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1、Unit4 课时跟踪练(一) Welcome to the unit & Reading Pre-reading.阅读理解AIf you never read the classic F. Scott Fitzgeralds novel The Great Gatsby, now is your chance to catch up by watching the latest film adaptation. Because if theres one sentence to sum up the film, it would be, as Fox News says in its revi
2、ew, “Its just like the book.”Director Baz Luhrmanns main challenge was “either to find a visual equivalent (相等物) for Fitzgeralds elegant essay the open secret of the books staying power or to bend the material to his own exotic (异国的) strengths，” a Time magazine review says. He tries it both ways, wi
3、th varying degrees of success.Considered to be Fitzgeralds representative work, The Great Gatsby explores themes of idealism, resistance to change, social change, and excess, creating a portrait of the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties that has been described as a cautionary tale regarding the Americ
4、an Dream.Nick, the narrator, moves to New York for the summer to visit his cousin Daisy. His nextdoor neighbor is Jay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio), who rarely contacts with others and is rumored to be a hero of the Great War. Gatsby claims to have attended Oxford University, but the evidence is suspec
5、t. As Nick learns more about Gatsby, every detail about him seems questionable, except his love for Daisy. Though Daisy is married, Gatsby still adores her as his “golden girl”. They first met when she was a young lady from a wealthy family and he was a workingclass military officer. Daisy promised
6、to wait for his return from the war. However, she married Tom, a classmate of Nick. Having obtained a great fortune, Gatsby sets out to win her back again.“All of Fitzgeralds original creation finds its way into this film, even going as far as to include quite a bit of the original dialogue，” US fil
7、m critic Justin Taroli writes in his review. “The cast is beautiful as is the script, and the scenes are a visual feast，” Taroli adds.DiCaprio does a good and professional job as the socialite by recreating Fitzgeralds description of Gatsbys charm. “He can look at someone for an instant and understa
8、nd how perfectly he or she wants to be seen，” David Denby, a film critic for The New Yorker, says in his review.The use of music is almost reason enough to see the film. “Luhrmann is at his best mixing visual and musical styles together to create something wholly original，” the Fox News review says.
9、For example, in one of the most outstanding scenes in the film, the first party scene, Nick walks quickly from one party guest to another party guest trying to explain all the gossip about Gatsby until he is finally introduced to the man himself, while the most stirring version of Rhapsody in Blue (
10、composed by American musician George Gershwin in 1924) is played in the background.1What did Baz Luhrmann do to make the film a success?AHe adapted the story in the novel as he wished.BHe made the film more powerful than the book.CHe mixed his style with the elegance of the essay.DHe showed the eleg
11、ance of the pictures in the film.解析：选C细节理解题。根据第二段的“to find a visual equivalent (相等物) for Fitzgeralds elegant essay . or to bend the material to his own exotic (异国的) strengths”和“He tries it both ways, with varying degrees of success.”可知，他把自己的风格和原著结合起来从而获得了成功，故选C。2What is Tarolis attitude towards the
12、film?AFavorable.BSceptical.CAmazed. DUnconcerned.解析：选A推理判断题。根据第五段的“The cast is beautiful as is the script, and the scenes are a visual feast”可知，Taroli对这部电影是支持的，故选A。3What are the characteristics of Gatsby?AFaithful and warmhearted.BCharming and professional.CSelfish and stubborn.DMysterious and devot
13、ed.解析：选D推理判断题。根据第四段的内容可知，对于盖茨比的一切都是令人怀疑的，除了他对Daisy的爱，因此他是神秘且忠诚的，故选D。4Why does the author give the example of the first party scene in the last paragraph?AUnfold the fact that Nick wants to know more about Gatsby.BShow the version of Rhapsody in Blue matches the film well.CProve that the director is
14、good at combining visual and music.DConvince us that the first scene is perfectly shot by the director.解析：选C推理判断题。根据倒数第二段第二句中的“Luhrmann is at his best mixing visual and musical styles together”可知，导演擅长把视觉和音乐相结合，而最后一段则是举例子说明，故选C。BToday our guest Ms. AhernDodson will continue our series of expert sugge
15、stions for academic writing. She starts a conversation with both students and professors planning to write a paper or an essay. She asks about their earlier writing experiences. Were they negative or positive?She says that you are not alone if you have had problems with your writing. “Writing is har
16、d. All writers struggle at some point. And even if writing has come easily to you, at some point in your work as a student, eventually youre going to hit a roadblock. So part of what I like to get folks thinking about is besides writing is hard for everybody to really take a moment to think about their past writing experiences. And when the writing was going
