英语专四 短文听力 Passage 10-3

 短文

Questions 17 to 20 are based on the following passage.

To get us started this semester I am going to spend the first two classes giving you background lectures about some basic cinematic concepts. (17) Once you are a little more familiar with basic film terminology¹，we will be ready to look at the history of movies in the United States. You’ll be expected to attend showing of films on Tuesday evenings at 7 o’clock in Jennings Auditorium². That’s our lab. (18) Then during our Wednesday seminar，we’ll discuss in depth the movie we saw the night before. We are not covering silent films in this course. We will begin with the first talking motion picture, The Jazz Singer, released in 1927. The next week, we'll be looking at (19) The Gold Diggers of 1933，a piece that is very representative of the escapist trend in films released during the depression. Some of the films we will be watching will probably be new to you, like Frank Capra’s Why We Fight. (20) Others you might have already seen on TV like Rebel Without A Cause starring James Dean or Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove. However, I hope you see even familiar film with new eyes. In the last three weeks of the course, we will be watching films from the 1980s and you’ll choose one of them as a subject for an extensive written critique. We’ll talk more critique later in this semster.

 

题目

Passage 10

Questions 17 to 20 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.

Now, listen to the passage,

17. What do the students do after the introduction of basic film terminology?

A. Show a film.

B. Try to recite them.

C. Look at the history of movies.

D. Hold a seminar.

18. The seminar will be arranged on .

A. Tuesday B. Wednesday C. Thursday D. Friday

19. The Gold Diggers represented the following EXCEPT .

A. the escapist trend in films

B. the characteristics of films during the depression

C. one stage in film's development

D. science fiction film in modern time

20. If the films showed are familiar to the students, the students should .

A. submit an extensive written critique

B. try to see them again with new eye

C. watch them twice

D. drop the course

答案解析

17. C本题考查的是文章的细节。根据听力材料第一段，可知学习过电影术语后，老 师会向大家介绍美国电影的历史。因此，选项C为正确答案。

18.  B本题考查的是短文的数字信息。根据听力材料中的“Then during our Wednesday seminar, we’ll discuss in depth the movie we saw the night before”，可知研讨会安 排在周三，内容为周二晚上看过的影片。因此,选项B为正确答案。

19. D本题考查的是文章的内容。根据听力材料中的“T/ieGoW Diggers of 1933，a piece that is very representative of the escapist trend in films released during the depression”，可知，《掘金者》上映于1933年，是大萧条时期以逃避现实为主题的电 影代表作，而不是现代的科幻片。因此，选项D为正确选项。

20. B

 

1 terminology   

n.术语；专有名词

参考例句：

• He particularly criticized the terminology in the document.他特别批评了文件中使用的术语。
• The article uses rather specialized musical terminology.这篇文章用了相当专业的音乐术语。

2 auditorium   

n.观众席，听众席；会堂，礼堂

参考例句：

• The teacher gathered all the pupils in the auditorium.老师把全体同学集合在礼堂内。
• The stage is thrust forward into the auditorium.舞台向前突出，伸入观众席。