The Pixar Story

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题目与答案

1. 1 Robert Iger expressed personal criticism of Michael D. Eisiner.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：NOT GIVEN

   原文定位：In October 2005, Chief Operating Officer Robert Iger had replaced Eisner as CEO. On taking charge, Iger quickly carried out a bold move, negotiating a buyout of Pixar Animation Studios

2. Ed Catmull

   ·was Pixar's 10_____ director at the 2006 shareholders' meeting

   答案：president

   原文定位：Dr Edwin Catmull, then sixty-one years old and president of Pixar, was seated among the shareholders

3. ·preferred 11_____ to dominating conversations

   答案：listening

   原文定位：He was widely regarded as brilliant, yet known for listening rather than dominating conversations

4. ·remained committed to his 12_____ for computer-animated films

   答案：vision

   原文定位：He maintained a long-term vision of fully computer-animated films

   同义替换：「remained committed to」↔「maintained」

5. ·assembled the teams that formed the 13_____ of Pixar.

   答案：core

   原文定位：assembled the technical and creative teams that would later form the core of Pixar Animation Studios

6. 2 Pixar Inc. achieved very little financial success during its early years.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：TRUE

   原文定位：a tiny animation group made short promotional films that brought in practically no revenue;it continued to lose money year after year

   同义替换：「very little financial success」↔「practically no revenue」

7. 3 The production of Toy Story encountered significant problems.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：TRUE

   原文定位：In late 1993, Disney considered ordering Pixar to shut down production of the John Lasseter-directed film Toy Story because of problems with the script

   同义替换：「significant problems」↔「problems with the script」

8. 4 In the early 1990s, Hollywood commentators believed cormputer-animated films would be successful.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：FALSE

   原文定位：At the time, Hollywood commentators doubted whether audiences would even sit through a full-length film made using the new medium of computer animation

   同义替换：「believed」↔「doubted」

9. 5 Finding Nemo was more successful than Toy Story.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：NOT GIVEN

   原文定位：A succession of critically acclaimed and commercially successful animated feature films, beginning with the release of Toy Story in 1995 and followed by A Bug's Life and Finding Nemo

10. 6 Pixar made only a small contribution to Disney's film income in2004.
    • TRUE
    • FALSE
    • NOT GIVEN

    答案：FALSE

    原文定位：By that time, Pixar films accounted for approximately 45 per cert of the operating income from Disney's film operations

    同义替换：「small contribution」↔「45 per cent」

11. Lasseter and Catmull - a professional success story

    John Lasseter

    ·enjoyed watching Bugs Bunny cartoons as a child

    ·worked as a ride 7_____ at Disneyland,

    答案：operator

    原文定位：described working as a ride operator on Disneyland's Jungle Cruise

    同义替换：「worked as a ride」↔「a ride operator」

12. which increased his 8_____

    答案：confidence

    原文定位：where telling jokes helped him gain confidence in public speaking

    同义替换：「increased」↔「gain」

13. ·studied at the California Institute of the Arts

    ·experienced 9_____ when Disney rejected new technology

    答案：frustration

    原文定位：He also recalled studying at the California Institute of the Arts and the frustration he felt when Disney initially rejected computer animation technology

    同义替换：「new technology」↔「computer animation technology」，「experienced」↔「felt」