Ang Lee won the Best Director Oscar for his adventure film Life of Pi at the 85th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California February 24, 2013.
Life of Pi shows a young Indian named Pi, who finds the world he knows swept away when his family sells their zoo and sets sail for Canada with a few animals. Only Pi escapes from the storm and floats in a lifeboat with a giant Bengal tiger.
“I really want to thank you for believing this story and sharing this unbelievablejourney with me,” Lee said in his speech. The film also won three other Oscars, for best original music, best cinematography(电影艺术) and best visual(视觉) effects. It won more awards than Lincoln and Argo which were also among the hottest nominees.
Coming from China's Taiwan, the 58-year-old Lee won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2001 for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and another for Best Director in 2006 for Brokeback Mountain. He is the only person of Asian to win the directing award and one of the rare people who won that award more than once.
In an after-ceremony interview, Lee said he believed Asian films would come to the main stage of the world sooner or later. "I was born in Asia and grew up with Chinese education. It is natural for me to put Asian thinking into Western things." The film, which cost 120 million U.S. dollars, has earned nearly 600 million dollars worldwide. Lee said most of the earnings came from outside China. Lee said he felt warm that he won the award on the day of the Lantern Festival, a Chinese traditional festival on which families get together to solve puzzles on lanterns and eat Tang Yuan. He wished everyone a happy new year of the snake and everybody gets lucky.
1.What kind of film does Life of Pi belong to?
A．Comedies. B．Tragedies.
C．Detective films. D．Adventure films.
2.So far, how many Oscar directing awards has Ang Lee won?
A．One. B．Two.
C．Three. D．Four.
3.How do Chinese people celebrate the Lantern Festival?
A．Families get together and have rice dumplings.
B．Children make lanterns out of big orange pumpkins.
C．People solve puzzles on lanterns and enjoy Tang Yuan.
D．Children go to the display of lanterns and receive red packets.
4.What can we know from the passage?
A．The 85th Academy Awards was held in Hollywood, California this year.
B．Pi was a young American who had an adventure trip with a tiger in India.
C．Lincoln and Argo won more awards than Life of Pi.
D．Asian films have come to the main stage of the world.
5.Which of the following about Life of Pi is true?
A．It was a great success as it won four Oscars.
B．It earned nearly 600 million dollars in China.
C．It describes Pi’s escape from a terrible earthquake.
D．It is the only successful film Ang Lee has ever made.
The San Diego Zoo has been a lovely home for giant pandas since two of the black-and-white bears came to visit in 1987. This week there was snow in San Diego—well, at least for a lucky group of giant pandas.
Over 15 tons of snow was blown into the San Diego Zoo's panda area on Tuesday morning to give the endangered bears a chance to play. They would experience the snow just like living in their natural habitat.
The snow day was a first for Xiao Liwu whose name means "Little Gift." He was the sixth baby panda born to Bai Yun. Xiao Liwu was jumping on Mom, playing with her and getting used to being thrown in the snow by mama bear. Jennifer Becerra, San Diego Zoo keeper said, "He was really enjoying the snow and running around. I've never seen him so happy."
All the San Diego Zoo’s giant pandas are from China, as part of a long-term captive breeding(人工养殖) program. Four of Xiao Liwu's brothers have already been moved from California to China.
Today there are 44 giant pandas living in zoos outside of China, where the bears' only natural home is. As just 1,600 pandas are thought to be left in the wild, researchers insist that captive breeding is an important way to study and protect the endangered pandas. Not only because of the habitat loss from human activities and low reproductive rates(繁殖率), giant pandas' survival is also affected by climate change. A study showed that global warming could kill much of the bears' main food, bamboo, over the next century.
1.Why was the snow blown into the San Diego Zoo's panda area?
A．To stop the bamboos from dying.
B．To give the pandas a chance to play.
C．To help the pandas live in their natural habitat.
D．To make Xiao Liwu happy.
2.What’s the relationship between Bai Yun and Xiao Liwu?
A．Wife and husband.
B．Father and daughter.
C．Sister and brother.
D．Mother and son.
3.What is NOT the factor that influences the giant pandas' number?
A．The loss of habitat.
B．Low reproductive rates.
C．Human research.
D．Climate change.
4.Which of the following is the best title of this passage?
A．Giant pandas in San Diego Zoo
B．Giant pandas in danger
C．Xiao Liwu’s happy time
D．How to protect giant pandas
5.Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A．Captive breeding is the most useful way to protect giant pandas.
B．More than 44 giant pandas live in zoos outside of China now.
C．China is the only natural home of giant pandas.
D．Xiao Liwu was afraid of being thrown in the snow by mama.
The Statue of Liberty, which has been closed to the public since super storm Sandy struck in October, will reopen by July 4.
The Statue of Liberty was presented to the United States by the French people in 1886. It stands at Liberty Island as a welcome to all returning Americans.
It’s five months since the monument and Liberty Island were shut down after the storm.
While the statue itself was not seriously harmed by the storm, several buildings on the island experienced the terrible flood. The way used by ships carrying visitors from lower Manhattan and New Jersey was also destroyed.
“It’s good news, it’s a little late, but at least it’s there, and now we’ll watch like an eagle to make sure this promise is kept,” Schumer told NBC New York.
In January, the government spent $59 million repairing both Liberty Island and nearby Ellis Island, which was also damaged in the storm. But the officers have not announced when Ellis Island will reopen. In November, more than a million art works had to be removed from the museum there because of the storm. The Statue of Liberty is one of the country’s most popular tourist attractions. According to the National Park Service, more than 3.7 million people visit the site every year.
1.Why was the Statue of Liberty closed last October?
A．Because of the super storm Sandy.
B．Because of the destroyed way.
C．Because of the damaged buildings.
D．Because of nearby Ellis Island.
2.How long has the monument and Liberty Island been shut down?
A．One month. B．Four months.
C．Five months. D．Ten months.
3.What does the underlined word It in the fifth paragraph refer to?
A．The Statue of Liberty was presented by French people.
B．The government spent $59 million repairing Liberty Island and Ellis Island.
C．The Statue of Liberty stands at Liberty Island as a welcome to all.
D．The Statue of Liberty will reopen by July 4.
4.Which of the following is true according to this passage?
A．The Statue of Liberty was seriously harmed by the storm.
B．In January the government spent $59 million repairing Liberty Island.
C．It’s announced that Ellis Island will reopen in November.
D．The Statue of Liberty attracts over 3.7 million tourists every year.
It was a quiet village in which there was a military camp. It was far from the towns and cities and there were some high mountains around. Of course it was a good place for training the new soldiers. But it was difficult for the young men to go outside. Mr. White, an officer of forty, was strict with them and he hardly let them leave the camp.
Once Mr. White was ill in bed. He couldn't work, so a young officer, Mr. Hunt, began to train the new soldiers instead of him. He knew the young men well and let nine soldiers go to the nearest town to have a holiday. But night fell and none came back to the camp. He was worried about it and stood at the gate. It was five to twelve when Mr. Hunt decided to go to the town and see what was happening with the young men. He started the car quickly and set off. At that moment the nine soldiers came back. It seemed they were all drunk. Of course they found the officer was angry.
"I'm sorry, sir," said the first soldier. "I left the town on time. But something was wrong with my bus on my way here. I had to buy a horse and made it run fast. Bad luck! It died and I had to run back."
And the other seven soldiers said they were late for the same reasons. It was the last soldier's turn. He said, "I'm sorry, sir. I got on a bus on time, but…"
Having heard this, the officer became even angrier and stopped him at once. He called out, "If you say something was wrong with your bus, I'll punish you at once!"
"No, no, sir," said the young man. "My bus was all right, but their horses were in the way!"
1.The military camp was built in the village to _______.
A．stop the soldiers going to towns
B．stop the soldiers meeting their friends
C．train the new soldiers
D．make the young men live quietly
2.The nine soldiers returned to the camp late because _______.
A．something was wrong with their buses
B．their horses died on the way back
C．it took them much time to run back
D．they all had drunk much in the town
3.The underlined phrase in the way in the last paragraph means ______.
A．stopping somebody from moving
B．getting drunk
C．standing on the road
D．running very fast
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1.Who loves Micro blog?
A．Alice. B．David. C．Lily. D．Leehom Wang.
2.What does Alice think about We chat?
A．It’s fast and convenient. B．It’s fashionable but slow.
C．It’s safe and useful. D．It’s fun but expensive.
3.Why doesn’t Lily believe We chat?
A．Because many people are cheated on We chat easily.
B．Because she doesn’t like to say anything to her friends.
C．Because she doesn’t think it is a good way to make friends.
D．Because she prefers keeping diaries to showing secrets to others.
Smiling is the most attractive human behavior. The power of smiling can work out many wonders. I love to take a walk around the small neighborhood where I live. Whoever I meet on the way, they always give me a friendly greeting with a nice smile as soon as our eyes contact 1 . I smile back. This kind of smiling exchange represents the most 2 part of my jogging experience in the States.
My daughter's smile is just like sunlight, which warms me inside the same way 3 the sun warms my body. It can clear away any clouds and unpleasant feelings. The smile of my wife, however, makes me enjoy the 4 of an elegant woman, it can sometimes relax me quite a lot.
Julia Robert's 5 is nothing but roaring like an earthquake. Americans may have 6 opinions in many things, but they all agree that Julia is America's sweetheart. Her laugh plays a very good part in her acting. Once I tried some candy in a store, the owner asked me how sweet the candy is, I said sweeter than Julia Robert. 7 both of us broke into a kind of Julia's laugh. Yes, laugh is something we can not do without. Otherwise, our life would be too 8 .
Smiling does not belong to human alone. Once I stayed at an American home and he had a little dog named Mini. When I held her gently and asked her to give me a little smile, 9 just opened her mouth wide and half closed her eyes, looking like smiling.
Los Angles is not only the place where it has the most sunshine in a year, 10 where most people smile! That’s why so many people love to travel there all year round.
1. A．contact B．close C．change D．open
2. A．fashionable B．painful C．enjoyable D．educational
3. A．though B．like C．as D．from
4. A．pride B．courage C．success D．beauty
5. A．cry B．laugh C．smile D．performance
6. A．different B．similar C．same D．strange
7. A．All B．Both C．Neither D．None
8. A．lonely B．cool C．sunny D．sad
9. A．it B．she C．he D．I
10. A．even though B．as if C．so that D．but also
