高中英语 Unit24 Society单元综合检测 北师大版选修8.docVIP

单元检测(三) Ⅰ.语言知识及应用(共两节，满分45分) 第一节　完形填空(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分) 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。 The film starts out on a normal day in a typical American high school.Friends __1__ in the dining room and boys play football.But there’s a big surprise when the movie __2__ with two students going crazy in the __3__—shooting and killing people. This is “Elephant”，__4__ in just 20 days；it stars real high school kids.American director Gus Van Sant had no ready-made lines.The student actors made up their own __5__，with Van Sant asking them to base their characters on their own __6__. Although it may not sound very high quality，the __7__ won the Palme d’Or(金棕榈奖) for Best Film and the award for Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 25th.The film is based on the __8__ at a high school in the U．S.，where two boys killed 13 people and then themselves in 1999.The __9__ of the movie refers to the old expression about a problem that’s as hard to ignore as an elephant in the house. The film takes a close look at a few hours in the lives of the victims and the killers.It shows how high school is a __10__ experience for everyone—fun and friendly，or hard and lonely.In many ways，the two __11__ who carry out the shooting，act like ordinary kids.They joke around with one boy’s mother as she serves them cakes and play the piano. But，there are hints of the anger they feel inside.One of the boys is bullied (欺负) at school.The other plays __12__ video games.But Van Sant isn’t __13__ their killings on either bullying or violent games.In fact，the film doesn’t offer any reason why school violence happens.“I didn’t want to __14__ anything.It’s up to the __15__ to draw its own conclusions，” said the 51-year-old director. 1．A.chat B．sleep C．swim D．fight 2．A.starts B．ends C．begins D．talks 3．A.cinema B．church C．school D．station 4．A.discussed B．lasted C．shown D．filmed 5．A.faces B．dialogue C．mind D．clothes 6．A.teachers B．parents C．lives D．family 7．A.victims B．boys C．f