Movies are a great means of entertainment for many. There are some advantages of watching movies. Comedies, for example, help reduce your blood pressure. Laughter for 15 minutes during a film makes your blood vessels (血管) Wilder. Besides, when you watch a sad movie, you’re more likely to come away from it thinking about loved ones and feeling happy about what you have.
Watching movies can make you creative. A study shows that young children, who watched the use of magic in Harry Potter, score significantly higher in a creative thinking test than children who watched something else.
Moreover, movies are very useful for strengthening peopled mental health. They enable people to take time to really relax and temporarily forget about their daily concerns and problems.
However, watching movies aren’t always beneficial. Studies have shown that some people get real pleasure out of being scared by horror movies, but in various ways they may be risking their physical and mental health without even knowing it. When you watch a tense scene in a movie, your heart rate and blood pressure increase. Meanwhile this change in your brain chemistry reminds you of times when you were in a similar state, even if you have no idea you even had those memories. So if something horrible happens to you, being scared again by a movie can unintentionally make you experience it once more.
Scientists, politicians and parents have debated for decades if being exposed to movie violence leads to actual real-life violence. Overall the answer to that is probably still up in the air, but a new study seems to prove that watching aggression on screen can contribute to being a bully (土霸) in mil life, even if it is just in the short term.
In conclusion, certain movies play a positive role, but not all movies do. It depends completely on the subject of the movie. So it’s always advisable to choose the movies concerning something positive.
1. How does watching sad movies benefit us according to the text?| A．It makes us content with our lives. |
| B．It rides us of unhappy memories. |
| C．It reduces our risk of illness. |
| D．It develops our creativity. |
| A．Meaningless. | B．Attractive. |
| C．Uncertain. | D．Obvious. |
| A．Enjoy movies with more companions. |
| B．Make a wise choice of what to watch. |
| C．Try our best to watch movies less often. |
| D．Raise our ability to tell right from wrong. |
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1. Which theatre offers the cheapest seat?
| A．Halifax Playhouse. |
| B．City Varieties. |
| C．Grand Theatre. |
| D．York Theatre Royal. |
| A．a writer | B．an actress | C．a musician | D．a director |
| A．The Secret Dairy Of Adrian Mole |
| B．On Golden Pond |
| C．Only A Night At The Varieties |
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By Peter Travers1. How do the critics view on the movie Boyhood?
| A．Positive. | B．Mixed. | C．Negative. | D．Neutral. |
| A．Richard Linklater. | B．Mason. |
| C．Ethan Hawke. | D．Patricia Arquette. |
| A．Musical. | B．Sport. | C．History. | D．Drama. |
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Dumbo (March 29)
Dumbo is a 1941 American film produced by Walt Disney Productions. The main character is an elephant who is nicknamed “Dumbo”. Dumbo is always laughed at for his big ears, and he is rejected by the other elephants. With no parent to care for him, he is alone. But in fact, he is capable of flying by using his ears as wings. A live-action adaptation of the film directed by Tim Burton is scheduled to be released on March 29, 2019.
Shazam! (April 5)
Shazam! is an upcoming American superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the same name. Directed by David F. Sandberg, the film is set to star Asher Angel as Billy Batson, a teenage boy who can transform via the magic word “Shazam” into an adult superhero, played by Zachary Levi. It will be the first film version of the character since the 1941 series Adventures of Captain Marvel (the character’s original name).
Aladdin (May 24)
Aladdin is a fictional character and the role of the film Aladdin (1992) based on Aladdin, a folk tale of Middle Eastern origin. He is voiced by Scott Weinger, while his singing voice is provided by Brad Kane. Aladdin never received a formal education, and has only learned by living on the streets of Agrabah. He has to steal food in the local market in order to survive. Mena Massoud is set to play a live-action version of the character in a live action adaptation of the 1992 film.
Godzilla, King of the Monsters (May 31)
Godzilla, King of the Monsters is a 1956 Japanese-American science fiction film, co-directed by Terry O. Morse and Ishiro Honda. It is a heavily re-edited American adaptation. For this new version of Godzilla, some of the original Japanese dialogue was translated into English, and some of the political, social and anti-nuclear themes were removed completely.
1. Which one will be shown to the audience as a form of film for the first time?| A．Dumbo. | B．Shazam! | C．Aladdin. | D．Godzilla, King of the Monsters. |
| A．Scott Weinger. | B．Brad Kane. | C．Terry O. Morse. | D．Mena Massoud. |
| A．March 29. | B．April 5. | C．May 24. | D．May 31. |
| A．All the movies will be released in the first half of 2019. |
| B．The teenage and adult Billy Batsons are played by different actors. |
| C．Aladdin lived a poor life and didn’t receive a formal education. |
| D．The new version of Godzill, King of the Monster is a Japanese adaptation. |
| A．Health. | B．Sports. | C．Entertainment. | D．Education. |
