第三部分：阅读理解AEversincehegotintotheHongKongfilmindustryin1994withHe’saWoman,She’saMan,HongKongdirector,PeterChanhasbeenoneoftheindustry’smostpowerfulvoices.Laterin1996,anothermilestoneComrades:AlmostaLoveStorycameintobeing.Chan’slatestfilm,AmericanDreamsinChinaisacarefully-calculatedfilmwithaneyetowardopeningthemainlandcinemamarket.AmericanDreamsinChinaisafilmpurelyforChineseaudiences,buthowitplaysthereremainstobeseen.Itsendstherightmessages,butwhetherthat’senoughtomakeitahitiseveryone’sguess.Mainlandaudiencesaren’tquitethateasyto“speak”to.ThefilmbeganduringtheperiodofeconomicreformsinChinainthe1980s.ThebookishfarmboyChengDongqing(HuangXiaoming),theambitiousandconfidentboyMengXiaojun(DengChao)andthepoeticWangYang(TongDawei),werethreefriendsatuniversityinBeijingandpreparingforAmericanvisainterviews.Wangwasthefirsttobegrantedthevisabuthegaveitupforhiswesterngirlfriend,andChengwasrepeatedlydenied.OnlyMengactuallygotastudyvisa.Ashewasleaving,hetoldhisfriendsthathewouldn’tcomeback.Severalyearslater,ChengandWangbuiltasuccessfulschool,NewDream,fromtheashesofCheng’smisfortune(hisgirlfriendgotavisatoo,andChenglosthisuniversityteachingjob)andWang’sabilitytoconnectwithstudentsoftenthroughHollywoodmovies.InAmerica,Mengsufferedalot.Disappointed,hewenthomeandjoinedhisfriendsatNewDream.Later,thethreefriends’relationshipbecameworsened,butfinallywasimprovedundertheweightoftheircommongoals.61.WhichofthefollowingfilmsmadePeterChanamostinfluentialdirectorinHongKong?A.AmericanDreamsinChinaB.Comrades:AlmostaLoveStoryC.NewDreamD.He’saWoman,She’saMan62.Theunderlinedword“granted”(inparagraph3)probablymeans“_________”.A.preparedB.givenC.involvedD.permitted63.WhenthethreemenmadepreparationsforAmericanvisainterviews,howmanywas/wereofferedavisa?A.NoneB.One.C.Three.D.Two64.WhatledChengandWangtostartabusiness?A.TheconnectionwithHollywoodmovies.B.Theweightoftheircommongoals.C.Cheng’smisfortuneandWang’sability.D.Meng’sdisappointmentandsufferings.BNomatterhowlongyourlifeis,youwill,atbest,beabletoreadonlyafewbooksofallthathavebeenwritten,andthefewyoudoreadshouldincludethebest.Itistobeexpectedthattheselectionswillchangewiththetimes.Yetthereisasurprisinguniformity(一致)inthelistswhichrepresentthebestchoicesofanyperiod.Whatarethesignsbywhichwemayrecognizeagreatbook?ThefourIwillmentionmaynotbeallthereare,buttheyaretheonesI’vefoundmostusefulinexplainingmychoicesovertheyears.Greatbooksareprobablythemostwidelyread.Theyarenotbestsellersforayearortwo.Theyareenduringbestsellers.GONEWITHTHEWINDhashadrelativelyfewreaderscomparedtotheplaysofShakespeareorDONQUIXOTE.ItwouldbereasonabletoestimatethatHomerIliadhasbeenreadbyatleast25,000,000peopleinthelast3000years.Greatbooksarepopular,notpedantic(卖弄学问的).Theyarenotwrittenbyspecialistsaboutspecialtiesforspecialists.Whethertheyarephilosophyorscience,orhistoryorpoetry,theytreatofhuman,notacademicproblems.Theyarewrittenformen,notprofessors.Toreadatextbookforadvancedstudents,youhavetoreadanelementarytextbookfirst.Butthegreatbookscanbeconsideredelementaryinthesensethattheytreattheelementsofanysubjectmatter.Theyarenotrelatedtooneanotherasaseriesoftextbooks,gradedindifficultyorinthetechnicalityoftheproblemswithwhichtheydeal.Greatbooksarealwayscontemporary,themostreadableandinstructive.Greatbooksdealwiththepersistentlyunsolvedproblemsofhumanlife.Th...
