三、阅读理解
Have you ever thought about what goes into making a cartoon? Or maybe there is a famous cartoon from another country you would like to watch in Chinese? But how do you change the language to Chinese? This is something called dubbing (配音). “To dub” means adding sounds or words in a new language to a film, radio or TV show. Dubbing is usually done to make it easier for people in another country to understand a film or a show.
For me, I’ve had experience dubbing TV shows and cartoons from Chinese into English. I’ve done dubbing for many kinds of shows, such as love stories, kung fu films, documentaries and more. However, my favourite ones to dub are cartoons. That’s because with cartoons I can use many different kinds of voices, such as high ones for good
guys and low ones for bad guys.
Two of my favourite cartoons that I’ve dubbed are A Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix (《百鸟朝凤》) and The Foolish Old Man Who Removes the Mountains. In the first cartoon, I got to play a silly, proud but well-meaning blackbird. In the second cartoon, I played both the main hero named Qingfeng and the main bad guy named Mountain Spirit Zheng. The hardest part was not reading the words, but acting out the voices while matching the actions at the same time. Still, it was really fun voicing all of these different roles!
(
C
) 1. Why do people dub foreign films?
A. To show their foreign language skills.
B. To increase the films’ ticket prices.
C. To make the films easy to understand.
D. To add their own opinions to the films.
(
A
) 2. The underlined word “guys” in paragraph 2 probably means “
”.
A. roles B. voices C. stories D. lifestyles
(
B
) 3. What did the writer dub in A Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix?
A. A child. B. A bird. C. A spirit. D. An old man.
(
D
) 4. What was the hardest part for the writer in dubbing the second cartoon?
A. Dubbing the voice of a blackbird. B. Writing the words for the films.
C. Reading aloud behind the screen. D. Matching voices and actions well.
解析:
【分析】
首先通读全文,明确文章围绕“配音”展开,针对每个题目需回到原文定位关键信息,结合语境分析选项:第1题查找配音的目的,对应第一段内容;第2题猜测划线词含义,结合第二段卡通配音的语境;第3题定位第一个卡通的配音角色,对应第三段开头;第4题查找配音最难的部分,对应第三段中间细节。
【解析】
1. 根据第一段最后一句“Dubbing is usually done to make it easier for people in another country to understand a film or a show.”可知,配音的目的是让影片更容易被理解,故选C。
2. 第二段提到“use many different kinds of voices, such as high ones for good guys and low ones for bad guys”,结合卡通配音的语境,guys指的是卡通中的角色,故选A。
3. 根据第三段“In the first cartoon, I got to play a silly, proud but well-meaning blackbird.”可知,作者在《百鸟朝凤》中配音的是一只鸟,故选B。
4. 根据第三段“The hardest part was not reading the words, but acting out the voices while matching the actions at the same time.”可知,最难的是匹配声音和动作,故选D。
【答案】
1.C 2.A 3.B 4.D
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、细节理解、词义猜测
【点评】
本文是一篇介绍配音的英语阅读理解,题型为细节理解和词义猜测,需要学生精准定位原文信息,难度适中,适合初中阶段学生练习。
【难度系数】
0.7