2022年银行春季招聘考试备考：英语备考三十六

　　The slavery drama “12 Years a Slave” won the Academy Award for best picture on Sunday, making history as the first movie from a black director to win the film industry’s highest honor in 86 years of the Oscars. British director Steve McQueen’s brave portrayal of pre-Civil War American slavery won two other Oscars, including best supporting actress for newcomer Lupita Nyong’o and best adapted screenplay based on the memoir of Solomon Northup, a free man tricked and sold into slavery in Louisiana. “Everyone deserves not just to survive but to live. This is the most important legacy of Solomon Northup,” said McQueen in his acceptance speech.

　　“12 Years a Slave” was better over space thriller “Gravity” from Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron, which nevertheless got the most Oscars of the night with seven, including the best director honor for Cuaron, a first for a Latin American director. The film starring Sandra Bullock as an astronaut lost in space swept the technical awards like visual effects and cinematography, a reward for its groundbreaking work on conveying space and weightlessness. Referring to the “transformative” experience he and others undertook in the four-plus years spent making “Gravity”, Cuaron, whose hair is graying, said, “For a lot of these people, that transformation was wisdom. For me, it was just the color of my hair.”

　　In one of the strongest years for film in recent memory, the 6,000-plus voters of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences scattered golden Oscar statuettes among the many acclaimed movies in contention.

　　It was a good night for the scrappy, low-budget film “Dallas Buyers Club”, directed by Jean-Marc Vallee, a biopic of an early AIDS activist two decades in the making that won three Oscars, including the two male acting awards.

　　Matthew McConaughey, in a validation of a remarkable career turnaround, won best actor for his portrayal of the homophobe who turned AIDS victim and then turned treatment crusader Ron Woodroof, a role for which he lost 50 pounds (23 kg). His co-star, Jared Leto, won best supporting actor for his role as Woodroof’s unlikely business partner, the transgender woman Rayon, for which he also slimmed down drastically.

　　Australia’s Cate Blanchett won the best actress Oscar for her acclaimed role as the socialite unhinged by her husband’s financial crimes in Woody Allen’s “Blue Jasmine.” “As random and subjective as this award is, it means a great deal in a year of, yet again, extraordinary performances by women,” said Blanchett, who beat out previous Oscar winners Bullock, Amy Adams, Judi Dench and Meryl Streep.

　　11. The film which won the largest number of Oscar awards this year is ( ).

　　A. 12 Years a Slave

　　B. Gravity

　　C. Dallas Buyers Club

　　D. Blue Jasmine

　　【答案】B。根据题干关键词Oscar awards定位到第二段…“Gravity” from Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron, which nevertheless got the most Oscars of the night with seven, including the best director honor for Cuaron, a first for a Latin American director.可知电影Gravity获得的奥斯卡奖项最多，故正确答案是选项B。

　　12. Which director spent the least money in making the film?

　　A. Steve McQueen.

　　B. Alfonso Cuaron.

　　C. Jean-Marc Vallee.

　　D. Woody Allen.

　　【答案】C。题干中寻找最低的价格，根据第四段…low-budget film “Dallas Buyers Club”, directed by Jean-Marc Vallee可知导演Jean-Marc Vallee.拍电影花的钱最少，故正确答案是选项C。

　　13. How many Oscar best actresses are mentioned in this passage?

　　A. One.

　　B. Three.

　　C. Five.

　　D. Six.

　　【答案】C。根据题干关键词best actress定位至末段Australia’s Cate Blanchett won the best actress Oscar for her acclaimed role as the socialite unhinged by her husband’s financial crimes in Woody Australia’s Cate 和who beat out previous Oscar winners Bullock, Amy Adams, Judi Dench and Meryl Streep.可知文章提到5个最佳女演员，故正确答案是选项C。

　　14. Which of the following statements is WRONG?

　　A. “12 Years a Slave” won two Oscar awards altogether.

　　B. The director of “Gravity” is from Latin America.

　　C. The character Rayon is played by Jared Leto.

　　D. The woman film star Cate Blanchett comes from Oceania.

　　【答案】A。根据文章首段The slavery drama “12 Years a Slave” won the Academy Award for best picture on Sunday…British director Steve McQueen’s brave portrayal of pre-Civil War American slavery won two other Oscars可知12 Years a Slave赢了三项奥斯卡奖，所以选项A的表达错误。选项B：电影《地心引力》的导演来自于拉丁美洲，第二段首句“Gravity” from Mexican filmmaker可知来自于墨西哥，墨西哥属于拉丁美洲;选项C：Rayon的扮演者是Jared Leto定位至第五段末…Jared Leto, won best supporting actor for his role as…the transgender woman Rayon可知表达正确;选项D根据关键词Cate Blanchett定位至末段Australia’s Cate Blanchett won the best actress Oscar…可知是澳大利亚人，属于大洋洲。故正确答案是选项A。