The news that China bans time-travel TV dramas and movies got a lot of attention on the internet. Yet, time travel in China is a bit different from time travel in common sense.It is anything but science fiction and always goes backwards in time.There is minimum imagination involved--no ever-ending circles that mess up present and future, no advanced technology, no new social orders or new human forms from the twenty--whatever century, everything is a known historical fact when you travel through in China.
It is not even called time travel; rather the Chinese people refer it as time crossover.Time crossover has been an extremely popular theme for online novels for years(in fact , it is an indispensible part of China’s online culture), and didn’t get picked up by TV and the big screen until recent two years.Most of time-travel dramas and movies are adapted from popular online novels and like in other cases adaptations are never better than the original books.
The main plot of time-travel novels or TV dramas can be very well summarized in one sentence: from nobody to somebody.Time travel in China is more about escaping from the reality than about realizing wild dreams.
In China , there is no need of time machine either.People travel backwards in time via the possession of antiques presence at historical places of interest encounter of life-threatening accidents or simple a look into the mirror.Some time-travel novels even start with “I wanted to go back to history so much that one morning when I opened my eyes I was back.” Technology is not relevant at all.
Though China is not short of histories to go back to, people have their own preferences and it is pretty much a gender (性別)thing.If the main character is male then he usually goes back to special times in history when he is able to help build up or tear up a dynasty.A typical example is A Step Into the Past(尋秦記), the first time-travel TV drama in China, which tells the story of how a SWAT member helps to unite China and build up Qin Dynasty .
On the other hand , female characters primarily go back to Qing Dynasty partly because Qing Dynasty has the most number of princes to fall in love with.Yongzheng Emperor is the favorite.As can be seen in Startling by Each Step(步步驚心), a Qing time crossover classic, a girl goes back to Qing Dynasty and falls in love with Yongzheng Emperor and his brothers.
【小題1】As for time travel in China, which of the following ideas does the writer agree to ?
A.it is complicated and can be classified into science fiction. |
B.it is often based on the familiar story in history. |
C.it sometimes messes up the times and social orders. |
D.it always occurs in any times but the time before. |
A.a(chǎn)nalyze why the time -travel TV dramas are banned in China |
B.introduce the characteristics of the time-travel TV dramas in China |
C.show the difference between time travel in China and in other cultures |
D.a(chǎn)dvise people to watch the time-travel TV dramas in China |
A.China now has banned any forms of productions about time travel |
B.a(chǎn)dapted from online novels, time-travel TV and movie productions enjoy more praise |
C.the main character always follows a set pattern in the time-travel TV dramas in China |
D.a(chǎn)ll the time-travel productions are about heroes and their success |
A.prove author’s view | B.introduce the topic |
C.give an example | D.work as a topic sentence |
【小題1】C
【小題2】B
【小題3】C
【小題4】B
解析試題分析:文章大意:文章是關(guān)于中國禁播關(guān)于“時間旅行”的電視劇和電影的新聞在博客和微薄上引起了極大關(guān)注。作者認為中國的穿越是混亂了時間和社會秩序,和技術(shù)無關(guān),主人翁是有一些固定的模式的
【小題1】細節(jié)題:從第一段的句子:There is minimum imagination involved--no ever-ending circles that mess up present and future, no advanced technology, no new social orders or new human forms from the twenty可知作者認為中國的穿越是混亂了時間和社會秩序,選C
【小題2】寫作意圖題:從第一段的句子:time travel in China is a bit different from time travel in common sense.It is anything but science fiction and always goes backwards in time.可知這篇文章主要是介紹中國穿越劇的特點,選B
【小題3】推理題:從最后兩段可知作者分析穿越劇中男女主人翁的一些命運模式,說明穿越劇中的主人翁是有一些固定的模式的,選C
【小題4】寫作意圖題:文章第一段的句子:The news that China bans time-travel TV dramas and movies got a lot of attention on the internet. Yet, time travel in China is a bit different from time travel in common sense.可知文章提到中國禁止穿越劇電影和電視劇的消息是為了引出這個話題。選B
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A.in the city’s Royal Infirmary |
B.in the ambulance on her way to hospital |
C.out of the bath at home |
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D.the maternity ward said Ms Blake ought to call earlier |
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C.people found out who the unknown baby was |
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A.It was limited and non-sustainable |
B.It was person to person transmission |
C.It wasn’t progressed any further down the path towards a world-wide virus. |
D.It happened between father and daughter . |
A.was decreased | B.was regarded as |
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A.A news report. | B.Popular science. |
C.A medical report | D.A medical findings |
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A.The legend of Thatcher, the “Iron Lady". |
B.Why Big Ben falls silent for the first time? |
C.Who will pay for such a luxurious funeral? |
D.London will witness its biggest political funeral. |
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C.It is the largest volcano. | D.Its lava affects the airlines. |
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A.People stop traveling in Europe. |
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B.Because it can help people change their unhealthy genes |
C.Because it helps produce a drug that can make people live longer. |
D.Because it will help scientists build up a new branch of biology. |
A.longevity genes can create good cholesterol. |
B.the volunteers share some common ancestors |
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B.it is possible to “catch” one's dreams by planning before going to sleep |
C.dreams can be useful in producing creative solutions to one's problems |
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A.classifying types of experiments |
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A.a(chǎn)sked someone else to do it |
B.thought it was a bad idea |
C.tried it out on his own |
D.thought it was a wise idea |
A.Loewi should not have conducted his experiment |
B.dreaming is of very little value to most people |
C.inhibitions may stop someone thinking of useful ideas |
D.college students should not try out dream experiments |
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