（二）Cyborgs of the future

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Welcome to the 26^th century!Cyborg(半机器人)technology is a way of life.People with human brains and artificial(人造的)bodies are everywhere.

This is the future world shown in the film Alita:Battle Angel.US director(导演)James Cameron made the film.The movie came out in the Chinese mainland theaters on Feb 22.

The story is based on Japanese manga artist Yukito Kishiro’s(木城雪户的)popular manga series of the same name.The series was published during the 1990s.The main character is a girl named Alita.She is a cyborg.One day,she wakes up in wreckage(残骸)and finds that she has lost her memory.Luckily,a doctor saves her.As she starts her new life,Alita finds she has superhuman abilities.She decides to find the truth behind her origin.She sets off a journer that leads her through a dark world.

In Cameron’s own words,the movie is“not like any of the films that I’ve done before”.It’s visual effects(视觉效果)are especially impressive(给人深刻印象的).The film’s actor used the latest motion-capture(动作捕捉)technology.They wore special suits that record their movements.Later,motion-capture editors use these movements to make special effects.Rosa Salaza plays Alita.She wore a suit with more than 7000 pieces and layers.It can capture human movement.The model that was used for her face was changed nearly 5,000 times to make it more vivid(生动的).

1.The story tells us that cyborgs have______.

A.a robot brain   B.a human body   C.a man-made body  D.half of a human brain

2.Who directed the film Alita:Battle Angel?

   A.An Li  B.Yukito Kishiro   C.Rosa Salaza   D.James Cameron

3.Who saves Alita after she wakes up in______.

   A.A cyborg   B.A doctor   C.A superhero   D.A police officer

4.What were used to record the actors’ movements?

  A.Computers.   B.Special suits.   C.Motion-capture editors.   D.Cameras.

5.The last paragraph mainly tells us______.

 A.how Cameron led the actors.

B.why Cameron used motion-capture technology.

C.how motion-capture technology is used in this movie.

D.who plays Alita and how she acts in the movie.