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The general manager demanded the job {{U}}will be completed{{/U}} before the Spring Festival holidays.

单选题There is a popular notion that a celebrity of any kind must be a person of great resources and blessings. However, I perceive the success of a celebrity more as a chance than anything else.

单选题This corporation established in Beijing works as a {{U}}subsidiary{{/U}} of the Microsoft Company to get the first hand information about the new product sales in China market. A. hall B. rival C. patron D. branch

单选题Bank notes are not usually ______ into gold nowadays. A. inverted B. revertible C. convertible. D. diverting.

单选题In order to earn money for his family, it is necessary for him to get a job.

单选题Now since the assessment of intelligence is a {{U}}relative{{/U}} matter we must be sure that the scale with which we are comparing our subjects provides valid or fair comparison.

单选题Powell calls for drawdown from Iraq by mid-2007. His comments break his long public silence on the issue and place him ______ with the administration. A. at will B. at ease C. at times D. at odds

单选题The Professor asked us a number of questions about American culture, which gave us an opportunity of narrating many interesting {{U}}stories{{/U}} about that country and our understanding of the country's culture. A. abstracts B. segments C. anecdotes D. excerpts

单选题The university training enables a graduate to see things as they are, to go right to the point, to disentangle a ______ of thought.

单选题The streaming of bloated government institutions will involve the {{U}}dismissing{{/U}} of some six ministries in the government, which now employs 36,000 officials. A. dispatching B. axing C. accessing D. driving

单选题The two psychologists had to modify the American Sign Language somewhat in order to accommodate the chimpanzees' spontaneous gestures. A. change B. abort C. shorten D. enhance

单选题The young man gets so popular with his colleagues that even his inanities are considered ______.

单选题According to the first sentence, the sales of HDTV sets since last year, by the time when this article was written, had reached ______.

单选题Few pleasures can equal such of a cool drink on a hot day.

单选题Many students agreed to come, but some {{U}}students against because they said they don't{{/U}} have time.

单选题We all knew from the very ______ that the plan would fail. Now you see it becomes true.

单选题A lot of people believed her story at first, but now it"s been quite thoroughly debunked .

单选题Smith failed to ______ for the deficit in the company's bank balance. A. check B. account C. quest D. prepare

单选题His complaint about our management was not without reasons. A. could be rectified B. could be justified C. was modified D. could be enforced