Born in 1954 in Taiwan, Ang Lee（李安）has become one of today's greatest filmmakers. Ang
graduated from the National Taiwan College of Arts in 1975. Later on, he went
to the USA. for further study on art. And he got a Master Degree in Film
Production at New York University.
During Ang’s film career, he has made a lot of
successful films and honored himself with many international awards. Early in
1993, Ang’s film The Wedding Banquet (喜宴)won a
Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, which drew the whole world’s attention
to this Chinese director. In the following years, Ang’s talent got more
brilliant. At the beginning of 2000, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon（Wo Hu Cang Long）, a kongfu
film directed by Ang Lee, won Best Foreign Language Film at the 73rd Academy
Awards(奧斯卡金像獎(jiǎng)). This surprised the world. However. what
really takes Ang to the peak of the film world is the film Brokeback
Mountain (2005). For this film, Ang Lee won the Best Director Academy Award.
And he is the first Chinese director who’s ever won the golden statuette(小金人).
In 2012, Ang made a huge success again. His first 3D
film Life of Pi came out. It was a story about the adventure of a brave Indian
boy. This film helped him beat out Michael Haneke of "Amour", Benh
Zeitlin of "Beasts of the Southern Wild", Steven Spielberg of
"Lincoln" and David O. Russell of "Silver Linings
Playbook". For the second time, Ang was honored as the Best Director at
the 85th Academy Awards in 2013.
Along Ang Lee’s film road, we can say that he is
really born for films and he is worth all the praise from the world, especially
all the Chinese.
1.How old was Ang Lee when he won the Best Director
Academy Award for the second time?
A．59. B．58 C．51 D．39
2.Of the following films, which one is NOT made by Ang
Lee?
A．The Wedding Banquet. B．Crouching
Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
C．Beasts of the
Southern Wild. D．Life of Pi.
3.According to the passage, what is the correct order
of the following events?
①. Life of Pi came up on the screen.
②. Ang Lee went to America for further study.
③. Ang Lee won a Golden Bear at the Berlin Film
Festival.
④. Ang Lee won Best Foreign Language Film at the 73rd
Academy Awards.
⑤. Ang graduated from the National Taiwan College of
Arts.
A．②⑤①③④ B．②⑤④①③ C．⑤②③④① D．⑤②④③①
4.What is the Chinese meaning of the underlined word
“peak” in the second paragraph？
A．邊緣 B．頂峰 C．榮譽(yù) D．成就
5.According to the passage, which statement is RIGHT?
A. Ang Lee was born in the USA.
B. Ang Lee only won the Best Director Academy Award
once.
C. Life of Pi is Ang Lee’s second 3D film.
D. Ang Lee has great talent in making films.
