专题22 电影与文艺6篇

2022高考英语阅读理解

电影与文艺

（2021年高考题新高考I卷） 1

By day, Robert Titterton is a lawyer. In his spare time though he goes on stage beside

pianist Maria Raspopova --- not as a musician but as her page turner. “I’m not a trained

musician, but I’ve learnt to read music so I can help Maria in her performance.”

Mr. Titterton is chairman of the Omega Enmble but has been the group’s official page

turner for the past four years. His job is to sit beside the pianist and turn the pages of the

score so the musician doesn’t have to break the flow of sound by doing it themlves. He

said he became just as nervous as tho playing instruments on stage.

“A lot of skills are needed for the job. You have to make sure you don’t turn two pages at

once and make sure you find the repeats in the music when you have to go back to the right

spot.” Mr. Titterton explained.

Being a page turner requires plenty of practice. Some pieces of music can go for 40

minutes and required up to 50 page turns, including back turns for repeat passages. Silent

onstage communication is key, and each pianist has their own style of “nodding” to indicate

a page turn which they need to practice with their page turner.

But like all performances, there are moments when things go wrong. “I was turning the

page to get ready for the next page, but the draft wind from the turn caud the spare pages

to fall off the stand,” Mr. Titterton said, “Luckily I was able to catch them and put them

back.”

Most page turners are piano students or up-and-coming concert pianists, although Mr.

Raspopova has once asked her husband to help her out on stage.

“My husband is the worst page turner,” she laughed. “He’s interested in the music,

feeling every note, and I have to say: ‘Turn, turn!’ “Robert is the best page turner I’ve had in

my entire life.”

24. What should Titterton be able to do to be a page turner?

A. Read music. B. Play the piano.

C. Sing songs. D. Fix the instruments.

25. Which of the following best describes Titterton’s job on stage?

A. Boring. B. Well-paid. C. Demanding. D. Dangerous.

26. What does Titterton need to practice?

A. Counting the pages. B. Recognizing the “nodding”.

C. Catching falling objects. D. Performing in his own style.

27. Why is Ms. Raspopova’s husband “the wor page turner”?

A. He has very poor eyesight. B. He ignores the audience.

C. He has no interest in music. D. He forgets to do his job.

2

1685 was a very good year for German compors. Within the space of a month, two of the

greatest were born: Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel.

Handel’s father was a barber and a surgeon, which sounds like a strange combination today, but

back then tho occupations went hand in hand. Even though Handel was very interested in music,

his father didn’t think that was a good way to earn a living, so he wanted his son to be a lawyer. The

story goes that Handel smuggled a quiet piano into the hou so that he could practice in cret.

One day, Handel went along when his father went to shave a duke. While his father was

working, Handel sat down and played the duke’s organ. The duke was so impresd that he

convinced Handel’s father to let his son study music, and Handel finally got to learn how to

compo.

Handel soon discovered that what he liked most was opera. In fact, he was so passionate about

opera that he even fought a duel (决斗) over it with one of his friends. Since Italy was the place to

learn about opera composing, Handel went off to Italy to study. When he got home, he got a job as

court compor for a German prince.

Having landed such a wonderful job, Handel immediately asked his boss for time off. He wanted

to go to England, where he’d heard that there weren’t nearly enough compors to satisfy the

British taste for Italian opera.

After great success writing opera in London, Handel came back to Germany. Then fate played a

funny trick on Handel and his boss. The Queen of England died, and it just so happened that the

prince Handel worked for was next in line to the British throne. When he arrived in London as King

George, followed Handel, his court compor in Germany.

In addition to rving the King, Handel became one of the most successful opera compors of

his time. And he also produced them and traveled all over Europe to hire the best singers. There are

stories of battles with rival opera producers and of fights between rival singers. Handel apparently

had quite a temper.

If you ever go to London, look for Handel’s grave in Westminster Abbey, where there’s a

wonderful monument to him.

46. How did Handel begin to learn to compo?

A. His father was sure of his future success.

B. His performance impresd a duke.

C. He begged his father to nd him to Italy.

D. He practiced hard and taught himlf music.

47. What does the underlined word “smuggled” mean in the passage?

A. bought cretly B. took cretly

C. carried in advance D. possd personally

48. Why did Handel later ttle down in Britain instead of Germany?

A. Becau he could find better jobs in London.

B. Becau he enjoyed greater fame in London.

C. Becau his boss became King of Britain and brought him along.

D. Becau London was a wonderful place to learn about opera.

49. Which of the following words can NOT be ud to describe Handel, as shown in the passage?

A. bad-tempered B. talented C. enthusiastic D. optimistic

50. Which of the following statements is WRONG according to the passage?

A. Handel was born in the same year with Bach.

B. Many people worked both as a barber and a surgeon.

C. Handel quit his job to learn about opera in Italy.

D. Handel was buried in London and was built a monument.

3

FOLLOWING the success of S.H.E and Twins, another girl band has arrived on the music scene.

Seventeen-year-old Singaporean twin sisters Yumi and Miko Bai create the magic behind the music

in the band BY2.

The pair, who name "BY2" comes from their surname Bai, recently relead their cond

album, Twins. With great voices and dance moves to match, the cute sisters have won the hearts of

many fans since their first album NC-16 (《16未成年》) came out last year.

At a young age, the sisters began to learn ballet dancing and the violin. When a music company

wanted to work with them, the girls had to leave their home and parents to go to Taiwan for

training.

Miko and Yumi dropped out of school to focus on their music. This decision caud a hot

debate in Singapore. Some people said that their mother was using her daughters to make money.

But their father, who died of cancer when they were 15 years old, had encouraged the girls to work

hard to make their dreams come true.

The girls felt lonely in Taiwan when they first arrived. "We celebrated our birthday in Taiwan

without any family and friends," Yumi said. "We cut our birthday cake ourlves."

The girls faced many challenges. "We had to learn Mandarin. Also, it was a killer to dance in

high heels," said the twins, who had to do so in their music videos.

However, they are glad that they entered the entertainment scene at an early age. "When we

are younger, we learn things faster and can gain more experience," Yumi said.

41. Where do “BY2” come from? They are from ________.

A. Taiwan B. Hongkong C. Singapore D. Mainland of China

42. What does the letter “B” in “BY2” stand for ? It stands for ______.

A. the name of the Band B. the name of their family

C. the name of their cond album D. the name of their first album

43. How many albums have they relead so far?

A. one B. two C. three D. four

44. Which of the following is TRUE according the passage?

A. Their father has en their dreams come true.

B. The Twins became famous as they were at school

C. The band “By2” was received a warm welcome as soon as it arrived at Taiwan.

D. The band “By2” doesn’t only sing well but also dances well.

45. What was the reaction from the society to Twins’ success?

A. All the people supported and love them.. B. All the people blamed them and their mother.

C. None of the people supported them

D. Their success leads to a hot debate across the Singapore.

4

Each year the Kiwanis Club of Santa Fe stages the burning of the effigy (肖像) of Zozobra, or

Old Man Gloom, to drive away the hardships of the past year. The Kiwanis Club began hosting

the burning in 1963 as its major activity to rai money.

Local artist Bud Schuster thought of and created Zozobra in 1924 as the focus of a private

celebration at his home for artists and writers in the community. His inspiration for Zozobra

came from the Holy Week celebrations of the Yaqui Indians of Mexico --- an effigy of Judas,

filled with firecrackers, was led around the village on a donkey and later burned. A newspaper

editor and friend of Schuster’s came up with the name Zozobra, which is Spanish for “the

gloomy (沮丧的) one.”

The effigy is a giant lively wooden puppet (木偶) that waves its arms and cries aloud over

the approach of its fate. An excellent part of the show is that the fire spirit dancer, dresd in

flowing red clothes, appears at the top of the stage to drive away the white-sheeted “glooms”

from the ba of the giant Zozobra. The fire dance was created by Jacques Cartier, a former

New York ballet dancer and local dance teacher, who performed the role for 37 years. His dance

student, James Lilienthal, took over the fire spirit role in 1970 and has continued it for 30 years.

Schuster constructed the figure of Zozobra until 1964, when he gave his detailed model to

the Kiwanis Club to continue the tradition. Over the years the effigy has grown larger, reaching

a height of 51feet in 1999.

The festival is so popular that children arrive in the park in the morning. Viewers, who have

paid a nominal (名义上的) fee to watch the event, continuously shout, “Burn him,” until

Zozobra is destroyed. Since 1952, the show has raid $275,525, which the Kiwanis has ud to

provide college scholarships, and camp fees for physically challenged children.

41. According to the passage, Zozobra stands for ______.

A. something to encourage people B. someone to bring good luck to people

C. people’s happy memories in the past D. people’s hardships in the past

42. Who first acted as the fire spirit dancer?

A. A newspaper editor B. Bud Schuster C. James Lilienthal D. Jacques Cartier

43. What is the correct order of the following events?

a. James Lilienthal became a fire spirit dancer

b. The Kiwanis Club began hosting the burning of Zozobra.

c. Bud Schuster created Zozobra.

d. The effigy of Zozobra reached a height of 51 feet.

A. a, b, c, d B. b, c, a, d C. c, b, a, d D. d, a, c, b

44. It can be learned from the passage that Zozobra ________.

A. came from an Indian celebration B. got its name from a Spanish person

C. was to celebrate a religious tradition

D. was celebrated to rai money for cancer rearch

45. Zozobra festival should be considered to be _______.

A. memorable and gloomy B. worldwide and creative

C. traditional and charitable D. commercial and eventful

5

Have you en the film Star Wars? If you have, you’ll know what an energy–gun is, and a light–

sword too. The gigantic space ship in Star Wars can destroy a whole planet in a cond or two, and it

does so. Fortunately, it isn’t our planet; it belongs to a distant system, far out in space.

The great empty spaces of the univer are no problem in star Wars. The fighters know how to

fold space over, like a sheet of paper, so that very distant stars are brought clo together; they call

it “hyperspace”. This means, of cour, that their ships don’t have to creep along at the speed of

light. If they did that, they would take years, even centuries, to reach the battlefield. Hyperspace

allows them to travel as “supralight” speed and get there in a couple of hours. It’s good clean fun

(健康无害的娱乐) though.

We certainly don’t know all about physics yet, but we do have the work of Albert Einstein. He

asked us to believe that nothing could travel faster than light through an empty space --- but don’t

let that mirable idea spoil the film for you, even though all our obrvations up to now have

shown that Einstein was dead right --- forget it. Sit back and watch tho energy–shells blow up the

hated enemy. The Star Wars princess is extremely beautiful.

The more we “discover”, the more we must admire Einstein. He knew it all before us --- by

about 1910 in fact. We obrve certain very high speed particles (微粒), and they behave exactly as

Einstein predicted they would. We can give them a speed almost equal to light, but they never quite

reach light speed. He predicted that a very fast–moving object, as it flashed by a stationary

obrver(静止的参照物), would em to have much greater weight than usual. And that, too, was

proved correct.

So far as scientific theory or evidence is concerned, there is no such thing as hyperspace, no

such speed as supralight. Space is as we know it, and light speed is the highest possible speed.

“But,” say the story-writers, “that’s only true at prent. We don’t know all about physics yet. Who

knows --- who knows if there isn’t another t of facts just waiting to be discovered; another

univer perhaps, just round the corner?”

Einstein ems to have been prepared for that too. In his theories he emphasized the word

“relative”. Everything --- speed, weight, time, etc. --- is relative to something el. Nothing, by itlf

is real or absolute. So if there is another univer somewhere, we shall only know about it relative

to ourlves. So far there’s no sign of it. But for the future, well, who knows?

51．What is the purpo of science – fiction stories and films?

A. They point out the way ahead, and scientists are grateful.

B. They encourage us in our arching for the truth.

C. They show us what the future univer will be like.

D. They are written and made to entertain us.

52．If you e Star Wars, what might spoil it for you, according to the passage?

A．Einstein’s theories.

B．The uncomfortable surroundings of the theatre.

C．The ugly actress and actors.

D．The rude audience.

53．Einstein predicted that the increa in weight .

A. applies only to big things, like huge space–ships

B. is apparent only to the stationary obrver

C. is a real increa

D. remains even after the objective has stopped moving

54．Einstein’s theories emphasized .

A．everything is relative to something el B．the univer is infinite (无限的)

C．light speed is the highest possible speed D．there is another univer somewhere

55．Although Einstein did not obrve the behavior of high–speed objects, .

A. his theories predicted they travels at light speed

B. his theories predicted them with great accuracy

C. he knew they would be discovered

D. he predicted them in the year 1910

6

At 227 billion yuan ($33 billion) for 2008, Guangdong's cultural industries accounted for 6.4

percent of its GDP and experienced a growth rate of 13.8 percent. But Lai admits that size does

not equal weight. "Our business are mostly small, financing difficult and brands few."

One local brand that has made it big is Pleasant Goat and Big, Big Wolf, also translated as

Happy Sheep and Gray Wolf, China's most popular cartoon ries currently being aired. But Liu

Manyi, general manager of Creative Power Entertaining Inc, the firm behind the hit show, is not

laughing to the bank. Instead she is bitter: "Pirate discs were all over the streets before our first

movie hit the screen. Their images appear on all kinds of products. All this has no proper licensing."

In ca you don't know, China produces the largest amount of animated(动画的) programming

in the world. But quantity is not quality. Behind every Pleasant Goat there are tens of thousands of

flops. The best way for the government to promote the country's creative industries is to crack

down on piracy (盗版). Hollywood often rais its voice about being victimized (受害) in China.

Truth be told, Hollywood is probably the least affected since there is a quota system for China's

importation of Hollywood films.

Many Chine producers are taking baby steps and the domestic market is all they have. If their

rights in the home market are not protected, they will never e the day their products find a

foreign audience.

The sudden closure(关闭) of BT websites where copyrighted materials ud to flow freely

suggests a determination on the part of the government to take intellectual property rights riously.

This kind of websites is bad for us, so we should ban them.

Much of the news coming out of the 2009 International Cultural Industries Forum was

encouraging. China's film industry is expected to get 6 billion yuan ($879 million) in box office

receipts this year. A decade from now, this number may go up to 30 billion, according to some

forecasts.

If the government takes rious action against online and offline pirates, China's creative

industries may well have a bright future.

51. What does the underlined ntence in paragraph 1 mean?

A. Fast as the development of Guangdong's cultural industries is, they don’t have a big

challenge in the world.

B. Guangdong's cultural industries can make a big profit although they are just the small

companies.

C. Guangdong's cultural industries make a big contribution to its GDP becau of their strong

economic power.

D. The development of Guangdong's cultural industries cannot catch up with any other

industries.

52. What does Liu Manyi think about Pleasant Goat and Big, Big Wolf?

A. It is a failure since it is a local brand.

B. It is a success but cannot get the expected profit.

C. Its profit from the images has been shared legally.

D. Pirate discs make it more popular among the children.

53. Hollywood films are mentioned to tell us that __________.

A. Hollywood films make our creative industries have less space to survive

B. it is piracy that makes it possible for Hollywood films to get less influenced

C. our creative industries need enough protection to have a bright future

D. foreign films have taken up more market in China than the local ones

54. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Chine creative industries are more advanced than foreign ones.

B. The domestic market is of little significance to the survival of Chine creative industries.

C. BT websites stand in the way of the development of Chine creative industries.

D. The growth of China's film industry is always slow and needs more support.

55. In which column of a newspaper will you probably read this passage?

A. Regional B. Economic C. Sports D. Cartoon

答案：

1.（2021年高考题新高考I卷） 24-27 ACBD

24题 逻辑推理 难度三颗星 这道题实际上是推理题。根据前四段，哦爱出BCD，选择A。

25题 逻辑推理+概括 难度三颗星 C要求高。其他没提到或者过份推导。

26题 细节题 难度两颗星答案在第五段 选择B。

27题 逻辑推理 难度三颗星 答案在最后一段。选择D。

2. 46-50: BBCDC

3.41-45 CBBDD

4.41-45 DDCAC

5.51—55: DABAB

6. 51—55 ABCCB