17．Here's a movie---a lot of fun that's sure to entertain the whole family．
With some great compute-made effects，a great cast（演員陣容） and a fun-packed storyline（故事情節(jié)），Robots is the best animated film since The Incredibles．Yep，it really is that good．
Set in a world populated by robots，Ewan McGregor plays （扮演） Rodney Copperbottom，a young robot who leaves his small-town home to pursue his dream of becoming an inventor．
But after arriving in Robot City，his hopes of getting a job at Bigweld Industries are destroyed when he learns the firm has been taken over by the bad Ratchet （Greg Kinnear）．
Egged on by（被…慫恿，煽動） his controlling mum，Madame Gasket （Jim Broadbent），Ratchet plans to reduce half of Robot City's citizens to scrap metal（金屬碎片） by refusing to sell the spare parts they need to survive．
Instead，he wants to make a fortune selling expensive upgrades that few can afford．As he says，"Why be you when you can be new？"
Helped by a few robots known as the Rustles---including Robin Williams as the cowardly Fender （"I'm made of a metal called Afraidium"）---Rodney must track down the company's founder，Bigweld （Mel Brooks），and convince him to save the city from Ratchet's plans．
The first thing that'll attract you about the movie is the thought that's gone into creating Robot City．It's a wondrous world full of mechanical（機械的） marvels including wind-up cars and walking streetlamps．
Also terrific are the special effects．This might be an animated movie but at times you'll catch yourself thinking it's really a live-action film．
Of course，there have been plenty of animated movies that were disappointing because of a weak storyline （see Shark Tale，for example）．
But Robots appeals to you right from the start thanks to a heart-warming and thoroughly attractive plot that never bores．
My only complaints are with Williams who，as usual，has a one-in-10success rate with his jokes．Also a disapointment is a romantic subplot between Rodney and a shapely robot called Cappy （Halle Berry） that doesn't go anywhere．
Complains aside，this is a mechanical marvel that'll have you bolted firmly to your seat．
BEST QUOTE（引述）：Fender："Even though you had a discouraging day，just remember there's another one coming tomorrow．"
BEST BIT：Check out those amazing images．
WORST BIT：Robin Williams'character does an unfunny Britney Spears dance routine．
IF YOU LIKED…Ice Age，The Incredibles，Toy Story…YOU'LL LIKE THIS．
60．This piece of writing is aB．
A．commercial advertisement
B．film review
C．movie poster
D．literary essay
61．The cast of Robots is made up of all the following actors or actresses EXCEPTC．
A．Ewan McGregor
B．Robin Williams
C．Britney Spears
D．Halle Berry
62．What is Shark Tale an example of？B
A．A great cast．
B．A poor plot（情節(jié)）．
C．Special effects．
D．Ugly animation．
分析 這是一篇影評，文章介紹了 Robots 這部電影的主要故事情節(jié)，并在文章末尾說明了電影的亮點和敗筆．
解答 60-62．BCB
60．B 推斷題．文章介紹了 Robots 這部電影的主要故事情節(jié)，并在文章末尾說明了電影的亮點和敗筆，可知這是一篇影評．A項意為"商業(yè)廣告"；B項意為"影評"；C項意為"電影海報"；D項意為"文學文章"．故正確答案為B．
61．C 細節(jié)題．文章第三段第一句"Ewan McGregor plays Rodney Copperbottom"排除A項．文章第七段第一句"…including Robin Williams as the cowardly Fender…"排除B項．文章第十二段"…a shapely robot called Cappy（Halle Berry） that…"排除D項．故正確答案為C．
62．B 細節(jié)題．Shark Tale 在文中只出現(xiàn)了一次，定位到第十段．第十段意為"當然，有許多可圈可點的動畫片都被蒼白的故事情節(jié)（weak storyline）糟蹋了（以《鯊魚故事》為例）．"可知，作者借用 Shark Tale 來作為蒼白故事情節(jié)（poor plot）的例子．故正確答案為B．
點評 做閱讀時經(jīng)常犯錯的主要原因是，僅憑讀過文章后殘留在腦海中的一絲印象來勾選答案，這樣便很容易掉入出題人故意設布下的題目陷阱．所謂閱讀理解，對于題目的理解一定要忠實于原文，因此，每一道題都應該與原文作全面的對比與核查，再得出答案．也就是說，閱讀理解的每一道題目，在原文都應該有明確的出處，我們把這一出處叫做原文相關(guān)句，（1）排除與原文相關(guān)句主題不一致的選項（2）排除與原文相關(guān)句態(tài)度相反的選項 （3）排除用于過于極端或負面的選項（4）注意結(jié)合文章主旨和主題去排除．
