题文
From Avatar to Lord of the Rings, plants are no strangers to playing big movie roles. However, no one has ever shot a film that plants themselves can watch until now. In a New York art gallery, seven house plants have spent the last seven weeks watching Strange Skies, the first travel documentary for a vegetable audience. All the plants sat in the cinema in rows, enjoying themselves in Italian sunshine.The movie was made by American artist Jonathon Keats. It consists of Italian skies recorded over two months and made into a six-minute-long movie. The film shows the clear dawn(黎明), high clouds, amazing dusk and then beautiful night. The movie has no sound and the plants, of course, do not applaud. But Stephen Squibb, a professor from Harvard University, said these plants could benefit from it—the light of the movie keeps them alive because they can continue the process of turning light into energy.
“I realized there was a much larger audience—plants—that were not being serviced, ”Keats said. “I wanted to provide plants with entertainment that companies such as Disney provide for humans. ”Meanwhile, Keats also wants to explore plants’ sensibilities(敏感性)further. He plans to open a“restaurant for plants”at a Californian museum.
One visitor, photographer Abbasebrahimi, admired(羡慕)the green audience, “Plants are better than us. We die and go, while in spring they come back each time. ”But when talking about the movie, he said after thinking for a few minutes, “It doesn’t mean anything to me at all. It’s just about light. For some people, it might mean something. ”
小题1:What can we learn about Keats according to the passage?A．He is an artist from Harvard University.B．He opened a restaurant for plants.C．He made the film Strange Skies.D．He liked recording Italian skies.小题2:It can be learned that Strange Skies .A．has already created beautiful soundB．was shot from dawn to duskC．made plants play roles in itD．is the first travel film for plants小题3:What did Stephen Squibb think of Strange Skies?A．He thought it had explored plants’ sensibilities.B．He thought it meant nothing to him.C．He thought it could keep plants growing.D．He thought it offered entertainment to plants.小题4:Why did Abbasebrahimi admire the green audience?A．Because they die and re-grow in spring.B．Because they mean something to him.C．Because there are more plants than people.D．Because they can enjoy the movie. 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:A
解析
自从电影问世以来, 植物历来是电影中不可或缺的一部分, 但是从来没有一部电影是拍给植物观看的, 近来在纽约的艺术展览馆, 植物成了观众。小题1:选C。推理判断题。根据第一段第三句和第二段第一句可知Jonathon Keats拍摄了电影Strange Skies。
小题2:选D。细节理解题。根据第一段第三句可知Strange Skies是第一部拍摄给植物看的电影。
小题3:选C。细节理解题。根据第二段第五句可知他认为电影Strange Skies有利于植物的生长。
小题4:选A。推理判断题。根据最后一段内容可知本题选A项。
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“From Avatar to Lord .....”主要考查你对 [日常生活类阅读 ]考点的理解。日常生活类阅读
日常生活类阅读的概念：
日常生活这一话题主要涉及人们衣食住行等方面的活动。这一话题的选材主要针对人们日常的工作，生活以及学习情况。做这一类题时，最主要的是要把握好人物的活动内容，时间和地点。
日常生活类阅读题答题技巧：
【题型说明】
该类文章内容涉及到人们的言谈举止、生活习惯、饮食起居、服饰仪表、恋爱婚姻、消遣娱乐、节日起源、家庭生活等。文章篇幅短小，追根溯源，探索各项风俗的历史渊源，内容有趣。命题也以送分题为主，如事实细节题、语义转换题、词义猜测题和简单推理判断题等。虽然这类文章读起来感觉轻松，试题做起来比较顺手，但绝不能掉以轻心。因为稍不留神，就会丢分。
【备考提醒】
为了保证较高准确率，建议同学们做好以下几点：
1、保持正常的考试心态。笔者在教学中发现，越是容易的试题，同学们越是容易失分。为什么呢？因为在这种情况下，同学们极易产生麻痹思想，认为题目好做，就不引起高度重视，于是思维不发散、不周密。而命题人就是利用同学们的这一弱点，设计陷阱题。所以，无论试题难易与否，我们都要保持正常的考试心态。试题容易，不欣喜；试题难，不悲观。
2、根据前面讲到的方法，认认真真、细细心心做好事实细节题。
3、做好语义转换题。这类题是根据英语中一词多义和某些词语在文中能表达一定的修辞意义的原则而设计的。要求同学们解释某生词的含义，确定多义词或短语在文中的意思，确认文中的某个代词所指代的对象，或者对英语中特有的表达、格言、谚语进行解释。这种题要求同学们一定要根据上下文猜测词义或理解句子，切不可望文生义。
4、做好简单推理判断题。简单推理判断题要以表面文字为前提，以具体事实为依据进行推理，做出判断。这种推理方式比较直接，只要弄清事实，即可结合常识推断出合理的结论。
