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[2019·郑州质量检测]Chinese movie theaters are never running short of youth films. Youth (《芳华》), directed by Feng Xiaogang, was released in December, 2017 and hit the screen. But this one is different: It is dedicated to the youth of our parents' generation.
Set in the 1970s, the story begins in a military art troupe (演出团), in which the soldiers' duties are to sing, dance and promote culture. He Xiaoping, a newcomer, is a talented dancer. With a painful childhood, she wants to make a fresh start in the troupe, yet her family background makes her the laughing stock (笑柄) among the girls. The only person who is nice to her is Liu Feng, a kind and unselfish man.
In most youth films, the characters' life paths are only influenced by their own choices. However, the young people in Youth are also a part of “the whirlwind (旋风) of historical changes”， as film critic Justin Chang wrote in the Los Angeles Times. In a period of more than 30 years, they have to experience the “cultural revolution” (19661976) and the SinoVietnamese War, during which Liu Feng loses one arm and He Xiaoping suffers from a mental illness. The disbandment (解散) of the troupe also tears them away from the life and people they are so familiar with, throwing them into a new life they know nothing about.
They all have to learn “to make peace with the past and make the most of the present”， wrote Giovanna Fulvi on the website TIFF.
But there's still something that never changes about youth. No matter what time of history it is, people share the same longing for love and beauty. Sunshine, laughter and swimming pools — these typical images of youth are all well kept in Mr. Feng's new film.
According to ifeng.com, Youth is actually a nostalgic (怀旧的) and personal work that Mr. Feng dedicates to his own experiences of working in a troupe. “When I look back in time, everything else in my life seems to be black and white，” he said. “The days in the troupe are the only part of my memory that always remains colorful.”
【语篇解读】 本文是文化生活类说明文。作者介绍了冯小刚导演的《芳华》这部电影的背景、主要人物和内容等。在不同的历史时期，青春是有共性的。
【难句分析】 The disbandment (解散) of the troupe also tears them away from the life and people they are so familiar with, throwing them into a new life they know nothing about.
分析：这是一个主从复合句。句子的主干部分是The disbandment of the troupe also tears them away from the life and people; they are so familiar with是一个省略了关系代词的定语从句，修饰先行词the life and people，关系代词在定语从句中作介词with的宾语；throwing them into a new life they know nothing about是现在分词短语作结果状语。
译文：文工团的解散也迫使他们不得不离开他们非常熟悉的生活和人，使他们进入了他们完全不了解的新生活。
1．What influenced He Xiaoping's and Liu Feng's lives most?
A．Historical changes.
B．Their own personalities.
C．Their family backgrounds.
D．Their longing for love and beauty.
答案与解析：A 考查细节理解。根据第三段第二句中的“However, the young people in Youth are also a part of ‘the whirlwind (旋风) of historical changes’”可知，历史的变化对《芳华》中的年轻人的生活的影响是非常大的，故答案是A。
2．Why did Feng Xiaogang direct the film Youth?
A．To show the cruelty of the war.
B．To urge people to value their youth.
C．To recall the days when he worked in a troupe.
D．To describe the life during the “cultural revolution” (19661976)．
答案与解析：C 考查细节理解。根据尾段第一句“According to ifeng. com, Youth is actually a nostalgic (怀旧的) and personal work that Mr. Feng dedicates to his own experiences of working in a troupe”可知，冯小刚拍摄《芳华》这部电影，是为了纪念自己曾经在剧团里工作过的经历，故答案是C。
3．What do we know about the youth in different generations according to the text?
A．They all treat sunshine and laughter as the typical images of themselves.
B．In our parents' generation, they don't love beauty due to hard life.
C．They long for totally different things varying from generation to generation.
D．Though they live in different times, they still have something in common.
答案与解析：D 考查推理判断。根据第五段首句“But there's still something that never changes about youth”可知，关于青春，有的东西是永远不会改变的，也就是说，青春是有共性的，故答案是D。
