Question

He is both a great director and a great animator (卡通片制作者). He is Japan’s Walt Disney.

Hayao Miyazaki, the 72-year-old Japanese master of fantasy animation (奇幻动画), one of the most respected animation directors in the world, announced his retirement on September 6. Here are some key words about his films.

Good and evil (邪恶)

Miyazaki rarely tells stories in simple good and evil. The worlds he creates tend to be complex (复杂的) and unclear. The bad figures often don’t seem so bad once you get to know them. Miyazaki has explained that the lack of clear good and evil is because he sees the 21st century as a complex time, in which old ideas need to be re-examined, even in children’s films.

Children

The heroes in Miyazaki’s films are usually children or teens, more often young girls. Sometimes they can see the spirit world; they are curious and friendly, even to strange creatures. The stories often deal with growing up.

Sky and water

Two of Miyazaki’s great loves are the sky and water, and he uses them in related ways. Flight is a forever theme — Miyazaki has never done a film without flying of some kind. His imagination seems to fly and leave behind the pull of gravity (重力), a force and control that he feels a bound (束缚) from setting him free.

Water is another way for Miyazaki to fight gravity. In his films he likes the unexpected floods with crystal-clear water, and objects floating on the surface seem to be supported by magic.

Peace

Miyazaki’s negative view of the war goes far more than surface deep. Violence is usually seen as wrong and painful, and Miyazaki’s heroes are often peacemakers.

1.What can we know about good and evil from Miyazaki’s films?

A. The figures cannot be simply judged as good or evil.

B. He uses his films to show good finally defeats evil.

C. The complex time tends to turn good into evil.

D. Children should learn to clearly tell good from evil.

2.According to the article, children in Miyazaki’s films are ______.

A. all little teen-aged girls    B. always able to see spirits

C. curious trouble makers    D. kind to people and creatures

3.Miyazaki’s love for flight may come from ______.

A. the relation between sky and water

B. his hate for gravity since his childhood

C. his desire to be free from gravity

D. his love for water that can flood the world

4.In Miyazaki’s films we may NOT see ______.

A. the appealing castle in the sky

B. children with the problems of growing up

C. objects magically floating on the water

D. a world left in ruins in the end

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.D

【解析】本文前两段主要介绍Miyazaki和退休的消息；后面几段主要介绍了他电影中常出现的一些主题。

1. A. 细节题。由文章“Miyazaki rarely tells stories in simple good and

evil……………don’t seem so bad once you get to know them.”可知，Miyazaki的奇幻动画中的人物很难说是善还是恶，故选择A。B项说“他用他的电影来表明善最终战胜邪恶”，文中并未提及；C项说“复杂的年代倾向于使善的变成恶”，文中也并未提及；D选项“孩子们应该学会清楚地区分善和恶”，文章也没有提及。故选A

2. D. 细节题。文章中说电影中的孩子们通常都是孩子或者青少年，更多的是女孩；有时他们可以看见精神世界，并且好奇和友好，甚至对陌生的生物也很友好。A选项“都是小女孩”以偏概全；B选项“总是能看到精神世界”，而文中是说“Sometimes有时”；C选项“好奇的惹是生非的人”，而文中说是“好奇和友好”；D选项说对人和生物都很友好，符合原文。

3. C. 细节题。由“a force and control that he feels a bound(束缚) from setting him free.”可知，Miyazaki对flight的热爱主要是因为他想从重力中束缚出来，故选C。

4. D. 细节题。由第三段“valley of the wind, the castle in the sky”可知，A可以看到；第五段的最后一句话“the stories often deal with growing up”可知，B可以看到；第七段“Objects floating on the surface seem to be supported by magic”可知，C也可以看出，只有D项文中没有提到。