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    The headline of the story . A. cleverly includes the title of the film B. makes one want to find out what this elephant is C. suggests that this award-winning film has caught people's attention D. does all the above Passage 46 Brothers compete in boat race Oxford and Cambridge. These two old, world-famous universities have been competing against each other in many different fields for hundreds of years. And sometimes the gap is so narrow that it measures just 30cm. How can this be? Well, it's the time-honoured competition between the two universities' boat clubs. This year, the 149th boat race took place on the River Thames in London on April 6. The rowers of Cambridge were stronger. But Oxford had the better rowing skills. They were neck and neck throughout. When both sped past the finishing line, almost at the same time, no one was sure who had won the race. The judges had to replay the finish on video to decide the champion. Cambridge lost and coach Robin Williams described it as "a blow to the heart". The victory was Oxford's 71st in the history of the event and a repeated success from last year. But, Cambridge still leads the series with 77 victories. One race finished in a draw . As if this close finish wasn't enough excitement, it also turned out to be the first time two sets of brothers rowed against each other. Oxford's David Livingston was up against his brother James and Oxford's Matt Smith rowed against his brother Ben. Both Livingstons were determined to win and even tried to distance each other before the race. It was a difficult time for both of them, but especially for James, since it was his last chance to take part in the boat race. "It was the most agonizing gap. I will always be thinking, if only I pushed a little bit harder, a little bit sooner." The personal competition between these two sets of brothers reminded people of 1829. This was when the yearly tradition was started by two friends who studied at Cambridge and Oxford. On March 12 of that year, Cambridge sent a challenge to Oxford and thus the "fight" continued to the present day. Today the race attracts thousands of onlookers and is broadcast all over the world. It also inspired China's two most famous universities, Beida and Tsinghua to start a similar boat race in 1999. 1. What does the word "time-honoured" in the second paragraph mean? A. Everlasting. B. Existing for a long time. C. Interesting. D. Closest in time. 【查看更多】

     

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    Hard to Miss This Elephant

    　　The film starts out as a normal day at a typical American high school. Friends chat in the dining room and boys play football. But there's a big surprise when the movie ends with two students going crazy in the school-shooting and killing people.

    　　This is “Elephant”.Filmed in just 2D days, it stars real high school kids. American director Gus Van Sant had no ready made lines (台词). The student actors made up their own dialogue, with Van Sant asking them to base their characters on their own lives.

    　　Although it may not sound very high quality, the film won the Palmed' Or(金棕榈奖) for Best Film and the award for Best Director at the Cannes film festival in France on May 25.

    　　The film is based on the shootings at a high school in the US, where two boys killed 13 people and then them-selves in 1999.

    　　The title of the movie refers to the old expression about a problem that's as hard to ignore (忽略) as an elephant in the house.

    　　The film takes a close look at a few hours in the lives of the victims (受害者) and the killers. It shows how high school is a different experience for everyone－fun and friendly, or hard and lonely.

    　　In many ways, the two boys, who carry out the shooting, act like ordinary kids. They joke around with one boy's mother as she serves them cakes and play the piano. But, there are hints (暗示) of the anger they feel inside. One of the boys is bullied (欺负) at school. The other plays violent video games. But Van Sant isn't blaming their killings on either bullying or violent games. In fact, the film doesn't offer any reason for why school violence happens.

    　　“I didn't want to explain anything. It's up to the audience to draw its own conclusions,” said the 51-year-old director.

    1．The description of a normal day at an American high school in the first paragraph ________.

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    A．shows what life is like in American high schools

    B．shows that the film was set in an American high school

    C．serves to introduce the unexpected, dramatic ending of the film

    D．suggests that some kind of danger is hidden in the setting

    2．The lines of the film were________.

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    A．created by student actors

    B．given by the director

    C．carefully designed by professional people

    D．thought out while acting

    3．The film doesn't tell why the school shootings happen________.

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    A．because the mental problems of the high school students are hard to present

    B．but there are some hints of the reasons

    C．because life itself is the maker of problems

    D．because this leaves much food for thought

    4．The headline of the story “Hard to Miss This Elephant” ________.

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    A．cleverly includes the title of the film

    B．makes one want to find out what this elephant is

    C．suggests that this award-winning film has caught people's attention

    D．does all the above

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