Question

【題目】Directions: Complete the following passage by using the sentences in the box. Each sentence can only be used once. Note that there are two sentences more than you need.

Think of Spider-Man, Iron Man and Ant-Man. Think of Black Panther, the Mighty Thor and the X-Men. Think of the Incredible Hulk, the Fantastic Four and all the other superheroes that have stimulated the popular imagination. 【1】. From a small office in Manhattan in the 1960s, he helped create a lineup of fictional heroes that have crossed from page to screen in a series of TV and movie adaptations and changed the face of popular culture.

For many, he was the face of Marvel, if not comic books in general, witnessing the company's rise to become an international media giant. As a writer, editor, publisher and Hollywood executive, he played a critical role in what comic fans call one of the medium's golden ages.

【2】. Lee gave the heroes flaws and insecurities, as well as an awareness of trends, social causes and a sense of humor, trying to 'make them real flesh-and-blood characters with personality, ' he told The Washington Post in 1992. 'That's what any story should have, but comics didn't have it until that point. They were all cardboard figures. '

【3】. Iron Man, for example, could join forces with the Fantastic Four, and Captain America could find himself a wedding guest alongside Doctor Strange. Lee created a fictional universe for readers to explore — one that made readers buy multiple series to get the whole story.

'I used to think what I did was not very important, ' Lee told the Chicago Tribune in 2014. 'People are building bridges and participating in medical research, and here I was working on stories about fictional people who do crazy things and wear costumes. But I suppose I have come to realize that entertainment is not easily dismissed. '

Stan Lee was as extraordinary as the characters he created, said Disney chairman and CEO Bob Iger. Indeed, Lee worked tirelessly his whole life creating great characters for the world to enjoy. 【4】. His legacy will outlive us all.

A.He inspired our imagination and hoped we could use it to make the world a better place.

B.If all these entertainment products can be traced to one person, it would be Stan Lee, who died last November at the age of 95.

C.Lee also appeared in a number of Marvel movies, watering his lawn, delivering the mail, and so on.

D.In order to keep multiple stories going at the same time, Lee wove them together into a seamless(無縫的) fictional world.

E.Under Lee, Marvel transformed the comic book world by humanizing its characters.

F.Through the honesty of guys like Spider-Man, we learn about different aspects of human nature.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】E

【3】D

【4】A

【解析】

這是一篇說明文。文章介紹了諸多超級英雄形象的創(chuàng)造者——斯坦.李。從他的功績，他對漫威的貢獻(xiàn)，他創(chuàng)造角色的思路，他編造故事的方法，以及對他對娛樂產(chǎn)業(yè)的看法等多方面介紹了斯坦.李.

【1】上文Think of Spider-Man, Iron Man and Ant-Man. Think of Black Panther, the Mighty Thor and the X-Men. Think of the Incredible Hulk, the Fantastic Four and all the other superheroes that have stimulated the popular imagination.(想想《蜘蛛俠》，《鋼鐵俠》和《蟻人》。想想《黑豹》《雷神》和《X戰(zhàn)警》。想想《綠巨人浩克》，《神奇四俠》和所有其它刺激了這一流行幻想的超級英雄)與B. If all these entertainment products can be traced to one person, it would be Stan Lee, who died last November at the age of 95.(如果所有這些娛樂產(chǎn)品都可以追溯到一個(gè)人，那就是斯坦.李，他去年11月去世，享年95歲)承接自然，選項(xiàng)里的all these entertainment products就是上文提到的所有“超級英雄”，故選B項(xiàng)。

【2】下文Lee gave the heroes flaws and insecurities, as well as an awareness of trends, social causes and a sense of humor, trying to 'make them real flesh-and-blood characters with personality, ' he told The Washington Post in 1992. (李給了英雄缺陷和不安全感，以及對趨勢認(rèn)識，以及社會(huì)原因和幽默感，“試圖讓他們成為有血有肉、有個(gè)性的角色”，他在1992年接受華盛頓郵報(bào)采訪時(shí)說)與E. Under Lee, Marvel transformed the comic book world by humanizing its characters.(在李的努力下，漫威通過賦予角色人性改變了漫畫世界)承接自然，下文所提到的flaws and insecurities, as well as an awareness of trends, social causes and a sense of humor就是賦予角色人性的具體內(nèi)容，故選E項(xiàng)。

【3】下文Iron Man, for example, could join forces with the Fantastic Four, and Captain America could find himself a wedding guest alongside Doctor Strange. (例如，鋼鐵俠可以和神奇四俠聯(lián)手，而美國隊(duì)長會(huì)和奇異博士一起成為婚禮嘉賓)與D. In order to keep multiple stories going at the same time, Lee wove them together into a seamless(無縫的) fictional world.(為了讓眾多故事發(fā)生在同一時(shí)間，李在小說無縫的世界把它們編織在一起)承接自然，下文所陳述的內(nèi)容就是把各個(gè)故事的主要人物編織在一起的故事場景，故選D項(xiàng)。

【4】上文Indeed, Lee worked tirelessly his whole life creating great characters for the world to enjoy.(事實(shí)上，李一生不知疲倦地工作，創(chuàng)造偉大的角色讓世界享受)與A. He inspired our imagination and hoped we could use it to make the world a better place.(他激發(fā)了我們的想象力，希望我們可以利用它來讓這個(gè)世界變得更美好)承接自然，上下文都講述了李對世人的貢獻(xiàn)，故選A項(xiàng)。