单选题
Denzel Washington and Halle Berry made history Sunday with Academy Award wins, and for many, it was a sweet victory, long past due. Nonetheless, minority groups say diversity must extend beyond Hollywood"s glamour night—and include other groups such as Asians, Hispanics and American Indians.
"If this is a sign that Hollywood is finally ready to give opportunity and judge performance based on skill and not on skin color, then it is a good thing," said Kweisi Mfume, president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. "However, if this proves to be a momentary flash in a long history of neglect, then Hollywood has failed to learn the real meaning of equality."
In 1939, when Hattie McDaniel became the first African-American actor to win an Oscar for Gone with the Wind, it was a bittersweet victory. McDaniel"s role was blasted by progressive African-American groups, and she was limited for much of the rest of her career in similar, stereotyped roles.
Now Washington has won for his part as Alonzo Harris in the violent police thriller Training Day, playing a talented but corrupt narcotics detective who bullies his narcotics squad trainee while ruling the roost in a Los Angeles battle zone. Berry beat the field for her steamy part in Monster"s Ball as Leticia Musgrove, a Southern mother doubly bereaved—by the execution of her husband and the car-accident death of her son.
Both movies are frank, verbally profane and violent. They show things unshowable in the time of Gone with the Wind or even 20 or 30 years later.
But mostly, they showed that African-Americans could be portrayed onscreen as complex human beings—part good, part bad—rather than the bigot-fodder of decades ago: the cardboard villains, comical personas or long-suffering saints and mammies of Hollywood"s Golden Age. That battle, at least onscreen, was settled long ago. But this year"s double Oscar seals the contract.
Nonetheless, some organizations say minorities will have power in front of the camera only when there is more minority representation behind the scenes as directors, writers and producers.
"I don"t recall seeing any Asian-Americans, women or men, being recognized and not too many Latin Americans," Washington said, "So there is still a lot of work (to be done)."
单选题
People thought that the "sweet victory" ______.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】由题干关键词“sweet victory”可将本题的答案定位到文章第一句“Denzel Washington and...it was a sweet victory, long past due.”。根据该句中的long past due可知本题答案为B。
单选题
Kweisi Mfume was ______ about the effect of the "sweet victory".
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】由题干关键词Kweisi Mfume可将本题答案定位到第二段。根据该段第二句“However, if this proves to be a momentary flash in a long history of neglect, then Hollywood has failed to learn the real meaning of equality.”中的however一词可知Kweisi Mfume从正反两面分析了sweet victory的影响,他的分析理性、全面,故本题答案为A。
单选题
What happened to Hattie MeDaniel after her performance in Gone with the Wind?
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】由题干关键词Hattie McDaniel可将本题的答案定位到文章第三段。根据该段末尾“and she was limited for much of the rest of her career in similar, stereotyped roles.”的similar, stereotyped可知Hattie McDaniel在获奖后,角色被定型了,所以本题应选B。
单选题
In Training Day, Denzel Washington played the role of ______.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】由题干关键词Training Day可知本题答案在文章第四段第一句“Now Washington has won for his part as...”。选项C中的capable but disgraceful与原文talented but corrupt同义,所以本题应选C。
单选题
In the passage, a "bigot-fodder" most probably refers to a person who is ______.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】由题干关键词bigot-fodder可将本题答案定位到第六段第一句“But mostly, they showed that...”。根据该句中的rather than可知bigot-fodder的性格应该与前面的part good,part bad相反,也就是说bigot-fodder应该是性格单一,不复杂的角色,故本题答案为D。
单选题
According to the author, the double Oscar this year ______.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】由题干关键词double Oscar可将本题答案定位到文章第六段结尾句“But this year"s double Oscar seals the contract.”。根据该句中的seal the contract(“在合同上盖章”,引申为“确认”的意思)再结合前一句可知这一次的double Oscar“证明”了That battle...was settled(电影圈种族之间的问题很早以前就已经解决了),现在各种族已平等,故本题答案为C。