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Probably the most famous film commenting on the twentieth-century technology is Modern Times, made in 1936. Charlie Chaplin was motivated to make the film by a reporter who, while interviewing him, happened to describe the working conditions in industrial Detroit. Chaplin was told that healthy young farm boys were lured to the city to work on automotive assembly lines. Within four or five years, these young men’s health was destroyed by the stress of work in the factories.
The film opens with a shot of a mass of sheep making their way down a crowded ramp.
Abruptly, the film shifts to a scene of factory workers jostling one another on their way to a factory. However, the rather bitter note of criticism in the implied comparison is not sustained. It is replaced by a gentle note of satire. Chaplin prefers to entertain rather than lecture.
Scenes of factory interiors account for only about one-third of Modern Times, but they contain some of the most pointed social commentary as well as the most comic situations. No one who has seen the film can ever forget Chaplin vainly trying to keep pace with the fast-moving conveyor belt, almost losing his mind in the process. Another popular scene involves an automatic feeding machine brought to the assembly line so that workers need not interrupt their labor to eat. The feeding machine malfunctions, hurling food at Chaplin, who is strapped in his position on the assembly line and cannot escape. This serves to illustrate people’s utter helplessness in the face of machines that are meant to serve their basic needs.
Clearly, Modern Times has its faults, but it remains the best film treating technology within a social context. It does not offer a radical social message, but it does accurately reflect the sentiment of many who feel they are victims of an over-mechanised world.
Probably the most famous film commenting on the twentieth-century technology is Modern Times, made in 1936. Charlie Chaplin was motivated to make the film by a reporter who, while interviewing him, happened to describe the working conditions in industrial Detroit. Chaplin was told that healthy young farm boys were lured to the city to work on automotive assembly lines. Within four or five years, these young men’s health was destroyed by the stress of work in the factories.
The film opens with a shot of a mass of sheep making their way down a crowded ramp.
Abruptly, the film shifts to a scene of factory workers jostling one another on their way to a factory. However, the rather bitter note of criticism in the implied comparison is not sustained. It is replaced by a gentle note of satire. Chaplin prefers to entertain rather than lecture.
Scenes of factory interiors account for only about one-third of Modern Times, but they contain some of the most pointed social commentary as well as the most comic situations. No one who has seen the film can ever forget Chaplin vainly trying to keep pace with the fast-moving conveyor belt, almost losing his mind in the process. Another popular scene involves an automatic feeding machine brought to the assembly line so that workers need not interrupt their labor to eat. The feeding machine malfunctions, hurling food at Chaplin, who is strapped in his position on the assembly line and cannot escape. This serves to illustrate people’s utter helplessness in the face of machines that are meant to serve their basic needs.
Clearly, Modern Times has its faults, but it remains the best film treating technology within a social context. It does not offer a radical social message, but it does accurately reflect the sentiment of many who feel they are victims of an over-mechanised world.
According to the passage, Chaplin got the idea for Modern Times from ______.
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Giải bởi Vietjack
Đáp án B
Đọc đoạn thứ nhất, ta có thể thấy ý t ưởng của bộ phim là từ cuộc hội thoại (conversation) khi Charlin nói chuyện với phóng viên.
Trong đoạn đầu có câu: “Charlie Chaplin was motivated to make the film by a reporter who, while interviewing him, happened to describe the working conditions in industrial Detroit.” Động từ motivate nghĩa là động cơ, trong ngữ cảnh này chính là khơi ngu ồn cảm hứng làm bộ phim Modern Times.
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Câu 2:
The young farm boys went to the city because they were ______.
The young farm boys went to the city because they were ______.
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Đáp án C
Đọc đoạn thứ nhất, ta thấy câu: “healthy young farm boys were lured to the city to work on automotive assembly lines.” Động từ lure = attract chia ở bị động tức là bị cuốn hút, lôi kéo. Chúng ta có thể thấy rằng, young farm boys ra thành phố bởi họ hi vọng có cuộc sống tốt đẹp hơn
Câu 3:
The phrase “jostling one another” in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to “______”.
The phrase “jostling one another” in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to “______”.
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Đáp án B
jostling one another nghĩa là xô đẩy lẫn nhau, vậy đáp án B: pushing one another là gần nghĩa nhất
Câu 4:
According to the passage, the opening scene of the film is intended ______.
According to the passage, the opening scene of the film is intended ______.
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Đáp án C
Cảnh đầu của bộ phim là “mass of sheep making their way down a crowded ramp” có tác dụng ngụ ý (ẩn ý) về hình ảnh những công nhân nh à máy.
Vì vậy đáp án đúng là B, tacit nghĩa là ngụ ý, ẩn ý
Câu 5:
The word “vainly” in the fourth paragraph is closest in meaning to “______”.
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Đáp án C
Các trạng từ effortlessly (một cách dễ dàng), recklessly ( một cách thiếu thận trọng), hopelessly (tuyệt vọng), carelessly (một cách bất cẩn), vainly có nghĩa là vô ích, vô vọng, vì vậy từ gần nghĩa nhất với nó là phương án C hopelessly
Câu 6:
According to the author, about two-thirds of Modern Times ______.
According to the author, about two-thirds of Modern Times ______.
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Đáp án C
Trong đoạn 2 có câu: “ Scenes of factory interiors account for only about one-third of Modern Times”, interior là bên trong, vì vậy two-thirds sẽ được quay bên ngoài “outside a factory”
Câu 7:
The author refers to all of the following notions to describe Modern Times EXCEPT “______”.
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Đáp án D
Đoạn cuối có câu:“ It does not offer a radical social message” vì vậy nó không có ý revolution
Nhà sách VIETJACK:
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