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【題目】【原創(chuàng)】NOWADAYS, most animated (動畫) films rely heavily on computer technology. But his magical world – where witches (魔法師) cast spells and castles float in the sky – is brought to life by hand. Nevertheless, Hayao Miyazaki is referred to as Japan’s Walt Disney and considered by many to be the world’s greatest living animator.

This month, the 72-year-old Miyazaki announced his retirement. The Japanese animator has directed 11 animated full-length films over the past four decades, including the Oscar-winning Spirited Away (《千與千尋》) and his latest release, The Wind Rises (《起風(fēng)了》), which tells the life story of a man who designed Japanese World War II fighter planes.

Just as The Wind Rises shows, Miyazaki is well-known for his obsession with flight, especially human flight. Other striking aspects of Miyazaki’s films include his themes of environmental protection and the horrors of war.

Miyazaki’s work is also famous for its lack of clearly defined good and evil characters. He sees the 21st century as a complex time when old norms need to be re-examined.

As a storyteller, he is an inventor of fairy tales full of mystery. In the Miyazakian universe, wizards (巫師) turn into birds of prey; young girls are transformed overnight into 90-year-old women; greedy parents are changed into pigs; and shooting stars become fire demons (惡魔).

As a visual (視覺的) artist, most of Miyazaki’s grace comes from his vivid (鮮明的) colors and lovingly drawn landscapes – a rolling meadow (草地) covered with flowers and shadowed by clouds, or a range of rocky hills rising toward snow-capped mountain peaks

People attribute Miyazaki’s success to his long pursuit of his hand-drawn technique, although in an interview with CNN he called himself an “extinct species” in the age of digital animation.

A recent television documentary on the making of The Wind Rises showed a disappointed Miyazaki throwing a pile (堆) of drawings into the trash. He is said to have redrawn thousands of frames of the much-praised Princess Mononoke (《幽靈公主》) when they did not meet his standards.

But his huge attention to detail has earned him the respect of the entire animated film world. Even John Lasseter – head of Pixar, the famous US computer animation studio – once called Miyazaki “one of the greatest filmmakers of our time”.

【1】What can we know about Miyazaki’s film The Wind Rises?

A.It was put on a long time ago.

B.Its hero is a soldier.

C.It describes horrors of war.

D.It is an Oscar-winning film.

【2】What does the underlined word “obsession” mean in paragraph 3? ?

A.Enthusiasm. B.Hate. C.Envy D.Sympathy.

【3】According to the article,Miyazake’s films _____.

A.are full of mystery and imaginative characters and landscapes

B.are likely to use hand-drawn technique and redrawn abstract frames

C.are full of new norms and clearly defined good and evil characters

D.are likely to demonstrate environmental protection and anti-war themes

【2】What is the main idea of this article ?

A.Miyazake’s impact on Japanese culture

B.the characteristics of Miyazake’s films

C.what inspired Miyazake to create his films

D.what made Miyazake succeed

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】D

【4】B

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要內(nèi)容：在大部分動畫電影越來越多的倚重電腦特技的當(dāng)代，宮崎駿創(chuàng)作的以魔法和浮空城堡為特色的幻想世界卻以手繪為主。盡管如此，他仍被視為日本的沃爾特.迪斯尼、現(xiàn)今最偉大的動畫人之一。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。 根據(jù)第二段The Japanese animator has directed 11 animated full-length films over the past four decades, including the Oscar-winning Spirited Away (《千與千尋》) and his latest release, The Wind Rises (《起風(fēng)了》), which tells the life story of a man who designed Japanese World War II fighter planes.這位日本動畫人在過去的四十年里導(dǎo)演了11部大型動畫片，其中包括奧斯卡得獎影片《千與千尋的神隱》和他最后一部影片《起風(fēng)了》，后者講述了二戰(zhàn)時期一位日本戰(zhàn)斗機(jī)設(shè)計師的故事。故選C。

【2】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)該詞的上下文just as The Wind Rises shows, Miyazaki is well-known for his obsession with flight, especially human flight. Other striking aspects of Miyazaki’s films include his themes of environmental protection and the horrors of war.如同《起風(fēng)了》所展示的，宮崎以其戰(zhàn)斗控、尤其是人類之間的爭斗聞名于世。而環(huán)保和戰(zhàn)爭的恐怖也是宮崎動畫電影著重表現(xiàn)的題材。故選A。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段Other striking aspects of Miyazaki’s films include his themes of environmental protection and the horrors of war.而環(huán)保和戰(zhàn)爭的恐怖也是宮崎動畫電影著重表現(xiàn)的題材。故選D。

【4】主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章第一段But his magical world – where witches (魔法師) cast spells and castles float in the sky – is brought to life by hand.宮崎駿創(chuàng)作的以魔法和浮空城堡為特色的幻想世界卻以手繪為主。故選B。