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【題目】The film stars out as a normal day at a typical American high school. Friends chat in the dining room and boys play football. But there's big surprise when the movie ends with two students going crazy in the school-shooting and killing people.

This is Elephant. It stars real school kids. American director Gus Van Sant had no ready-made lines. The student actors made up their own dialogue, with Van Sant asking them to base their characters on their own lives.

Although it may not sound very high quality, the film won the Palme d'Or (金棕獎) for Best Film and the award for Best Director at the Cannes film festival.

The film is based on the shootings at a high school in the US, where two boys killed 13 people and then themselves in 1999.

The title of the movie refers to the old expression about a problem that's as hard to ignore as an elephant in the house.

The film takes a close look at a few hours in the lives of the victims and the killers. It shows how high school is a different experience for everyone---fun and friendly, or hard and lonely.

In many ways, the two boys, who carry out the shooting, act like ordinary kids. They joke around with one boy's mother as she serves them cakes and play the piano.

But there're hints of the anger they feel inside. One of the boys is bullied (欺負) at school. The other plays violent video games. But Van Sant isn't blaming their killings on either bullying or violent games. In fact, the film doesn't offer any reason for why school violence happens.

"I didn't want to explain anything. It's up to the audience to draw its own conclusions," said the 51-year-old director.

【1】The lines of the film were ________.

A. given by the director

B. created by student actors

C. thought out by the director during the acting

D. carefully designed by professional people

【2】 The film doesn't tell why school shootings happen________.

A. so as to leave room for the audience to think and judge

B. because life itself is the problem maker

C. because the mental problems of students are hard to explain

D. but there are some hints of the reasons

【3】The film is named Elephant because ________.

A. an elephant is always gentle and never causes trouble

B. an elephant is a symbol of big problems in American schools

C. elephant is used to suggest that the school crime is a big problem

D. the two boys liked elephants when alive

【4】What’s the passage mainly about？

A. It shows American school life.

B. It introduces the film Elephant.

C. It tells people to be careful while in peace.

D. It reports a school killing in a US school.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】C

【4】B

【解析】

試題分析：文章講述了美國的一位導(dǎo)演拍攝校園暴力并對其發(fā)生的原因進行了分析。

【1】B細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段American director Gus Van Sant had no ready-made lines. The student actors made up their own dialogue,可知lines（臺詞）不是導(dǎo)演預(yù)先準(zhǔn)備的，而是學(xué)生演員自己創(chuàng)造的。故選B。

【2】A推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段It's up to the audience to draw its own conclusions,可知導(dǎo)演把為什么留給了觀眾，每個人的思考不一樣，因此原因也是由觀眾自己定的。故選A。

【3】C推理判斷題。根據(jù)第五段The title of the movie refers to the old expression about a problem that's as hard to ignore as an elephant in the house�？芍�電影名字的來源是一句古老的諺語，elephant即大象，本身就是一種體積龐大的動物，如果出現(xiàn)在家里，那么就是在不正確的地方，就是一個問題了。因此這里的引申義就是說明校園暴力事件是一個大問題。故選C。

【4】B主題大意題。根據(jù)第一段The film stars out as a normal day at a typical American high school.可知開篇就說電影里面的內(nèi)容，緊接著第二段就提出了電影的名字，并結(jié)合全文可知整篇文章都在講述這部電影的材料來源，以及對電影內(nèi)容否認(rèn)點評分析。故選B。