Born in 1954 in Taiwan, Ang Lee（李安）has become one of today's greatest filmmakers. Ang graduated from the National Taiwan College of Arts in 1975. Later on, he went to the USA. for further study on art. And he got a Master Degree in Film Production at New York University.
During Ang’s film career, he has made a lot of successful films and honored himself with many international awards. Early in 1993, Ang’s film The Wedding Banquet (喜宴)won a Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, which drew the whole world’s attention to this Chinese director. In the following years, Ang’s talent got more brilliant. At the beginning of 2000, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon（Wo Hu Cang Long）, a kongfu film directed by Ang Lee, won Best Foreign Language Film at the 73rd Academy Awards(奥斯卡金像奖). This surprised the world. However. what really takes Ang to the peak of the film world is the film Brokeback Mountain (2005). For this film, Ang Lee won the Best Director Academy Award. And he is the first Chinese director who’s ever won the golden statuette(小金人).
In 2012, Ang made a huge success again. His first 3D film Life of Pi came out. It was a story about the adventure of a brave Indian boy. This film helped him beat out Michael Haneke of "Amour", Benh Zeitlin of "Beasts of the Southern Wild", Steven Spielberg of "Lincoln" and David O. Russell of "Silver Linings Playbook". For the second time, Ang was honored as the Best Director at the 85th Academy Awards in 2013.
Along Ang Lee’s film road, we can say that he is really born for films and he is worth all the praise from the world, especially all the Chinese.
1.How old was Ang Lee when he won the Best Director Academy Award for the second time?
A．59. B．58 C．51 D．39
2.Of the following films, which one is NOT made by Ang Lee?
A．The Wedding Banquet. B．Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
C．Beasts of the Southern Wild. D．Life of Pi.
3.According to the passage, what is the correct order of the following events?
①. Life of Pi came up on the screen.
②. Ang Lee went to America for further study.
③. Ang Lee won a Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival.
④. Ang Lee won Best Foreign Language Film at the 73rd Academy Awards.
⑤. Ang graduated from the National Taiwan College of Arts.
A．②⑤①③④ B．②⑤④①③ C．⑤②③④① D．⑤②④③①
4.What is the Chinese meaning of the underlined word “peak” in the second paragraph？
A．边缘 B．顶峰 C．荣誉 D．成就
5.According to the passage, which statement is RIGHT?
A. Ang Lee was born in the USA.
B. Ang Lee only won the Best Director Academy Award once.
C. Life of Pi is Ang Lee’s second 3D film.
D. Ang Lee has great talent in making films.
When my son, Mark, was in the third grade, he saved all his pocket money for over three months to buy holiday presents. The third Saturday in December Mark said he had made his list and had twenty dollars in his pocket.
I drove him to a nearby supermarket. Mark picked up a hand basket and went in while I waited and watched in the car. It took Mark over 45 minutes to choose his presents. Finally he came to the checkout counter (交款处) and reached into his pocket ... Mark stood there holding his basket, tears falling down his face.
Then a surprising thing happened. A woman came up to Mark and took him in her arms. “You would help me a lot if you let me pay for you,” said the woman. “It would be the most wonderful gift you could give me. I only ask one day you will pass it on. When you grow up, I would like you to find someone you can help. When you help others, I know you will feel as good about it as I do now.”
Mark took the money, dried his tears and ran back to the checkout counter as fast as he could. That year we all enjoyed our gifts almost as much as Mark enjoyed giving them to us.
I would like to say “thank you” to that very kind woman, and tell her that four years later, Mark went house to house collecting blankets and clothes for the homeless people in the fire. And I want to promise her that Mark will never forget to keep passing it on.
1.When did the story probably happen?
A．On Christmas Day. B．Before Christmas Day.
C．On New Year’s Day. D．After New Year’s Day.
2.When they got to the supermarket, Mark went in ________.
A．by himself B．with the writer
C．with the woman D．with his friends
3.In paragraph 2, what may happen when Mark put his hand into the pocket?
A．His gifts were stolen B．His basket was broken.
C．He lost his money. D．He lost his way.
4.In the last paragraph, what does the underlined word “it” refer to?
A．Collecting blankets and clothes for homeless people. B．Helping others.
C．Enjoying gifts D．Saying thank you.
5.What’s the best title for this passage?
A．A broken pocket B．A kind woman
C．A happy family D．A wonderful gift
Madison Stump is a 13-year-old entrepreneur (企业家) in the USA. To save our planet, she has 1 a green business, PaperAgain.
Madison lives in a “green” family. She is 2 trying to be 100% earth friendly. One day, Mandison was thinking over what else she could do to help the environment. 3 , she thought, “Why not 4 those used boxes and paper to create beautiful notebooks? And I can sell them to help people in need.” That night, Mandison made her first notebook with scrap paper (废纸), and she used an empty gum box for a 5 . It was the 6 of her green business.
Mandison’s first customer was her sister. She, of course, never 7 it! However, Mandison didn’t mind because she got to see her use it. Before you know it, all Mandison’s school friends were asking to buy the amazing notebooks. Then, Mandison’s dad came up with the 8 idea of starting a website, PaperAgain.com, so that these notebooks could be bought online.
Now Mandison is the 9 of a real business! Her notebooks are selling at the store in her hometown. And she is often 10 on the local television news!
1. A．set out B．set off C．set up D．set at
2. A．always B．already C．never D．nearly
3. A．Happily B．Luckily C．Finally D．Suddenly
4. A．return B．recycle C．repair D．replace
5. A．cover B．paper C．face D．book
6. A．end B．change C．start D．entrance
7. A．paid for B．made for C．sent for D．waited for
8. A．familiar B．silly C．dull D．wonderful
9. A．worker B．winner C．owner D．master
10. A．explained B．reported C．replied D．spread
Have you ever complained why life is so tiring? Does the sky sometimes seem dark to you? Do you sometimes think your studies are not 1 enough? Well, friends, cheer up and smile all the time. If you 2 the world with your warm heart, you’ll find that the whole world smiles to you.
While in school, sometimes you are tired of your lessons, but have you ever noticed 3 happy smile on your teacher’s face when you did a good job?
One day it is fine. Just 4 you want to go out, it suddenly starts to rain. Maybe you would feel very sad and start complaining about the weather. But dear friends, why don’t you sit down and listen to the free concert 5 the nature offers you? And with the timely rain, crops in the fields will grow better and better and farmers will have a good harvest.
Although everyone wants to succeed in 6 he tries to do, sometimes failure can’t 7 . I think failure is not terrible, and the terrible thing is that we are afraid of it and give up 8 . When we face failure, we must be confident in ourselves, draw a useful lesson from it and try our best 9 what we have decided to do. As a popular saying goes, “Failure is the mother of success.”
Attitude means 10 . Let’s smile to whatever we meet and the whole world will smile to us.
1. A．success B．succeed C．successful D．successfully
2. A．sees B．see C．will see D．saw
3. A．/ B．a C．an D．the
4. A．before B．after C．and D．soon
5. A．where B．when C．that D．what
6. A．what B．how C．when D．which
7. A．avoided B．be avoided C．avoid D．avoids
8. A．hopes B．hope C．hopeful D．hopefully
9. A．finish B．finishing C．finishes D．to finish
10. A．nothing B．something C．everything D．anything
－When shall we go to Hong Kong for holiday?
－ I am not sure yet. _______ this Sunday ______ next Saturday is ok.
A．Neither; nor B．Both; and C．Either; or D．Not only; but also
－Have you been to the Sunflower Garden _______ lies in Nansha?
－Yes. The sunflowers there are very beautiful.
A．where B．which C．who D．when
