The slavery drama “12 Years a Slave” won the Academy Award for best picture on Sunday, making history as the first movie from a black director to win the film industry's highest honor in 86 years of the Oscars．Can anyone tell me your ideas about this movie? —— GreatMartin
“12 Years a Slave is a surprisingly underwhelming movie．It is more of a string of picture about several heartless and evil white men(and women)who are just mean without the motivation of running a plantation on their minds．There is very little character development and most of the film relies on what the audience already knows and feels about slavery．” 一一GeminiJef
‘‘Never have I been stunned into an emotional silence after watching a film in the theater．I've come out of films before thinking” My god，that was unbelievable”，like when I saw The Lord of the Rings for the first time，but this film just hits you on another level entirely．You sit there after it’s over，wondering if what you’d just experienced was real．The day after．you feel the same．”一一Pauljohnson
“This movie is just an average movie about slavery．Are you kidding me，segregation movies are a dime a dozen and this movie beat out Gravity for Golden Globes? Gravity has never been done before．12 Years a Slave I watched once and will never watch again．I watched Gravity 5 times and still love it．’’一一Dominionator
“This movie was realistic and engaging at every second．Even the dramatic pauses were worthwhile and definitely not a waste of time．The script inferred and hinted at events rather than just plain saying them，and that was genius．Outstanding photography，amazing special effects and the acting is top notch．There were a few people that walked out during some scenes．What a shame!” 一一Apols
小題1:The main purpose of GreatMartin’s writing is __________ .
A．to give a brief introduction of the movie
B．to share his own opinions with others
C．to invite answers to his question
D．to explain why he asks the question
小題2:The underlined word “stunned’’ in the third paragraph probably means __________ .
A．puzzledB．shockedC．disappointedD．concerned
小題3:Among the four speakers，who made positive comments on the movie?
A．GeminiJef and PauljohnsonB．Pauljohnson and Dominionator
C．GeminiJef and DominionatorD．Pauljohnson and Apols
小題4:Which of the following best states Pauljotmson’s ideas about l2 Years a Slave?
A．It leaves little room for character development．
B．It reaches the height of The Lord of the Rings．
C．It doesn’t deserve such high praise．
D．It amazes the audience with its special effects．

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:D
小題4:B

試題分析: 本文是人們對(duì)于電影“為奴十二載”的一些評(píng)論。該電影獲得了第86屆奧斯卡最佳影片獎(jiǎng)和第71屆金球獎(jiǎng)。正如讓Paul Johnson感到震驚的是，該電影的確是以真人真事改編的，而且它完全達(dá)到了電影“指環(huán)王”所達(dá)到的水平。
小題1:C。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)首段中Can anyone tell me your ideas about this movie?可知Great Martin的目的是想了解人們對(duì)這部電影的看法，故答案選C。
小題2:B。詞義猜測(cè)題。從文章第三段I've come out of films before thinking” My god，that was unbelievable”可知Gemini Jef對(duì)此感覺難以置信，由此推斷stunned意思是“吃驚的，震驚的”，故答案選B。
小題3:D。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從文章倒數(shù)第一段“This movie was realistic and engaging at every second和倒數(shù)第三段內(nèi)容wondering if what you’d just experienced was real．The day after．you feel the same可知這兩個(gè)人對(duì)這部影片做出了積極的評(píng)價(jià)，故答案選D。
小題4:B。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從文章第三段內(nèi)容I've come out of films before thinking……，like when I saw The Lord of the Rings for the first time，but this film just hits you on another level entirely可知作者看這部電影時(shí)的感覺和看The Lord of the Rings的感覺一樣，認(rèn)為這部影片達(dá)到了那部電影的水平，故答案選B。
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