第二节 完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
The film starts out on a normal day in a typical American high school.Friends __36__ in the dining room and boys play football.But there’s a big surprise when the movie __37__ with two students going crazy in the __38__—shooting and killing people.
This is “Elephant”,__39__ in just 20 days;it stars real high school kids.American __40__ Gus Van Sant had no readymade lines(台词).The student actors made up their own __41__,with Van Sant asking them to base their characters on their own __42__.
__43__ it may not sound very high quality,the __44__ won the Palme d’Or(金棕榈奖)for Best Film and the award for Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival in __45__ on May 25th.The film is based on the __46__ at a high school in the US,where two boys killed 13 people and then themselves in 1999.The __47__ of the movie refers to the old expression about a problem that’s as hard to ignore (忽略) as an elephant in the house.
The film takes a close look at a few hours in the lives of the victims (受害者) and the killers.It shows how high school is a __48__ experience for everyone—fun and friendly,or hard and lonely.In many ways,the two __49__ who carry out the shooting,act like ordinary kids.They joke around with one boy’s mother as __50__ serves them cakes and plays the piano.
But,there are hints (暗示) of the __51__ they feel inside.One of the boys is bullied (欺负) at school.The other plays __52__ video games.But Van Sant isn’t __53__ their killings on either bullying or violent games.In fact,the film doesn’t offer any reason why school violence happens.“I didn’t want to __54__ anything.It’s up to the __55__ to draw its own conclusions,”said the 51yearold director.
36.A.chat B.sleep
C.swim D.fight
37.A.starts B.ends
C.begins D.talks
38.A.cinema B.church
C.school D.station
39.A.discussed B.lasted
C.shown D.filmed
40.A.president B.director
C.film D.actor
41.A.faces B.dialogues
C.mind D.clothes
42.A.teachers B.parents
C.lives D.family
43.A.Since B.Because
C.Although D.However
44.A.victims B.boys
C.film D.director
45.A.France B.Germany
C.Hong Kong D.Australia
46.A.playing B.fighting
C.teaching D.shooting
47.A.actors B.director
C.killers D.title
48.A.different B.same
C.happy D.sad
49.A.teachers B.boys
C.actors D.girls
50.A.they B.he
C.it D.she
51.A.shock B.anger
C.joy D.sorrow
52.A.sexy B.lively
C.violent D.healthy
53.A.blaming B.praising
C.scolding D.spending
54.A.tell B.show
C.explain D.stop
55.A.audience B.students
C.killers D.listeners