2012年大学英语六级改错真题模拟(5)
% R' I( e/ o; p0 R' N- R$ L, z7 a) OCannes Film Festival, the most prestigious motion picture ( u/ s: `0 H9 _/ @& p/ a( c
festival in the world, held each May in 1. ______: w9 c6 P0 L2 a$ Y, V. I+ }
the resort city of Cannes, in southeast France.) v# J% d p1 ]* D: ^ l; n
The Cannes Film Festival was conceived at the end of# E0 C/ @) g5 H. T% K
1938 as a reaction of reports that the Venice Film 2. ______( R* X, X/ T3 X: J8 Z+ i
Festival became a platform for fascist propaganda. 3. ______# ]8 {! |! U8 n8 D0 k3 ?: R
Due to World War II (1939-1945) however, the first
4 V+ }5 `& ]; m% O# A Cannes Film Festival was not held till 1946. 4. ______) y9 P: I- D- W% q4 z8 y) |! G
Internationalism and postwar optimism characterized the first
; w6 H2 L! r5 x# a! ~( k9 p festival, although organizers placed less emphasis on 5. ______6 D8 N' \2 }4 ~3 F! F5 x2 F
competition as on mutual creative stimulation between 6. ______8 ]" N3 a9 l9 P; n
national productions. In later years the selection, by juries,0 n! Q% Q! } \. r
of entries for prizes was reflected more commercial 7. ______
( H- O/ N. g/ ] interests and the festival soon acquired5 d% }. f1 o! b$ Q
its current reputation as a fashionable professional event,
' [6 M5 c1 b" c% y$ G more concerning with advancing the film industry than 8. ______2 x4 m- a- z. @+ m3 ]: [. n
the art of film . French director Francois Truffaut addressed
; [/ N6 c" T9 _ these issues in 1956 which he exposed the 9. ______
+ V0 |/ @2 v8 y festival’s political intrigues and promotional deals, and# l: F7 `- D0 ^8 d( \& Q
predicted its commercial demise. The festival survived,
* H' q% c9 A: I$ b8 {6 b however and in 1959, Truffaut himself was awarded the
4 j( Q7 |' G$ n4 h4 |- r! { prize for best screenplay for Les Quatre Cents Coups (The Four Hundred Blows, 1959). ) A9 O7 S& t3 x K. P7 v4 e+ W
In spite its ever present financial interests and political 10. ______) i$ z& ^, p- c3 d9 E
overtones, the Cannes Film Festival remains an essential# s: H$ `5 u, L F
: y* n* x0 y. [" K r& i9 x' l showcase for international cinema. |