6.Hearing Voices
Would you like to be an actor,but aren't the right age or physical type for the part?Don't give up:there may be a place for you in the world of voice-acting.
Twenty-year-old Rickey Collins brings Tucker Foley to like in the cartoon Danny Phantom.In addition to many appearances on television and in movies,Rickey is a voice-over actor,someone we hear but don't see.Rickey has acted since he was 6,both on and off camera.After school,his grandmother-a manager and acting coach-helped his develop his skills by doing voice exercises and reading aloud.
Voice-over actors do many kinds of acting.They are the voices of cartoon characters on television,in movies and video games,and for communicating toys.In films,they replace the foreign language conversation with English version.They create crowd noises,make commercials,act in radio plays,and record telephone instructions and public announcements.They read books on tape and even record museum tours.
Like other actors,voice-over actors need to understand scripts,interpret characters,and breathe correctly.They have to master voice techniques,such as pacing,volume,and range.Sometimes they use their normal voices; other times they change their voices to create different characters or noises.Rickey receives his Danny Phantom scripts only a few days before he tapes each episode(集).He rites helpful notes on the script to guide himself on speaking his part.
Rickey practices,then tapes at the recording studio.He and the other cast members sit in a soundproof booth,acting out their characters as they read their lines into the microphones."The cartoon gets created after we record the words,so we have to imagine everything in our mind,"days Rickey.Later,the recorded words,music,and sound effects are combined with the cartoon art to create the cartoon we enjoy on TV.Sound interesting?Maybe you can have a"voice"in acting after all!
60.The sentence underlined in paragraph 2meansC.
A.Rickey draws the character
B.Rickey names Tucker Foley
C.Rickey makes the character seem real
D.Rickey decides the future of Tucker Foley
61.From the passage we can infer thatB.
A.it's very complex to become a cartoon film voice-over actor
B.Rickey has been involved with acting most of his life
C.Rickey was an actor when he was six
D.many people have nice voices
62.Paragraph 4mainly tells us thatC.
A.a voice-over actor works very hard
B.being a voice-over actor needs talents
C.being a voice-over actor requires skills
D.a voice-over actor has many techniques
63.The information in this article would be most valuable to peopleA.
A.who want to build a career around their voices
B.who need to develop their stage-acting skills
C.who want to understand scriptwriting
D.who need to practice voice exercises.
分析 文章通過Rickey Collins自六歲時就開始練習配音,對于配音演員這一角色鉆研很深,造詣頗高的這一個故事,闡述了作為一名配音演員所需要具備的素質以及需要具備的基本技能等因素.
解答 CBCA
60.C 句意理解題.本句意思是說二十歲的Rickey Collins將人物Tucker Foley帶到了卡通電影幻影丹尼(Danny Phantom)中;結合本段對Rickey Collins職業(yè)的描述及Rickey is a voice-over actor,someone we hear but don't see可知,他是一個配音演員,所以此句的意思是將人物表演的形象逼真;故選C.
61.B 推理判斷題.文中第二段提到Rickey has acted since he was 6,both on and off camera,他在奶奶的幫助下專注于配音表演,文中第三段voice-over actors need to understand scripts,interpret characters,and breathe correctly是說作為配音演員要具備很多技能,沒說是很復雜的事,排除A;Rickey從6歲開始配音表演,而不是當演員,C錯誤;最后一句Maybe you can have a"voice"in acting after all!是說讀者或許有著不錯的聲音天賦,和D項描述不相吻合;故選B.
62.C 歸納總結題.根據(jù)開頭一句Like other actors,voice-over actors need to understand scripts,interpret characters,and breathe correctly.可知本段敘述的是作為配音演員需要具備的基本技能,后面進一步描述需要什么素質,工作勤奮、有天賦和技巧都不是其本段描述的核心因素;所以C項正確.
63.A 推理判斷題.根據(jù)開頭一段Would you like to be an actor,but aren't the right age or physical type for the part?Don't give up:there may be a place for you in the world of voice-acting所描述的內容可知,本文的信息對于那些想在屏幕上留下自己的聲音的人是很有價值的.故選A.
點評 做閱讀理解題時要培養(yǎng)自己快速閱讀的習慣,切不可在一些難懂的句式或者詞語上耽誤過多的時間,可通篇理解,掌握其大意,有針對性的研究題目的要求,對癥下藥,果斷作出決定.最后再檢查選擇答案是否符合文意.