单选题 Sofia Coppola"s "Lost in Translation" is a funny, bittersweet movie that uses cultural dislocation as a metaphor for people who have gotten lost in their own lives. The movie contains priceless slapstick from Bill Murray, finely tuned performances by Murray and the beautiful Scarlett Johansson and a visual and aural design that cultivates a romantic though melancholy mood. In only her second feature, Coppola has made a poised, intelligent film that nicely balances laughs with a poignancy rarely seen in American movies. If Focus Features markets "Lost in Translation" carefully, this most original comedy could win audiences well beyond art houses.
Bob Harris (Murray) is a grumpy movie star in town to shoot a whiskey commercial. He is not only plagued by jet lag and gloom over a deteriorating marriage of many years, he is also in the midst of a midlife crisis that dampens his spirits but not his wit.
Charlotte (Johansson), the neglected wife of a photographer, experiences a similar air-conditioned nightmare. Married two years, she already feels lost in the relationship, unable to participate in her husband"s career or pinpoint what she wants out of life. When she ventures into the city, she is confronted by a distorted version of western modernity.
These two people discover each other late at night at the bar. Neither one can sleep. A friendship evolves in their mutual isolation.
Coppola sees in Tokyo"s crowded, neon-lit urban landscape a society estranged from its own culture. The night is filled with pleasure-seekers obsessed by games, toys and American pop culture. Only when Charlotte takes a train to Kyoto is she able to experience the old Japan of ancient temples and gardens, tea houses and kimono-clad figures. This role fits Murray like his own skin. A middle-aged burnout who sees no challenges on his horizon gradually changes into a man revitalized by another alienated soul. His comic touch enriches the character with a self-deprecating wit and in a few sequences, a rubbery physicality that earns sustained laughs. Johansson makes Charlotte"s loneliness and disillusionment palpable as the woman is cut off from life in ways she never imagined.
Using high-speed film stock, cinematographer Lance Acord gives the glaring neon and numbingly sleek interiors a kind of romantic sheen. The score produced by Brian Reitzell created out of Japanese musical themes and "Tokyo dream-pop" adds to the sense of an Eastern city that has succumbed in large measure to Western culture.

单选题 "Lost in translation" is a movie about ______.

单选题 The boldfaced word "poignancy" in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ______.

单选题 Which of the following is NOT true about Bob Harris?

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 题目问：关于Bob Harris，下列哪项不正确?通过第二段“Bob Harris (Murray) is a grumpy movie star in town to shoot a whiskey commercial. He is not only plagued by jet lag and gloom over a deteriorating marriage of many years, he is also in the midst of a midlife crisis that dampens his spirits but not his wit. ”可知，Bob Harris是一位性情暴躁的电影明星，他经历了一段不幸的婚姻，而且还正在经历令人沮丧的中年危机，这些糟糕的事情虽然使他精神沮丧，但他的才智并未受影响。据此可知，应该选择C。

单选题 Charlotte sees no hope in life because ______.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 题目问：Charlotte的生活为什么看不到希望?通过第三段“Married two years, she already feels lost in the relationship, unable to participate in her husband"s career or pinpoint what she wants out of life. ”可知，结婚两年，Charlotte觉得这种关系已经消失，她不能参与丈夫的事业，不能确定自己想要什么。也就是说，Charlotte与她的丈夫之间的关系很疏远。据此可知，应该选择A。