Question

When you watch your favorite movies, you might not think about science. Of course, there’s a lot of science behind movies like Interstellar or The Martian but not movies like Frozen or The Avengers, right? Think again.

Animated(动画) movies use a lot of science and math to make things look as real as possible. For example, snow was used in many parts of the movie Frozen, but making the snow look real was a challenge. The snow needed to act differently in different situations, like if it was melting(融化) or blowing in the wind.

Mathematicians（数学家）had to create a computer program to make the snow look more natural. Joseph Teran, a mathematician at the University of California, US, faced this challenge with Frozen, according to the Society for Science and the Public.

He and his team used math equations(等式) to treat snow like many different pieces instead of one large thing, as movies had done in the past. They worked for months to make a computer program do this.

Science is important for superhero movies too. Superheroes are supposed to have special powers that can’t always be explained. But moviemakers still want to make their actions realistic(现实的).

For example, Raychelle Burks, a chemistry professor from the American Chemical Society, told the Daily Mail that some of the science behind The Avengers could be real. Iron Man’s suit is possible because it can be made of a light but strong material. In the movie , Tony Stark also makes new elements by making atoms collide(使原子对撞)，much like scientists do in real life.

So next time you see a movie, don’t forget to think about the science behind it.

1.A lot of science and math are used in animated movies to _______.

A. make them like Interstellar and The Martian

B. make the audience think about science

C. make things as realistic as possible

D. make snow smelt or blow in the wind

2.The example of The Avengers in Paragraph 6 is used to show_______.

A. how superheroes have super powers

B. how science makes action realistic

C. Iron Man’s suit is made of light materials

D. how Tony Stark makes new elements

3.What can we learn from the passage?

A. Every movie should be made to look as realistic as possible.

B. Science and math play important roles in movie making.

C. Animated movies use less science than other movies.

D. Scientists can make things in movies become real.

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.B

【解析】

本文主要以一些电影为例子来说明科学和数学在电影制作中的重要性。

1.细节理解题。根据Animated(动画) movies use a lot of science and math to make things look as real as possible.to do 不定式表示目的，所以目的是使我们看到的东西尽可能真实。

2.细节理解题。根据上一段的But moviemakers still want to make their actions realistic(现实的).

可知作者举这个例子是为了说明上一段的“电影制作人仍然想使他们的动作接近现实的”，故选B。

3.推理判断题。根据文章第一段的When you watch your favorite movies, you might not think about science. Of course, there’s a lot of science behind movies以及文章最后一句So next time you see a movie, don’t forget to think about the science behind it.可知作者写这篇文章的目的是为了说明科学和数学在电影制作中的重要性，故选B。