四、完形填空。
主题群:文学、艺术与体育 子主题:文学与影视 语篇类型:说明文 难度:★★
What do Alice, Harry Potter and Shrek have in common? All are characters in , and all have made the big leap(跳跃) from the printed page to the big screen!
Hollywood has that popular children's books can make popular films. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone more money than any other film in the year when it hit the big screen.
have also worked their magic with other books, including Dr Seuss' The Cat in the Hat.
Turning a book into a film is not . Screenwriters have a challenging job. They written words and imagined scenes into spoken words and action. , they must make a 400-page story fit into two hours. At other times, the screenwriters make a short story longer adding more to the plots(情节). That's one reason why the film is exactly the same as the book. "It has to be different, it won't work," says Natalie Babbitt, an American writer. She Tuck Everlasting. The film has a love story that's not even in the book!
Some people are unhappy and even angry when the story is . Jumanji and The Polar Express were also made into . "A book is often just the starting point," Chris Van Allsburg says. That's good for both film-makers and readers: the book, and then go to see the film!
()1. A. stores B. languages C. markets D. books
()2. A. argued B. discovered C. doubted D. developed
()3. A. made B. spent C. saved D. raised
()4. A. Writers B. Readers C. Film-makers D. Translators
()5. A. strange B. common C. hard D. easy
()6. A. divide B. turn C. break D. take
()7. A. However B. Sometimes C. Finally D. Suddenly
()8. A. for B. in C. by D. from
()9. A. never B. always C. often D. usually
()10. A. and B. but C. so D. or
()11. A. sold B. sang C. wrote D. copied
()12. A. finished B. told C. known D. changed
()13. A. models B. stories C. films D. games
()14. A. advice B. news C. time D. luck
()15. A. Connect to B. Start with C. Think of D. Go over

1~5. DBACD 6~10. BBCAD 11~15. CDCAB

【分析】
做完形填空需先通读全文把握主题（本文围绕书籍改编成电影展开），再结合上下文语境、词汇词义辨析、固定搭配及逻辑关系逐一分析选项，排除不符合语境的错误选项，最终确定正确答案。
【解析】
1. 前文提到角色来自印刷页，可知这些角色来自书籍，故选D。
2. 好莱坞发现儿童书籍能成为受欢迎的电影，discovered（发现）符合语境，故选B。
3. 固定搭配make money表示赚钱，此处指《哈利·波特与魔法石》赚了很多钱，故选A。
4. 前文提及好莱坞及电影改编，此处指电影制作人（film-makers）改编其他书籍，故选C。
5. 后文提到编剧工作有挑战性，可知将书改编成电影不容易，故选D。
6. 固定搭配turn...into...表示把...变成...，此处指编剧将文字和想象场景转化为口语和动作，故选B。
7. 后文出现At other times（在其他时候），对应此处的Sometimes（有时），故选B。
8. by+doing sth表示通过某种方式，此处指通过增加情节让短篇故事变长，故选C。
9. 前文提到电影需和书不同，可知电影永远不会和书完全一样，故选A。
10. 逻辑关系：必须不同，否则就不行，or表示否则，故选D。
11. 前文提到作家Natalie Babbitt，此处指她写了《Tuck Everlasting》，故选C。
12. 当故事被改变时，有些人不高兴，changed（改变）符合语境，故选D。
13. 前文提及改编成电影，此处指《勇敢者的游戏》等被做成电影，故选C。
14. 这对电影制作者和读者都是好消息，news（消息）符合语境，故选B。
15. 后文说去看电影，可知是从书开始，start with（从...开始）符合语境，故选B。
【答案】
1~5. DBACD 6~10. BBCAD 11~15. CDCAB
【知识点】
词义辨析、固定搭配、上下文逻辑推理
【点评】
本文是关于书籍改编电影的说明文，考查学生对词汇、语境及逻辑关系的综合运用能力，难度中等，需结合语篇内容逐一分析选项。
【难度系数】
0.5