1．It is a live celebration of the lasting power of letter writing!
Letters Live，which started in December 2013，was held at the Freemasons'Hall in London from March 10to 15．The show invited various great performers who read remarkable letters that had been written around the world over the centuries．
"Bringing letters alive through outstanding performances is one of the most powerful ways in which the joy and pain and humor and tragedy of being human can be shared，"Jamie Byng，managing director of Canongate Books publishing firm，told the Nowness video channel．
British actor Benedict Cumberbatch agreed．"Letters are windows into the love，beauty，pain and humor of their creators and receivers，"he told The Guardian．"Letters Live makes us stop and imagine the lives behind the letters read and where they came from．It's a privilege to read this most ancient of communications 1ive to an audience．"
This year，the movie Sherlock star treated the audience by playing the part of a 17-year Tom Hanks．He put on the young actor's voice when he read his letter to the Hollywood director George Roy Hill，a letter that urged Hill to"discover"him．The letter revealed that two-time Oscar winner Hanks'teenage dream was not to"be a big-time Hollywood superstar"but to one day own a Porsche ear and call his favorite US actor Robert Redford his nickname"Bob"
Other famous faces at the event included Carey Mulligan，who played a fictional laundry worker，a female activist fighting for women's rights in the 2015movie Suffragette．The British actress once again played the role of a suffragette，when she read a very enthusiastic letter demanding the vote for women．The suffragette sent a precious 1913note to the Daily Telegraph newspaper．
"Everyone seems to agree upon the necessity of putting a stop to Suffragist anger，but no one seems certain how to do so，"Mulligan read out．"There ape two，and only two，ways in which this can be done． Both will be effectual．One，kill every woman in the UK． Two，give women the vote．"
28．What was Cumberbatch's attitude towards Jamie Byng's opinion？B
A．Doubtful B．Positive．
C．Optimistic．D．Cautious．
29．Which of the following was a dream of Tom Hanks as a child？D
A．To become an actor． B．To call himself"Bob"．
C．To win Oscar Awards． D．To have a famous car．
30．A"suffragette"is a woman whoC．
A．sends a valuable note to newspaper
B．reads out a letter to the audience
C．a(chǎn)dvocates women's right to vote
D．plays a famous role in a movie
31．What can be a suitable title for the text？C
A．Famous People Gathering
B．Letters of great performers
C．Letters Brought to Life
D．Rights Given to women．
分析 本文主要講述的是書信有一種持久的力量，能用它來慶祝并影響著生活的方方面面．文章采用例證法，介紹了書信為許多名人帶來了生活的樂趣．
解答 28．B．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章"British actor Benedict Cumberbatch agreed"可知，英國演員本尼迪克特•康伯巴奇同意Jamie Byng所報道的觀點．從 Benedict Cumberbatch 后文所說的話可知，他認(rèn)為Jamie Byng的觀點是積極的．故選B．
29．D．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章"The letter revealed that two-time Oscar winner Hanks'teenage dream was not to"be a big-time Hollywood superstar"but to one day own a Porsche ear and call his favorite US actor Robert Redford his nickname"Bob""可知，十七歲的Tom Hanks希望擁有一輛保時捷．故選D．
30．C．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章"The British actress once again played the role of a suffragette，when she read a very enthusiastic letter demanding the vote for women"可知，這位女演員作為suffragette這個角色，來主張擁護女性的選舉權(quán)．因此suffragette是一個擁護女性選舉權(quán)的女權(quán)工作者．故選C．
31．C．主旨大意題．通讀全文，根據(jù)文章第一句主旨句"It is a live celebration of the lasting power of letter writing!"可知，本文主要講述的是書信有一種持久的力量，能用它來慶祝影響生活．結(jié)合選項，C項表述最準(zhǔn)確．故選C．
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