The"eyes"are those of J. G. Balard, one of Britain's most respected novelists. He was born in 1980, in Shanghai, where his father was a businessman, and he was only 14 years old when the city was occupied during the World War II. Blaland and his family were placed in a pison camp and he has said that his experiences there affected him so deeply that it was 40 years before he felt able to write about them."Twenty years to forget and 20 years to remember." The result of Ballard's experience was a semi-autobiographical novel called Empire of the Sunk, published in 1984. It quickly became a success and in 1997 it was made into a movie by Hollywood director, Steven Spielberg. Empire of the Sun tells the story of how a young boy. Jun Graham, sunweis the Japanese occupation. At the start of the story, Jim is living with his parents in a wealthy part of Shanghai. When the invasion begins, many of Shanghai's inhabitants fee from the city and Jim's parents do the same. But the boy becomes separated from them and finds himself all alone. He goes back to their emply home and lives alone there. Inevitably, he's found and then he's sent to a prison camp. It's a terrible four years, but the boy somehow survives. He steals food, finds ways of getting in and out of the camp, and is beliemed by some Americans and a Japanese boy. Is there a happy ending? Yes and no. Jim sees many people die;his Japanese friend is killed by the Americans. But at the end of the war, he gets back to Chanthoi and it rainital with his parante 上一问 第2问/共5问 下一问 .27. Empire of the Sun was published in _. A 1987 B 1994 C 1984 D 1998

14:07 8月23日周六 学习 考试 我的 期末考试 27~31/36 (阅读理解题,15分) Passage 2: There are many war novels but the novel I'm going to talk about today is unusual because it's war seem through the eyes of a child. The"eyes"are those of J. G. Balard, one of Britain's most respected novelists. He was born in 1980, in Shanghai, where his father was a businessman, and he was only 14 years old when the city was occupied during the World War II. Blaland and his family were placed in a pison camp and he has said that his experiences there affected him so deeply that it was 40 years before he felt able to write about them."Twenty years to forget and 20 years to remember." The result of Ballard's experience was a semi-autobiographical novel called Empire of the Sunk, published in 1984. It quickly became a success and in 1997 it was made into a movie by Hollywood director, Steven Spielberg. Empire of the Sun tells the story of how a young boy. Jun Graham, sunweis the Japanese occupation. At the start of the story, Jim is living with his parents in a wealthy part of Shanghai. When the invasion begins, many of Shanghai's inhabitants fee from the city and Jim's parents do the same. But the boy becomes separated from them and finds himself all alone. He goes back to their emply home and lives alone there. Inevitably, he's found and then he's sent to a prison camp. It's a terrible four years, but the boy somehow survives. He steals food, finds ways of getting in and out of the camp, and is beliemed by some Americans and a Japanese boy. Is there a happy ending? Yes and no. Jim sees many people die;his Japanese friend is killed by the Americans. But at the end of the war, he gets back to Chanthoi and it rainital with his parante 上一问 第2问/共5问 下一问 (单选题,3分).27. Empire of the Sun was published in _. A 1987 B 1994 C 1984 D 1998