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It seemed to be a strange question. I wanted to ask if she ever saw a little movie called The Hunger Games, or the Oscar-nominated movie Winter’s Bone. Instead, I just answered, “Jennifer Lawrence.” But I wondered how a moviegoer does not recognize Lawrence! As Silver Linings Playbook continued to unfold and Lawrence revealed herself as a wonderful comic actress, it hit me: this woman probably has never seen Jennifer Lawrence smile before. That is the thing throwing her.
Audiences will have the opportunity to watch Lawrence’s performance in Silver Linings Playbook when the film opens in limited release before a Thanksgiving weekend blowout expansion. The 22-year-old actress heads this year’s lead actress Oscar race by a country mile. Here’s an early main list of some competitors in this category.
1. Jennifer Lawrence in Silver Linings Playbook
2. Quvenzhane Wallis in Beasts of the Southern Wild
3. Marion Cotillard in Rust and Bone
3. Helen Mirren in Hitchcock
5. Emmanuelle Riva in Amour
6. Jessica Chastain in Zero Dark Thirty
Chastain, playing a CIA agent in Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty, is the wild card here and, quite possibly, the only candidate capable of replacing Lawrence from the top spot. The cruelty in Rust and Bone will put off sensitive academy members, making Cotillard lose chances for a second Oscar. Wallis makes for a wonderful story, but it is too early for her to be awarded a lead actress. Riva will need a push to win the nomination of lead actress.
Mirren, as the Alfred Hitchcock’s wife and unsung partner, Alma Reville, might pose the biggest threat to Lawrence. Older academy members will love the historical Hollywood seen in Hitchcock, and Mirren’s role as the unsung wind beneath Hitch’s wings should find appreciation within creative circles. It’s not “The Queen”. but this year, it might be enough.
小题1: What’s the purpose of the first paragraph?
A.To introduce Silver Linings Playbook |
B.To get us out of the topic. |
C.To tell us a specific story |
D.To bring out the topic of the passage |
A.Jennifer Lawrence doesn’t like smile. |
B.Jennifer Lawrence’s smile can impress you all greatly. |
C.The woman has never seen comic films featured by Jennifer Lawrence. |
D.The woman hates to see Jennifer Lawrence’s films. |
A.Cotillard once won the best actress Oscar. |
B.Jennifer Lawrence was nominated because of The Hunger Games. |
C.Mirren is the only one who can take the place of Jennifer Lawrence. |
D.We cannot see the film Silver Linings Playbook before Thanksgiving. |
a.Quvenzhane Wallis b.Marion Cotillard c.Helen Mirren
d.Emmanuelle Riva e. Jessica Chastain f. Alma Reville
A.c, e | B.a ,c ,f | C.d, f | D.c, e, f |
A.Silver Linings Playbook, the best movie |
B.A 22-year-old actress |
C.My favorite movie |
D.Jennifer Lawrence takes the lead |
答案
小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:A
小题5:D
解析
试题分析:本文讨论的是在奥斯卡的最佳女主角的竞争中Chastain和Mirren是Lawrence的强劲对手,但是Jennifer Lawrence还是排在第一位的。
小题1:D 推理题。本文通过第一段的话题转而进入了文章要讨论的内容,故第一段属于导入的一段,故D项正确。
小题2:C 细节题。根据本句this woman probably has never seen Jennifer Lawrence smile before.说明她没有看过Jennifer Lawrence的电影,故C正确。
小题3:A 推理题。根据The cruelty in Rust and Bone will put off sensitive academy members, making Cotillard lose chances for a second Oscar.让他失去了又一次获得奥斯卡奖的机会,说明他曾经获得过奥斯卡奖,故A正确。
小题4:A 细节题。根据最后两段的第一句Chastain, playing a CIA agent in Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty, is the wild card here and, quite possibly, the only candidate capable of replacing Lawrence from the top spot. 和Mirren, as the Alfred Hitchcock’s wife and unsung partner, Alma Reville, might pose the biggest threat to Lawrence.可知这Chastain和Mirren是Lawrence的强劲对手。故她们可能获得奥斯卡奖,故A正确。
小题5:D 主旨大意题。本文讨论的是在奥斯卡的最佳女主角的竞争中Chastain和Mirren是Lawrence的强劲对手,但是Jennifer Lawrence还是排在第一位的,故D正确。
点评:本文讨论的是在奥斯卡的最佳女主角的竞争中Chastain和Mirren是Lawrence的强劲对手,但是Jennifer Lawrence还是排在第一位的,本文主要考查推理题。在解题时要立足已知,推断未知。立足现在,猜测未来。不能主观臆想,凭空想象,随意揣测,更不能以自己的观点代替作者的观点;要把握句、段之间的逻辑关系,了解语篇的结构。要体会文章的基调,揣摸作者的态度,摸准逻辑发展的方向,悟出作者的弦外之音。
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试题【 “Who is that?” When watching the movie, Silver Linings Playbook, at the Toronto】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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Piyaman Techapaibul, president of the Tourism Council of Thailand, called on the Ministry of Tourism & Sports as well as other government agencies concerned to have those places and accommodations for tourists improved and upgraded to meet international standards because, she said, today"s tourists from around the world have more money to spend and prefer quality lodgings as well as quality services and accommodations at those places.
"Added by condos and apartment houses currently opening for daily rent, the number of lodgings for tourists throughout the country has increased over the years, but not the qualities. Many of today"s tourists are so affluent and selective that they"d prefer quality places where personnel should be very responsible and experienced in taking care of them while security should be constantly and effectually maintained," she said.
Employees and staff in charge of providing accommodations to tourists should be expert in communicating with the foreigners, service-minded and speak fluent English, according to the council leader.
Thailand is seen to receive up to 23.1 million tourists from other countries around the world next year, compared to about 21.7 million, who have reportedly visited the country throughout this year, about 2.6 million of whom from China, while as much as two trillion baht (US$66.6 billion) is expected to be earned from tourist industry by 2015, compared to about one trillion baht (US$33.3 billion) this year.
Thailand"s most favorite destinations for tourists include the world-famous beach resorts of Pattaya and Phuket, the Andaman Sea archipelagos of Krabi and Surat Thani and the capital city of Bangkok.
The council leader made her comments in response to news reports that the government might deregulate (撤销管制) businesses of running condominiums and apartment houses to the extent that they might not only serve as a place which collects monthly rent from the tenants but as a hotel where guests pay the room rates on a daily basis.
No parking lots or hotel-operating licenses might be legally required at such places nationwide only if they were practically turned into daily hotels or guesthouses.
小题1:What can we learn from paragraph 1?
A.Thai started to take measures to have the accommodations improved in the past. |
B.Tourism is the leading industry in Thailand. |
C.The accommodations in Thailand are of poor quality. |
D.Tourists prefer hotels to apartment houses in Thai. |
A.particular | B.prosperous | C.sensitive | D.restricted |
A.about 23,1 million | B.about 21.7 million |
C.about 2.6 million | D.about 19.1 million |
A.Because tourists prefer better service and better living condition |
B.Because tourists have plenty of money. |
C.Because they want to meet the international standards |
D.Because the condominiums in Thai are inferior to those in any other country. |
A.Piyaman advocated the authorities not to limit the development of the condos. |
B.Bangkok is one of the most attractive destinations for tourists |
C.Thailand has earned about one trillion baht from tourist industry this year. |
D.Staff in condos should speak English fluently. |
This summer, something hotter than the weather came to Shanghai. That is the Voice of China. The show soon became a cash cow for the organizer as the advertisement prices reached 1.16 million yuan for 15 seconds. And the show has earned more than 100 million yuan up to now in ad income only,
But the organizers’ bliss was audiences’ melancholy.
In the final live show on Sunday, about 14 rounds of advertisements were aired, each of which came at a crucial result-announcing moment.
Frequently interrupted by advertisements, some live audience members complained that the show wasn’t worth its ticket prices of 180 to 1680 yuan.
The planned two and a half hour show went two hours overtime because of the advertising. This annoyed audience members, and touched the nerves of residents living near the site.
Someone called the police, and the show is now facing punishment for going over-time and disturbing residents late at night.
小题1: Why didn’t “the Voice” make audience satisfied?
A.Because it had a good start but it failed to attract audience’ attention in the end. |
B.Because it had a good start but it failed to make audience satisfied. |
C.Because it increased by one and a half hour and audience couldbear it. |
D.Because it was full of so many advisements that audience can’t tolerate it. |
A.The show lasted for over four hours. |
B.The show has earned more than 100 million yuan up to now totally. |
C.The show wasn’t worth its ticket prices because of many advertisements. |
D.Someone called the police because he can’t bear the noises late at night. |
A.enthusiasm | B.craziness | C.sorrow | D.romance |
A.The Voice of China---the most popular TV show of last summer. |
B.The Voice of China---hard to say I love you. |
C.The Voice of China---I want you. |
D.The Voice of China---the noises of China. |
The students first listed the problems in order of difficulty. Then they figured out the requirements of each. They designed ways to test their solutions. And they wrote the needed software systems. Even the winning team from Shanghai Jiaotong University in China was not able to solve all the problems within the given limit. Stanford’s team solved five problems and finished in fourteenth place. Stanford was one of twenty-one American universities that took part in the contest this year.
The official name of the Battle of the Brains is the ACM International Collegiate Contest. The first final competition was held in 1977 at the Association for Computer Machinery Computer Science Conference. Today, a network of universities holds area competitions that send the winners to the world finals, now organized by IBM.
Contest spokesman Dong Heintzman says the world champions receive prizes and scholarships. They are also guaranteed an offer of employment or internship(实习) with IBM. He said, “We have had past world champions that IBM has gone and employed in our Zurich research laboratory and are now working on some of the leading edge materials in science and physics. We have a world finalist from China who’s been working on the Watson Supercomputer that in the near future will be playing Jeopardy(一种超级计算机名称)against the best Jeopardy players in the world. So this competition is an opportunity to be recognized and to be recruited(招聘) by some of the top technology and research firms around the world.”
小题1: From the first paragraph we can figure out there were _______ programmers taking part in the contest.
A.3 | B.88 | C.246 | D.a lot of |
A.the winners will be offered a job in IBM |
B.this contest provides a chance for the universities |
C.this competition is held every four years |
D.many big companies are short of programmers |
A.The Best Top Contest |
B.The Battle of the Brains |
C.The Difficult Competition |
D.Courage and Wisdom Needed |
The newspapers contain spectacular accounts of accidents in the street and highways and public places, but nearly as many accidents occur around the home. Somebody trips on a rug. Somebody falls off a stepladder. Somebody is careless in cooking dinner, and is burned. Accidents incurred in the playing of sports and swimming also accounts for a large number of injuries, big and little. Despite constant campaigns to reduce the number of accidents, there are still approximately 100,000 accidental deaths and nearly 9,000,000 nonfatal injuries in the United States each year.
It has been estimated that around 3,000,000 people are constantly ill in the United States throughout the year and that over half the illness is caused by respiratory diseases, chiefly colds and influenza.
The pain and suffering caused by accidents and illness tell only half the story. Loss of time from school and work and medical and hospital expenses often make the pain seem worse. Money spent in this country for doctors, services, hospitalization, nursing care, drugs, medicines, Xrays, and special treatments, amounts to a huge annual sum. Added to this expense is another much larger amount that is lost to wage earners throughout the nation by reason of their loss of wages or income while sick or otherwise disabled.
Accident and health insurance is a form of insurance devised to protect against these economic losses. It protects the earning of wage earners and finishes financial aid to the family of the breadwinner by the payment of his doctor and hospital bills. Today, business and professional men, farmers, industrial workers, clerks and those engaged in various occupations, whose earning power is shut off for a week, a month, or sometimes years, because of accidents or illness can insure themselves against this financial loss by accident and health insurance.
Protection is available to all types of workers and the cost(called the premium)ranges from a few cents a day for small or limited policies to a month for policies paying larger amounts(called indemnities). Policy is another name for an insurance contract(合同). Most accident and health policies are cancelable policies—that is, they are sold for a definite term such as a week, a month, or a year, similar to contracts of fire insurance and automobile liability insurance. There are, however, policies which cannot be canceled or terminated(终止)by the insurance company until the policyholder reaches an age at which he usually has no further earning power—most often at sixty or sixtyfive years. These noncancelable policies cost more than the cancelable policies.
小题1:What is the passage mainly concerned about?
A.Everyone will have some sort of illness or accident. |
B.Accident and health insurance is available to everyone. |
C.Cancelable insurance policies are better than noncancelable one. |
D.Insurance is a good protection against accidents and illness. |
A.more people die in accidents than of illness |
B.more people who are ill than those injured in accidents |
C.more outdoor accidents than indoor accidents |
D.more people injured in accidents than those who are constantly ill |
A.colds and influenza | B.financial losses |
C.loss of time | D.invalidism |
A.covering their medical expenditure |
B.paying their wages |
C.restoring their earning power |
D.providing policyholders with the money they need to survive |
The 15yearold boy and his father were in the water off Avalon, on Sydney’s northern beaches, around dawn when he was attacked. The city’s beaches are packed with locals and tourists during the summer months.
“The father heard a scream and turned to see his son thrashing (激烈扭动) about in the water,” police said. “Fortunately, the shark swam away and the boy was helped to the shore by his father.”
Lifesaving Club spokesman Nick Miller said, “It got him around the top of his left leg and the father came and dragged him out of water.” He said the boy was bleeding heavily when he was brought to the shore. “There was a lot of pain, as you can imagine.” The teenager was airlifted to hospital for treatment for leg injuries.
Police said the bites “cut through to the bone”, but the boy did not appear to have sustained any fractures (骨折). He was in a stable condition now.
Several beaches were closed after the attack. Water police and lifeguards were searching for the shark, while police hoped to identify its species by the shape of the bite marks. But they said it was too early to say what type of shark attacked the boy. “I don’t even know if he saw it,” Miller said.
Many shark species live in the waters off Sydney’s beaches, but attacks on humans are still relatively rare. However, there were two attacks on successive days earlier this month, one on a navy diver in Sydney harbor,not far from the famous Opera House, and the other on a surfer at the city’s worldfamous Bondi beach.
Fishermen say shark numbers are on the rise. There is a ban on commercial fishing in the harbor, which has increased fish stocks. Marine experts also claim environmental protection has created a cleaner environment, attracting sharks closer to the shore as they chase fish. Many shark species, including the Great White—the maneaters made famous in Steven Spielberg’s Jaws—are protected in Australian waters.
小题1:The report mainly tells us________.
A.shark attacks on humans are on the rise |
B.sharks attacked humans three times in one month |
C.a boy was attacked by a shark at a Sydney beach |
D.shark numbers are increasing in the waters off Sydney’s beaches |
A.attracted | B.dragged | C.bit | D.packed |
A.It is one of the largest cities in Australia. |
B.Sydney harbor is not far from the famous Opera House. |
C.There are many locals and tourists on its coast all the year round. |
D.There are few shark species in the waters off Sydney’s beaches. |
A.he was losing much blood when he was dragged out |
B.he was very nervous when he was sent to hospital |
C.he may be in danger of losing his leg |
D.he was injured in the right leg |
A.environmental protection has created a cleaner environment |
B.a ban on commercial fishing has increased fish numbers |
C.many shark species are protected in Australian waters |
D.the film Jaws has made the Great White famous |
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