Question

The famous director of a big and expensive movie planned to film a beautiful sunset over the ocean, so that the audiences could see his hero and heroine in front of it at the end of the film as they said goodbye to each other for ever. He sent his camera crew (摄制组) out one evening to film the sunset for him.

The next morning he said to the men, “Have you provided me with the sunset?”

“No, sir.” The men answered.

The director was angry. “Why not?” he asked.

“Well, sir,” one of the men answered, “we are on the east coast here, and the sun sets in the west. We can get a sunrise over the sea, if necessary, but not a sunset.”

“But I want a sunset!” the director shouted.” Go to the airport, take the next flight to the west coast, and get one.”

But then a young secretary had an idea,” Why don’t you photograph a sunrise,” she suggested, “and then play it backwards? Then it would look like a sunset.” “That’s a good idea!” the director said. Then he turned to the camera crew and said,” Tomorrow morning I want you to get me a beautiful sunrise over the sea.”

The camera crew went out early the next morning and filmed a bright sunrise over the beach in the middle of the beautiful bay(海湾).Then at nine o’clock they took it to the director. “Here it is, sir.” They said and gave it to him. He was very pleased.

They all went to the studio. “All right,” the director explained, “now our hero and heroine are going to say goodbye. Run the film backwards so that we can see the ‘sunset’ behind them.”

The “sunset” began, but after a quarter of a minute, the director suddenly put his face in his hands and shouted to the camera crew to stop.

The birds in the film were flying backwards, and the waves on the sea were going away from the beach.

1.One evening, the director sent his camera crew out______.

A. to watch a beautiful sunset

B. to find an actor and an actress

C. to film a scene on the sea

D. to meet the audience

2.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. The crew had to follow the secretary’s advice.

B. If you want to see a sunrise, the east coast is the place to go to.

C. The camera crew wasn’t able to film the scene the first day.

D. The director ordered his crew to stop filming the “sunset” .

3.The director wanted to film the sunset over the ocean because______.

A. it went well with the separation of the hero and the heroine

B. when they arrived at the beach it was already in the evening

C. it was more moving than a sunrise

D. the ocean looked more beautiful at sunset

4.．After the “sunset” began, the director suddenly put his face in his hands______.

A. because he was moved to tears

B. as he saw everything in the film moving backwards

C. as the sunrise did not look as beautiful as he had imagined

D. because he was disappointed with the performance of the hero and heroine

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.B

【解析】

试题分析: 本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了摄制组拍摄日落镜头的故事。一个著名的导演为了适应剧情的需要派出摄制组去拍摄日落的海边一对情侣分手的场景。但是由于他们是在东海岸，所以只能拍到海上的日出，于是一名年轻人出了一个主意，结果却令人大跌眼镜。

1.细节理解题。根据文章首句The famous director of a big and expensive movie planned to film a beautiful sunset over the ocean 和第一段的末句He sent his camera crew (摄制组) out one evening to film the sunset for him.可知摄制组傍晚去海边的目的是拍摄一个海上的场景，选C。

2.细节理解题。通过文中“But I want a sunset!” the director shouted.” Go to the airport, take the next flight to the west coast, and get one.” 和故事内容可知直到最后，导演都坚持让摄制组拍摄这组镜头，故D选项内容错误。

3.细节理解题。由首段……so that the audiences could see his hero and heroine in front of it at the end of the film as they said goodbye to each other for ever.可知导演拍日落是为了衬托主人公分手的场面，选A。

4.细节理解题。根据文章末段 The birds in the film were flying backwards, and the waves on the sea were going away from the beach.可知导演突然意识到了错误：他在镜头中所看到的一切都在向后移动，选B。

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