The Wandering Earth（流浪地球），China's first successfiul movie whose background is space，was shown on February 5．It is based on（基于）a short story of the same name by Liu Cixin，China's top science﹣fiction writer．

1 ． Capsule（太空舱）﹣ a core（核心） element（要素）

The space capsule used in the film has made the audience（观众）interested．"This was the first time anything like that was done，"said Wang Hong，the producer（制片人）of the movie．At first，the production（制作）team planned to use a small space capsule that had appeared in an earlier film，but found that it could not meet their needs for filming．

2 ． Giant vehicles（巨大的车辆）﹣ key to the film

Giant vehicles are the key element in the film．Famous actors，Ng Man﹣tat and Wu Jing，said they could not even imagine what these vehicles would be like before filming，because the idea was far ahead of our time．The production team made about 10，000 props（道具）to show the space better，including the giant vehicles．

3 ． Saving planet itself

In the film，the earth itself is pushed forward by 10，000 giant thrusters（推进器）．It carries 3.5 billion people about 4.2 light years through space in order to avoid destruction（破坏）by the dying sun．In Liu's story，each thruster is 11，000 meters in height．

4 ． Amazing opening

At the beginning of the film，it shows the environment and life in an underground city﹣a big tree growing upside down，busy bookstores and snack bars and so on．There are also many snow scenes （片段）throughout the whole film．

（1）The story The Wandering Earth was written by 　　．

A．	Wu Jing
B．	Ng Man﹣tat
C．	Wang Hong
D．	Liu Cixin

（2）The core clement is 　　．

A．	the space capsule
B．	giant vehicles
C．	saving the planet itself
D．	an amazing opening

（3）Why did the production team give up using a small space capsule？ 　　

A．	Because of the audience's needs．
B．	Because the producer wanted to cut down the cost．
C．	Because of the production team's needs．
D．	Because the small capsule was broken in an earlier film．

（4）People must push the earth forward with 10，000 giant thrusters because 　　．

A．	each thruster is too high
B．	people want to save the earth
C．	people want to move to the sun
D．	3.5 billion people want to go through space

（5）What can we know about the Wandering Earth from the passage？ 　　

A．	Liu Cixin is the director of the film．
B．	It is made from a story of the same name．
C．	The capsule used in the film had appeared before．
D．	Snow scenes are shown only at the baginning of the film．

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