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Though we might think of film as an essentially visual experience, we really cannot afford to underestimate the importance of fi

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问题     Though we might think of film as an essentially visual experience, we really cannot afford to underestimate the importance of film sound. A meaningful sound track is often as complicated as the image on the screen, and is ultimately just as much the responsibility of the director. The entire sound track consists of three essential ingredients: the human voice, sound effects and music. These three tracks must be mixed and balanced so as to produce the necessary emphases which in turn create desired effects. Topics which essentially refer to the three previously mentioned tracks are discussed below. They include dialogue, synchronous and asynchronous sound effects, and music.
    Let us start with dialogue. As is the case with stage drama, dialogue serves to tell the story and expresses feelings and motivations of characters as well. Often with film characterization the audience perceives little or no difference between the character and the actor. Thus, for example, the actor Humphrey Bogart is the character Sam Spade; Film personality and life personality seem to merge. Perhaps this is because the very texture of a performer’s voice supplies an element of character.
    When voice textures fit the performer’s physiognomy and gestures, a whole and very realistic persona emerges. The viewer sees not an actor working at his craft, but another human being struggling with life. It is interesting to note that how dialogue is used and the very amount of dialogue used varies widely among films. For example, in the highly successful science-fiction film 2001, little dialogue was evident, and most of it was banal and of little intrinsic interest. In this way the film-maker was able to portray what Thomas Sobochack and Vivian Sobochack call, in An Introduction to Film, the "inadequacy of human responses when compared with the magnificent technology created by man and the visual beauties of the universe."
    The comedy Bringing Up Baby, on the other hand, presents practically non-stop dialogue delivered at breakneck speed. This use of dialogue underscores not only the dizzy quality of the character played by Katherine Hepburn, but also the absurdity of the film itself and thus its humor. The audience is bounced from gag to gag and conversation to conversation; there is no time for audience reflection. The audience is caught up in a whirlwind of activity in simply managing to follow the plot. This film presents pure escapism—largely due to its frenetic dialogue.
    Synchronous sound effects are those sounds which are synchronized or matched with what is viewed. For example, if the film portrays a character playing the piano, the sounds of the piano are projected. Synchronous sounds contribute to the realism of film and also help to create a particular atmosphere. For example, the "click" of a door being opened may simply serve to convince the audience that the image portrayed is real, and the audience may only subconsciously note the expected sound. However, if the "click" of an opening door is part of a threatening action such as a burglary, the sound mixer may call attention to the click, with an increase in volume. This helps to engage the audience in a moment of suspense.
In the third paragraph, the writer suggests that________.
选项 A、audiences are critical of film dialogue that does not reflect their own experience
B、film dialogue that appears to be dull may have a specific purpose
C、film-makers vary considerably in the skill with which they handle dialogue
D、the most successful films are those with dialogue of a high quality
答案B
解析 本题没有具体关键词，定位于第三段。第三段第四句和第五句指出：在《2001》这部非常成功的科幻电影中，很少使用对话，而出现的少量对话大部分都是平淡无味(banal)的，几乎没有什么内在趣味(intrinsic interest)。通过这种方式，电影制作人得以展现出……这两句点明了电影对话的变化多样服务于特殊的目的，因此选项B与原文属于相同含义，为正确选项。选项A属于无中生有．原文并未提及观众是否对没有反映自己生活经历的电影对话持批判的(critical)态度。选项c中的“有很大的不同”(vary considerably)指的是“处理对话的技术”，这与第三段第三句中的“差别极大(varies widely)”不一致，原文强调的是如何使用对话以及对话使用的数量差别极大(how dialogue is used and the very amount of dialogue used varies widely among films)，因此选项C属于偷换概念。选项D属于无中生有，原文并未提到那些具备高质量对话的电影是最成功的电影。第三段：不同电影中，对话的使用差别显著。
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