The Golden Compass is the first movie based on the Philip Pullman’s bestselling

The Golden Compass is the first movie based on the Philip Pullman’s bestselling novel,His Dark Materials. It is a work of imagination that tells us about ayoung girl who travels to the far north to save her best friend. Along the wayshe meets strange creatures, like witches and so on. Finally , she saves notonly her world, but also ours as well.

Lyra is a young girl among scholars inOxford’s Jordan College. She spends most of her time with her friend Roger, akitchen boy. Together, they share a life with no worries. However, when Lyrahears a conversation about a very tiny particle(颗粒), she is thrown into a dangerous adventure. Thisparticle is said to unite different worlds, and is feared by many people whowant to destroy it. At the same time , children began to disappear without atrace, including Lyra’s good friend, Roger. As Lyra starts this horriblestruggle, and begins to search for Roger, she meets strange creatures both bigand small, and bad people who are not what they seem to be. Gobblers(饕餮者) that kidnap(绑架)children appear in the mostunexpected places. And a magical compass made of gold will answer any questionif one is skilled enough to read it. In unbelievable danger, Lyra doesn’t knowthat she is doomed to win, or to lose, this battle…

With the movie The Lord of the Ringsmaking New Line cinema over a billion dollars, it’s easy to see why they gotthe rights to Pullman’s His Dark Materials quickly. The books, sold morethan nine million copies in the world, have a different idea from the HarryPotter series. Pullman’s imagination may look suitable for children, but itworks far better for adults.

1.In the film The Golden Compass,Lyra______.

2.The film is named The Golden Compassprobably because______.

3.From the passage we can concludethat______.

4.Which group of people will like the filmThe Golden Compass the best according to the passage?

试题答案

【答案】

1.D

2.D

3.A

4.C

【解析】文章介绍了一部著名的电影以及相关情况。

1.D 细节题。根据第一段第3,4行Alongthe way she meets strange creatures可知D正确。

2.D 推理题。根据第2段And amagical compass made of gold will answer any question if one is skilled enoughto read it.可知D正确。

3.A 细节题。根据文章最后一段1,2行Withthe movie The Lord of the Rings making New Line cinema over a billion dollars,it’s easy to see why they got the rights to Pullman’s His Dark Materialsquickly.

4.C 推理题。根据文章最后一句Pullman’s imagination may look suitable for children, but it worksfar better for adults.可知C正确。