Cannes Film Festival, the most prestigious motion picture
festival in the world, held each May in 1. ______
the resort city of Cannes, in southeast France.
The Cannes Film Festival was conceived at the end of
1938 as a reaction of reports that the Venice Film 2. ______
Festival became a platform for fascist propaganda. 3. ______
Due to World War II (1939-1945) however, the first
Cannes Film Festival was not held till 1946. 4. ______
Internationalism and postwar optimism characterized the first
festival, although organizers placed less emphasis on 5. ______
competition as on mutual creative stimulation between 6. ______
national productions. In later years the selection, by juries,
of entries for prizes was reflected more commercial 7. ______
interests and the festival soon acquired
its current reputation as a fashionable professional event,
more concerning with advancing the film industry than 8. ______
the art of film . French director Francois Truffaut addressed
these issues in 1956 which he exposed the 9. ______
festival’s political intrigues and promotional deals, and
predicted its commercial demise. The festival survived,
however and in 1959, Truffaut himself was awarded the
prize for best screenplay for Les Quatre Cents Coups (The Four Hundred Blows, 1959).
In spite its ever present financial interests and political 10. ______
overtones, the Cannes Film Festival remains an essential
showcase for international cinema.
答案部分
1.【参考答案】将held改为is held。
【参考译文】 戛纳电影节是世界上最有声望的电影节。每年5月在法国南部的旅游胜地戛纳举行。
【详细解答】 英语中动词不定式,现在分词与过去分词都属非谓语动词,不能单独构成谓语,但都可以用作状语。所以,在改错时应特别当心,注意判断其与主句的关系,到底是主谓关系,还是句子与状语的关系,本句是长句子,关系复杂,主语是Cannes Film Festival,但除了过去分词held所构成的状语外,并没有谓语出现。故,将held改成is held。
【详细解答】 句中Internationalism and postwar optimism characterized the first festival与organizers placed less emphasis…之间关系,应该是因果关系,结果在前,原因在后。而although却表示的是转折关系。故属误用,应改为表示因果关系的连词as或because.
【详细解答】 在定语从句,指代年代的词可以有when,可以是which或in which只要判断出定语从句中,到底是缺什么成分。若缺的是状语,应用when,或in which,若缺主语或宾语,则用which或that,而句中,be exposed the festival’s political intrigues and promotional deals,缺的是时间状语,故引导词该是when或in which,那么,将which前加in 或改为when则可以了。
10.【参考答案】将In spite改为In spite of或Despite。
【参考译文】 尽管有商业利益及政治高调贯穿始终,戛纳电影节依然是国际电影的一个重要的展示机会。
【详细解答】 In spite有“尽管”的意思。后面可跟句子,也可跟名词,但跟名词,必须加个of,相当于Despite。