15.In Hollywood,as in war,truth is often the first casualty.Stories told on screen demand heroes,devils and a clear plot line.Real life,on the other hand,tends to get messy-the lines between good and bad often cross.Two years ago,director Oliver Stone was severely criticized in the press for playing fast and loose with certain facts in JFK.Jim Sheridan's In the Name of the Father has largely escaped such criticism in the U.S.,but only because Americans are unfamiliar with the story it is based on.In Britain,where people have lived with the case of the Guildford Four for 20 years,the film's reception has been considerably stormier.
The movie tells the tale of Gerry Conlon,who along with three other youths was falsely accused of killing five people in a 1974 I.R.A.bombing of two pubs in Guildford,England.The four-three men and a woman-served 14 years in prison before their convictions(定罪)were overturned.Seven friends and relatives of Conlon's (the Maguire Seven),including his father,also served many years on false charges of having made the bombs.
Though Sheridan never set out to make a documentary,he has been attacked for needlessly twisting the facts of the case.The film,for instance,shows the Maguire Seven on trial with the Guildford Four,though the cases were tried separately.In some of its most affecting scenes,it shows Conlon,played by Daniel Day-Lewis,sharing a jail cell with his father,though the two were often not even in the same prison.A grand and heroic part is carved for actress Emma Thompson,playing Conlon's lawyer,Gareth Peirce,but in reality Peirce was a minor figure and another lawyer,Alastair Logan,deserves most of the credit for freeing the Four.An important scene in which Peirce steals a crucial piece of evidence from a police file was fabricated for the film;it was a police investigation that uncovered the buried evidence of Conlon's innocence.
Sheridan insists that he was seeking an"emotional honesty"and that the real subject of his film was a son's changing relationship with his father.But if that was his intended subject,say some close to the case,the director should have used someone else's story."The truth is that Gerry Conlon had very little time for his father,"says Sean Smyth,an uncle."It's a good film,well acted and everything,"admits Conlon's aunt,Anne Maguire."But I think if they'd put more of the true facts in,it would have been a much more powerful film."
58.It can be inferred from the first paragraph that.C
A.films made in Hollywood are often the reflection of real life
B.Oliver Stone,a well-known director,deserved high praise for his work in JFK
C.the film In the Name of the Father is based on the case of Guildford Four
D.Unlike Americans,British people think highly of the film In the Name of the Father
59.According to the context,the underlined word"fabricated"(Para 3,) means"B"
A.remarked B.invented C.convinced D.inspired
60.Which of the following statements is the truth about the case Guildford Four?A
A.It was the police that finally proved Colon's innocence.
B.In all,seven people,including Conlon's father,were put into prison.
C.Colon and his father were tried together at the court.
D.Emma Thompson,Colon's lawyer,played a key role in freeing him.
分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀,作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了在好萊塢,在戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)中,真理往往是第一個(gè)受害者.故事告訴屏幕需求的英雄,魔鬼和清晰的情節(jié).
解答 58.C.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第一段In Britain,where people have lived with the case of the Guildford Four for 20 years,the film's reception has been considerably stormier可知電影中,父親的名字是基于吉爾福德;故選C.
59.B.詞義猜測(cè)題.根據(jù)文章An important scene in which Peirce steals a crucial piece of evidence from a police file was fabricated for the film可知其中皮爾士盜竊證據(jù)的關(guān)鍵部分從警方文件的制備電影;意為創(chuàng)造;故選B.
60.A.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章it was a police investigation that uncovered the buried evidence of Conlon's innocence可知是警察最終證明了 Colon的清白;故選A.
點(diǎn)評(píng) 考察學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力,做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時(shí)一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進(jìn)行比較,再做出正確的選擇.在做推理判斷題不要以個(gè)人的主觀想象代替文章的事實(shí),要根據(jù)文章事實(shí)進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.