三、用所给词的适当形式填空
1. What was so (impress) about Jasmine Westland's victory was that she came first in the marathon bare-footed.
2. They told me (formal) (=not officially) that I had got the position.
3. The rent was low, for the room was simple, nearly no furniture or (decorate).
4. There's nothing like candlelight for creating a (romance) atmosphere.
5. Several diseases are believed to claim the lives of many children (annual), malaria included.
6. Young Louis Braille created a system with patterns of six raised dots (represent) each letter.

1. impressive 2. informally 3. decoration 4. romantic
5. annually 6. representing

四、阅读理解
A
Ridley Scott's famous war film Napoleon（《拿破仑》）is a series of successful battles looking for a better movie to connect them. Once again, Scott's craftsmanship（技艺）is on show here, but it's in service of a deeply shallow screenplay. A great actor is reduced to a ghostly presence in the middle of the movie, and his partner, the character who needs to give the film a beating heart, comes off as flat and hollow.
One of the problems is that the film script tries to put a lot of life into the running time of a single film. Naturally, it opens during the French Revolution, as Napoleon climbs up the political ladder of France with his war talents above all else.
Another part of the problem is that Kirby, the leading actress never really understands what to play with Josephine, a mysterious celebrity（名人）who becomes too much of a mirror for Napoleon. She couldn't give Napoleon a son, which resulted in their break-up.
Was Napoleon the kind of world leader whose own unsafety resulted in killings we have seen in history? That's here in a few places, but Scott is uninterested in making any sort of statement about Napoleon or men like him. A very just-the-facts approach of Napoleon is incredibly disappointing for a film-maker who usually finds so much depth in the stories he tells. Worst of all, by the time "Napoleon" gets to Waterloo, we don't know much more about the main character than we did when we came in. That's a problem.
Having said that, the wonderful war scenes in Napoleon may be enough to prove its existence for fans of historical war films. Whether its bloodied bodies breaking through ice or waves of soldiers rushing into battle, Napoleon has some fantastic battle scenes. Maybe the point is that Napoleon Bonaparte was only truly alive when surrounded by so much death.
()1. How do you understand the underlined word "hollow" in paragraph 1?
A. Solid. B. Deep. C. Empty. D. Smooth.
()2. What can we infer from paragraphs 2 to 4?
A. The film successfully covers Napoleon's whole life.
B. Kirby has a good understanding of how to play Josephine.
C. People couldn't know Napoleon better through this film.
D. There are some outstanding features of Napoleon.
()3. What does paragraph 5 mainly talk about?
A. The successful battle scenes in Napoleon.
B. The achievements of Napoleon Bonaparte.
C. The wars Napoleon Bonaparte fighting in.
D. The reason for Napoleon Bonaparte's aliveness.
()4. What type of writing is this text?
A. A news report. B. A film review.
C. A historical document. D. A science fiction.

1.C 2.C 3.A 4.B
【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。文章是关于Ridley Scott的电影《拿破仑》的一篇影评,既指出其中存在的瑕疵,也点出了其中的亮点。
1. C 解析:词义猜测题。根据第一段中的“A great actor is reduced to a ghostly presence in the middle of the movie, and his partner, the character who needs to give the film a beating heart, comes off as flat and hollow.”可知,电影中演员的表现不尽如人意,那个需要给电影注入活力的角色显得平淡而空洞。故推测画线词hollow意为“空洞的,空的”,和empty意思相近。故选C。
2. C 解析:细节理解题。根据第四段中的“Worst of all, by the time 'Napoleon' gets to Waterloo, we don't know much more about the main character than we did when we came in. That's a problem.”可知,人们看完电影后,对拿破仑的了解没有增加多少,即人们不能通过这部电影更好地了解拿破仑。故选C。
3. A 解析:段落大意题。根据第五段中的“Having said that, the wonderful war scenes in Napoleon may be enough to prove its existence for fans of historical war films. Whether its bloodied bodies breaking through ice or waves of soldiers rushing into battle, Napoleon has some fantastic battle scenes.”可知,第五段主要讲的是《拿破仑》中成功的战斗场面。故选A。
4. B 解析:推理判断题。通读全文,尤其是根据第一段中的“Ridley Scott's famous war film Napoleon is a series of successful battles looking for a better movie to connect them.”可知,本文主要介绍的是《拿破仑》这部电影所存在的一些问题和成功之处,因此这篇文章是影评(a film review)。故选B。