The wait is finally over. The most advertised film of all time, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”, opens in cinemas in France, South Africa and several other countries on Wednesday, a decade after the last episode of the space legend.

After months of teasing trailers(预告片) that raised more questions than answers, and a Hollywood premiere Monday from which the celebrity audience turned up smiling but sworn to secrecy, the movie’s millions of fans will finally get to see it for themselves.

More than half a million people have pre-booked tickets in France alone for director J.J. Abrams’ two-and-a-half-hour epic, which is expected to go back to the story’s roots. So keen are some American fans to see the seventh episode that a dozen are paying up to $5,000(4,500 euros) to fly to Paris to see the film 48 hours before it comes out at home.

“Never in our memory has a film company tried to keep its film secret,” AFP newspaper said in a statement. Actress Ridley, 23, defended the need to keep the plot under wraps. “Everyone knows we keep it secret for the right reasons,” she said.

But other actors in the film expressed their doubts, with Anthony Daniels, who has called the precautions(预防措施） “ludicrous”. He was warned by the studio after tweeting about the film. “I said that I’d met so-and-so. An actor who plays... (in the film). Immediately I received a message from Disney: ‘Remove the tweet! You’re not allowed to say that!’” he told The Guardian. Greg Grunberg told Entertainment Weekly such was the security on set that actors only got their lines the morning their scenes were being filmed. “It was all on red paper so we couldn’t copy it or take a picture of it. And then we had to give the script pages back at the end of the day.”

Reviews of the film have also been restricted and can only be published after 0800 GMT, when the first screenings begin in France and elsewhere.

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1.What is mainly talked about in the passage?

A It is important to keep it secret before the premiere.

B People can’t wait to see the new episode of Star Wars.

C The seventh episode of Star Wars opens in cinema.

D Film makers make every effort to attract their fans.

解析：选C。主旨大意题。文章第一段为本文的主题段，概况了本文的主要内容：《星球大战：能量醒来》在法国等地公映。文章围绕这一主题介绍了这部电影的宣传情况，粉丝的钟情以及制片人的保密情况。故选C。

2.The fans spent thousands of dollars to fly to Paris to see the film because ______.

A the film would not be shown in America

B they knew so little about it that they had to see it themselves

C the last episode of Star Wars must be the most exciting of all time

D the film was so exciting that they couldn’t wait any longer

解析：选B。细节理解题。根据文章第二、三段可知，周一的首映式主创人员没有对这部电影透露半点信息，吊足了粉丝的胃口，因此在法国公映时他们便迫不及待地飞到巴黎一睹为快。

3.What does the underlined word mean in Paragraph Five?

A Ridiculous.

B Important.

C Unnecessary.

D Extraordinary.

解析：选A。猜测词义题。根据前文的doubt，结合下文制片人对于演员在微博中谈论电影信息的过激反应判断，ludicrous意为“荒唐的，可笑的”。故选A。

4.What can we infer from the passage?

A Talking about a new film is considered to be unlawful.

B Actors and actresses of a film are supposed to keep it secret.

C People will know about the plot of a film by reading its script pages.

D Keeping a new movie secret can make it more successful.

解析：选D。推理判断题。文章第五、六段叙述了制片人对于电影信息的封锁情况，结合文章开头的The wait is finally over，联系粉丝们从美国飞到巴黎一睹为快的情况判断，保密是一种饥饿营销，越是保密，越能吊足粉丝的胃口，将来的票房收入就会越高。故选D。