1 . Lin-Manuel Miranda began writing what would become In the Heights as a university student. The musical play would make him a playwright and performer. Now, 20 years later, it has been made into a movie, which is in theaters for its first weekend.

Miranda said like other artists, he was driven by dream but also by something else. “It was a lot of fear, honestly,” Miranda said in a recent interview. “I was 18, 19 and starting to study the theater. The fear was: I’m going into a domain that has no space for me, that has no roles for me. It was sort of that thing: No one’s going to write your dream show.”

In the Heights opened on June 10. It celebrates many things: the Latino immigrant experience, neighborhood communities in New York City and life itself.

The movie was supposed to be shown last June, but was stopped by COVID-19. The film’s director, however，thinks the delay (推迟) was not necessarily a bad thing. Moviegoers might be ready for some energetic music, singing and dancing after a year of limited life.

Many performers acting in the first In the Heights Broadway show appear in the movie’s final song and dance Students from a nearby high school also can be seen in the film. The students Had produced their own In the Heights show which the filmmakers watched and found moving.

Others starring in the movie include Leslie Grace as Nina Rosano, a college student home for the summer; Corey Hawkins as Benny, a taxi driver; and Melissa Barrera as Vanessa, a beauty salon worker trying to get her own home. Thirty-year-old Barrera said the part she plays as a young woman searching for a better future away from home—is basically herself.

1. What can we infer about Miranda from the first paragraph?

A．He was good at performance.

B．He had no role to act in university.

C．He directed a movie during university.

D．He acted in a play he had written himself.

2. What does the underlined word “domain” in paragraph 2 probably mean?

A．Field.

B．Game.

C．Future.

D．Trouble.

3. What does the film’s director think of the delay of the film?

A．Unnecessary.

B．Helpful.

C．Unacceptable.

D．Exciting.

4. What can be learned about Barrera?

A．She spent her summer holiday at home.

B．She acted as a taxi driver in the movie.

C．She has the same experience as her role.

D．She appears in the movie’s final song and dance.