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Based on a true story, the film shows a hero racing ______ time to get back the stolen papers.

A. behind　　　　 B. against

C. about　 　 　　 D. at

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（2014年北京市西城区高三5月二模试题）33. Based on a true story, the film shows a hero racing ______ time to get back the stolen papers.

A. behind　　         B. against　　             C. about　　             D. at　　

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The Boy Who Harnessed (利用) the Wind is an inspirational true-story film based on a memoir—an account of the author’s personal experiences—by the Malawian engineer William Kamkwamba. As a teenager, Kamkwamba built a wind turbine for his famine-stricken town in Malawi, helping to power small appliances and eventually irrigate crops. But though the film points toward that technological breakthrough, it spends much of its running time depicting (描绘) its hero’s community and avoids many of the damaging language that tend to accompany pop-cultural description of poverty or conflicts in African countries.

This approach is what makes the movie, much more attractive than other such docu-dramas. Chiwetel Ejiofor, an English actor, is making his feature appearance as a writer and director to draw attention to Kamkwamba’s story—but he’s just as focused on depicting the boy’s family life and the dangers of farming in early-2000s Malawi. Famine isn’t just a thing that happens to the Kamkwambas. It’s the result of a series of unpredictable catastrophes that trickle down to this small village and leave its people struggling to grow and sell food. By examining the many structural reasons for the town’s crisis, Ejiofor makes Kamkwamba’s achievement feel better-earned from a narrative (叙述的) perspective.

The Kamkwambas are not lacking in food, at first, though they do live harvest to harvest. Soon, a series of dramatic floods, combined with government unrest (动荡), begins to take a toll on (have a bad effect on) their life. Through it all, William shows his gift for invention, taking apart whatever machines he can get his hands on and figuring out how they work. In one crucial (and cleverly written) scene, some local teenagers beg William to fix their radio so that they can listen to a soccer game, and he does, making use of a battery from several drained power cells. As the radio jolts to life, it delivers a news report of planes hitting buildings in the U.S., which serves as the first real acknowledgment of the film’s exact time period. The uninterested teens immediately switch over to the game, but Ejiofor included that detail for a reason. Though Malawi is on the other side of the world from the U.S., and the Kamkwambas’ village is far from the country’s biggest city, the negative effects of 9/11 are felt even there—unsettling the government and setting off a chain reaction that quickly turns things terrible. Moments like these affirm Ejiofor’s particular skill for storytelling. To William and his young friends, the event barely registers, but it still has huge consequences for their lives.

The latter half of the film is tougher going than the light, community-oriented opening, but it’s anchored by strong performances. Trywell, William’s father, isn’t a bad dad, but as his family gets hungrier, his anger toward his government, which was supposed to help him thrive, rises to the surface. As William’s mother, Maïga is a calmer, steadier figure, but her pride is damaged, too. She　 speaks of never wanting to be the stereotypical (老套的) family “praying for rain,” as her ancestors did, and despairs as Trywell’s strategy to save the farm becomes almost exactly that.

At a certain point, I started mentally checking my watch—Isn’t it time for the boy to start harnessing the wind? But Ejiofor doesn’t want William’s massive achievement to look easy. Not only does William need to gather the practical materials needed for a windmill in a nearly abandoned town, but he also has to challenge his father’s skepticism and persuade him to give up the few possessions he still has, including a bicycle, to create something that appears impossible. It’s striking, and deeply sad, to consider that superficially (表面上) the only thing keeping William’s town from starvation was basically wind power. In Ejiofor’s hands, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind builds realism and context into both sides of that story and manages to be a winning adaptation as a result.

1.In the film The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, a considerable part is about _______.

A. the miserable life in Malawi B. the irrigation of the crops

C. the building of the turbine D. the technology breakthrough

2.How does Ejiofor make Kamkwamba’s achievement more noticeable?

A. By shooting the film in the form of story-telling.

B. By analyzing the reasons for the village’s poverty.

C. By listing unpredictable catastrophes attacking the village.

D. By strengthening the difficulty in growing and selling the food.

3.What is the purpose of the scene about the radio in Paragraph 3?

A. To report the terror event in the US B. To reveal the setting of the film.

C. To stress the teens’ interest in games. D. To show the hero’s willingness of help.

4.The underlined word “that” in Paragraph 4 refers to _______.

A. Maïga’s pride B. Trywell’s anger

C. the family praying for rain D. the despair of saving the farm

5.The scene of William harnessing the wind appears quite late in the film so as to _______.

A. build realism and context into both sides of the story

B. underline the local people’s suffering from starvation

C. show his father’s skepticism and reluctance to help him

D. impress on viewers the difficulty of making the machine

6.What would be the best title for this passage?

A. A Wind Turbine Invented by a Malawian Engineer

B. An Inspirational True-story Adapted into a Film

C. The Kamkwamba Family and Their Life in Malawi

D. A True Winner—The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

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true events ,the film follows the life of Braddock, a boxer in New York.

A、Being based on     B、Basing on      C、Based on   D、Having based on

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My all-time favorite movie is Cool Runnings. It is based on the true story about the Jamaican Bobsled team who_______ in the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics.

After they_______ for the Olympics, they got three runs, on three_______ days. I am going to break these runs down for you and _______ them to everyday life.

Before the Jamaican’s first run, they_______ the Swiss team’s style and _______.　 They weren’t true to themselves, and as a result, the first run was a_______.

After painful_______ and pep talks(激励的话), the team went back to their roots. They were _______ to themselves and they were 100% prepared for the second run. Everything clicked and they moved into 8th place.

And the third one was when they ________. Although they were well prepared, ________, that shaky old sled they used couldn’t stop and they crashed. Everyone knows what happened next. They________ the sled and finished the race.

The runs are what real life is about. Sometimes you can be prepared. Sometimes you can go into a situation or relationship with all of the best________ in the world. But something will still go ________. That is life. However, just like those four Jamaicans, you can get up and________ the race.

1.A.succeeded B.led C.signed D.competed

2.A.run B.qualified C.made D.declared

3.A.peaceful B.depressing C.separate D.special

4.A.compare B.adapt C.insert D.add

5.A.watched B.copied C.improved D.replaced

6.A.uniforms B.words C.techniques D.requests

7.A.hint B.disaster C.tie D.hit

8.A.reflection B.injuries C.complaints D.argument

9.A.opposed B.addicted C.limited D.true

10.A.crashed B.took off C.dressed up D.abandoned

11.A.surprisingly B.deliberately C.eventually D.unfortunately

12.A.picked up B.held up C.folded up D.broke up

13.A.results B.choices C.intentions D.principles

14.A.unnoticed B.smooth C.mad D.wrong

15.A.start B.finish C.watch D.win

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Films

The Exorcism of Emily Rose

It’s supposedly based on a true story, which stars Jennifer Carpenter as Emily Rose, a country girl who goes away to college and then becomes possessed by the devil. The inspiration for the film came from the story of Anneliese Michel, a supposedly possessed woman who died from starvation after a series of unsuccessful exorcism attempts in 1976.

Children of the Corn

Has that thing ever happened to you where you go on a road trip and stop for gas and realize that you lose your direction off the beaten path and people start looking at you like you’re from the moon? The instance always reminds you of this movie. Walk far into the wilderness and it’s all just Children of the Corn territory.

The Ring

Some people prefer the original Japanese version of this film to the 2002 remake starring Naomi Watts, so if you have time, watch both, but if you don’t, start here. There was a really exciting period in the early 2000s when the film industry made some exciting changes to the usual format of horror movies. This movie helped introduce a transition from monster films to a more psychological approach that relies on expectations more than in-your-face jump scares.

It Follows

This is a movie that’s super fun to approach not knowing much about it, because if you hadn’t already known the fact that it’s a scary movie, you’d be surprised by how things develop as you’re experiencing it for the first time. There are a lot of scares in It Follows that catch you by surprise, which makes it feel refreshing, fun, and horrifying at the same time.

1.Who is Jennifer Carpenter?

A. A woman who died from starvation

B. An actress who acted Emily Rose

C. A girl who was possessed by the devil

D. The author who wrote The Exorcism of Emily Rose

2.If you lose your way near a gas station, you are most likely to think of the film_______.

A. The Exorcism of Emily Rose

B. Children of the Corn

C. The Ring

D. It Follows

3.What special contribution did The Ring make?

A. It introduced fun and horrifying experiences at the same time.

B. It introduced in-your-face jump scares

C. It created a new style of horror movies

D. It was adapted into many Japanese films.

4.How may you feel when watching It Follows?

A. Sad and upset

B. Fun and moved

C. Bored and sleepy

D. Amazed and frightened

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His uncle made a film _______ his story in his childhood.

A．based on          B．was based on       C．basing on          D．to base on

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His first book　　 next month is based on a true story.　　　　　　　　　　　

A. published　　　　 B. to publish　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 C. to be published　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 D. being published

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His first book ________ next month is based on a true story.

A．published　                             B．to be published

C．to publish　                             D．being published

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His first book ________ next month is based on a true story.

A. published        B. to be published      C. to publish      D. being published

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