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Many actors in the world who are not confident enough to refuse an offer from Steven Spielberg. Maybe that was why Juliette gave him a choice. She said she'd be happy to be in Jurassic Park as long as she could play a dinosaur. Of course he turned her down and it was probably a good thing. It's difficult to imagine Juliette tearing people apart with her teeth. However, her decision doesn't seem to have done her career any harm. She has gone on to make a string of hits, including The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The English Patient (for which she won an Oscar) and Chocolat.
It is not so easy to be successful in the United States for other foreign stars. Aaron is a good example. While some of his films have been popular in the US, they have usually been French films that travelled. One possible exception was Green Card, directed by Peter Weir, where he plays a French immigrant(移民) who goes through a fake wedding in order to stay and work in the United States. This is a predictable but sweet romantic comedy which typecasts(使模式化) its lead actors in terms of national stereotypes(陈规陋习). While some reviewers were kind, others shredded both the film and Aaron's performance.
1.It can be inferred from the passage that Juliette _______. A.was not sure whether she could play a dinosaur well B.wanted to be in Jurassic Park very much C.didn’t want to be in Jurassic Park D.really wanted to play a dinosaur 2.What does the underlined phrase mean in Para 1 ________. A.lose job B.be defeated C.be successful D.change job 3.According to the passage, Aaron's popular films _________. A.have only been seen in Europe B.have been made in America C.have been made in America, but well received in France D.have been made in France, but seen in other countries, too 4.The underlined sentence in Para 2 means others thought Aaron's performance and film were____. A.creative B.interesting C.impressive D.terrible
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''Do not tell anyone''. We often hear these words when someone tells us a secret. But keeping a secret is hard. We're often tempted(引诱) to ''spill the beans'', even if we regret it later. According to the professor, Asim Shah, keeping a secret may well ''become a burden''. This is because people often have an ''eager and anxious urge(冲动) to share it with someone''. An earlier study, led by Anita, a scientist at the University of Notre Dame, US, suggested that keeping a secret could cause stress. People entrusted(托付) with secrets can suffer from depression, anxiety, and body aches, reported the Daily Mail. Secrets are so often getting out, why do people share them at all? Shah explained that people often feel that it will help them keep a person as a friend. Another reason people share secrets is guilt over keeping it from someone close to them. A sense of distrust can develop when people who are close do not share it with each other. ''Keeping or sharing secrets often puts people in a position of either gaining or losing the trust of someone. '' according to Shah. He added that talkative people could let secrets slip out. But this doesn't mean that it is a good idea only to share secrets with quiet people. A quiet person may be someone who keeps everything inside. To tell such a person a secret may cause them stress, and make them talk about the secret. Shah said that to judge whether to tell someone a secret, you'd better put yourself in their position. Think about how you would feel to be told that you mustn't give the information away. Shah also recommended that if you accidentally give up someone's secret you should come clean about it. Let the person know that their secret isn't so secret anymore. 1.What does the underlined phrase ''spill the bean'' in Para 1 mean? ________. A.tell the truth B.let out a secret C.eat our words D.talk nothing 2.What can we learn from the passage? A.A person entrusted with a secret will suffer from psychological problems only. B.Sharing secrets helps establish friendship or get over the sense of guilt. C.Quiet people are more likely to keep the secrets to themselves. D.Putting yourself in others' shoes helps realize the difficulty of keeping secrets. 3.What may be the best title for the passage? A.Still tongues make wise heads. B.Walls have ears. C.Every wall has a crack. D.A word spoken is past recalling.
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The CCU(Charity Cycling UK) recently called on to raise awareness(觉察,意识) of dooring after discovering that many people don't know what it is. Dooring is when a driver or passenger opens the door into another road user(typically cyclist) without looking for other road users. The CCU chief officer Paul told Glou Live: ''Some people seem to see car dooring as a bit of a joke, but it's not and can have serious results. We want to see great awareness made about the dangers of opening your car door carelessly, and people to be encouraged to look before they open. '' Among the 3,000 injuries, 2,009 were cyclists, resulting in five deaths but this might not be the whole of the danger. Not all car dooring incidents will be attended by police, so the CCU has written to call for a public awareness campaign urging(敦促) all car users, not just drivers, to look before opening vehicle doors. One of the ways the CCU suggests is the ''Dutch reach'', where people leaving a vehicle reach over and use the non-door side hand to open the door. In the Netherlands they are known for practicing a method, known sometimes as the ''Dutch reach'', which we think could be successfully encouraged in the UK. If you're really concerned about opening a door into the path of a cyclist coming behind you, consider using what’s known as the ''Dutch reach'' to open the door. That will naturally turn you in your seat and give you a much better view of what's coming up alongside in the car. 1.Why does the writer mention the figures in Paragraph 2? A.To cause public concern. B.To report the terrible accidents. C.To stress the importance of traffic safety. D.To show the danger of car dooring. 2.While doing the ''Dutch reach'', you should _____. A.use the left hand to open the car door B.open the car door politely C.use the inside hand to open the door D.sit in your seat 3.What can be learned from the passage? A.Drivers are to blame for dooring incidents. B.Many people ignore the car dooring. C.Dooring incidents are all attended by police. D.The ''Dutch reach'' is well received in England.
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Who would win in a fight, a lion or a tiger? Well, if size has anything to do with the matter, the tiger would win. That’s because tigers are the largest of all cat species. 1. They can dash as fast as 40 miles per hour for short distances and leap as far as 30 feet. You may not think that such large, fast, and fierce tigers need help to survive, but they do. At the start of the 20th century, there were over 100,000 tigers living in the wild. By the turn of the century, the number of tigers outside of catch decreased to just over 3,000. Interestingly, the most serious threats that tigers face come from a much smaller species, one with an average weight of around 140 lbs. That species is Homo sapiens, better known as humans. 2. 3. People have long valued the famous striped(有条纹的) skins. Though trading tiger skins is now illegal in most parts of the world, tiger fur are worth around $10,000 on the black market. Though the fur would be incentive(刺激) enough for most hunters, other parts of the tiger can also fetch a pretty penny. Some people in China and other Asian cultures believe that various tiger parts have cure function. Traditional Chinese medicine calls for the use of tiger bones, among other parts, to cure some disease. 4. In other words, people hunted tigers only for the thrill and achievement of killing them. Such killings took place in large scale during the 19th and early 20th centuries, when an English hunter might demand to kill over a hundred tigers in their hunting career. Though this practice is much less popular today than it was in the past, it has not stopped entirely. Humans have done great damage to the world’s tiger population through hunting, but perhaps more damage has been caused through the destruction of habitat. Tigers once ranged widely across Asia, all the way from Turkey to the eastern coast of Russia. But over the past 100 years, tigers have lost 93% of their historic range. The tiger population is now isolated in small pockets in southern and southeastern Asia. 5.Humans have built towns and cities. Road and transport systems were created to connect these towns and cities. To feed the people living in these areas, forests and fields have been cleared to create farmland. A major difficulty to preserving tigers is the large amount of territory(领土,领域) that each tiger requires. Each wild tiger demands between 200 and 300 square miles. Because tigers need so much territory, it is really difficult to acquire enough land to support a large population of tigers. A.A lion is not as large as a tiger but runs faster than it. B.This is because humans have heavily changed the environments. C.Tigers have also been hunted as game. D.Tigers are hunted for many reasons. E.Tigers are not only large, they are also fast. F.Humans threaten tigers in primarily two ways: hunting and destroying habitat. G.Though humans have done great harm to tigers.
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My sister is nine years old, a little bit fat and doesn’t do really well at school. She is heavily _______ and thus has developed some _______ and distrust towards adults, who usually don’t put high hopes in her. Yesterday we went to an art _______ together. There were paintings from kids with disabilities. My little girl has_______ eyes, for the paintings she liked most were also the best of the show. She also voluntarily helped to _______ the chairs and table for a sharing session(分享会), painted by herself alongside new friends while I attended the sharing, and _______ helped me to do many other things, _______ doesn't happen often at home as she’s usually _______ in her iPad. We went to a book store. I bought a book written by a mom _________her journey with her autistic(自闭症的) son. On the bus back home, I briefly________ the book to my sister, and to my surprise she was truly ________ . She kept asking me to tell more stories about this friend in the book who ________ with small things in life. This is the first time I’ve seen her so interested in a __________. Usually when she talks to me, she describes events at school and at home ________ a clear focus. I’m very ________ that the life of a(an) ________ stranger has found its way into this little girl’s heart. I’m very thankful for the ________ of books, for the beauty that my sister showed to me, and for the time we had together. I pray that I can ________ seeing clearly the wonderful things in her, so that whenever the not-so-kind world puts her ________. I can remind her how truly ________ she has always been. 1.A.admired B.amused C.challenged D.made fun of 2.A.appreciation B.dependence C.satisfaction D.suspect 3.A.exhibition B.interview C.ceremony D.investigation 4.A.curious B.particular C.sharp D.doubtful 5.A.deliver B.design C.arrange D.remove 6.A.simply B.secretly C.cheerfully D.unwillingly 7.A.What B.that C.which D.this 8.A.attached B.absorbed C.admitted D.adjusted 9.A.telling B.advertising C.describing D.talking 10.A.introduced B.stated C.sent D.owed 11.A.tired B.skeptical C.negative D.interested 12.A.struggles B.deals C.meets D.plays 13.A.painting B.topic C.story D.title 14.A.with B.for C.in D.without 15.A.disappointed B.defeated C.touched D.puzzled 16.A.unknown B.familiar C.mercy D.sensitive 17.A.content B.power C.subject D.characters 18.A.stop B.keep C.prevent D.rid 19.A.down B.up C.off D.on 20.A.unbearable B.rough C.mild D.wonderful
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阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。 Last month, I took part in a volunteer activity in a village. We 1.(start) off by bus at 9 o’clock. After a three-hour drive, we saw the village 2.( surround) by hills. It was very difficult 3. drive on the rocky road, 4. we got off the bus and walked there. The villagers standing by 5.road welcomed us warmly. Cooked with those vegetables6. (grow) by the villagers, the lunch tasted delicious. After lunch, we played games 7. the village children. Then, we visited an old man 8.( live) alone on the hillside. We sang a few songs, 9. made him really happy. I think when doing volunteer work, you help others and you gain 10.(happy) in return.
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假设你是李华，你的美国笔友David 最近在与父母沟通方面遇到困难，写信向你求助，希望你在与父母沟通方式上给予建议。请给David回复邮件。内容包括： 1.与父母沟通的主要方式是什么； 2.沟通方式的优缺点。 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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阅读下面短文,根据所给情节进行续写,使之构成一个完整的故事。 My sister and I boarded a small plane together with 40 other passengers. Unluckily, while flying over the mountains, the plane met with violent airflow. Losing control suddenly, it hit an unknown mountain top. The crash killed a few passengers immediately, leaving many injured including my sister. In order to add a slight chance of being found out, we waited in the open, as opposed to waiting in the plane, even though it was freezing cold. At night, we slept side by side to keep ourselves warm. We melted snow into water to drink. We knew our food could not last us long, sticking to the hope that we would be rescued soon. We knew from radio that the outside world was trying to look for the missing aircraft. However, the aircraft was white and blended(混合) in with the snow, making it impossible to be seen for helicopters from the sky. Later, our hope was dead when we found out through our radio that the rescue effort ended. Most of us were very depressed though it’s no use. Now climbing over the mountains ourselves to search for help seemed to be our only chance of survival. Although the crash site was an awful place, with urine(尿)everywhere and smelling of death, I still wished to stay there. But my sister would give in to her injuries soon if we were not rescued. Thus, together with two other people, Canessa and Vizintin, I decided to walk through the icy wilderness for help. Carrying some food and water, the three climbers started our journey. 注意:1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右; 2.至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语; 3.续写部分分为两段,每段的开头语已为你写好; 4.续写完成后,请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。 Paragraph 4: The mountain we were to challenge was one with slopes so steep(陡峭) that it would scare away a team of expert climbers. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph5: Standing on the top, disappointed and regretful, we were about to give up hope when I spotted a village at the bottom of the mountain. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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