【题目】The resounding film Avatar has been very popular in the UK and around the world, becoming the fastest film ever to earn 1 billion dollars(7 billion yuan) in ticket sales.
But as well as being an entertaining feast for the eyes, the sci-fi epic (叙事诗)also introduces the audience to a brand new language invented especially for the film.
The movie is set in an alien planet called Pandora which is inhabited by many strange species. The most humanoid of the planet's inhabitants are the Na'vi, and it is the struggle between the Na'vi and human invader that forms the main story of the film.
The film has been released in 2D and 3D versions.
In order to add a sense of reality to his vision of an alien race the film's director James Cameron asked a professor of language from the University of Southern California to invent a language for the Na'vi.
Professor Paul Frommer worked with James Cameron for four years to build upon the original 30 words or so that the director had already come up with for the language.
According to Professor Frommer, the most important aspect of the Na'Vi language was that it could be pronounced.
"This is an alien language but obviously it has to be spoken by human actors," Professor Frommer told the BBC, "it has to be sounds that human beings are comfortable producing."
The language currently has around 1,000 words but Professor Frommer hopes to expand it in possible sequels (续集)to the film and in video games.
The professor hopes that one day his creation will have a high level of the Klingon alien language from the Star Trek films.
"There's a translation of Hamlet into Klingon," says Professor Frommer.
"If anything happened like this with Na'Vi, I'd be delighted."
【1】 The underlined word "resounding" in Paragraph 1 means ______ .
A. later B. scientific C. hit D. surprising
【2】 Which of the following is RIGHT according to the passage?
A. A kind of new language was invented especially for the film.
B. The film Avatar is as good a film as the Star Trek.
C. The creation in Alien Language is different from that in human beings.
D. Avatar is one of the excellent films invented by Pandora.
【3】 The most challenging part in the creation of the language is ______ .
A. that Professor Frommer needs to create 1 ,000 words for the film Avatar by himself
B. that the language is based on that of the Alien planet called Pandora
C. that James Cameron introduces a new style of language to the audience
D. that an Alien language is created to be spoken by human beings
【4】 We can infer from the passage that ______ .
A. the film Avatar has been released in 2D and 3D versions
B. the most important aspect of the Na'vi language was that it could be pronounced
C. Professor Paul Frommer believes his language creation in the film Avatar is very successful
D. Professor Paul Frommer worked with James Cameron for four years for a sense of reality of
【答案】【1】 C
【2】 A
【3】 D
【4】 C
【解析】【1】词义猜测题。根据该句中的very popular和the fastest film ever to earn 1 billion dollars(7billion yuan) in ticket sales 等,我们能猜出resounding与hit同义,表示“轰动的”。
【2】细节理解题。根据第五、六、七段,可知A项正确;根据倒数第三段,可知B项错误;根据第八段可知C项错误;根据第三段可知D项错误。
【3】细节理解题。根据第六段,该语言是Professor hill Frommer 和导演共同完成创作的,并非潘多拉星球的语言,所以A、B两项错误;该种语言谈不上是新的语言风格, C项错误;根据第八段可知D项正确。
【4】推理判断题。根据第四段,第七段和第五段,可知A、B、D三项是明确说明的不是暗示的;根据倒数第三段The professor hopes that one day his creation will have a high level of the Klingon alien language from the Star Trek films. 可推断出C项。
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