Question

【題目】

In many – even most – space-themed films, whenever Earth faces a disaster, the solution is always fleeing the planet in spaceships. But the latest Chinese sci-fi movie, The Wandering Earth, offers a different and more ambitious idea.

In the film, based on a short story by Chinese sci-fi writer Liu Cixin, Earth is in danger of being destroyed by the dying sun. In response, humans around the world work together to build a giant engine system that will push Earth away from the sun. Instead of abandoning Earth again – this time we’re taking it with us.

This “ambition” didn’t come from nowhere. For thousands of years, “homeland” has had a soft spot in the hearts and minds of Chinese people. One old idiom is luoyeguigen, which means returning to one’s homeland in old age, like fallen leaves returning to the roots of their tree. Or look to an ancient verse: “The season called the White Dew begins tonight/Nowhere as in our native place is the moon so bright”. These both show the tight bond that Chinese people have had with their homeland.This special cultural background is probably what sets The Wandering Earth apart from Hollywood-style space films.

“What is Chinese sci-fi?” Guo Fan, the film’s director, said in an interview. “A vehicle that can really express our cultural and spiritual core can be called Chinese sci-fi. Otherwise, we’re just imitating others and telling the same American stories.”

And the makers of The Wandering Earth may have chosen the best time to tell its Chinese sci-fi story. The film was released on Feb 5, the first day of Chinese New Year. It was a time when many people had just made the hard journey back to their hometowns.

So to them, there is only one possible way to tell the story: Earth goes wherever humans go, because it’s our home.

【1】What is the difference between The Wandering Earth and Hollywood-style space films?

A. A different and more ambitious idea.B. Its Chinese makers.

C. The story with great imagination.D. The specical cultural background.

【2】What does the underlined word ‘abandoning’ mean in Chinese?

A. 拋棄B. 毀滅C. 依賴D. 索取

【3】The makers of this film choose Feb 5 to put on it probably because ________.

A. it was the Spring Festival and many people have time to watch it

B. many old people want to return to their hometown then

C. it can cause many people’s common feeling at this time

D. Chinese people usually celebrate together on that day

【4】What can we learn from the passage?

A. This film was based on a short story by Chinese sci-fi writer Guo Fan.

B. This film tells us each of us should return to our hometown when we grow old.

C. We should protect the Earth because it is in danger of being destroyed by the dying sun.

D. The director of this film thinks Chinese sci-fi should have our cultural and spiritual core.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】C

【4】D

【解析】

短文大意：短文介紹了賀歲片《流浪地球》并和好萊塢風格的太空電影作對比，指出能夠真正表達我們文化和精神核心的載體才可被稱為中國科幻，否則，就只是在模仿別人講同樣的美國故事。

【1】題意：《流浪地球》和好萊塢風格的太空電影有什么不同?考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)This special cultural background is probably what sets The Wandering Earth apart from Hollywood-style space films. 特殊的文化背景可能正是《流浪地球》有別于好萊塢風格太空電影的地方，可知選D。

【2】題意：帶下劃線的單詞“abandoning”在漢語中是什么意思?考查詞義理解。instead of而不是；根據(jù)this time we’re taking it with us.，結合開頭In many – even most – space-themed films, whenever Earth faces a disaster, the solution is always fleeing the planet in spaceships.，可知逃離地球就是拋棄地球，故選A。

【3】題意：這部電影的制片人選擇2月5日上映，可能是因為它能引起很多人在這個時候的共同感受。考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)The film was released on Feb 5, the first day of Chinese New Year. It was a time when many people had just made the hard journey back to their hometowns，回家過春節(jié)能夠讓人們感受到家的溫暖，可知《流浪地球》更能引起人們的鄉(xiāng)愁，故選C。

【4】題意：我們能從這篇文章中了解到什么?考查細節(jié)判斷。A. This film was based on a short story by Chinese sci-fi writer Guo Fan. 這部電影是根據(jù)中國科幻作家郭凡的短篇小說改編的；根據(jù)In the film, based on a short story by Chinese sci-fi writer Liu Cixin，可知說法錯誤。B. This film tells us each of us should return to our hometown when we grow old. 這部電影告訴我們，當我們老了我們每個人都應該回到我們的家鄉(xiāng)；根據(jù)In the film,…Earth is in danger of being destroyed by the dying sun.，可知說法錯誤。C. We should protect the Earth because it is in danger of being destroyed by the dying sun. 我們應該保護地球，因為它有被垂死的太陽毀滅的危險；根據(jù)humans around the world work together to build a giant engine system that will push Earth away from the sun. Instead of abandoning Earth again – this time we’re taking it with us.，可知說法錯誤。D. The director of this film thinks Chinese sci-fi should have our cultural and spiritual core.這部電影的導演認為中國科幻應該有我們的文化和精神內核；根據(jù)A vehicle that can really express our cultural and spiritual core can be called Chinese sci-fi.，可知說法正確。綜合以上分析，故選D。