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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.
The writer refers to the "click" of a door to show that realistic sounds________.
选项 A、are often used to give the audience a false impression of events in the film
B、may be interpreted in different ways by different audience
C、may be modified in order to mobilize the audience’s emotions
D、tend to be more significant in films presenting realistic situations
答案C
解析 本题关键词是the“click”of a door，问的是作者提到门的“咔嗒”声的目的何在。定位于第五段。根据第五段第五句和第六句：如果开门的“咔嗒”声(click)是一个即将出现的恶性事件(threatening action)——例如一场入室盗窃(burglary)——之中的组成部分，影片混音师(sound mixer)则有可能会刻意放大音量(increase in volume)来引起观众的注意(attention)。这有助于将观众带入悬念时刻(to engage the audience in a moment of suspense)。由此可见，声音的变化是为了把观众带到特设情境中，因此选项c与原文属于相同含义，为正确选项。第四句提到，同步声音使观众确信影像是真实的(convince the audience that the image portrayed is real)，而选项A称，经常用“咔哒”声来使观众对电影中的事件产生错误印象(false impression)，这与原文正反混淆。选项B、D均为无中生有，文章没有可能被不同的观众以不同的方式所理解(interpreted)或往往在呈现真实情景的电影中更为重要(more significant)的相关信息。第五段：同步音效增加了影片的真实性，其变化调整与故事情节联系紧密。
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