Feng Xiaogang is perhaps China’s most clever commercial movie director. He hasn’t directed one movie that 1 to make a 2 profit in recent years， including Assembly in 2007， If You Are the One in 2008 and Aftershock in 2010.

For some， Feng Xiaogang may be too commercial at times—product placement in his movie is often 3 and has even become a 4 stock.

But with his new epic Back to 1942， Feng Xiaogang might 5 such 6 .

7 on a novel by Liu Zhenyun， Back to 1942 tells the true story of devastating Henan Province famine that 8 more than 3 million lives in 1942， a time when China was 9 in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression(1937-1945).

This historic background 10 the perfect material to create a blockbuster movie. And Feng Xiaogang is no 11 to using exciting elements， such as devastating natural disasters (as is seen in Aftershock) and thrilling battle scenes (as is seen in Assembly).

12 with a strong cast which includes Xu Fan， Zhang Guoli， Chen Daoming and Zhang Hanyu， it is almost certain that these elements will 13 the movie becomes a major box office hit， 14 in China.

But this time， Feng Xiaogang seems to have 15 his eyes at the international market as well. Joining the strong Chinese cast are big names from Hollywood: Tim Robbins (who plays a Catholic priest) and Adrien Brody (who plays American journalist Theodore White).

Many of the movie’s scenes， like the ones

16 the bombing attacks by the Japanese army， are very Holly-style， both 17 their scale and technical level.

But 18 ， despite the cast mostly bearing up to the challenge of delivering their roles， the movie， like many of its kind， such as White Deer Plain， falls short on generating an emotional 19 . It seems to 20 the old saying“one man dying is a tragedy， but a million deaths is a statistic figure”.

1. A. tried B. started

C. failed D. wanted

2. A. much B. handsome

C. beautiful D. little

3. A. obvious B. common

C. hidden D. important

4. A. crying B. walking

C. touching D. laughing

5. A. abandon B. refuse

C. avoid D. forget

6. A. criticism B. applause

C. praise D. congratulations

7. A. basing B. based

C. focused D. fixed

8. A. lost B. stole

C. claimed D. saved

9. A. addicted B. devoted

C. buried D. engaged

10. A. produces B. provides

C. proves D. protects

11. A. editor B. stranger

C. reader D. author

12. A. combined B. filled

C. crowed D. accompanied

13. A. enrich B. enlarge

C. ensure D. encourage

14. A. at least B. at most

C. let al one D. or rather

15. A. fixed B. aimed

C. pointed D. opened

16. A. telling B. talking

C. showing D. drawing

17. A. in view of B. in terms of

C. in spite of D. in the form of

18. A. somewhere B. somewhat

C. somehow D. anyhow

19. A. motivation B. result

C. impact D. cause

20. A. confirm B. confuse

C. contact D. conform