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International Children’s Day is coming up on June 1st. Here we have chosen some films from around the world that are most worthy for children to see.
E. T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Director: Steven Spielberg
Country: United States of America
Storyline: A group of aliens are visiting the Earth at night. But one of the visitors from space is left behind and finds himself all alone on a very strange planet. Fortunately, he meets Elliot, a lonely boy himself, and slowly makes friends with Elliot’s older brother Michael, his sister Gertie. Meanwhile government officers work day and night to track down the little alien. Elliot and others try their best to help the alien go home.
Children of Heaven (1997)
Director: Majid Majidi
Country: Iran
Storyline: Ali takes his little sister Zahra’s shoes to the shoemaker to be repaired but loses them on the way home. There is no money to buy another pair. Ali makes a plan to share his shoes: Zahra will wear them in the morning and hand them to Ali at midday so he can attend school classes. Ali then enters a children’s racing competition in hopes of receiving the third prize, a new pair of shoes.
Kes (1969)
Director: Ken Loach
Country: United Kingdom
Storyline: Bullied (欺凌) at school and getting little attention at home by his mother and older brother, Billy Casper, a 15-year-old boy from a working-class family, finds peace in his pet falcon (猎隼), Kes. With encouragement from his English teacher, Billy eventually discovers a positive purpose to his unfortunate life, until some bad thing comes.
21．What is the film E. T. the Extra-Terrestrial about?
A．A boy finds peace in his mind. B．A boy makes friends with an alien.
C．A boy looks for his sister’s lost shoes. D．A group of children help an alien go home.
22．Ali wants to win the third prize in the racing competition because ________.
A．he cannot win the first B．he can get a pair of new shoes
C．he wants to get his mother’s attention D．his English teacher encourages him to do so
23．What is the common thing about the three films?
A．They are all about children’s life. B．They are produced in the same year.
C．They are all about the life in school. D．They are all directed by Steven Spielberg.
