Two Chinese-themed films -- "Go Back to China" and "Baby" -- will be screened at the 20th annual Newport Beach Film Festival (NBFF) this week.
The film "Go Back to China," written and directed by Chinese American filmmaker Emily Ting, tells the story of fashionista, Sasha Li, a spoiled rich girl living in the United States,who burns through her trust fund (信托基金) and is forced to return to China to work for the family toy business.The second Chinese film, "Baby" was directed by Liu Jie and produced by Shan Gao, and will be on its first show at China Onscreen Biennial. In the film, a Chinese girl, Jiang Meng, who is a lowly cleaner working in a children's hospital, swears to save a baby born with the same congenital defects(先天性缺陷) she was born with, whose father has abandoned it as too expensive to treat.
Running from April 25 to May 2, the Newport Beach Film Festival boasts over 60 narrative films and over 200 shorts in its line-up this year. These films and shorts are carefully selected by many countries which includes China, Chile, Ireland, South Korea, Europe, Japan, South America and Australia. Film fans are invited to attend the Pacific Rim Showcase Party this Wednesday, honoring the best in Chinese, Asian and Australian filmmaking.
NBFF Executive Director, Gregg Schwenk, said of the festival, " This year, the theme is the Power of Ideas. We've always focused on diverse, strong filmmaking, and we're most proud of how we've been embraced, not just by our audience, but by the filmmaking community."
1.Which one is TRUE about the two films according to the text?
A. Both of the two films will be on their first show in this festival.
B. Both of the main characters in the films are Chinese girls.
C. Both of the two films will be screened during the festival .
D. Both of the films are carefully selected by all the countries.
2.What is the topic of the 20th annual NBFF?
A. Selecting the top films from over 60 films and over 200 shorts.
B. Praising how they have been embraced by all the devoted fans.
C. Showing the power of ideas and focus on powerful filmmaking.
D. Honoring the best in Chinese, Asian and Australian filmmaking.
3.What’s the main idea of the text?
A. Introduce a film festival named the Pacific Rim Showcase Party.
B. Introduce two fantastic Chinese films about two girls to readers.
C. Inform participants of the plan of Newport Beach Film Festival.
D. Give readers some information about a significant film festival.
4.Where can we find the text?
A. in a tour guide B. in a newspaper
C. in a novel D. in a text book
Qingming Festival, which falls on April 5 this year, is known as Tomb-Sweeping Day. The festival always appears about the beginning of April when spring has come. Not only is it a period for commemorating the dead, it is also a time for people to go out and enjoy nature.Where is the best place to go during the festival? Here are 3 popular tourist attractions.
Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area
In the spring, the sight of the Jiuzhaigou Valley is refreshing and touching. The ice and snow begin to melt, water and streams begin to flow and mountain flowers blossom. The air is filled with the fragrance of spring. The soft and lazy spring sun kisses the surface of the lake and new growth.
Huanghuacheng Great Wall
Huanghuacheng is the only lakeside part of the Great Wall in Beijing. It is one of the most popular destinations for a Great Wall hiking tour. It is a hit because of the "train for spring", namely a train that travels through fields full of cherry blossoms.It is extremely romantic to take this train in spring with someone you love.
Mount Huangshan
Of all the notable mountains in China, Mount Huangshan is probably the most famous and is found in the southern part of East China's Anhui province. It is known for its breathtaking natural scenery.In the spring, Mount Huangshan is fresh, tender and full of wild flowers, and the sound of birdsong also is pleasant in the quietness
1.Which one is TRUE about the Qingming Festival?
A. It falls on April 5 every year.
B. We sweep tombs on that day.
C. It is all about enjoying spring
D. All of the world are celebrating the festival.
2.What do the common point the first two attractions have?
A. They are in Beijing.
B. They are beside lakes.
C. They are attractions for couples.
D. They are famous for cherry blossoms.
3.What can we learn about Mount Huangshan according to the text?
A. It is very attractive because of its amazing view.
B. It is the greatest mountain in China.
C. Thanks to its quietness, it is pleasant.
D. It is in the south of China.
假设你是李华，你的英国朋友Mark希望向你了解国画的有关知识，已约定见面时间，现你因故需要推迟。请给Mark写一封邮件，说明情况。要点包括：
1. 表示歉意；
2. 说明原因；
3. 重约见面讨论的时间。
提示词：国画 traditional Chinese paintings
要求：1. 词数100左右
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯
Dear Mark,
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Li Ming is a friend of mine. I'm glad he changed greatly in the past two years. I clearly remember he was quite fat two years before. He got tired so easy that he couldn't take exercise, that made him very upset. Later, he realized unless he went on like that, he would end up achieve nothing. So, he made up his minds to make a change. He went running every morning and played the basketball every afternoon. Besides, he followed a diet of more vegetables or less meat. Gradually he began to lose weight. He is now an energetic boy in good health. So when faced with problems, we should overcome it with great determination and strong willpower.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1词）或括号内所给单词的正确形式（不多于3个单词）。
No trip would be complete without experiencing the local food culture. Actually, China has various kinds of delicious food, including a wide variety of local snacks.
For most of the foreigners I contacted, and myself 1. (include), Peking Duck, Mongolian Hot Pot are the favourite Chinese dishes. China is a place 2. the food is not only delicious, but the 3.(cheap) I’ve ever found.
4. my last night in Beijing before 5. (return) to the States, I went to a Peking Duck restaurant that had been suggested for me to try. What a beautiful place! Splendid woodblock prints on the walls, fresh flowers in the vases, 6.(attract) silverware (银餐具) and beautiful chopsticks. I was handed 7. menu and found most of the prices were especially low for the high quality of the food. The lucky came in whole or half, along with all the little decorations - a little tortilla (玉米粉圆饼) to put the sliced cluck and vegetables in, chopped onion and sauce.
Anyway, I ordered a whole duck, thinking I’d just take the rest back to my hotel 8.(eat) later if I couldn’t finish it. 9.(believable), in the end there was none of the whole duck 10.(leave) on the plate.
Yesterday evening I was watching the evening news on television. The news was about a_____for scientific discoveries. The announcer, whose name was Ralph Story,______something that caught my ____. “All great discoveries,” he said, “are made by people between the age of twenty-five and thirty.” Being a little over thirty myself, I wanted to ____with him. Nobody wants to think that he is past the age of making any ____. The next day I went to the public library, spending several hours looking up the _____ of famous people and their discoveries. Ralph was right.
First I looked at some of the ____discoveries. One of the earliest, the famous experiment that____ that bodies of different weight ____ at the same speed, was made by Galileo(伽利略) when he was 26. Madam Curie(居里夫人) started her research that led to a Nobel Prize when she was 28. Einstein(爱因斯坦) was 26 when he_____his world-changing theory of relativity. Well, ____of that. Yet I wondered if those “best years” were true in other ____.
Then how about ____? Surely it needed the wisdom of age to make a good leader. Perhaps it ____, but look when these people ____their careers. Winston Churchill(丘吉尔) was elected to the House of Commons at the age of 26. Abraham Lincoln(林肯) ____the life of a country lawyer and was elected to the government at what age? Twenty-six.
But why don’t best years come after thirty? After thirty, I ____most people do not want to take risks or try new ways in their lives. Then I thought of those famous people_____Shakespeare and Picasso. The former one was writing wonderful ____at the late age of fifty, ____the latter was still trying new ways of painting when he was ninety! Perhaps there is still hope for me.
1.A. program B. conference C. prize D. report
2.A. studied B. said C. explained D. announced
3.A. mind B. care C. surprise D. attention
4.A. talk B. disagree C. meet D. advise
5.A. discovery B. chance C. research D. fortune
6.A. names B. theories C. ages D. achievements
7.A. scientific B. last C. oldest D. modern
8.A. predicted B. proved C. doubted D. told
9.A. fall B. move C. meet D. disappear
10.A. invented B. developed C. made D. published
11.A. lot B. plenty C. much D. all
12.A. fields B. science C. course D. ages
13.A. election B. leaders C. politics D. society
14.A. had B. made C. set D. did
15.A. finished B. started C. won D. defeated
16.A. led B. devoted C. gave up D. began
17.A. guess B. know C. agree D. believe
18.A. like B. to be C. as D. about
19.A. paintings B. idioms C. works D. poems
20.A. when B. while C. who D. after
