Difficulty: Easy
Correct Answer: Arrival
Explanation:
Introduction / Context:
This reading comprehension question asks you to match a film title with the specific theme described in the passage. The passage lists a number of Oscar winning movies and briefly summarises what each film is about. One of these films is described as a story about the benign character of aliens, which symbolically connects to immigrants. The task is to identify that film correctly.
Given Data / Assumptions:
Concept / Approach:
The question focuses on one specific description: the inherent benignity of aliens. You must associate this description with the correct film title. Since Arrival is the only movie in the passage that deals explicitly with aliens and communication with them, it logically matches the description. The other films are about war, race, or sexuality and do not involve extraterrestrial beings, so they can be ruled out.
Step-by-Step Solution:
Step 1: Recall the exact line: Arrival, a film about the inherent benignity of aliens, won for Best Sound Editing.
Step 2: Understand that benignity refers to goodness, gentle nature, or harmlessness.
Step 3: Match this description with the list of movies in the options.
Step 4: Select Arrival, because it is the only film in the list associated with aliens and their kind nature.
Verification / Alternative check:
Cross check the other films with their descriptions. Hacksaw Ridge is about a man who refuses to carry a gun in war, and the passage calls it an anti guns movie. Fences deals with fear of racial discrimination in a family. Moonlight explores intersecting minority identities. None of these involve aliens. Therefore, none can be the correct answer. Only Arrival fits the theme of kind aliens.
Why Other Options Are Wrong:
Option A, Hacksaw Ridge, is related to war and conscientious objection, not aliens. Option C, Fences, is about family and racial issues, with no science fiction elements. Option D, Moonlight, focuses on a black gay protagonist and social marginalisation, but not on extraterrestrial beings. These options are distractors that test whether you actually read and connected the details.
Common Pitfalls:
Students sometimes answer based on their outside knowledge of films or on guesswork. Another pitfall is confusing metaphors about aliens and immigrants and then misassigning the theme to a film that deals with discrimination but without aliens, such as Fences or Moonlight. Always rely on the wording used in the passage and do not over interpret beyond what is stated.
Final Answer:
The film described as being about the kindness of aliens is Arrival.
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