1.This pair of boots looks very ______ (时尚的).
2.Make sure that you write down all the ______ names on the list. (游客)
3.She has to be taken to hospital because she has taken lots of ______(药)
4.His sudden ______ made me very sad. (死)
5.Next Friday is my grandpa’s ______(九十九)birthday.
6.I could see her ______ (透过)the window.
7.Edison and Einstein are both great ______ (科学家).
8.______ (树叶) turn green when spring is coming.
Where in the world can you take an hour’s train ride, and pass a forest, a London street, a scene from the Wild West, and a burning building that never burns down? There’s only one place, and that’s Hollywood, in California. The scenes you see from the tourist train are film sets（布景） in the Universal Studios, one of the oldest and largest movie companies(公司) in the USA.
A visit to Universal Studios brings back memories of great days of Hollywood, the films and the stars. But they are only memories. Hollywood isn’t quite the same as it used to be. Costs have gone up and confidence has gone down. Movie-makers are afraid to spend their money on expensive new ideas. Instead, they repeat old ones.
The film industry is changing fast. Teenagers still go out to the movies. The theatre is a good place to meet friends away from home. But older people mostly stay home to watch series, like Dynasty have become as important to Hollywood as expensive movies. These “soap opera”, as they are called, show rich, powerful families living in beautiful homes and wearing beautiful clothes. But the actors and actresses are nearly all middle-aged, like many of the people who watch them.
Though it is soap operas that are keeping the film-makers of Hollywood in Business, big films are still being made in America. But more and more of them are made outside Hollywood. New York is the most important new center, but there are many others as well. Movie-makers have realized that they don’t need Hollywood any more. Modern cameras and real houses instead of expensively made copies in a studio. Other states, especially Florida and Texas, are working hard to take the film business away from California. They are offering better working conditions and lower cost.
But Hollywood is fighting back. The state of California is trying hard to keep its best-known industry.
1.From the passage, we know Universal Studios is ______.
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A．a very large park |
B．a busy London street |
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C．a famous movie company |
D．an old Hollywood movie |
2.The movie industry in California isn’t as successful as before because ______.
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A．young people don’t go to movie theatres any more |
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B．there is strong competition from other states |
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C．its movie companies are in neeed of young stars |
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D．the state hasn’t put a development plan into action |
3.Which of the following seems to be a threat（威胁）to Hollywood？
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A．The use of modern cameras and other equipment |
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B．The interest of middle-aged film stars |
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C．The making of TV series like Dynasty |
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D．The expensively made copies of scenes |
The Guidance Department （教导处）at Berryville High School has a staff of eleven teachers. Most of their work is done with the students. But the staff sees a lot of parents, too.
“Parents meetings make clear monthly diagram（图表）.”says Mildred Freman, head of the Guidance. “This diagram stays much the same from year to year. The busy months are October, March and May. ”
September, the beginning of a new school year, starts rather slowly. Few parents come in. Most of these want to talk about the schedules. October brings many problems caused by some students. Some parents are called in. Others come by themselves. Things quiet down in November. December is a quiet month. “It’s the holiday. ”Ms Foreman says, “People want to come in, I know, but they decide to wait until after New Year’s Day.”
Report cards go home just before Christmas holidays. Bad marks bring parents in as school opens again. This happens again in March, another report card month. May is always the year’s busiest month. That’s when parents begin to think that their children may be asked to stay in the same grade again. They come in to see if anything can be done before things are decided in June.
1.The teachers in the Guidance Department usually ______.
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A．do most of their work for the students |
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B．answer all the questions from parents |
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C．help other teachers get along with students and parents |
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D．only bring report cards to students and parents |
2.In December parents usually ______.
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A．stay at home with their children for their holidays |
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B．wait for the teachers to bring report cards to their children |
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C．wouldn’t like to visit the teachers in the Guidance Department |
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D．let teachers have a good rest during their holidays |
3.Why do some parents come to school in March? Because ______.
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A．they want to see their children’s teachers after Christmas holidays |
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B．they are called by the teachers of Guidance Department |
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C．bad marks have them do it |
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D．it’s the beginning of a new school year |
4.Which of the following is Right?
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A．In June the school decides who will stay in the same grade again. |
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B．Almost all the parents come to meet Mildred Foreman every month. |
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C．April is also the second busiest month for the staff. |
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D．The parents help to do most of the work for the staff. |
You want to know about my staying in America, right? Well, to tell you the truth, it is really an eye-opening experience to study here.
In China, I had English classes five times a week since fifth grade. However, I didn’t know how different textbook English could be from everyday English until I came to Hotchkiss School, Connecticut.
When I first studied English, I was told to say,” I am fine” when people say “How are you?” But in the US, I found that people say, “I am good” or “I’m tired”.
One day, someone greeted me with “What’s up?” It made me confused . I thought for a moment and then smiled because I didn’t know what to say.
Since then, I have discovered more and more differences between Chinese and US cultures.
To my surprise, US girls spend a lot of time in the burning sun to get a tan(晒黑). However, in China, girls try every possible way to get their skin paler, or “whiter”.
I was also surprised by how hardworking US students are. In China, schoolwork is almost everything, so we study hard and that’s it. But here, a “good” student gets good grades, does a lot for the public and plays sports or music.
The kids here are so talented, I am starting to be sorry that I gave up playing the piano at an early age and that I have never thought about sports.
1. What does the word “confused” in the fourth paragraph mean in Chinese ?
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A．困惑 |
B．憧憬 |
C．悲痛 |
D．后悔 |
2.A good US student spends his / her time ______ .
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A．only in doing homework |
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B．on studies, sports or music and public work |
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C．only in working for the public |
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D．only on sports or music |
3.Which of the following is NOT true ?
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A．The writer is now in US. |
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B．American girls love to have white skin. |
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C．US students are talented and hard working. |
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D．The writer regrets that he gave up playing the piano. |
Jeff Keith has only one leg. When he was 12 years old ，Jeff had cancer . Doctors had to cut off most of his right leg.
Every day Jeff puts on an artificial(人造的)leg. The leg is plastic. With the plastic leg Jeff can ski ，ride a bicycle ，swim and play soccer. He can also run.
Jeff made a plan with his friends who had plastic legs, too. They decided to run across America. They all wore special T-shirts. On it was “Run ,Jeff, Run ,Jeff Keith's Run Across America.”
When he was 22 years old，Jeff Keith ran across the United States from the east to the west. He started running in Boston. Seven months later ，he stopped running in Los Angeles . He ran 3200 miles. Jeff wore out 36 pairs of running shoes and five plastic legs. Jeff stopped in cities on the way to Los Angeles. In every city people gave Jeff money .The money was not for Jeff ，but for American Cancer Society .The Society used the money to know more about cancer .
On the way to Los Angeles Jeff talked to people about cancer. Jeff is disabled ，but he can do many things. He finished college and is studying to be a lawyer .Jeff says, “People can do anything they want to do .I want people to know that I ran not only for disabled people ，I ran for everybody.”
1.Jeff's right leg was cut off because of the______.
A .TB B. an accident C. cancer D. hurt
2.Jeff's friends ran across America with him .They all have no ______
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A．T-shirts |
B．legs |
C．shoes |
D．bicycles |
3.The sentence “I ran for everybody ”means ______
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A．he wants to get more artificial legs |
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B．people can do anything they want to |
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C．some disabled men will become lawyers |
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D．disabled people can also run |
Zhang Jin was so lucky to have a free trip to Thailand. But he didn't 35 to have a dangerous experience. The next day, when Zhang Jin arrived in Bangkok (曼谷), he was shocked to find himself in a city 36 with street battles (战斗) between two groups. One group was supporting the Thai government while the other was 37 it and had street battles with the 38 . Two people were killed and hundreds injured. Because of it, 240,000 foreign tourists, including over 3,000 Chinese people like Zhang, failed to leave and had to 39 in the country.
"We were 40 on the streets. But we felt at home with other Chinese from HongKong or Taiwan," said Zhang. 41 , the Chinese government sent flights to bring the people back. Now, all the Chinese tourists are safely back home. "The moment the plane left Thailand, we cheered for joy," said Zhang.
Last week the street battles finished. 42, the country's tourism industry(旅游业)needs 43 to return to normal. Tourism is the 44 part of the country's economy (经济)， Thailand is called "Land of Smiles" and has some of Asia's best beaches. It has made $17 billion from 15.5 million tourists this year.
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