Ken Takakura, whose death on Nov 10 was announced on Tuesday, was a Japanese movie star who was seen a hero in the screen when his movies made their way into the Chinese market in the late 1970s and early 1980s.Takakura died at a Tokyo hospital where he was being treated for an illness, according to his office.

He always speaks little dialogue but has too much action in the film. The first Takakura vehicle to hit Chinese theaters was Manhunt, made in 1976 and screened in China in 1978, in which he plays a police detective（侦探）against the officers who didn’t obey the rules. Chinese people loved him at once because they had never seen that character in the film before.

Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou invited him to star in the 2005 film Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles, a film about the difficulty of communication between people with different languages, cultures, generations and backgrounds. It had got a great success in the world. According to Zhang, the role of a Japanese father who comes to China in search of a way to bond with his son was tailor-made for Takakura.

In the West, Takakura is known mostly through the 1970 war movie Too Late the Hero, the 1974 Sydney Pollack sleeper hit The Yakuza with Robert Mitchum, the 1989 Ridley Scott film Black Rain, which partnered him with Michael Douglas, and the 1992 comedy Mr. Baseball with Tom Selleck.

Takakura took part in more than 200 screen roles all his life. He was awarded Japan's Academy（学院）Prize for best actor four times.

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1.Which year may you see ken Takakura’s film in China?

A 1960

B 1969

C 1972

D 1978

解析：选D。D 细节理解题。根据第二段第二句“The first Takakura vehicle to hit Chinese theaters was Manhunt, made in 1976 and screened in China in 1978.”可知。

2.Which of the following film is not Ken’s Takakura’s?

A Manhunt

B Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles

C Mr. Baseball with Tom Selleck.

D Home Alone

解析：选D。D 细节理解题。根据第二段第二句“The first Takakura vehicle to hit Chinese theaters was Manhunt”，以及第三段第一句“Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou  invited him to star in the 2005 film Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles”与第四段最后一句“the 1992 comedy Mr. Baseball with Tom Selleck”可知，答案为D.

3.What does the underlined word bond mean in Chinese?

A 债券

B 约定

C 结合

D 粘合剂

解析：选B。B 词义猜测题。根据第三段“According to Zhang, the role of a Japanese father who comes to China in search of a way to bond with his son was tailor-made”可知，根据张所说，一个日本爸爸来中国寻找一种与他儿子如何相处的特殊约定。

4.How many films did Takakura take part in?

A over 200

B less than 100

C about 200

D more than 100

解析：选A。A 细节理解题。根据最后一段“Takakura took part in more than 200 screen roles all his life.”可知，选A。

5.Where may you see the passage?

A In a story magazine

B In an entertainment magazine

C In a science book

D In a TV guide.

解析：选B。B 信息归纳题。从最后一句“He was awarded Japan's Academy Prize for best actor four times”可知,能够从娱乐杂志上看到这篇文章。