1 . Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A. Inspired B. respect C. series D. extraordinary
E. facility F. particular G. journey H. expand
I. Determined J. limitless K. require |
Life of Pi
Ang Lee’s “Life is a miraculous achievement of storytelling and a landmark of visual mastery. 1 by a worldwide best-seller that many readers must have assumed was unfilmable, it is a triumph over its difficulties.
The story begins in a small family zoo in Pondicherry, India, where the boy Piscine is raised. Piscine translates from French to English as “swimming pool”, but in India where many more speak English than French, his playmates of course nickname him “pee”. 2 to put an end to this, he adopts the name “Pi”, demonstrating a(n) 3 ability to write down that mathematical constant(常量) that begins with 3.14 and never ends. If Pi is a(n) 4 number, that is the perfect name for a boy who seems to accept no limitations.
The zoo goes broke, and Pi’s father puts his family and a few valuable animals on a ship bound for Canada. In a forceful 5 of falls, a zebra, an orangutan (猩猩)，a hyena (戢狗)and the lion tumble into the boat with the boy, and are swept away by high seas. His family is never seen again.
The heart of the film focuses on the sea 6 , during which the human - that he can think with great cleverness and the tiger shows that it can learn.
Pi and the tiger Richard Parker share the same possible places in and near the boat. Although this point is not specifically made, Pi’s ability to 7 the use of space in the boat and nearby helps promote the tiger’s 8 for him. The tiger is accustomed to believing it can rule all space near him, but now humans 9 the animal to rethink that belief.
During the course of 227 days, they come to a form of recognition. The tiger, in 10 , becomes aware that he sees the boy not merely as victim or prey, or even as master, but as another king.
