Question

    Today’s cinema has improved a great deal in presentation. Gone are the golden days when eager crowds were packed on wooden benches in poor buildings, which seemed to be about to _________ in the next minute. Audience were staring, with great interest, at the funny and amusing movements of silent figures on the screen. It was only through the body movements and facial expressions that the character’s feelings could be _________ to the audience. However, film goers all the same turned a blind eye to the _________ cinema surroundings and seemed crazy about almost all the films. Box office hits were a normal thing and stories about movie stars took full _________ of the newspapers. They were _________ with almost all positive wordings compared with today’s pitiful stars who are all the time alert to such news as divorces or affairs.

Nowadays, it is quite easy to find a cinema that exceeds the hotel luxury. Cinemas are spacious, well-lit places where one can kill time in comfort. Small favors offered by modern cinemas such as the well-printed booklets, which are _________ available, the mouth-watering snacks on sale and even the gifts are all sending the implied message to the audience that the film to watch will provide the equivalent _________. Audience, on the other hand, don’t always _________ the story. Before a film is released, the potential spectator is usually exposed to a(n) _________ of advertisements. Film trailers are seen everywhere and crew interviews are televised. And in tempting people to enter cinemas, second to none is __________.People rely much no friends’ advice in choosing films.

Once the audience have settled on the chair, the cinema is learning from the theatre. The projectionists are to given the audience time to prepare themselves for the film. Talk first degrades to whisper then __________ altogether. Spotlights are focused on the curtains which are drawn slowly apart, often in the __________ of music, to reveal title of the film. Every detail has been designed so thoughtfully that the spectator will never actually see the __________ screen, which will remind him all too sharply that what he is about to see is nothing but different shadows flashing on the white. However much the cinema tries to __________ theatre, it fully succeeds. Nothing can __________ the awe (敬畏) and sense of expectation felt by the audience as the curtain is slowly raised.

1.A.disappear B.collapse C.freeze D.rise

2.A.interpreted B.responded C.invented D.applied

3.A.special B.inferior C.standard D.loose

4.A.coverage B.use C.benefit D.responsibility

5.A.exposed B.reviewed C.overheard D.equipped

6.A.temporarily B.carefully C.readily D.traditionally

7.A.luxury B.expense C.convenience D.information

8.A.prove B.buy C.investigate D.convey

9.A.explosion B.promotion C.shift D.spread

10.A.walls of ears B.seeing is believing C.word of mouth D.grave of teeth

11.A.drives out B.wears out C.pays off D.dies away

12.A.company B.introduction C.benefit D.end

13.A.decorated B.distinct C.blank D.mechanical

14.A.imitate B.guide C.exploit D.replace

15.A.refer to B.compare with C.suffer from D.persist in

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.B

4.A

5.B

6.C

7.A

8.B

9.A

10.C

11.D

12.A

13.C

14.A

15.B

【解析】

这是一篇说明文，介绍观影的历史变迁。以前的电影院观影环境不好，但人们依然趋之若鹜。现在观影环境好了许多，电影院通过多种方式吸引观众。

1.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：过去热切的观众地挤在仿佛下一分钟就要倒塌似的破旧建筑物里的木凳上（观看电影），这样的日子一去不复返。A. disappear消失；B. collapse 坍塌 崩溃；C. freeze 冷冻；D. rise 升起。根据本句的poor building可知在这样破旧的建筑物当然容易“坍塌了”。故选B。

2.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：观众只能通过演员的动作和面部表情来理解角色的情感。A. interpreted 理解 演绎；B. responded 反应；C. invented 发明；D. applied 申请 运用。根据前两句，因为过去电影没有声音，观众只能通过演员的表情动作来感受角色的情感。可知观众只能通过这样的方式来“理解”角色的情感的。故选A。

3.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：然而，电影爱好者依然无视低劣的电影院环境，对所有的电影趋之若鹜。A. special特别的；B. inferior下等的；C. standard标准的； D. loose 宽松的。根据前面第二句“eager crowds were packed on wooden benches in poor buildings”可知当时的观影条件相当恶劣，应该选择能表示负面环境情况的选项，因此排除A、C和D。故选B。

4.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：票房排名相当常见，报纸满是有关明星的故事。A. coverage覆盖；B. use 使用；C. benefit 益处；D. responsibility 责任。根据前句观众对所以电影趋之若鹜和本句“票房排名随处可见”可知电影在当时很火，报纸满是有关明星的故事。故选A。

5.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：与当今那些一直对离婚或风流韵事十分警惕的可怜的明星相比，当时的明星几乎都被溢美之词评论着。A. exposed 暴露； B. reviewed 复习 ，评论；C. overheard 无意听到；D. equipped 装备。根据前句newspapers和本句的all positive wordings可知本句是说报纸对当时明星有着积极的评论，故选B。

6.

考查副词词义辨析。句意：现代电影院提供的小礼物，比如随处可见的印刷精美的小册子、促销中令人垂涎欲滴的小吃，甚至连礼物都在向观众暗示，观看的电影将带来同样的享受。A. temporarily暂时；B. carefully小心地； C. readily 容易地 ，乐意地；D. traditionally传统。根据常识，我们经常在电影院看到精美的小册子，这些小册子特别容易获得。故选C。

7.

考查名词词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. luxury奢侈 ，享受；B. expense 费用 ； C. convenience 方便；D. information 信息。电影院向公众送小礼物，目的是为了吸引让观众来看电影，让观众觉得即将要看的电影同样蛮让人享受的。故选A。

8.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：然而观众并不总是相信你的话。A. prove 证明； B. buy 买相信；C. investigate 调查；D. convey 传达。本题考查固定搭配 buy one’s/the story，意为“相信某人的话”，故选B。

9.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：在电影发行前，潜在的观众通常会被铺天盖地的广告狂轰滥炸。A. explosion 爆炸 爆发；B. promotion 推销 升职；C. shift 转移 改变；D. spread 传播。本句中be exposed to sth意为“接触到某物”。根据本句的potential spectators可知在电影发行前，电影院已经有意识地把广告瞄准了这些潜在顾客，并对他们进行狂轰滥炸的宣传。故选A。

10.

考查短语词义辨析。句意：为了让观众走进电影院，电影的口碑相当重要。A. walls of ear耳壁；B. seeing is believing 眼见为实；C. word of mouth 口碑； D. grave of teeth 牙齿的坟墓。根据下句People rely much no friends’ advice in choosing films，可知人们会根据朋友建议来选择观看的电影，因此电影院必须做好宣传，让电影有好的口碑，以此来吸引更多的观众走人电影院。故选C。

11.

考查动词词组辨析。句意：谈话渐变为低语，再逐渐变得鸦雀无声。A. drives out 驱逐 淘汰；B. wears out 磨损 筋疲力尽；C. pays off 还清 回报；D. dies away (声音)变弱 逐渐消失。根据Talk first degrades to whisper ，可知本句在描述声音由大变小的过程，故选D。

12.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：聚光灯通常伴随着音乐聚焦在缓缓拉开的幕布，以展露电影的片名。A. company陪伴， 伴随；B. introduction 介绍；C. benefit 益处；D. end 结束 尽头。聚光灯、幕布和音乐这些相互配合，为片面的出现作铺垫。聚光灯通常伴随着音乐聚焦在缓缓拉开的幕布，以展露电影的片名。故选A。

13.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：每一个细节都设计得如此周到，以至于观众永远不会真正看到空白的屏幕，这将提醒他，他即将看到的只是不同的阴影在白色上屏幕上的闪烁。A. decorated 装饰的；B. distinct 明显的 有区别的；C. blank 空白的；D. mechanical 机械的。本句向我们传达了电影院对细节的精选设计，以至观众投入其中，而几乎忘记了他们其实在看的只不过是空的屏幕而已（不是实实在在的真人表演）。故选C。

14.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：不管电影院模仿剧院多少，它的确很成功。A. imitate模仿；B. guide 引导；C. exploit开采；D. replace 取代。根据本段第一句the cinema is learning from the theatre可知电影院只不过是在学习模仿剧院，故选A。

15.

考查动词词组辨析。句意：当幕布缓缓升起时，没有什么能比得上观众感受到的那种敬畏感和期待感。A. refer to谈及 涉及；B. compare with 与…相比；C. suffer from 遭受；D. persist in 坚持。本题考查了固定句式，Nothing can…经常和compare with 搭配，表示“没什么能够于之相比”。结合上一句，电影院模仿剧院成功，说明产生了好的效果，没有什么能比得上观众感受到的那种敬畏感和期待感。故选B。