1895 年卢米埃兄弟向大众展现火车进站的画面时，观众被活生生的影像吓得惊惶四散。从此，活动摄影不只在人类纪实工具的发展史上具有划时代的意义，而且火车进站的镜头也象征着电影技术发展的源起。

1888年，爱迪生开始研究活动照片，当伊斯曼发明了连续底片后，爱迪生立刻将连续底片买回来，请威廉甘乃迪和罗利狄克生着手进行研究。

1891年，爱迪生申请影像映出管和摄影装置的发明专利权，这是“西洋镜”电影的鼻祖。爱迪生发明“西洋镜”电影的想法是：由于西洋镜一次只能由一个人去“窥看”，再借助人们的好奇心，如此便可以增加利益，于是这种电影一时间非常流行。不久，爱迪生又发明了世界最早的摄影棚，特别有助于电影的发展。

19世纪末，电影的诞生从根本上说是科学技术与艺术相结合的综合产物，使电影这门伟大的艺术叩响了20世纪的大门。

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High school students become film stars! They are high school students but these young Americans have become big film stars.

These American students played parts (扮演角色) in the new American film called "Elephant" (《大象》). The film won (赢得) the Palme d'Or (金棕榈奖) for Best Film at the Cannes Film Festival (嘎纳电影节) held in France in late May. It begins with a day at school. Friends chat (聊天) in the dinning room and boys play football, but at the end of the story, there is a big surprise (意外). Two students go crazy (疯狂) and start to kill people. The idea for the film came from a school shooting (枪杀) in the US in 1999. Two boys killed 13 persons and themselves, then.

Cannes Film Festival began in 1946 and is still an important yearly film festival.

1. Some American high school students played parts in a new American film named ______.
A. Football B. Elephant
C. Big Bear D. Canners

2. The film called "Elephant" won the Palme d'Or for _______ at the Cannes Film Festival held in France in late May.
A. First Film B. Best Film
C. American Film D. World's Film

3. At the end of the story there is _______.
A. a big surprise B. a crazy student
C. a film star D. a dead student

4. What did the idea of the film called "Elephant" come from in the US in 1999?

5. When did Cannes Film Festival begin?

答案：

1. B
解析：These American students played parts in the new American film called "Elephant". 选B

2. B
解析：The film won the Palme d'Or for Best Film at the Cannes Film Festival held in France in late May. 选B

3. A
解析：but at the end of the story, there is a big surprise 选A

4. (school shooting.)
解析：The idea for the film came from a school shooting (枪杀) in the US in 1999. 原句

5. (Cannes Film Festival began in 1946.)
解析：Cannes Film Festival began in 1946 and is still an important yearly film festival. 原句

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