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【題目】It is a live celebration of the lasting power of letter writing!

Letters Live, which started in December 2013, was held at the Freemasons’ Hall in London from March 10 to 15. The show invited various great performers who read remarkable letters that had been written around the world over the centuries.

“Bringing letters alive through outstanding performances is one of the most powerful ways in which the joy and pain and humor and tragedy of being human can be shared,” Jamie Byng, managing director of Canongate Books publishing firm, told the Nowness video channel.

British actor Benedict Cumberbatch agreed. “Letters are windows into the love, beauty, pain and humor of their creators and receivers,” he told The Guardian. “Letters Live makes us stop and imagine the lives behind the letters read and where they came from. It’s a privilege to read this most ancient of communications live to an audience.”

This year, the movie Sherlock star treated the audience by playing the part of a 17-year Tom Hanks. He put on the young actor’s voice when he read his letter to the Hollywood director George Roy Hill, a letter that urged Hill to “discover” him. The letter revealed that two-time Oscar winner Hanks’ teenage dream was not to “be a big-time Hollywood superstar” but to one day own a Porsche car and call his favorite US actor Robert Red ford his nickname “Bob”.

Other famous faces at the event included Carey Mulligan, who played a fictional laundry worker, a female activist fighting for women’s rights in the 2015 movie Suffragette. The British actress once again played the role of a suffragette, when she read a very enthusiastic letter demanding the vote for women. The suffragette sent a precious 1913 note to The Daily Telegraph newspaper.

“Everyone seems to agree upon the necessity of putting a stop 10 Suffragist anger, but no one seems certain how to do so,” Mulligan read out. “There are two, and only two, ways in which this can be done. Both will be effectual. One, kill every woman in the UK. Two, give women the vote.”

【1】What was Cumberbatch’s attitude’ towards Jamie Byng’s opinion?

A. Doubtful. B. Positive.

C. Optimistic. D. Cautious.

【2】Which of the following was a dream of Tom Hanks as a child?

A. To become an actor. B. To call himself “Bob”.

C. To win Oscar Awards. D. To have a famous car.

【3】A “suffragette” is a woman who .

A. sends a valuable note to newspaper.

B. reads out a letter to the audience.

C. advocates women’s right to vote.

D. plays a famous role in a movie.

【4】What can be a suitable title for the text?

A. Famous People Gathering.

B. Letters of Great Performers.

C. Letters Brought to Life.

D. Rights Given to Women.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】C

【4】C

【解析】

這是一篇記敘文。作者通過(guò)對(duì)英國(guó)一個(gè)欄目Letters Live（見字如面）和人們對(duì)它的的態(tài)度的介紹，意在表明信件包涵著強(qiáng)大的寓意和情感。

【1】推理判斷題。由第四段British actor Benedict Cumberbatch agreed. “Letters are windows into the love, beauty, pain and humor of their creators and receivers,” he told The Guardian. “Letters Live makes us stop and imagine the lives behind the letters read and where they came from. It’s a privilege to read this most ancient of communications live to an audience 可知Benedict Cumberbatch對(duì)Jamie Byng的觀點(diǎn)持支持態(tài)度。故B選項(xiàng)正確。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第五段the letter revealed that two-time Oscar winner Hanks’ teenage dream was not to “be a big-time Hollywood superstar” but to one day own a Porsche car. 可知，Tom Hanks年少時(shí)的夢(mèng)想之一是擁有一輛名車。故D選項(xiàng)正確。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第六段Other famous faces at the event included Carey Mulligan, who played a fictional laundry worker, a female activist fighting for women’s rights in the 2015 movie Suffragette. The British actress once again played the role of a suffragette, when she read a very enthusiastic letter demanding the vote for women.可知，“suffragette”是指提倡婦女參政論政的人。故C選項(xiàng)正確。

【4】標(biāo)題歸納題。由第二段 The show invited various great performers who read remarkable letters that had been written around the world over the centuries第三段Bringing letters alive through outstanding performances is one of the most powerful ways in which the joy and pain and humor and tragedy of being human can be shared第四段it’s a privilege to read this most ancient of communications live to an audience 以及后幾段很多名人都把以前的信件念給聽眾聽�？芍�，通過(guò)現(xiàn)場(chǎng)讀信的形式，把前人的情感，觀點(diǎn)，態(tài)度等又重新展現(xiàn)在人們的面前，所以見到了信件如同見到了它們的主人。故C選項(xiàng)正確。