D
When Steven Spielberg was a kid growing up in the 1950s in Arizona,watching westerns on his family's 20-inch black-and-white TV,he would climb right up to the screen,as if to surround(围绕)himself with the image. He also wished he could see these moving pictures in colour. So he searched through his family's collection of slides(幻灯片)quickly,having learned that by holding one film or another up to the television screen he could turn grayed-out western skies blue,or the ground to a realistic-looking green. Sometimes his mom walked in,and saw him holding these slides up to both of his eyes,right next to the TV set. Often,she would say,“You're going to burn your eyes out!”
Spielberg's mom,like all the other 50s moms who said the same thing,was wrong about that. But we all know what she must have been thinking：Who is this child?
If you've seen even just one Steven Spielberg movie in the past 50 years or so — *Jaws*,*Schindler's List*,*E.T.* — you have some sense of who this child grew up to be. And when you see his film,*The Fabelmans*,a work of amazing vividness(生动)that's drawn from his own family's story,you'll know even more. Movies have been around for around 130 years；Spielberg's career has covered more than a third of that. Yet *The Fabelmans* hardly feels like a late-career movie. It's a bridge for a new beginning.
Not every 75-year-old filmmaker makes a movie like this. Of the ambitious(雄心勃勃的)young guys who remade Hollywood in the early 1970s,Spielberg is one of the few still making vital(至关重要的)pictures at a consistent(连续的)clip(电影镜头). Not every film he made won high box-office(票房),but naming a badly-made Spielberg film is hard,probably because there isn't one. No living filmmaker can match his devotion to craftsmanship(技艺),to finding new ways of showing us things we think we've seen a million times before.
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C
)11. How did Spielberg's mom feel when she saw her son's behavior in front of the TV set?
A. Proud but sad. B. Surprised but supportive.
C. Surprised and worried. D. Angry and stressed.
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B
)12. Which of the following is NOT a reason why Spielberg's career is thought as excellent?
A. He is devoted to filming everyday things from new angles(角度).
B. He showed great interest in filming at a very young age.
C. His career covers more than a third of the movie history.
D. All his films are well-made despite(尽管)some don't make much money.
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B
)13. What can be inferred about Spielberg's film *The Fabelmans*?
A. It's the greatest film he has ever made in his career.
B. It has something to do with his growing experience.
C. It represents a totally brand-new type of film theme.
D. It made Spielberg the most influential filmmaker.
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A
)14. What is the purpose of the text?
A. To introduce a great person in film-making.
B. To show how we should be different.
C. To show that failure makes success.
D. To recommend a pioneering new film.
