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(2020·大连高三双基测试) Lady Gaga’s latest film became an instant hit over the weekend, helping push theaters to an October ticketselling record.
A Star Is Born, actorturneddirector Bradley Cooper’s remake of a Hollywood classic in the late 1930s, went beyond the previous expectations of movie analysts by roughly 30 percent.
The original production is such a great Hollywood myth that it’s no wonder Hollywood keeps telling it. Whatever the era, the director or the headliners, it tells the story of two lovers on dramatically different paths: a famous man who’s racing to the bottom and a woman who’s soaring to the top.
Mr. Cooper does a lot right in this movie A Star Is Born, beginning with the casting of Lady Gaga, whose relaxing, naturalistic performance is the key to the movie’s force.
A postMadonna pop artist was known for her elaborate(精心制作的) make up and costumes, which she adopted no more here.
This unmasking of Lady Gaga makes her character seem genuine or say natural, a quality that the movie is in favor of and that serves as a kind of everlasting first principle.
【解题导语】 本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了《A Star Is Born》这部电影的相关情况。
1．What does the author think of the new movie?
A．Boring. B．Recommendable.
C．Ridiculous. D．Amusing.
B 解析：观点态度题。根据第一段“Lady Gaga’s latest film became an instant hit over the weekend, helping push theaters to an October ticketselling record.”可推知，作者认为这部新电影是值得推荐的。
2．The underlined word “soaring” in the third paragraph probably means “________”．
A．rising B．singing
C．running D．shouting
A 解析：词义猜测题。根据第三段中的“different paths: a famous man who’s racing to the bottom and a woman who’s soaring to the top”可推知，画线词意为“上升”，故选A。
3．What can we learn about the movie?
A．The remakes of the movie adopt different plots.
B．The movie tells the story of two friends on different paths.
C．Natural performance is considered as the only principle in this movie.
D．The movie is more impressive than what movie analysts expected.
D 解析：细节理解题。根据第二段中的“went beyond the previous expectations of movie analysts by roughly 30 percent”可知，这部电影给人的印象比电影分析师预期的要好。
4．What is the best title for the passage?
A．A Hollywood Movie—A Star Is Born
B．Lady Gaga Is on the Edge of Potential Oscar Glory
C．A Latest Film of Lady Gaga Won the Oscar Award
D．The Box Office of Bradley Cooper’s New Movie
A 解析：标题归纳题。根据对全文的整体理解，尤其是第一段“Lady Gaga’s latest film became an instant hit over the weekend, helping push theaters to an October ticketselling record.”可知，这篇文章主要讲述了A Star Is Born这部影片的相关内容，故A项最适合作本文标题。
