Question

【題目】Some of those who oppose smoking in movies have just seen the future, and they are not happy about it.

Having caught up with James Cameron’s3-D science fiction thriller, “Avatar,” over the holidays, Stanton A. Glantz, director of the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education at the University of California, said his Smoke Free Movies initiative(倡議) would soon come out swinging with an informational campaign aimed at what he saw as the movie’s pro-smoking message.

“This is like someone just put a bunch of plutonium(钚) in the water supply,” Mr. Glantz said in a telephone interview last week. He was referring to scenes in which an environmental scientist played by Sigourney Weaverdrags lovingly on a cigarette as she works to save the moon Pandora sometime in the 22nd century.

Scenesmoking.org, which monitors tobacco mentions in films, gave “Avatar” a rating: A “black lung.” Still, this movie is not the only holiday picture to earn that distinction, which indicates unacceptable depictions(描繪) of tobacco.

“Sherlock Holmes” and “The Blind Side,” which were distributed by Warner Brothers; “Nine,” from the Weinstein Company; “Did You Hear About the Morgans?”from Sony Pictures; and “The Fantastic Mr. Fox,” also from Fox, were similarly rated with a “black lung” for tobacco use.

In a statement sent by e-mail over the weekend, Mr. Cameron said he had never intended Ms. Weaver’s character, Grace Augustine, to be “a role model” for teenagers. “She’s rude, she swears, she drinks, she smokes,” wrote Mr. Cameron. “Also, from a character perspective, we were showing that Grace doesn’t care about her human body, only her avatar body, which again is a negative comment about people in our real world living too much in their avatars, meaning online and in video games.”

Speaking as an artist, Mr. Cameron said: “I don’t believe in the dogmatic(教條的) idea that no one in a movie should smoke. Movies should reflect reality…I do agree that young role-model characters should not smoke in movies, especially in a way which suggests that it makes them cooler or more accepted by their peers.”

For the record, apart from the 3-D tobacco use, Mr. Glantz said he found “Avatar” to be “a great movie.”

【1】What would be the best title for the text?

A. “Avatar” Made by James Cameron Becomes the Latest Hit Again

B. A discussion about the Role-model for Young People

C. ‘Avatar’ Joins Holiday Movies That Fail an Antismoking Test

D. A Campaign against Smoking

【2】What is Warner Brothers?

A. A rating administration. B. A research center.

C. A film. D. A film company.

【3】What is the tone of the text?

A. Doubtful. B. Objective C. Subjective. D. Sensitive.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】B

【解析】文章介紹了禁煙電影剛剛收到一定效果，但隨著電影《阿凡達》的假期上映，禁煙測試結果失敗了。不過《阿凡達》仍是一部偉大的電影。

【1】C主旨大意題。文章介紹了禁煙電影剛剛收到一定效果，隨著電影《阿凡達》的假期上映，禁煙測試結果失敗了，故選C。

【2】D推理判斷題。根據(jù)第五段“Sherlock Holmes” and “The Blind Side,” which were distributed by Warner Brothers; “Nine,” from the Weinstein Company; “Did You Hear About the Morgans? ” from Sony Pictures; and “The Fantastic Mr. Fox,” also from Fox, were similarly rated with a “black lung” for tobacco use.可知，電影“Sherlock Holmes” 和 “The Blind Side” Warner Brothers分開，只有生產這兩部電影的電影公司可以做，故Warner Brothers是電影公司，故選D。

【3】B推理判斷題。文章前兩段講述了一些人對《阿凡達》的負面批評，這部電影使禁煙測試失�。坏箶�(shù)第二、三段是電影導演為這部電影的辯護，最后一段是另外一個人對這部電影的評價，作者的立場是客觀的，故選B。