Unit 4 Films and film eventsAs a spokesman of Chinas Film Festival, I introduced our film festivals to the world and as a representative of Chinese films as well, I attended some international film festivals. The following are the important film events around the world.The Cannes Film Festival is the largest, the most famous and exciting festival throughout the globe. Films shown at Cannes are often made with large budgets, and have wellknown actors and directors. If a film wins here, everyone will hear about it. But in recent years, it has begun to resemble the Academy Awards in Hollywood, losing its edge as the best international film festival in the world and a broad range of films from many different countries. Next to Cannes is the Toronto International Film Festival. Each year, famous actors, actresses and directors come to Toronto and the entire film world pays attention to who wins here.The oldest film festival on the earth is the Venice Film Festival, which is an annual festival that began in 1932. It includes only highquality films regardless of who makes them and without any restrictions on the kinds of films.But the Sundance Film Festival deliberately boycotts all Hollywood films, whose main criterion for being included is that the film must be small, independent and not be financed by Hollywood studios. The initial idea for the festival was hatched in 1978, but it was not well known until 1981 when Robert Redford became its sponsor and changed the focus to independent films. He wanted to expose the public to films made outside of the Hollywood system that ordinary people might have no access to otherwise.作为中国电影节的发言人，我把中国电影节介绍给世界；作为中国电影的代表，我也参加了一些国际电影节。下面这些就是世界各地重要的电影盛会。戛纳电影节是全球最大、最著名、最动人的电影节。在戛纳展示的电影常是投资巨大、拥有著名演员和导演。如果一部电影在这里获奖，世界各地的人们都会知道它。但是近年来，戛纳电影节变得像好莱坞电影艺术节，失去了它全球最好的国际电影节的优势和来自许多不同国家的广泛的电影系列。仅次于戛纳电影节的是多伦多国际电影节。每年著名男女演员和导演汇聚多伦多，届时整个电影界都关注着谁在这儿拿到大奖。世界上最古老的电影节是威尼斯电影节，它创始于1932年，每年举办一次。它只注重电影的高品质，不管创作者是谁，对电影的种类也没有任何限制。但圣丹斯电影节却故意地排斥所有好莱坞电影，其选择的主要标准是：必须小型化、独立制作、不接受好莱坞电影公司的资助。这个电影节最初策划于1978年，但直到1981年，罗伯特莱特福特赞助它并把重点转向独立电影，它才出名。他想让公众知道好莱坞以外的电影公司制作的电影，否则普通人可能就接触不到。加餐练(一)完形阅读组合练.完形填空Are you starting to get bored with the monotony (单调) of life? Do you find yourself searching for something to _1_ yourself up just to pass through each day? That was the same thing I was _2_ for quite some time. But that was only before I discovered the _3_ of a good joke.There are so many times when you always find yourself _4_ at a good joke told by one of your family members or _5_. Indeed, a good joke will surely _6_ your day. But you cant always be with the people you love and they wont always have a(n) _7_ supply of new jokes to share with you.Wouldnt it be _8_ if you had a good supply of jokes that you can read, enjoy, and laugh about each and every day? The good news is that there are many _9_ for good jokes. A more _10_ method would be to buy joke books. But these will cost you _11_ and there is no assurance that most of the jokes in a certain book will be _12_ funny.That is why the _13_ would be a better source for good jokes. There are thousands of _14_ in which you can have fun reading jokes. And you will not have to _15_ a single cent in order to enjoy these. All you need to do is collect a couple of joke sites you _16_ like. Then before you leave home or when you get to school or work, you can _17_ a joke or two.Trust me; this will work wonders in brightening up your day. A good _18_ will help you get out of a bad mood and will make you more _19_ and lively. And if you memorize a couple of these jokes, you can _20_ them with your loved ones as well. Share some joy and laughter with others by telling jokes you get from online blogs today.1A.pickBputCgive Dcheer解析：选D根据语境可知，这里是指让自己快乐起来。cheer up“(使)高兴起来，(使)振作起来”。与第一句的“get bored”形成对比。2A.making up Bgoing throughCpicking out Dagreeing with解析：选B根据空后的转折可知，此处指作者以前也经历了(going through)同样的事情(苦寻让自己开心快乐的办法，来度过每一天)。3A.power BcostCrisk Dsupply解析：选A从上文中的“Do you find yourself searching for something to _1_ yourself up just to pass through each day”可知，一个好笑话能够让人快乐起来，本空处指一个好笑话的力量(power)。4A.wondering BlaughingCestimating Dguessing解析：选B联系语境可知，此处指听了家人讲的笑话发笑。laugh at“笑，发笑”。5A.friends BstrangersCenemies Dcompetitors解析：选A根据下文中的“the people you love”可知，这里是指家人和朋友(friends)。6A.occupy BthreatenCcontrol Dbrighten解析：选D最后一段中的“brightening up your day”是提示。故此处选D项。7A.limited BsmallCendless Dcheap解析：选C此处表示他们不可能总有不断的(endless)新笑话来和你分享。8A.dull BtiringCnice Dproper解析：选C结合空后的“if you had a good supply of jokes that you can read, enjoy, and laugh about each and every day”可知，如果我们有取之不尽的笑话，那会是件好事。9A.explanations BsourcesCexamples Dconcerns解析：选B本空后谈论的是笑话的来源，第四段中的“a better source”也是提示，故选B项。10A.different BexpensiveCtraditional Dpersonal解析：选C根据常识和下文的对比可知，买笑话书是传统的(traditio