Question

An Indian movie about two sisters has become a huge hit in China. The Hindi language film, called Dangal, has earned almost $ 170 million in China since its release there on May 5.

Much has been written about why Dangal has enjoyed such big success in China. Some people say one reason is that the film’s star and producer, Aamir Khan. He is famous in India’s Bollywood film industry. Two of his earlier films were also big hits in China.

Khan’s popularity was clear after he got more than 600,000 followers on the Chinese social media service Sina Weibo within two months of joining. But he is not the only reason that the film strongly connects with audience across China. Media has pointed out how it shows similarities between parental systems in China and India.

Dangal is based on the true story of a man who enjoyed the sport of wrestling (摔跤). He competed as a wrestler, but never could achieve his lifelong dream: winning a gold medal. As a father, he wanted his son to win the medal. But his wife only gives birth to daughters. So he finally decides to train them to be world-class wrestlers.

The movie is more serious than most Bollywood productions, which tell happy love stories and include colorful music and dance performances.

Edward Chan is a professor at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He says the strict way of parenting in the film is something people in China can easily relate to. “I think the father role described by the movie in India is quite similar to the culture, especially the traditional culture in China.”

The Chinese government-supported Global Times newspaper pointed that movie critics (评论家) in China did not like Dangal. Most of them agree with the fact that the father in the film was forceful in pushing his daughters to become wrestlers. But the film Dangal is really aimed to educate children to work for their dreams.

1.What’s the main reason for the father teaching his daughters to wrestle?

A. He loved them very much.

B. He wanted to punish them.

C. Few women took this sport.

D. He wanted them to realize his goal.

2.What do most Chinese movie critics agree?

A. The truth of the whole story was doubtful.

B. Indian films often have a bad influence on Chinese parents.

C. The father’s behaviour in the film Dan gal was very cruel.

D. The film Dangal was against the Indian traditional culture.

3.What can we learn from the text?

A. Most films from Bollywood arc serious.

B. Daughters perform worse in sport than sons.

C. Indian parents roles are similar to those in China in some way.

D. The films produced by Aamir Khan is not popular with Chinese.

4.What does the author think of Dangal?

A. It’s unsuccessful.    B. It’s educational.

C. It’s unknown.    D. It’s relaxing.

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.C

4.B

【解析】本文讲述了最近在中国引起巨大轰动的印度电影《Dangal》，这部电影的大致内容，并分析了它在中国走红的原因，以及其他各方对此电影的看法。

1.D细节理解题。根据第四段He competed as a wrestler, but never could achieve his lifelong dream: winning a gold medal. As a father, he wanted his son to win the medal. But his wife only gives birth to daughters. So he finally decides to train them to be world-class wrestlers.（他是一名摔跤手，但从未实现过他毕生的梦想：赢得一枚金牌。作为一个父亲，他希望儿子能赢得奖牌。但他的妻子只生了女儿。所以他最终决定训练他们成为世界级的摔跤手。）可知，他训练女儿练习拳击是为了实现他的梦想。D项符合，故选D。

2.C细节理解题。根据最后一段Most of them agree with the fact that the father in the film was forceful in pushing his daughters to become wrestlers.（他们中的大多数人都同意这样一个事实：电影中的父亲在逼迫女儿成为摔跤手方面很强硬的。）可知，C项符合文意，故选C。

3.C推理判断题。根据第三段Media has pointed out how it shows similarities between parental systems in China and India.（媒体指出，它显示了中国和印度父母制度的相似之处。）可知，C项符合文意，故选C。

4.B推理判断题。根据文章最后But the film Dangal is really aimed to educate children to work for their dreams.可知，Dangal是有教育意义的。故选B。