Question

Even though it’s the 18th movie from the Marvel Universe, Black Panther is the first one to feature a black superhero with a primarily black cast(演员阵容).

The film tells the story of the Black Panther, a superhero who takes his father’s place as king of the fictional African country Wakanda. The film came out in Chinese mainland cinemas on March 9, passing the $1 billion (about 6 billion yuan) mark at the global box office and becoming the No. 2 superhero release of all time on March 10.

However, Black Panther means more than just the money it’s making. As the Guardian noted, the film is already being regarded as “a positive force for social change”.

The wild success of Black Panther lies in the fact that it gives voices to minorities who are rarely given room in popular culture. “It carries a weight that neither Thor nor Captain America could lift: serving a black audience that has long gone under-represented,” Time noted.

“It makes me feel proud and confident that we made it on screen in that way,” Rasheed Butler, 14, from a black community in California, US, told the Marin Independent Journal.

The superhero Black Panther is inspiring, but the movie also highlights brilliant black women. For example, Black Panther’s teenage sister is a tech genius. She designs gadgets for her brother and develops resources that make the isolated Wakanda wealthy  scientifically and technologically advanced.

“What I love about the way this film represents women is that each and every one of us is an individual, unique,” Kenyan-Mexican actress Lupita Nyong’o, who plays a spy in the movie, told the Los Angeles Times. “I think that’s a very powerful message to send to children – both male and female.”

Powerful characters aside, the movie has social implications. While the Black Panther tries to keep his country and people away from the outside world, others want to make use of Wakanda’s advanced technology to fight injustice . “But neither option is truly tenable,” The Verge noted. “It suggests that these destructive cycles may only be broken through guidance, education, and global leadership.”

Instead of hiding away from current issues of race and economic differences, the movie explores what it means to be black in the US, in Africa and in the world. It deals “head-on with the issues affecting modern-day black life”, Time concluded.

1.What is the article mainly about?

A. The success and main plot of Black Panther.

B. The charm of the main characters in Black Panther.

C. The main characters and social impact of Black Panther.

D. How black women are represented in Black Panther.

2.According to the article, the movie Black Panther is successful mainly because _______.

A. it reflects social changes in African countries.

B. it makes the voices of black people heard.

C. it is the first movie to feature black women.

D. it explores the issues of race and economic differences.

3.According to Lupita Nyong’o, women in the movie are shown as _______.

A. isolated and uneducated.

B. brave and powerful.

C. having a gift for film.

D. having a unique personality.

4.The underlined word “tenable” in the second-to-last paragraph probably means _____.

A. wrong    B. easy

C. reasonable    D. interesting

5.What does The Verge think could be the solution to the injustice facing the people of Wakanda?

A. Improving their economic situations.

B. Staying away from the outside world.

C. Making use of their advanced technology to fight it.

D. Advancing their education, guidance and leadership.

Answer

1. C

2. B

3. D

4. C

5. D

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。文章主要讲了黑豹这个电影中的角色人物以及这个电影的社会影响。

1.主旨大意题。文章前七段主要讲了黑豹这个电影中的角色人物，最后两段讲了这个电影的社会影响，选项C对文章概括的最详细，故选C。

2.细节理解题。根据第四段The wild success of Black Panther lies in the fact that it gives voices to minorities who are rarely given room in popular culture.可知黑豹这部电影能够成功是因为它替黑人发出声音，这些黑人在流行文化中很少有一席之地。故选B。

3.细节理解题。根据第七段“What I love about the way this film represents women is that each and every one of us is an individual, unique,”可知电影表现的女人都有自己独一无二的个性，故选D。

4.词义猜测题。the Black Panther tries to keep his country and people away from the outside world（黑豹试图让他的国家和人民远离外面的世界）和others want to make use of Wakanda’s advanced technology to fight injustice（其他人则希望利用Wakanda的先进技术来打击不公正），这两件事都是不合理的（neither option is truly tenable），句子中用了否定词neither，所以此处tenable的意思是“站得住脚的，可维持的”，选项C reasonable的意思是“合理的”，与之最相近，故选C。

5.细节理解题。根据第八段“It suggests that these destructive cycles may only be broken through guidance, education, and global leadership.”可知The Verge认为加强教育、指导和领导才能解决Wakanda人民所面临的不公平，故选D。