1 . The big screen is never short of films about World WarⅡ. When Nazi Germany is featured in these films, cruel Nazi officers and brutal concentration camps most often represent it. But the new Hollywood movie Valkyrie tells a different story, “a chapter of German history which is little known abroad”, according to the German Cultural Minister Bernd Neumann.

Valkyrie is based on a true incident that took place in 1944. Colonel(陆军上校) Stauffenberg had been a loyal soldier for his entire military career. However, after losing an eye, a hand, and three fingers in an Allied bombing, he reached breaking point. The destruction that his country had brought to its European neighbors had become too terrible for the colonel to bear in silence. He hoped that someone would find a way to stop Adolf Hitler, one of the most evil tyrants the world has ever known. Realizing that time was running out, he decided that he must take action himself and joined the German resistance. These men drew up Operation Valkyrie, a plot to assassinate Hitler and to overthrow his Nazi government from the inside. This plot is what the film is named after and focuses on.

The Hollywood star Tom Cruise plays the lead role. “This was a very challenging film to make. We carried a huge responsibility to correctly portray history,” Cruise said.

However, the production has drawn criticism for lacking depth and for simplifying the motives behind the plot.

1. The passage tells us that Valkyrie is _____.

A．a story written by Bernd Neuman

B．a chapter in a German history book

C．a movie about Nazi concentration camps

D．a movie about a plan to assassinate Hitler

2. What does the sentence “he reached breaking point” probably mean?

A．He narrowly escaped being killed.

B．He couldn’t reach out his arm for anything.

C．He was rewarded for his brave attempts.

D．He decided to make a historic change in life.

3. Why did Tom Cruise say the film was challenging for him?

A．Because he never acted in such kind of film before.

B．Because he knew little about this episode of history.

C．Because he felt it a heavy task to present the real history.

D．Because he was afraid that the film might draw criticism.

4. The following passage will probably talk about _____.

A．the reason why the film is named after Valkyrie

B．the comments from the movie critics on Valkyrie

C．the praises from audience after watching Valkyrie

D．the importance of the role Cruise plays in Valkyrie