2011-2012年上学期兴化市高二英语好题集阅读理解2.docVIP

2011-2012年上学期兴化市高二英语好题集：阅读理解2 选自时代英语报，文章篇幅适中，难度也适中，有利于学生练习，提高阅读能力。 1 Feng Xiaogang stroke box office gold again. The Chinese director’s film, Aftershock, has pulled in more than 160 million yuan(＄23.6 million) at the box office in China since it was screened three days ago, according to a report from Xinhua news agency. That total doesn’t include the takings from the 14 giant IMAX screens on which the film is screening around the country. The movie, about a family that was torn apart by the 1976 Tangshan earthquake and reunited years later in the aftermath of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, is on its way to become the biggest box office hit for a Chinese movie in the national market. It also means the movie, which was produced by leading Chinese studio HuayiBrothers, is close to taking back its budget（预算）of about ＄25 million. Aftershock surpassed the 100-million-yuan mark in three days, faster than the previous record-holder: It took The Founding of a Republic, a movie with an all-star cast celebrating the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, three and a half days to hit100 million yuan, according to the Xinhua report. That movie went on to earn a total national box-office of 420 million yuan, the highest for a Chinese movie. However, Aftershock has a long way to go before reaching the all-time box office leader in China. That honour goes to Hollywood’s 3-D film, Avatar, which pulled in more than ＄200million in China, according to SARFT（广电总局）. Feng’s film, 2008’s romantic comedy If You Are the One, earned about 350 million yuan, a box office record at the time. The 52-year-old director recently told The Wall Street Journal in an interview that his commercial successes have brought him some pressure about continuing the trend. Aftershock is IMAX’s first non-Hollywood major studio film, and the first of three Chinese-language films that IMAX and Huayi plan to release. 1. What’s the meaning of the underlined word “aftermath” in Paragraph