Where does this dialogue probably take place?
A.In the office. B.At the bank. C.At the airport.
What is the man doing?
A.Making an appointment. B.Asking for help. C.Offering advice.
When will the meeting start?
A.At 4:10. B.At 4:00. C.At 3:30.
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The respected British actor and moviemaker Kenneth Branagh directed Cinderella 1. （star）Lily James as Ella and Cate Blanchett as her evil stepmother.
2. （review）of the movie were mixed. Richard Corliss of Time wrote that “Disney finally got Cinderella right”. While other critics were not as happy with the film.
So the artistic success of the film is open to discuss. What is clear, however, is the movie’s business success. It is 3. success in the theaters but also in retail（零售）. And Disney 4. （wide）its usual market for Cinderella products.
Products connected to the Disney film aim not only at little girls, but women, too. For example, the famous shoe 5. （design）Jimmy Choo created a version of Cinderella’s shoes, 6. can be bought for about $ 5,000. At that price, you would not want to lose one at the ball.
The company MAC 7. （quick）sold all its products with official links to Cinderella. But lucky buyers were soon selling the products on the online marketplace eBay 8. many times the original price.
So, is there anything left for the children 9. （consider）, those ones we think of as the 10. （tradition）audience for the age-old fairy tale? Yes, you can find toys and other children’s products at the American retailer JCPenney. Of course, you can also visit a Disney store.
More than half a century ago, there were 4,000 drive-in theatres in the United States, and watching a movie from your car was a popular way to spend an evening. But with the number of drive-ins reduced to just a few hundred, the outdoor movie has appeared suddenly across the nation. Going to an open-air theatre has become a modern summer entertainment for a growing number of movie fans.
In recent years, outdoor movie screenings have appeared in parks, vacant lots（场地）and shopping malls around the nation. On average, about 1,000 people watch each movie every night. It attracts a lot of young professionals, young workers and residents nearby. For some, the outdoor movies bring back the memories of the drive-in theatres of their youth. But for the most, they think it is similar to the feeling of drive-ins, as they can bring friends, food, good wine, and watch the movie together.
The returning of Americans’ love for outdoor movies makes Stephen Bastas ever busier. His seven workers set up screens in different places mostly in the Washington area every day during the whole summer. They are doing pretty well and they hope to continue the tide. And it looks like they are going to. That’s because many fans say there is nothing like watching a movie on a breezy（有微风的）summer evening under the stars.
1.In the first paragraph, the author tries to tell us ______.
A.outdoor movies attract more movie lovers.
B.summer brings back more drive-in movie fans.
C.drive-in theatres have already disappeared.
D.watching a movie in your car is becoming more popular.
2.Most people choose to go to an outdoor movie mainly because they can ______.
A.have snacks before the movie.
B.cheer up with young friends.
C.bring back good old days.
D.enjoy the relaxing feeling.
3.From the passage, we can learn that Stephen Bastas is most probably ______.
A.a moviemaker.
B.an outdoor movie fan.
C.a movie director.
D.an open-air theatre operator.
4.How does Stephen Bastas feel about the future of outdoor movies?
A.Hopeful. B.Doubtful.
C.Anxious. D.Disappointed.
It was a day when I started school again after having the world’s best summer. I was _______ standing at the bus stop, for I knew that after I stepped on that bus, my _______ would be gone for a long time.
I never had friends at the school. My parents _______ said that if you want to have friends, you have to be a friend. I did that, but it didn’t _______. I was still ignored. I didn’t want it to be the same way this year. Before I knew it, it was the _______ day of school.
Then, the bus slowly _______. The door opened, and I walked to the _______ of the bus. As I passed the other kids, they would _______ and suddenly giggle（咯咯地笑）. The bus trip seemed to take a long time _______ we reached the school. When we arrived, I walked to my classroom, and sat at the ________ in the very back of the classroom. It wasn’t that I disliked school, but I wasn’t a ________ of the kids at the school. I ________ listening to the teacher in the class, but I didn’t like it when the bell rang for ________ .
I walked to an empty table, opened my lunch bag, and began to eat ________. A girl with a friendly smile came over to my table.
“What’s your ________?” she asked.
“Rachael,” I said in a low voice.
“I am Monica,” she said. She ________ talking to me, and I talked to her a little bit.
“No one likes me,” I said after a while of ________. “So do I,” she replied.
“I ________ that after a while of being lonely you have to be friends with people that look lonely too. Then, ________ will ever be lonely in this world,” she said.
Ever since those words were said to me, I have had lots of true friends. I will never ________ the day when my friend gave me the advice that would last a lifetime.
1.A.excited B.surprised C.unhappy D.brave
2.A.freedom B.choice C.chance D.money
3.A.hardly B.also C.always D.still
4.A.happen B.work C.care D.exist
5.A.first B.last C.next D.other
6.A.started B.left C.stopped D.appeared
7.A.side B.back C.front D.top
8.A.stand B.argue C.shout D.whisper
9.A.before B.after C.when D.unless
10.A.table B.window C.desk D.door
11.A.helper B.servant C.friend D.leader
12.A.finished B.minded C.missed D.enjoyed
13.A.lunch B.dinner C.breakfast D.supper
14.A.happily B.slowly C.comfortably D.quickly
15.A.job B.time C.name D.number
16.A.suggested B.appreciated C.disliked D.kept
17.A.silence B.noise C.practice D.anger
18.A.explained B.regretted C.learned D.promised
19.A.somebody B.nobody C.everybody D.anybody
20.A.lose B.save C.waste D.forget
