The world of the science-fiction 3-D film Avatar is so perfect that the line between fact and fiction has become somewhat blurred (模糊) .
Movie-goers have admitted being annoyed by depression at not being able to visit the planet Pandora.Set in the future when Earth's resources have been used up, director James Cameron's film tells the story of a company trying to exploit a rare mineral on a new planet.The humans clash with the natives — a peace-loving race of 7-foot-tall, blue-skinned creatures called the Na'vi, who exist in perfect harmony with nature.
Fans have flooded the Internet with their confused feelings.On the site Avatar Forums (论坛), the topic "Ways to deal with the depression of the dream of Pandora not being able to come true" has more than 1,000 posts.In a similar forum, Louis, one user, wrote: "When I woke up this morning after watching Avatar for the first time yesterday, the world seemed grey.It just seems so meaningless.I still don't really see any reason to keep doing things at all.I live in a dying world." On the Avatar site Naviblue, a fan calling himself Jorba has even asked others to join him in starting a real Na'vi tribe.
This fantasy world, with its wonderful plants and animal life, is brought to life by using impressive special effects.Many people believe that 2010 is the breakthrough year for the technology helped by 3-D movies such as Avatar."It has taken the best of our technology to create this virtual world and real life will never be as perfect as it seems on screen.It makes real life seem more imperfect."
1.What is the best title of the text?
A.A blockbuster movie: Avatar
B.The Avatar effect: movie-goers feel depressed after watching Avatar
C.2010: a breakthrough year for.3-D movies
D.Pandora: a perfect world
2.We can infer that Louis ________ after watching the film Avatar.
A.will cherish his present life more
B.feels disappointed about the real world
C.will intend to create a real Na'vi tribe
D.is proud of living on the earth
3.Thanks to the success of Av'atar, ________.
A.3-D technology will probably develop quickly in 2010
B.most people look forward to living on another planet
C.many more science-fiction films will be made in the coming years
D.people have become more realistic about life
4.The underlined word "virtual" probably means ________.
A.unreal C.true B.perfect D.practical
5.According to the passage the natives on the planet are ________.
A.not harmony with the nature B.blue-haired race
C.peace-loving creatures D.fond of fighting with human race
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The world of the science-fiction 3-D film Avatar is so perfect that the line between fact and fiction has become somewhat blurred (模糊) .
Movie-goers have admitted being annoyed by depression at not being able to visit the planet Pandora.Set in the future when Earth's resources have been used up, director James Cameron's film tells the story of a company trying to exploit a rare mineral on a new planet.The humans clash with the natives — a peace-loving race of 7-foot-tall, blue-skinned creatures called the Na'vi, who exist in perfect harmony with nature.
Fans have flooded the Internet with their confused feelings.On the site Avatar Forums (论坛), the topic "Ways to deal with the depression of the dream of Pandora not being able to come true" has more than 1,000 posts.In a similar forum, Louis, one user, wrote: "When I woke up this morning after watching Avatar for the first time yesterday, the world seemed grey.It just seems so meaningless.I still don't really see any reason to keep doing things at all.I live in a dying world." On the Avatar site Naviblue, a fan calling himself Jorba has even asked others to join him in starting a real Na'vi tribe.
This fantasy world, with its wonderful plants and animal life, is brought to life by using impressive special effects.Many people believe that 2010 is the breakthrough year for the technology helped by 3-D movies such as Avatar."It has taken the best of our technology to create this virtual world and real life will never be as perfect as it seems on screen.It makes real life seem more imperfect."
1.What is the best title of the text?
A.A blockbuster movie: Avatar
B.The Avatar effect: movie-goers feel depressed after watching Avatar
C.2010: a breakthrough year for.3-D movies
D.Pandora: a perfect world
2.We can infer that Louis ________ after watching the film Avatar.
A.will cherish his present life more
B.feels disappointed about the real world
C.will intend to create a real Na'vi tribe
D.is proud of living on the earth
3.Thanks to the success of Av'atar, ________.
A.3-D technology will probably develop quickly in 2010
B.most people look forward to living on another planet
C.many more science-fiction films will be made in the coming years
D.people have become more realistic about life
4.The underlined word "virtual" probably means ________.
A.unreal C.true B.perfect D.practical
5.According to the passage the natives on the planet are ________.
A.not harmony with the nature B.blue-haired race
C.peace-loving creatures D.fond of fighting with human race
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The world of the science-fiction 3-D film Avatar is so perfect that the line between fact and fiction has become somewhat blurred (模糊) .
Movie-goers have admitted being annoyed by depression at not being able to visit the planet Pandora.Set in the future when Earth's resources have been used up, director James Cameron's film tells the story of a company trying to exploit a rare mineral on a new planet.The humans clash with the natives — a peace-loving race of 7-foot-tall, blue-skinned creatures called the Na'vi, who exist in perfect harmony with nature.
Fans have flooded the Internet with their confused feelings.On the site Avatar Forums (论坛), the topic "Ways to deal with the depression of the dream of Pandora not being able to come true" has more than 1,000 posts.In a similar forum, Louis, one user, wrote: "When I woke up this morning after watching Avatar for the first time yesterday, the world seemed grey.It just seems so meaningless.I still don't really see any reason to keep doing things at all.I live in a dying world." On the Avatar site Naviblue, a fan calling himself Jorba has even asked others to join him in starting a real Na'vi tribe.
This fantasy world, with its wonderful plants and animal life, is brought to life by using impressive special effects.Many people believe that 2010 is the breakthrough year for the technology helped by 3-D movies such as Avatar."It has taken the best of our technology to create this virtual world and real life will never be as perfect as it seems on screen.It makes real life seem more imperfect."
1.What is the best title of the text?
A.A blockbuster movie: Avatar
B.The Avatar effect: movie-goers feel depressed after watching Avatar
C.2010: a breakthrough year for.3-D movies
D.Pandora: a perfect world
2.We can infer that Louis ________ after watching the film Avatar.
A.will cherish his present life more
B.feels disappointed about the real world
C.will intend to create a real Na'vi tribe
D.is proud of living on the earth
3.Thanks to the success of Av'atar, ________.
A.3-D technology will probably develop quickly in 2010
B.most people look forward to living on another planet
C.many more science-fiction films will be made in the coming years
D.people have become more realistic about life
4.The underlined word "virtual" probably means ________.
A.unreal C.true B.perfect D.practical
5.According to the passage the natives on the planet are ________.
A.not harmony with the nature B.blue-haired race
C.peace-loving creatures D.fond of fighting with human race
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The world of the science-fiction 3-D film Avatar is so perfect that the line between fact and fiction has become somewhat blurred (模糊) .
Movie-goers have admitted being annoyed by depression at not being able to visit the planet Pandora. Set in the future when Earth’s resources have been used up, director James Cameron’s film tells the story of a company trying to exploit a rare mineral on a new planet. The humans clash with the natives—a peace-loving race of 7-foot-tall, blue-skinned creatures called the Na’vi, who exist in perfect harmony with nature.
Fans have flooded the Internet with their confused feelings. On the site Avatar Forums (论坛), the topic “Ways to deal with the depression of the dream of Pandora not being able to come true” has more than 1,000 posts. In a similar forum, Louis, one user, wrote: “When I woke up this morning after watching Avatar for the first time yesterday, the world seemed grey. It just seems so meaningless. I still don’t really see any reason to keep doing things at all. I live in a dying world.” On the Avatar site Naviblue, a fan calling himself Jorba has even asked others to join him in starting a real Na’vi tribe.
This fantasy world, with its wonderful plants and animal life, is brought to life by using impressive special effects. Many people believe that 2010 is the breakthrough year for the technology helped by 3-D movies such as Avatar. “It has taken the best of our technology to create this virtual world and real life will never be as perfect as it seems on screen. It makes real life seem more imperfect.”
1. What is the best title of the passage?
A. Pandora: a perfect world
B. The Na’vi: a great peace-loving race
C. 2010: a breakthrough year for. 3-D movies
D. Avatar: a great movie affecting it’s fans deeply
2. We can learn from the passage that Louis _______ after watching the film Avatar.
A. will cherish his present life more
B. feels disappointed about the real world
C. will intend to create a real Na’vi tribe
D. is proud of living on the earth
3. Thanks to the success of Avatar, _______.
A. 3-D technology will probably develop quickly in 2010
B. most people look forward to living on another planet
C. all leading directors will make science-fiction films
D. people have become more realistic about life
4. Why do fans have confused feelings after watching the movie?
A. Because they have no chance to play a role in the movie.
B. Because they wonder how such a 3-D movie was made.
C. Because they desire such a fantasy world of the Na’vi.
D. Because they are afraid that the earth will disappear soon.
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bought three DVD copies of the film Avatar and now _ is left. Somebody just borrows something and never returns.
A. none B. nothing C. either D. neither
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.—The film Avatar made by James Cameron is fantastic.Don’t you think so?
—_____.For years to come it will be beyond what movies can achieve.
A.Actually B.Extremely C.Exactly D.Surprisingly
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—The film Avatar made by James Cameron is fantastic.Don’t you think so?
—_____. For years to come it will be beyond what movies can achieve.
A.Actually B.Extremely C.Exactly D.Surprisingly
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B
The resounding film Avatar has been very popular in the UK and around the world, becoming the fastest film ever to earn $1bn(7bn 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 on 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 form 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 delight.”
60. The underlined word “resounding” in Paragraph 1 mean_________.
A. later B. scientific C. hit D. surprising
61. 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 as a film as the Star Trek
C. The creation in Alien Language is different from that in human beings.
D. Avatar is one of an excellent films invented by Pandora.
62. 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.
63. 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 believe 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 the film.
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The film “Avatar” took more than five years ______ and was reportedly one of the most expensive films.
A. making B. made C. to make D. to be made
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— Have you watched the film “Avatar”?
— Not yet. But I ________ the film is worth watching.
A. am told B. was told C. have told D. have been told
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What will the future be like? Good or bad? A lot of science-fiction writing imagines a world which is dark and scary. In Blade Runner, Harrison Ford hunts robots in a chaotic (混乱的) Los Angeles. Planet of the Apes shows a hopeless future for humankind.
There's a word to describe the kind of future world which often appears in science fiction: dystopia. It means an imagined place where things are unpleasant or bad. The opposite is utopia. But does tomorrow's world have to be so disappointing?
No. A new project wants to use the power of science fiction to inspire people to create a better future. Project Hieroglyph brings together writers, scientists, engineers and artists to create optimistic stories about things which really could happen in the next 50 years.
It's just a matter of making an effort. Experts say it's easier to create a dystopia than write a feel-good story. There's more conflict in a world full of problems, and stories are interesting when there are a lot of problems to solve. No challenge, no story!
But the project produced a book with some promising plots. One of them is about environmentalists who fight to stop entrepreneurs (创业者) from building the first hotel in Antarctica. Well, there's conflict there and it seems reasonable, so it could be a good story.
But will these stories actually change anything or just keep us entertained? Ed Finn, the book's editor, thinks the former. He says: "A good science-fiction story can be very powerful. It can inspire hundreds, thousands, millions of people to do something that they want to do."
The influence of science fiction can already be seen in modern research, says Professor Braden Allenby. He asks: "Why are people working on, for example, invisibility cloaks (斗篷)? Well, it's Harry Potter, right?"
Time will tell how far we can go. Let's dream big and think outside the box. Who knows the wonderful things we can come up with?
1.The underlined word “utopia” in paragraph 2 most probably means “______’.
A. a real world where people can do anything they like
B. an imagined place where things are unpleasant or bad
C. an imaginary perfect world where everyone is happy
D. a wild and terrible place where no one can live happily
2.Experts say it’s easier to create a dystopia than a feel-good story because ______.
A. a dystopia needs less imagination
B. a feel-good story is more interesting
C. there is no conflict in a feel-good story
D. there are more problems to solve in a dystopia
3.Professor Braden Allenby takes “invisibility cloaks” as an example ______.
A. to cause readers’ attention
B. to amuse science fiction readers
C. to introduce a science fiction story
D. to show the influence of science fiction
4.What is the best title for the passage?
A. What is science fiction?
B. Can science fiction help us?
C. What will man do in the future?
D. Shall we live a better life in the future?
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