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Al Pacino voted

‘Greatest Film Star’

  “GODFATHER”star Al Pacino has been named the greatest movie star of all time in a poll(民意測驗)of British film fans.

  Italian-American Pacino topped the Channel 4 television poll to find the 100 greatest movie stars, followed by Robert de Niro, who played his father in“The Godfather II”.

  Known for a string(系列)of gritty(剛毅的)roles, Pacino, 63, was twice nominated for an Oscar for his performances as Michael Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola's“Godfather”movies but he did not win.

  Pacino picked up an Oscar in 1992 for a more tender(溫柔的)role as embittered(遭受苦難的)blind army veteran(退役兵人)in“Scent(氣味)of a Woman”.

  Tom Hanks and Kevin Spacey(came in at number three and four, followed by Harrison Ford and Jack Nicholson.

  More than 25,000 votes(票)were cast in the poll. The highest placed British star was Anthony Hopkins, ahead of Sean Connery, who came in at eight. Ewan McGregor was at nine.

  The 32-year-old Scottish actor was the youngest Top 10 entry. Cary Grant, star of classics such as“North by Northwest”, was the highest posthumous placing at number 10.

  There were no actresses in the Top 10. “Breakfast at Tiffany's star Audrey Hepburn was the highest female entry at number 13, while Sigourney Weaver, best known for her roles in the“Alien”movies, took 20th place.

  This year's Oscar winner Catherine Zeta-Jones did not make the list, but her husband Michael Douglas came in at number 100.

  The list of candidates(候選人)was made up by a special group of film critics(評論家)and filmmakers, with voting taking place on the Channel 4 website and by text message over a six-week period.

1.Al Pacino topped the Channel 4 poll because ________.

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A.he acted Godfather in“The Godfather II”

B.he was loved both in Italy and in the USA

C.more people love his determined roles

D.he won an Oscar in 1994

2.What does the underlined word“nominated”in the passage mean?

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A.Suggested officially.
B.Included naturally.
C.Recorded officially.
D.Awarded non-officially.

3.Whose place was correct according to the poll?

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A.Anthony Hopkins: Top 8.
B.Kevin Spacey: Number 3.
C.Catherine Zeta-Jones: number 100.
D.Jack Nicholson: Top 6.

4.What do the result in the poll show?

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A.The most reasonable places of most present famous actors and actors.

B.A strong audience's preference to the present male actors.

C.How successful Al Picino was.

D.Nobody can win a Oscar and the poll top at the same time.

5.Which of the following statements is True

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A.Robert de Niro played Godfather in“The Godfather II”.

B.British Anthony Hopkins was highest placed in the Channel 4 television poll.

C.The poll is voted by a special group of critics and filmmakers every six weeks.

D.Cary Grant, star of classics, was honored after his death placing at number 10.

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  We have met the enemy and he i s our s.We bought him at a pet shop.When monkey-pox, a di sea se u sually found in the African rain fore st suddenly turn s up in children in the American Midwe st, it' s hard not to wonder of the di sea se that come s from foreign animal s i s homing in on human being s.“Mo st of the infection s we think of a s human infection s started in other animal s, ” say s Stephen Mor se, director of the Center for Public Health Preparedne s s at Columbia Univer sity.

  It' s not ju st that we're going to where the animal s are; we're al so bringing them clo ser to u s.Popular foreign pet s have brought a whole new di sea se to thi s country.A strange illne s s killed I sak sen' s pet s and she now think s that keeping foreign pet s i s a bad idea, “I don't think it' s fair to have them a s pet s when we have such alimited knowledge of them.” say s I sak sen.

  “Law s allowing the se animal s to be brought in from deep fore st area s without stricter control need changing.” say s Peter Schantz.Monkey-pox may be the wake-up call.Re searcher s believe infected animal s may infect their owner s.We know very little about the se new di sea se s.A new bug(病毒)may be kind at fir st.But it may develop into something harmful.Monkey-pox doe sn't look a major infectiou s di sea se.But it i s not impo s sible to pa s s the di sea se from per son to per son.

(1)

We learn from Paragraph 1 that the pet sold at the shop may ________.

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A.

come from Columbia

B.

prevent u s from being infected

C.

enjoy being with children

D.

suffer from monkey-pox

(2)

Why did I sak sen advi se people not to have foreign pet s?

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A.

Becau se they attack human being s.

B.

Becau se we need to study native animal s.

C.

Becau se they can't live out of the rain fore st.

D.

Becau se we do not know much about them yet.

(3)

What doe s the phra se “the wake-up call” in Paragraph 3 mo st probably mean?

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A.

A new di sea se.

B.

A clear warning.

C.

A dangerou s animal.

D.

A morning call.

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