a 12-week program. While here they will all work towards an Arts Award and an end-of-term performance.
Sarah McGlinchey is the course keyworker. As well as designing the courses, she does one-on-one work with the students, helping with everything from housing to job hunting. Lessons are given on Wednesdays and Thursdays but the rest of the time McGlinchey focuses on one-to-one support.
Some of the teens here will never go on to work in the performing arts, but some will make careers (职业) in the area. One former member has worked at the West Yorkshire Playhouse. Another student went on to university to study modern art. Whatever happens, McGlinchey says, “Learning about performing arts and the arts industry builds their confidence and shows them what chances are out there.”
1. What does Ellie probably think of the course?
A. It is challenging.
B. It takes her pain away.
C. It teaches her some basic truths.
D. It gives her knowledge about law.
2. What is the purpose of the course?
A. To help youths in difficult situations.
B. To encourage youths to enter college.
C. To teach arts lessons to local students.
D. To pick out excellent star performers.
3. What can we learn about the course from the last paragraph?
A. It allows students to enjoy works of art.
B. It is attracting more members these days.
C. It helps the members believe in themselves.
D. It needs more support from the arts industry.
4. What is the best title for the text?
A. Performing Arts Gives Neets a New Start
B. Each Teenager Tells You a Different Story
C. Teens Make Careers in the Performing Arts
D. Breeze Arts Foundation Offers Acting Courses
二、选词填空
用方框里单词的正确形式填空,使其句意完整。有两个词是多余的。
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1. In ancient times, men must learn to fight with ____ .
2. She is one of the most talented ____ in China.
3. His ____ are popular among the students.
4. Dora’s room is full of the ____ of her favorite pop stars.
5. The girl was admired for her fighting ____ against cancer.
6. If you go on ____ , I’ll turn you out of doors.
7. Football is a game which ____ me a lot.
8. He is one of the main ____ in the new film.
9. Are there any smoking ____ here? I’d like a smoke.
10. We didn’t mind him changing ____ to watch the basketball game.
三、句子翻译
1. 一部新汉英词典即将问世。(come out)
____________________________________
2. 这是一部如此感人的电影,以至于许多人最后都哭了。
(such... that...)
____________________________________
3. 我们已经相爱七年了。(be in love with)
____________________________________
4. 令我们惊讶的是,她最后成了一名老师。(to one’s surprise)
____________________________________
5. 去年简在一部电影里扮演了一位歌手。(play a part)
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答案
阅读理解
(一)A: 1—3 CBD B: 4—7 BCAC
(二)A: 1—4 DBCC B: 5—8 DCBA
(三)1—4 BACA
选词填空
1. sword 2. Actresses 3. comedies 4. posters
5. bravely 6. arguing 7. interests 8. characters
9. sections 10. channels
句子翻译
1. A new Chinese-English dictionary will soon come out.
2. It was such a moving film that many people cried at last.
3. We have been in love with each other for 7 years.
4. To our surprise, she turned out to be/became a teacher at last.
5. Jane played the part of a singer in a film last year.