Have you ever seen a movie that took 12 years to film? If not, then
______ watching
Boyhood(《少年时代》).
The movie follows the life of Manson from the ages of 5 to 18. In reality, Ellar Coltrane, the actor who
______ Manson, started to shoot the movie in 2002, when he was 7 years old. In the following 12 years, the movie filmed a new part every summer, each
______ a year in the life of Manson. When the film finished in 2013, in and out of the film, both Manson and Ellar had
______ into adults.
This epic(宏大的) idea came from Richard Linklater, director and screenwriter of
Boyhood. “I've long wanted to
______ the story of a parentchild relationship that follows a boy from the first grade
______ the 12th grade and
______ with him going off to college,” he said.
Manson and his family live in Texas. In 2002, when he was 5 years old, his parents got divorced(离婚). Manson and his sister Samantha stayed with their
______. Their father was
______ to visit them during weekends. As Manson grew up
______ his public school life, a lot happened: his mother remarried twice; he
______ precious(宝贵的) time with his father; he found his
______ in photography; he dated(约会) girls; he became a college freshman.
Manson's life is an
______ one. There are difficulties, but few false traumas(伤痛). Many people regard
Boyhood as their favorite comingofage drama of the year. Both
The Washington Post and
Time magazine
______ the film as one of their “Best movies of 2014”.
“This is life as most of us experience it, and which
______ movies document with such sharpness(深刻),” described
Time magazine.
8. A.advice | B.suggest | C.require | D.consider |
9. A.likes | B.makes | C.plays | D.copies |
10. A.coming | B.showing | C.entering | D.watching |
11. A.grown | B.became | C.brought | D.went |
12. A.speak | B.give | C.send | D.tell |
13. A.during | B.through | C.past | D.across |
14. A.begins | B.leaves | C.ends | D.helps |
15. A.father | B.aunt | C.uncle | D.mother |
16. A.refused | B.allowed | C.moved | D.led |
17. A.while | B.since | C.during | D.when |
18. A.spent | B.cost | C.took | D.paid |
19. A.secret | B.interest | C.skill | D.gift |
20. A.special | B.ordinary | C.common | D.usual |
21. A.picked | B.found | C.made | D.knew |
22. A.little | B.many | C.much | D.few |