The news that China bans time-travel TV dramas and movies got a lot of attention on the internet. Yet, time travel in China is a bit different from time travel in mon sense.It is anything but science fiction and always goes backwards in time.There is minimum imagination involved--no ever-ending circles that mess up present and future, no advanced technology, no new social orders or new human forms from the twenty--whatever century, everything is a known historical fact when you travel through in China.
It is not even called time travel; rather the Chinese people refer it as time crossover.Time crossover has been an extremely popular theme for online novels for years(in fact , it is an indispensible part of China’s online culture), and didn’t get picked up by TV and the big screen until recent two years.Most of time-travel dramas and movies are adapted from popular online novels and like in other cases adaptations are never better than the original books.
The main plot of time-travel novels or TV dramas can be very well summarized in one sentence: from nobody to somebody.Time travel in China is more about escaping from the reality than about realizing wild dreams.
In China , there is no need of time machine either.People travel backwards in time via the possession of antiques presence at historical places of interest encounter of life-threatening accidents or simple a look into the mirror.Some time-travel novels even start with “I wanted to go back to history so much that one morning when I opened my eyes I was back.” Technology is not relevant at all.
Though China is not short of histories to go back to, people have their own preferences and it is pretty much a gender (性别)thing.If the main character is male then he usually goes back to special times in history when he is able to help build up or tear up a dynasty.A typical example is A Step Into the Past(寻秦记), the first time-travel TV drama in China, which tells the story of how a SWAT member helps to unite China and build up Qin Dynasty .
On the other hand , female characters primarily go back to Qing Dynasty partly because Qing Dynasty has the most number of princes to fall in love with.Yongzheng Emperor is the favorite.As can be seen in Startling by Each Step(步步惊心), a Qing time crossover classic, a girl goes back to Qing Dynasty and falls in love with Yongzheng Emperor and his brothers.
【小题1】As for time travel in China, which of the following ideas does the writer agree to ?A.it is plicated and can be classified into science fiction.B.it is often based on the familiar story in history.C.it sometimes messes up the times and social orders.D.it always occurs in any times but the time before.【小题2】The writing purpose of this passage is to .A.analyze why the time -travel TV dramas are banned in ChinaB.introduce the characteristics of the time-travel TV dramas in ChinaC.show the difference between time travel in China and in other culturesD.advise people to watch the time-travel TV dramas in China【小题3】It can be inferred from the passage that .A.China now has banned any forms of productions about time travelB.adapted from online novels, time-travel TV and movie productions enjoy more praiseC.the main character always follows a set pattern in the time-travel TV dramas in ChinaD.all the time-travel productions are about heroes and their success【小题4】The news mentioned in the very beginning is intended to .A.prove author’s viewB.introduce the topicC.give an exampleD.work as a topic sentenceC
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(答案→)C
解析:文章大意:文章是关于中国禁播关于“时间旅行”的电视剧和电影的新闻在博客和微薄上引起了极大关注。作者认为中国的穿越是混乱了时间和社会秩序,和技术无关,主人翁是有一些固定的模式的
【小题1】细节题:从第一段的句子:There is minimum imagination involved--no ever-ending circles that mess up present and future, no advanced technology, no new social orders or new human forms from the twenty可知作者认为中国的穿越是混乱了时间和社会秩序,选C
【小题2】写作意图题:从第一段的句子:time travel in China is a bit different from time travel in mon sense.It is anything but science fiction and always goes backwards in time.可知这篇文章主要是介绍中国穿越剧的特点,选B
【小题3】推理题:从最后两段可知作者分析穿越剧中男女主人翁的一些命运模式,说明穿越剧中的主人翁是有一些固定的模式的,选C
【小题4】写作意图题:文章第一段的句子:The news that China bans time-travel TV dramas and movies got a lot of attention on the internet. Yet, time travel in China is a bit different from time travel in mon sense.可知文章提到中国禁止穿越剧电影和电视剧的消息是为了引出这个话题。选B