Question

From Avatar to Lord of the Rings, plants are no strangers to playing big movie roles. However, no one has ever shot a film that plants themselves can watch until now. In a New York art gallery, seven house plants have spent the last seven weeks watching Strange Skies, the first travel documentary for a vegetable audience. All the plants sat in the cinema in rows, enjoying themselves in Italian sunshine.

The movie was made by American artist Jonathon Keats. It consists of Italian skies recorded over two months and made into a six-minute-long movie. The film shows the clear dawn(黎明), high clouds, amazing dusk and then beautiful night. The movie has no sound and the plants, of course, do not applaud. But Stephen Squibb, a professor from Harvard University, said these plants could benefit from it—the light of the movie keeps them alive because they can continue the process of turning light into energy.

“I realized there was a much larger audience—plants—that were not being serviced, ”Keats said. “I wanted to provide plants with entertainment that companies such as Disney provide for humans. ”Meanwhile, Keats also wants to explore plants’ sensibilities(敏感性)further. He plans to open a“restaurant for plants”at a Californian museum.

One visitor, photographer Abbas Ebrahimi, admired(羡慕)the green audience, “Plants are better than us. We die and go, while in spring they come back each time. ”But when talking about the movie, he said after thinking for a few minutes, “It doesn’t mean anything to me at all. It’s just about light. For some people, it might mean something. ”

1.What can we learn about Keats according to the passage?

A. He is an artist from Harvard University.

B. He opened a restaurant for plants.

C. He made the film Strange Skies.

D. He liked recording Italian skies.

2.It can be learned that Strange Skies　　　.

A. has already created beautiful sound

B. was shot from dawn to dusk

C. made plants play roles in it

D. is the first travel film for plants

3.What did Stephen Squibb think of Strange Skies?

A. He thought it had explored plants’ sensibilities.

B. He thought it meant nothing to him.

C. He thought it could keep plants growing.

D. He thought it offered entertainment to plants.

4.Why did Abbas Ebrahimi admire the green audience?

A. Because they die and re-grow in spring.

B. Because they mean something to him.

C. Because there are more plants than people.

D. Because they can enjoy the movie.

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.D

3.C

4.A

【解析】自从电影问世以来, 植物历来是电影中不可或缺的一部分, 但是从来没有一部电影是拍给植物观看的, 近来在纽约的艺术展览馆, 植物成了观众。

1.Strange Skies。

2.2】选D。细节理解题。根据第一段第三句可知Strange Skies是第一部拍摄给植物看的电影。

3.3】选C。细节理解题。根据第二段第五句可知他认为电影Strange Skies有利于植物的生长。

4.4】选A。推理判断题。根据最后一段内容可知本题选A项。