"There's no other way to describe it, it's the moment of a lifetime," said Bigelow at the awards ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday．She has become the first female ever to win a Best Director Oscar．

       Bigelow was up against the top-selling film of all time, Avatar．But Bigelow's smallbudget film, The Hurt Locker, swept the awards with six trophies （獎(jiǎng)杯） , including Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Sound Mixing and the big one: Best Picture．

       Many Hollywood insiders are calling this year’s awards the "Indie Oscars", with smaller films taking the other top awards．This was due in large part to outstanding individual performances: Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart （Best Actor） and Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side （Best Actress）．But all eyes were on Bigelow, as her movie The Hurt Locker beat Avatar to the major awards．This was sweetened by the fact Avatar's director, James Cameron, is her ex-husband．

       Bigelow was only the fourth female ever to be nominated （提名） for Best Director．She followed in the footsteps of Lina Wurtmuller, for Seven Beauties （1976）; Jane Campion, The Piano （1993）;and Sophia Coppola, Lost in Translation （2003）．

       Bigelow played down the important occasion last week, telling CBS, "There's really no difference between what I do and what a male filmmaker might do．I mean we all try to make our days, we all try to give the best performances we can, we try to make our budget, we try to make the best movie we possibly can．So in that sense it's very similar．On the other hand, I think the journey for women, no matter what field it is—politics, business, film —it's a long journey．"

       Ironically Bigelow's filmography is filled with action movies that are low on female leads and high on guns and steel．Her films such as Point Break and The Hurt Locker focus on the fears of men．

       And is there an entertaining end to the story of Bigelow's victory? She won on International Women's Day．

       It is, after all, Hollywood．

1．Of all the awards mentioned in Paragraph 2, the most important one is      .

       A．Best Picture                                B．Best Sound Mixing

       C．Best Director                                  D．Best Original Screenplay

2．We may learn from the passage that _____．

       A．four people have been nominated for Best Director

       B．The Hurt Locker cost a large sum of money

       C．only big films such as Avatar can take top awards

       D．Sophia Coppola was a woman director

3．What Bigelow said in Paragraph 5 indicates that women _____．

       A．can't compete with men in any field

       B．have to make greater efforts in whatever field

       C．a(chǎn)re weaker than men in the film industry

       D．don't have to make a long journey until their careers take off

4．What would be the best title for the passage?

       A．Oscar Awards Ceremony            B．First Female Oscar Best Director

       C．Hollywood Best Actress              D．The Hurt Locker Beat Avatar

練習(xí)冊(cè)系列答案
相關(guān)習(xí)題

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源： 題型：閱讀理解

    Child models are very much in demand all across the world. Many magazines and online stores that sell products for children like their models young.For this reason,they seek out children who can model clothing and have no problem posing（擺姿勢(shì)）and smiling for the camera．Those who are seeking out child models for thelr advertising can go to online modeling sites and view plotures of children who are web models．They can take a look at their portfolio（整套照片）and decide whether they will accept them．

    Parents who are seeking to get their children into the modeling business can also create a portfolio for ther children and put them online.They can look for jobs for their chldren through an online modeling site,or they can wait for job offers for their children.These online sites act as web modeling agency for models young and old alike．Anyone who has the desire to be a model can get a portfoilo together and join the site．

If you have a child who you want to be a model，you should frst stalt a portfolio for him or

her and Then join an online modeling agency.Once you join the agency,you can then start to look for jobs,Clients（客戶）will post jobs that can be found in the search．You can look for jobs for young models and see if your child will fit what the client is looking for. In many cases，the client will send clothing for the child to wear and a descriptlon of poses and the job can be done close to home.

Online modeling agencies are not only for child models.Older models,teen models,men and women can model for these slies． A great deal of the modeling is for online websites．Ths is an entirely new field in the world of modeling and much easier to get into than the older modeling agencies．There is no traveling or expensive photo shoots needed．All that is needed to make children into models is a nice portfolio and a photogenic（上相的）child．

71. Child models are needed to____________.

    A.Create more job offers

    B.set the fashion for children

    C.increase the sales of child products

    D.manage online stores that sell teen magazines

72．The underlined Word "they" in Paragraph 1 refers to_______．

    A.parents

    B.chld models

    C.online modeling sites

    D.people looking for child models for advertising

73. What should parents do if they`d like their children to become models?

    A.Train them to hold special poses.

    B.Choose them beautiful clothes．

    C.Take expensive photos of them．

    D.Put their portfolio on online modeling sites．

74. Why are online modeling agencise popular?

    A.Because They are easily accessible to most people.

    B.Because they charge no fees for their service.

    C.Because this is an entirely new field．

    D.Because this can make a child more photogenic.

75．This passage is mainly about______．

    A.a growing need for child models

    B.an increase in modeling agencies

    C.the change in the world of modeling

    D.the attraction of the world of modeling

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源： 題型：閱讀理解

    Child models are very much in demand all across the world. Many magazines and online stores that sell products for children like their models young.For this reason,they seek out children who can model clothing and have no problem posing（擺姿勢(shì)）and smiling for the camera．Those who are seeking out child models for thelr advertising can go to online modeling sites and view plotures of children who are web models．They can take a look at their portfolio（整套照片）and decide whether they will accept them．

    Parents who are seeking to get their children into the modeling business can also create a portfolio for ther children and put them online.They can look for jobs for their chldren through an online modeling site,or they can wait for job offers for their children.These online sites act as web modeling agency for models young and old alike．Anyone who has the desire to be a model can get a portfoilo together and join the site．

If you have a child who you want to be a model，you should frst stalt a portfolio for him or

her and Then join an online modeling agency.Once you join the agency,you can then start to look for jobs,Clients（客戶）will post jobs that can be found in the search．You can look for jobs for young models and see if your child will fit what the client is looking for. In many cases，the client will send clothing for the child to wear and a descriptlon of poses and the job can be done close to home.

Online modeling agencies are not only for child models.Older models,teen models,men and women can model for these slies． A great deal of the modeling is for online websites．Ths is an entirely new field in the world of modeling and much easier to get into than the older modeling agencies．There is no traveling or expensive photo shoots needed．All that is needed to make children into models is a nice portfolio and a photogenic（上相的）child．

71. Child models are needed to____________.

    A.Create more job offers

    B.set the fashion for children

    C.increase the sales of child products

    D.manage online stores that sell teen magazines

72．The underlined Word "they" in Paragraph 1 refers to_______．

    A.parents

    B.chld models

    C.online modeling sites

    D.people looking for child models for advertising

73. What should parents do if they`d like their children to become models?

    A.Train them to hold special poses.

    B.Choose them beautiful clothes．

    C.Take expensive photos of them．

    D.Put their portfolio on online modeling sites．

74. Why are online modeling agencise popular?

    A.Because They are easily accessible to most people.

    B.Because they charge no fees for their service.

    C.Because this is an entirely new field．

    D.Because this can make a child more photogenic.

75．This passage is mainly about______．

    A.a growing need for child models

    B.an increase in modeling agencies

    C.the change in the world of modeling

    D.the attraction of the world of modeling

查看答案和解析>>

同步練習(xí)冊(cè)答案