Section Welcome to the unit & Reading速效提能演练预习多维感知Section 重点难点探究预习多维感知Step One：Fast ReadingRead the transcript and choose the best answers.1How many film festivals are mentioned in the passage?( )A3. B4.C5. D6.D2What is special about the Sundance Film Festival?( )AIt has the longest history among all the film festivals.BIt is held to encourage small，independent films.BCIt includes all kinds of films.DIt just features Hollywood films.3At which of the following film festivals are films with large budgets often shown?( )AThe Cannes Film Festival.BThe Berlin International Film Festival.ACThe Shanghai International Film Festival.DThe Venice Film Festival.4What is all the representatives rejection?( )AIndependent films.BFilms made with lots of money.CNational discrimination.DHollywood films.C5Which of the following is the second largest film festivals in the world?( )AThe Shanghai International Film Festival.BThe Cannes Film Festival.DCThe Sundance Film Festival.DThe Toronto International Film Festival.Step Two：ListeningListen to the tape and answer the following questions.1Which film festival views film as a type of contemporary art?_The representative of the Venice Film Festival views film as a type of contemporary art.2How did the Sundance Film Festival come to be well known?_In 1981，Robert Redford，who has acted in and directed many big Hollywood films，took over the festival and changed the focus to independent films.Since then it has been well known.3Why was the Cannes Film Festival started?_Because many people felt the Venice Film Festival was giving awards to only German and Italian films.4What is the difference between the Cannes Film Festival and the Berlin International Film Festival?_Films shown at the Cannes Film Festival are often made with large budgets and have wellknown actors and directors while films from smaller countries have a real chance of winning in the Berlin International Film Festival.5Which film festival gives out the Golden Cup Award?_It is the highlight of the Shanghai International Film Festival.Step Three：Careful ReadingRead the text and fill in the blanks.Important film events around the worldFilm festivalsStarted inFeatureVenice Film Festival1932the1._film festival in the world； includes2._ _ films.oldesthighqualityFilm festivalsStarted inFeatureCannes Film Festival1939gives3._ _ mostly to American films；has wellknown actors and directors.awardsFilm festivalsStarted inFeatureBerlin Internation al Film Festival1951one of the most4._ _ of all the film festivals；gives awards to films from all around the5._.internationalglobeFilm festivalsStarted inFeatureToronto Internatio nal Film Festival1976the6._ _ largest festival in the world；gives some bonus awards to7._ films.secondCanadianFilm festivalsStarte d inFeatureSundanc e Film Festival1978only includes small， independent films ，many of which are made by8._ directors and amateur actors.amateurFilm festivalsStarted inFeatureShanghai Internatio nal Film Festival1993the9._ film festival；has a good reputation worldwide；the only international film festival in10._.youngestChinaStep Four：SummaryThe most famous award a film，an actor or a director can win is an Academy Award，or an Oscar，as these annual awards are often called.Yet，the Oscars are often1._when people discuss film festivals.overlookedThe Academy Awards have a focus that is very different from other film festivals.In fact，some people argue that the Academy Awards should not even be called a film festival.One reason for this is that most traditional film festivals have2._entriesfrom a variety of countries. At the Academy Awards，the preference is to reward topranking American films.While there is no3._on foreign films，those that win are in the minority.restrictionAmerican films always have an 4._on foreign films at the Oscars，regardless of how popular a foreign film might be.Another reason why it might not be appropriate to call the edgeAcademy Awards a film festival is that most film festivals5._give out only a small number of awards，but the Oscars