2019-2020学年新教材高中英语 Unit 4 Stage and screen Period

[基础训练]Ⅰ单词拼写1．Hehada________(短暂的)visittothecitylastweek.答案：brief答案2．Hislatestmovieisareal________(失败之作)．答案：turkey答案3．Shewasexaggeratingthetrue________(程度)oftheproblem.答案：extent答案4．Everyafternoon,Igototheteahousetolistento________(讲故事).答案：storytelling答案5．Ithinkyoushouldgobacktoyour________(原先的)plan.答案：original答案Ⅱ单句语法填空1．Whatagreat________(cinema)experiencethisis!答案：cinematic答案2．I'm________(disappoint)itwassoldout.答案：disappointed答案3．Tomhelpsusescape________thedangerousarea.答案：from答案4．Themoviedoesn'tlookthewaywevisualisedwhile________(read)thebook.答案：reading答案5．Thisissomething________wedidnothopetosee.答案：that答案Ⅲ单句写作1．这部戏剧取材于爱尔兰传说。Theplaywas________________Irishlegend.答案：basedon答案2．我不会辜负大家对我的期望，相信我！Iwill________________whatyouexpect,trustme!答案：liveupto答案3．一千个读者眼中就有一千个哈姆雷特。Thereare________________inathousandpeople'seyes.答案：athousandHamlets答案4．我在某种程度上是能够理解他们的态度的。________________，Icanunderstandtheirattitude.答案：Tosomeextent答案5．她是凭借自己的能力成为富人的，而不是通过继承。She'sarichwoman________________ratherthanbyinheritance.答案：inherownright答案[思维训练]Ⅰ阅读理解Readingabookandwatchingafilmaretwoverydifferentexperiences,butexpectationscanbehighwhenafilmofafavouritebookismade.ThereareverymanytimesIhavebeendisappointedbyafilmofabookIlove.Somaybehighlyregardedbooksdonotalwaysmakegoodfilms.Itissafetosaythatgreatmoviesmaybemadefromnotparticularlygoodbooks.Thesourcematerialmaybeanythingfromclassicnovels,shortstones,comicbooksandstageplays,aswellasnon­fictionsuchasbiographyandautobiography,eventhosewrittenbyghostwriters.Allcanworkwell,butwhydomanyadaptationsandindeedremakesfailwithbothcinemaaudiencesandcritics?Akeyquestionisobviouslyhowclosetotheoriginalthefilmis.Sinceatypicalfilmisonlyaroundtwohourslong,itbecomesaquestionofwhattoleaveout,andhowtoscriptthedialogue.Sometimestheremaybechangestotheplot,additionsandevendifferentendingstopleaseproducers,directorsandtestaudiences.I,likemanypeople,haveoftenleftthecinemafeeling“thefilmisnotlikethebook”．Anotherproblemareaisthecast.Whethersuitableactorsarefoundornotcanmeanthedifferencebetweensuccessandfailure.Readersofthebookusetheirimaginationstovisualizecharactersandhaveverydefiniteideasabouthowcharacterslookandsound.ThisiswhereIthinkmanyfilmadaptationsfalldown.Somebooksarejusttoodifficulttofilmfortechnicalreasons,althoughmovieslikeTheLifeofPiarechangingthisperception.TheimpactofCGItechnologyhashadahugeimpactonthemovieindustryandallowedthepreviouslyunfilmabletobecomeareality.Sometimesauthorsareveryinvolvedintheprocessandmanymayevenbethescreenwriters.Thiscanactuallybeabadthingbecausetheymaybetooclosetothematerialandfinditdifficulttoadapt.Atothertimestheyarenotthescreenwriters,andthereareinstanceswherewritershavebeenveryunhappywiththefilmversionsoftheirwork.RoaldDahlandStephenKingareexamplesofthis.EvenmoreextremewasnovelistJ．D.Salingerwhomadesurenofilmversionsofhispopularnovelscouldeverbemade.Inthissituation,itisclearviewerswillnotbedisappointed.篇章导读：本文是一篇说明文。许多导演瞄准小说市场，将热门小说改编成电影后却票房惨淡，这是为什么？1．Inwhatsituationadaptationsfrombookstofilmspossiblysatisfytheaudiences?A．Adaptationsoflowerexpectationfromaudiences.B．Adaptationsofpopularbooks.C．Adaptationsofgoodbooks.D．Adaptationsofbooksthataudienceslove.答案：A推理判断题。根据第一段第一句中的“butexpectationscanbehighwhenafilmofafavouritebookismade”和第一段最后一句可知，期望值太高，会导致电影很失败，所以降低观众的期望值可能会使观众对电影满意。故选A。答案2．NovelistJ．D.Salingerismentionedinthelastparagraphinorderto________.A．tellushowdisappointedtheaudiencesareB．showthatmanyauthorsareinvolvedintheprocessofmakingfilmsC．provethatauthorsmaynotnecessarilybegoodscreenwritersD．showsomewritersareagainsttheideaofmakingbooksintofilms答案：D细节理解题。根据最后一段第三句可知，在最后一段中提到了小说家塞林格，目的是为了表明一些作家反对将书制作成电影的想法。故选D。答案3．Whichofthefollowingpresentsthecorrectstructureofthepassage?I＝IntroductionCP＝CentralPointP＝PointSp＝Sub­pointC＝Conclusion答案：B推理判断题。根据文章内容可知，本文开头提出疑问，为什么改编自小说的电影会失败。之后分三个原因进行分析，最后进行总结。故选B。答案4．Whatisthepurposeofthepassage?A．Toarguethatgoodbooksshouldbeadaptedtofilms.B．Topersuadetheaudiencestoaccepttheadaptationsfrombookstofilms.C．Toexplainthereasonswhymanyadaptationsfrombookstofilmsfailed.D．Toinformthatadaptationsshouldbebasedonvariouskindsofbooks.答案：C主旨大意题。根据文章内容可知，本文讲述的是为什么许多改编自书籍的电影最后失败了。故选C。答案Ⅱ读后续写阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。Once,whenIwasateenager,myfatherandIwerestandinginlinetobuyticketsforthecircus(马戏).Finally,therewasonlyonefamilybetweenusandtheticketcounter.Thisfamilymadeabigimpressiononme.Therewereeightchildren,_allprobablyundertheageoftwelve.Youcouldtelltheydidn'thavealotofmoney.Theirclotheswerenotexpensive,buttheywereclean.Thechildrenwerewell­behaved,allofthemstandinginline,two­by­twobehindtheirparents,holdinghands.Theywereexcitedlytalkingabouttheclowns,elephants,andotheractstheywouldseethatnightwiththeirbrothersorsistersinalowvoice.Onecouldsensetheyhadneverbeentothecircusbefore.Itpromisedtobehighlightoftheiryounglives.Thefatherandmotherwereattheheadofthepack,standingproudascouldbe.Themotherwasholdingherhusband'shand,lookingupathimasiftosay,“Youaremyknightinshiningarmor.”Hewassmilingandrespondinginpride,lookingbackatherasiftosay,“Yougotthatright