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A 跨学科 不同形状在电影中象征的不同角色特征(2025·眉山中考改编)
Have you seen circles, squares and triangles everywhere in your daily life? Have you thought about their meanings in films? Much like colours, different shapes can show different features of characters in the scenes.
Circles represent things that are soft and natural. The round shape reminds us of things that appear in nature, like the sun, flowers, raindrops and so on. We can also connect circles with beautiful eyes, babies' round faces... All these things make us feel happy and warm. This is why so many cartoon characters' bodies—heroes, kids, good people—are round in shape, because circles represent goodness, happiness and friendliness.
Squares show things that are unnatural or man-made, or things that are boring or old-fashioned. In Up, Carl, an elderly man, has a square face and wears square glasses, while Russell, an 8-year-old boy with a round face, always wears round medals. These shapes show the characters' personalities. Carl is stubborn and lonely, while Russell is lovely and full of energy.
The angriest shape is the triangle. Kids who draw a monster with sharp teeth draw a row of triangles, don't they? That's because the shape represents fear, distrust and doubt in some way. If you look at the bad guys in cartoons, you'll find they're all drawn with plenty of points and triangles. And triangles are stable and don't easily fall down. In films, this feature makes bad people difficult to deal with.
Not only in cartoons, but also in other kinds of films, different shapes are used for the same purpose. So, next time you see a film, try to find the hidden shapes and you will know what the characters are like.
()1. 中考新考法 推断文章开篇方式 How does the writer start the passage?
A. By telling a story. B. By asking questions.
C. By listing numbers. D. By giving an example.
()2. What does the underlined word "stable" mean in Paragraph 4?
A. 完整的 B. 稳固的 C. 常见的 D. 规则的
()3. 中考新考法 推断篇章结构 Which of the following is the structure of the passage?

A 【文章大意】本文探讨了圆形、方形和三角形在电影中象征
的不同角色特征,并举例说明在电影中形状是如何反映人物
性格的,最后鼓励读者在观影时留意隐藏的形状线索。
1.B [解析]写作手法题。根据第一段中的“Have you seen
circles, squares and triangles(三角形)... Have you
thought about their meanings...”可推知,作者通过提问引
入话题。故选 B。
2.B [解析]词义猜测题。根据第四段中的“triangles are
stable and don't easily fall down”及“makes bad people
difficult to deal with”可推知,三角形具有稳定性,不容易
倒。因此,画线词“stable”表示“稳固的”。故选 B。
3.A [解析]篇章结构题。通读全文可知,文章第一段引入
形状的象征意义;第二至四段分别介绍了圆形、方形和三角
形的特征及示例;第五段总结全文,并建议大家在观影时观
察隐藏的形状线索。选项 A“总—分—总”结构(①→②③
④→⑤)符合题意。故选 A。

【分析】
本题考查英语阅读理解的三类核心题型：写作手法推断、词义猜测、篇章结构推断。解题思路如下：
1. 第1题：定位文章开篇，判断作者引入话题的方式，需关注第一段开头的语句形式；
2. 第2题：结合划线词所在句的上下文语境，尤其是前后文提示信息，推断词义；
3. 第3题：梳理文章各段落的功能，判断整体结构类型，匹配对应图形结构选项。
【解析】
1. 第1题：根据文章第一段“Have you seen circles, squares and triangles everywhere in your daily life? Have you thought about their meanings in films?”可知，作者通过两个问句引出话题，属于提问的引入方式，故选B。
2. 第2题：划线词所在句为“triangles are stable and don't easily fall down”，后文提到三角形“不容易倒下”，结合常识中三角形的特性，可推断“stable”意为“稳固的”，故选B。
3. 第3题：通读全文，第一段总起，引出不同形状在电影中象征角色特征的话题；第二至四段分别介绍圆形、方形、三角形的象征意义及示例，属于分述；第五段总结全文并给出观影建议，属于总结。整体结构为总-分-总，对应选项A的图形结构（①→②③④→⑤），故选A。
【答案】
1.B 2.B 3.A
【知识点】
英语阅读理解；词义猜测；篇章结构
【点评】
本题为中考新考法题型，考查学生对英语文章的综合理解能力，需要学生精准定位关键信息、结合语境分析词义、梳理文章结构，符合中考英语的考查方向，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6