(A)
The adaptation of books to the big screen is nothing new to our society. Books have become well-respected tools for creating a better Hollywood. However, films should be just as respected for their ability to create better writers.
The main skill films help writers develop is attention to progress. Most directors and screenwriters know that the majority of people are not willing to sit through a five-hour film. Thus, every scene must have a purpose. This is a vital objective to keep in mind when writing a novel or short story. With most writing courses placing emphasis on literary techniques, it is easy to become more invested in diction than with actually moving the plot forward. Films remind the writer that while a novel ought to have some degree of literary complexity, the goal at the end of each chapter, page, or sentence is simple:keep the story moving. Films not only help writers develop a plot, but also help writers develop specific moments within their stories. Although writing a means of expression, not all things are easy to express in writing, especially facial expressions and emotions. Films allow writers to study the bodily and emotional actions that make characters read more realistically and make stories more tempting.
Lastly, sometimes it takes a film to bring about a story idea in the first place. Stop using a horribly specific or extremely uninteresting prompt. A pleasing theme or aesthetic can be enough to inspire a character or setting. As writers , whether fiction or independent, our works often arise from the things we see around us or the thins we wish we could see. Nonetheless, our works also arise from the visuals that have been created for us. As literature continues to enter the film industry, perhaps we should make use of film techniques in our literature.
56. reminded by films, a writer can move the plot forward by .
A. keeping in mind that every word should mean something.
B. providing a description of as many details as possible.
C. paying attention to further enhancing literary complexity.
D. choosing the perfect word to go with his/her thought.
57. according to the passage, films help writers develop in many aspects except .
A. getting an improved expressiveness
B. focusing on keeping the story moving.
C. complicating their thinking and life .
D. bringing in inspiration foe new works.
58. the word “prompt”(paragraph 4 ) probably means .
A. a reason to write.
B. a topic to start from.
C. an excuse to put off working .
D. an element to attract relationship.
59. which of the following statements best represents the author’s thoughts in this passage?
A. book writers are the ones promoting the growth of the film industry.
B. directors and screenwriters are more respected than fiction writers.
C. writers should spend more time on wording rather than on other things.
D. filmmaking technique could help book writers to improve themselves.
(B)
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A. evidence of booked tickets.
B. explanations of check-in policies.
C. a reminder of airline regulations.
D. an airline ticket and its confirmation.
61. during his journey, Ping Luo will .
A. fly non-stop to his destination.
B. arrive in Chicago in the late afternoon of the same day.
C. have to stay at CHICAGO OHARE airport for two hours.
D. reach his final destination on the next day.
62. according to the document, in order to check in at the airport faster, a passenger may .
A. arrive at the airport far ahead of time.
B. choose the seat in advance.
C. use a self-service machine.
D. contact the record locator online.
(C)
There are classes for the mothers of babies, but there’s no helping with your mum and dad growing old.
Old people’s wards are hell for old people. Geriatric wards are bedlam and bonkers. A toothless woman screaming when left alone, a cry that reaches the high hospital ceiling. A woman effing and blinding----the polite curtain will not protect her from the indignity of a nappy change. A woman who lives the same moment in repeat, dressed up for going home in a bright red, over the dressing grown, asking for the key to her house, saying over and over: “Am I going home today?”
And though my mum, by the time she was released, knew that her life was charmed compared with the lives of the world’s refugees. It seems to me as if the plight of old people, while not a horrible as the plight of refugees, shares some of the horror. Just as we live in a society that hasn’t caught up with technology, the kind of moral choices it gives people, we also live in a world that hasn’t kept up with its ageing population. We have the advances in medical science and technology that have kept people alive longer, but not the advances in how to treat our ageing population. Society is lagging behind the old, failing and falling.
There are certain small but piercing similarities between the treatment of the old and the treatment of refugees. The old are often displaced from their homes, moved out against their will;decisions are often made for them that they have no say over. Often, they are treated as fools or halfwits, crowded together in one place, given clothes that don’t belong to them, treated as a fallen tribe, incapable of any individuality. Nobody imagined my mother was a secretary of the Scottish peace movement, a primary teacher, a lifelong socialist, a witty woman. Out of hospital, my 85-year-old mum said:”going into hospital at my age puts years on you. God save from old people’s wards. You never think of yourself as old. You look across the ward and think, am I like that?”
63. the treatment of the old is compared of that of the refugees in order to .
A. prove they have a lot in common.
B. show the terrible status of the old.
C. display their similarities and differences.
D. indicate that old people have to leave their home.
. we can be inferred from the passage?
A. refugees lead a better life than old male patients.
B. old people are ill-treated due to their loss of individuality.
C. the author’s mom is capable of teaching and being a socialist in the meanwhile.
D. the treatment of the ageing population doesn’t develop as science advances.
65. the author’s mom felt that life in the hospital .
A. made her much older.
B. created her a mature woman.
C. enable her to look back at life.
D. let her full of gratitude to children.
66. the passage mainly discussed .
A. the life of refugees and old people.
B. social responsibility to old women.
C. improper treatment of old people.
D. preparing for ageing parents.
(A)56-69 ADBD
(B)60-62 DCC
(C)62-66 BDAC