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    Steve Sterner's job as a pianist playing music for silent movies started on a fancy idea about four decades ago.

He was at a friend's party and decided to make sound by beating the ivories(象牙)while a silent cartoon played. Impressed with the performance, his friend invited him to play along to a full-length feature silent film at the theater.

This fall, Mr. Sterner, 67 years old, is celebrating his 35th anniversary as a piano accompanist at Film Forum by playing 12 silent movies of his choice at the theater in Greenwich Village, He has picked movies starring Harold Lloyd and Buster Keaton and ones directed by Frank Borzage. The series started in August and goes until early November.

''All these films are wonderfulsaid Mr. Sterner, who is also an actor and a singer. '' People might not have heard of or seen them, but they are little gems(宝石)waiting to be discovered. "The silent-film era peaked almost a century ago and fizzled out with the arrival of the talkies, or movies with synchronized(同步的)sound. But now, silent films are making a comeback in New York City, with increasing popularity among young people.

Film Forum, a nonprofit, puts on two to three silent movies with live accompanying music every quarter, including at least one silent comedy for its junior audience. These showings are always popular and often sold out, with at least 100 people typically attending each screening, according to its program director Bruce Goldstein.

Over the past three decades, he said he has seen more people, especially younger audiences, coming to see silent films.

"For many years people didn't pay attention to silent films," Mr. Goldstein said. "But now people discover that silent films are the roots for movies,"

“I feel like today because of smart phones and social media, our left brain is filled with information. Silent films, more than other forms of cinema, engage your right brain and use your imagination, Mr. Model said.

1.Why did Steve Sterner begin to accompany silent films?

A.He was invited by his friends. B.He was a famous actor and singer.

C.He was impressed with the cartoon. D.He liked beating ivories.

2.What do we know about Film Forum?

A.It was started by Steve Sterner. B.It makes money by giving shows.

C.It's designed to show popular films. D.It contributed to the popularity of silent films.

3.Which can replace the underlined phrase "fizzled out" in Para. 4?

A.Found its way. B.Became less popular.

C.Took off. D.Died out.

4.What is the purpose of this passage?

A.To introduce silent films.

B.To advertise the Film Forum.

C.To praise Steve Sterner's job.

D.To show the comeback of silent films.

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1.He said that he __________(更喜欢) making a speech without referring to his notes.

2.Bobby is a Cambridge __________（毕业生） and continues his studies in Princeton University.

3.The silly visitor ________ (忽视) the warnings and continued into the wild jungle.

4.After it ___________ (袭击) three children, the wild dog was controlled by the policemen.

5.I r_________ Sally immediately in the crowd due to her bright dress.

6.This hotel is famous for its service of high q__________，which makes customers feel at home.

7.Tom’s car was completely d__________ in the accident.

8.She enjoys being a doctor because it is a r__________job, from which she can get happiness and satisfaction by helping others.

9.All the people are born e__________, so they should have the same rights.

10.J__________from his appearance, the manger must be over fifty.

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Everyone likes to have friends who are 1.(rely). When what we say matches what we do, we earn trust and friendship. Therefore, the2. (important) of keeping one's promise cannot be stressed too much.

There was a story of someone3. （break）his promise to his friend. Two men 4. were travelling through a forest together promised to help each other whatever danger threatened them. They had not gone far when a bear rushed at them from some bushes. One man was a good climber, and quickly climbed a nearby tree, but the other, seeing that he had no chance alone against the bear, fell flat 5.his back and pretended to be dead.

The Bear came up to him and sniffed at him. The Bear thought the man was dead, so he went off into the wood again without hurting him. When he had gone, the other traveler came down from his tree, and smilingly asked his companion what the Bear 6.(say) to him.“My 7.(good) friend, ” he said, “I saw the Bear put his mouth close to your ear. ” “He told me to tell you, ” replied the other8. (calm), “that you were 9.great coward, and that in future I should not trust those who make fine promises, but will not stand by their friends in danger. ”Don't trust fine promises 10. you are sure of the person who makes them.

    As long as we have been on earth, we have used the sea around us. We take from the ocean, and we give to it.

We take fishes from the ocean — millions of kilograms of fish, every year, to feed millions of people. 1. We take minerals from the ocean. One way to get salt is to place seawater in a shallow basin and leave it until it evaporates(蒸发). 2. Much gold and silver drift dissolved in the waters of the sea, too. But the sea does not give them up by simple evaporation. Other gifts from the sea are pearls, sponges and seaweed. Pearls become jewelry. 3. Seaweed becomes food of many kinds— even candy, and ice cream — as well as medicine. Believe it or not, fresh water is another gift from the sea. We cannot drink ocean water. 4. But ocean water becomes fresh water when the salts are removed. In the future，we will find ourselves depending more and more on fresh water from the sea.

The sea gives us food, fertilizer, minerals, water, and other gifts. What do we give the sea? Garbage. 5. Huge as it is, the ocean cannot hold all the water that we pour into it. Dumping garbage into the ocean is killing off sea life2. Yet as the world population grows, we may need the sea and its gifts more than ever.

We are finally learning that if we destroy our seas, we might also destroy ourselves. Hopefully, it is not too late.

A. Natural sponges become cleaning aids.

B. We pollute the ocean when we use it as a garbage dump.

C. The area of the sea is becoming smaller and smaller.

D. Along with salt, other minerals are left after evaporation.

E. We even use their bones for fertilizer.

F. Some of its contents may cause illness.

G. We take a lot from the ocean and give little to the sea.