1 . Watching a movie can be a magical experience, but do you know that the music in the films we watch has always been an important part of creating that magical experience?    1    

The first commercial film with sound came out in 1927.     2    Even back in the early days of silent films，most movie theatres hired a musician or a group of musicians to provide music, mostly to drown out the sound of the film projectors (放映机) and people talking.

As sound-on-film technology developed, composers were hired to create original music for films. Like music written for an opera，film music serves to advance the story and the action.     3     In the same way, a film composer needs to support the screenplay’s storyline. The music also needs to reflect the screenplay’s mood, which includes everything from the action on the screen to sound effects to dialogue.

Music has a language of its own. The right piece of music can improve and sometimes even change a viewer’s ideas of what is taking place onscreen. Most of the time, music is used to stress the action onscreen, improve the mood of a scene, foreshadow action that is about to take place or even show the emotion of a character.     4     But in many instances the emotional power of the visuals would not be as great were it not for the music.

    5     Ask yourself, “How would this scene feel if the music were different? Is the composer trying to tell me how I should feel? Or are they merely pushing me in an emotional direction?”

A．So, how is the film music created?

B．Without it, it would be hard to imagine the scene.

C．An opera composer must follow the text of the opera.

D．Usually, composers and filmmakers don’t want to overshadow a film.

E．So the next time you watch a movie, pay close attention to the music.

F．The music in a film makes you cheer for the hero and cry at the drama.

G．Since then, music has been powerfully linked to the movie-watching experience.

2 . These reads captured readers’ imaginations so well, and they are now coming to the screen.

Lockwood & Co: The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud

(Penguin Random House Children’s)

In a dark, haunted London, three young detectives called Lockwood, Lucy and George work together to fight ghosts. This brilliant supernatural story is now a thrilling Netflix TV series, perfect for older readers with a taste for spooky(幽灵般的) mysteries.

The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen

(HarperCollins Children’s)

A new live-action musical film of The Little Mermaid is being released by Walt Disney Pictures later this year. While you’re waiting, you can enjoy Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fairy tale in this lovely book created by design studio Mina Lima. It’s full of beautiful artwork and cleverly designed interactive surprises.

A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicoll

(Knights Of)

Eleven-year-old Addie sets about campaigning for a memorial to the witch trials that took place in her Scottish home town, in this multi-award-winning story. If you haven’t read A kind of Spark yet, now is the time to get started because a BBCTV series based on the book will be out later this year.

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume

(Macmillan Children’s)

In this classic novel, first published in 1970, we meet 13-year-old Margaret. After moving to a new home, Margaret struggles with making new friends, dealing with her family and the challenges of growing up. A film based on the book will be released in April, with young actor Abby Ryder Fortson playing Margaret.

1. Which will a music lover most probably love to watch?

A．Lockwood & Co: The Screaming Staircase.	B．The Little Mermaid.
C．A Kind of Spark.	D．Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.

2. What is special about Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret?

A．The girls’ story.	B．The scary setting.
C．The teens’ life.	D．The interactive design.

3. What do the four books have in common?

A．They were published in the 19th century.	B．They were written for little kids.
C．They were adapted for films or TV.	D．They were themed in love and peace.

3 . Some movies better picture some areas of study that are difficult to understand with just textbook assignments. Here are some.

WALL·E

This science fiction movie helps to improve our focus on ways to find what life is about and to face the problem rather than sitting with it. And at times it is important to live the life rather than surviving and it is good to make decisions based on the current status of the situation rather than going with the past experiences.

Legally Blonde

This is the story of a young girl who overcame her inferiority feelings and insecurity to get her education from Harvard Law School. It is inspiring for those who fail to recognize their talents and keep on standing backwards. This movie makes it to the point that a good effort and a determination can help anyone to make use of their potential and gain more respect in life.

The Manhattan Project

This movie tells the story of teenagers whose school science project came out in a much bigger way than the norms. The making of nuclear bomb by the students with the information gathered from the Internet is inspiring in terms of what a teenager can do with will power and hard work.

Remember the Titans

This movie showcases the importance of team work, a true leader and perseverance to achieve success. It tells the story of a good coach of a school’s football team who used his leadership qualities to bridge the cultural gap among his students to help them perform as a team and win the championship.

1. What’s the theme of WALL·E?

A．Education.

B．Friendship.

C．Team spirit.

D．The meaning of life.

2. Which movie is the most helpful for a student with self-doubt?

A．WALL·E.	B．Legally Blonde.
C．The Manhattan Project.	D．Remember the Titans.

3. What can be known about The Manhattan Project?

A．It is based on a real-life story.

B．It is a computer-animated film.

C．It creates a group of scientists.

D．It explores the potential of teenagers.

4 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Yang Jian in the movie starts a new journey

The legend goes that there was a Battle of the Gods. The reason why Yang Jian became a god was     1     he fought hard during the battle.

But 1,500 years     2    (late), things are different. The Heavenly Court goes downhill. Yang has to make a living as a bounty hunter (赏银捕手). One day, Yang gets a bounty     3    (catch) a young man but finds out the young man is     4    (he) nephew, Liu Chen xiang. Liu wants to save his mother     5     splitting a mountain. But this will cause chaos (混乱). What will Yang do? Will he help Liu?

This is the story     6    (tell) in the animation movie, Xin Shen Bang: Yang Jian. It     7    (come) out in Chinese mainland theaters on Aug 19, 2022.

Besides the     8    (excite) story, people also like the movie’s visuals very much. The movie uses     9     ink-wash painting style in some parts. In others, it shows Heaven as a sci-fi style city with high     10    (building) and spaceships.

5 . The ozone layer serves a very important purpose: it protects Earth from harmful rays from the Sun. It absorbs these rays so they are less powerful when they reach us. A new film and mobile game created for the United Nations are aiming to help young people understand the challenge of protecting the ozone layer.

The new film and mobile game are both called Reset Earth and are set in the year 2084, where three teenagers are trying to find the cause of a deadly disease called “The Grow” . In this alternate reality they discover it’s because humans did not do enough to save the ozone layer by improving products: such as fridges, air conditioners and aerosols. Some of these items use substances that can become greenhouse gases and harm the ozone layer. Thankfully, in real life, people did come together and put rules in place in the 1980s to protect the ozone layer and give it a chance to recover.

The free animated film is being released first, and it tells the story of the three heroes -. Knox, Sagan and Terran - as they travel back to different points in history. The mobile game version of Reset Earth follows on 10 February and will put you in the characters’ shoes for a platform game set in four different “time zone jumps”.

“The protection of the ozone layer cannot be considered a done deal. It must be a continuous effort by us and by future generations,” says Megumi Seki, from the United Nations’ Ozone Secretarial department, which created Reset Earth. “If our children learn about the grim consequences of a ruined ozone layer. . . they will be aware of its importance and protect it. ”

1. What do we know about the new film and mobile game?

A．They are both set in the real life.

B．Three heroes travel back to the same points in history.

C．They appeal to young people to protect the ozone layer.

D．Teenagers haven’t found the cause of the deadly disease.

2. What is the author’s attitude to the protection of the ozone layer in real life?

A．Positive

B．Intolerant

C．Doubtful

D．Unclear

3. Which of the following best explains “a done deal” underlined in Paragraph 4?

A．a very urgent task.

B．a demanding task.

C．a less important task.

D．a task that has ended.

4. What is the author’s purpose in writing this passage?

A．To explain a natural phenomenon.

B．To introduce a new film and mobile game.

C．To express author’s concern about our planet.

D．To tell the consequence of a ruined ozone layer.

6 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

An animated series featuring monster-like characters, or yao in Chinese, has won praise online    1    adopting traditional Chinese culture and aesthetics (美学) in its animation and storytelling in a way that has resonated (共鸣) with many.

Yao-Chinese Folktales (《中国奇谭》) is    2    eight-part series inspired by various traditional Chinese literature titles and showcases a range of artistic    3    (style) such as paper cutting, watercolor painting, and computer graphics (绘图). The first episode (集)    4    (base) on the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West,with characters preparing to capture a Tang dynasty Buddhist monk.

It is its plot which shows one of the characters being punished after their leader was dissatisfied with their work    5    has resonated with a wide audience,    6    (remind) them of dilemmas and suffering at the workplace.

The new series is part of the growing trend of Chinese animation turning to ancient Chinese legends and folktales for    7    (inspire). Domestically produced animated films featuring classic figures such as Monkey King,Ne Zha,and White Snake    8    (prove) to be big hits in recent years, with the latest release New Gods: Yang Jian amassing (积累) 550 million yuan in ticket sales last year.

Yao-Chinese Folktales was    9    (joint) produced by Shanghai Animated Film Studio and streaming site Bilibili. Since it aired Sunday, the first two episodes    10    (release) so far have gathered over 10 million views and it currently has a score of 9. 6 out of 10 on rating site Douban.

7 . Call of the Wild

“According to Tibetan legend, the day the world’s first ray of sunlight struck Mount Kailash in Ngari Prefecture of China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, was the day the first yak (牦牛)was born. Kailash’s ridges are the yak’s backs. Yaks are the herd of the mountain god.” The narration is accompanied by shots of picturesque (优美的) plateaus and snow-capped mountains, taking viewers right into the vast wilderness of Tibet.

This is the opening scene of the documentary The Land of Spirits. It tells the tale of four “holy” animals-the wild yak, white dolphin, Asian elephant and Amur tiger. They were used as totems (图腾) in ancient times but today, they are the species that best reflect the region’s ecological status.

Principal director Zeng Hairuo set out to document the relationship between humans and these animals. But why are they “holy”? In ancient times, human power alone was not strong enough to accomplish big things and so huge wild animals were honored as gods; but with the development of modernization, mankind began to disappoint nature.

The film illustrates the land through the creatures living on it; it’s also not a purely animal-focused story because it contains the interaction between these creatures, ancient people and contemporary people as well as presents the prehistory of the land and the source of local culture through the stories of animals and humans alike. “We want to help rebuild mankind’s reverence (敬畏) for life, for animals, and restore our ability to communicate with nature, ” Zeng said.

“This is the difference between Eastern and Western thinking,” Zeng said. “The Western documentary style prefers more sub-disciplines and a subdivision of research.” Zeng brings the audience a typical Chinese way of recording the scene: nature and humanity as one, in other words, one story mixing animals, mankind and nature.

As far as Zeng is concerned, one cannot mention these four animals without bringing in the human factor. Observing these animals is like looking in a mirror for humans, which makes this documentary stand out from many other nature documentaries, he said.

1. Why does the documentary feature four remarkable animals?

A．To serve as totems.

B．To promote the modernization.

C．To represent the local ecosystem.

D．To reflect the human-animal conflict.

2. What can we learn about the story from paragraph 4?

A．It shows the native culture.

B．It describes the animals in Tibet.

C．It tells the life of the people there.

D．It motivates man’s respect for nature.

3. What makes the film unique?

A．The technique-based style.

B．The human-centered theme.

C．The picturesque scenes.

D．The wisdom of harmony.

4. What does the director think of the film?

A．Instructive.	B．Appealing.
C．Entertaining.	D．Persuasive.

8 . Huagu (“flowery drum”) Opera is a local art form of Yueyang in Central China’s Hunan province. It______the cultural life of the local residents in a long history. It ______ more than 200 years ago. It is mainly ______ in a dozen counties and cities in not just Hunan, but also in the neighbor Hubei province and the eastern Jiangxi province.

In the past, they could ______ it mostly during important festivals such as Lunar New Year. But now they can watch it often. The One Yuan Theater, ______ Rongjiawan town of Yueyang, has staged 30 to 50 Huagu Opera shows each year since 2012. And the audience numbers for each show sometimes ______ 1,000. Some people ______ stools or are even willing to stand through a show of two or three hours. Though the theater has a ______ capacity of 800, there are not enough seats. To enjoy a show, each audience has to pay only 1 yuan ($0.15) as ______ fee to the theater, as the programs are ______ government funding. The project provides ______ and nearly-free shows to local residents. It has been ______. It has brought the once-dead cultural heritage back to life.

In its long development process, the opera has widely ______ features of Yueyang folk tunes and _____ factors of other opera types to form its own style. ______, Huagu Opera had no full-time performing teams. It was only performed by ______ artists, most of whom were local farmers, during free farming seasons on ______ stages. In recent years, ______ have been taken by the local government to ______ the art form. The One Yuan Theater, which aims to absorb more audience, has been a successful _______

1.

A．connects

B．enriches

C．folds

D．keeps

2.

A．originated

B．adopted

C．ended

D．stressed

3.

A．genuine

B．familiar

C．popular

D．useful

4.

A．admire

B．receive

C．witness

D．appreciate

5.

A．interested in

B．located in

C．delighted in

D．consisted in

6.

A．touched

B．chose

C．missed

D．attended

7.

A．spread out

B．fade away

C．bring along

D．put forward

8.

A．reviewing

B．approving

C．seating

D．attempting

9.

A．admission

B．addition

C．permission

D．invitation

10.

A．covered by

B．amazed at

C．impressed by

D．filled with

11.

A．regular

B．natural

C．casual

D．typical

12.

A．grateful

B．successful

C．thoughtful

D．fearful

13.

A．introduced

B．repeated

C．absorbed

D．abandoned

14.

A．similar

B．unique

C．artistic

D．real

15.

A．Gradually

B．Traditionally

C．Generally

D．Personally

16.

A．amateur

B．professional

C．confident

D．special

17.

A．temporary

B．significant

C．normal

D．silent

18.

A．position

B．stages

C．measures

D．places

19.

A．avoid

B．promote

C．predict

D．record

20.

A．plan

B．effort

C．atmosphere

D．attempt

9 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Thirty diplomats from     1     (variety）ountries, including Azerbaijan, Brazil, Pakistan, Spain and Indonesia, along with their spouses(配偶), were invited     2     (experience)Peking Opera at Tianleyuan Theater in Beijing on Monday.

The diplomats were introduced     3     the ancient art form and got to try on Peking Opera costumes and makeup, as well as watch performances.

The event,       4     title is New Year’s Experience Journey to Peking Opera for Diplomatic Missions in China, is part of the Taihu World Cultural Forum, a nonofficial platform created by China for international cultural exchanges.

“Peking Opera embodies the essence of Chinese traditional culture,” Zheng Chuanxin, secretary-general of the forum, says in a video greeting to the diplomats.

The forum,     5     (launch）in 2008, was named after Taihu Lake in the Yangtze River Delta. Since its beginning, the forum has     6     (successful)held six conferences in Suzhou in Jiangsu province, Hangzhou in Zhejiang province, Shanghai, Macao, Beijing and Bengbu in Anhui province, respectively.

The forum has attracted hundreds of politicians, scholars, entrepreneurs and cultural notables from more than 80 countries and regions to     7     (deep) mutual understanding among cultures and share ideas.

The gray-brick Tianleyuan Theater is located in     8     capital's Qianmen area, a popular tourist spot. The theater has a history of more than 200 years and reopened in March 2019, after six years of renovation and careful     9     (decorate).

Both Mei Lanfang and Cheng Yanqiu were known for their playing female characters in Peking Opera pieces, because, at the time, women     10     (forbid）to appear on stage.

10 . There are many movies that you can focus on if you want to improve the way you are learning. Choose one of the movies below and the results will be great in the end!

The King’s Speech

The King's Speech tells the story of a man forced to speak to the world with a stammer (口吃).That movie is filled with lots of encouraging information and is a wonderful movie for those who love language classes.

Inside Job

Inside Job is an Oscar-winning film by Charles Ferguson. It provides a detailed analysis of the global financial crisis of 2008. which caused millions of people to lose their jobs and homes in the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. It's a movie for students who want to learn more about the economic market.

Whiplash

Whiplash is a story of a young drummer who wants to realise his dreams although he doesn't receive any help from the people around him. It\s an interesting movie that will help art students better understand how much hard work can help them realise their dreams.

A Beautiful Mind

A Beautiful Mind is a 2001 American film based on the life of John Nash, a Nobel Prize winner with schizophrenia (精神分裂症).It follows his journey from the point where he is not even aware he has schizophrenia, to the point where Nash and his wife find a way to manage his condition. It includes some interesting physics elements that will help you quite a lot.

1. Which film will you choose if you are interested in economic development?

A．The King’s Speech.	B．Inside Job.
C．Whiplash.	D．A Beautiful Mind.

2. What may Whiplash bring to art students?

A．Making efforts.	B．Asking for help.
C．Keeping an interest.	D．Being understandable.

3. What is special about A Beautiful Mind?

A．It focuses on interesting scenic spots.

B．It describes the progress in medicine.

C．It is based on the story of a real person.

D．It records the selection of Nobel Prize winners.