(1)Shirley Temple, the once-famous child movie star, died at the age of 85 on February 10, 2014. She was born on April 23, 1928. She was good at acting and dancing. In 1934, she starred(主演) in the movie Bright Eyes. From then on she became famous around the world. Later she starred in other movies and won a Juvenile Oscar in February, 1935.
For many Americans born in the 1930s and 1940s, Temple was not just an on-screen star but also a close friend in their childhood. She was remembered by the world as the forever “little angle”. An American movie star said, “Little Shirley Temple encouraged the whole country during the Great Depression(大萧条).”
(2)Shi Li and Cui Jiping are husband and wife. They are disabled. They complete the first Chinese encyclopedic(百科知识的)dictionary for deaf people and people with hearing problems.
The dictionary includes words on medicine, education, psychology, law, history and culture about deaf people’s life. This book provides a learning tool for this special group of people and it helps them know about the world more easily.
They spent six years and over 1,000,000 yuan on the book. They first collected material for the book by themselves, then they invited a lot of experts(专家) across the country to write.
The book is warmly welcomed by the deaf. One of the readers said, “The book shows that we’re not alone. We can have our own way to communicate with the world. ”
1. Temple won the first Juvenile Oscar in .
A. 1928 B. 1934 C. 1935 D. 1948.
2. From the passage we know that Temple .
A. was not good at dancing
B. began to star in her first movie when she was ten years old.
C. was unfriendly to her fan
D. encouraged the whole country during the Great Depression
3. According to the passage, Shi Li and Cui Jiping .
A. are disabled people full of love
B. wrote many famous books.
C. finished the book by themselves
D. live a very poor life
4.Which of the following is TRUE about the book?
A. It is the first world encyclopedic dictionary.
B. It can help deaf people know about the world more easily.
C. It took them sixteen years to finish the book.
D. It includes medicine and art about the life of deaf people.
1.When can we visit Art Museum?
A. 11:00 am-7:00 pm every day
B. 8:00 am – 6:00 pm on weekdays
C. 8:00 am – 9:30 am every Sunday.
D. 8:00 am – 6:00 pm on weekends.
2. Where can we go if we want to learn music?
A. 25 Jiefang Road. B. 95 the Fifth Avenue.
C. 120 Xinjin Street. D. Thermopolis Town.
3. If you and your parents visit National Park, how much should you pay?
A. $ 15 B. $ 30 C. $38 D. $45
Hundreds of years ago in a small town, a moneylender lent a lot of money to a poor man. The moneylender, who was old and ugly, ____ the poor man’s beautiful daughter. So he came up with an idea. He said the poor man didn’t need to return the money to him ____ he could marry his daughter. Both the man and his daughter were very_______.
The moneylender then told them that he would put a small ______ stone and a small white stone into an empty bag. The girl would have to _____ one. If she took the black stone , she would become the moneylender’s ______ and her father’s debt would be let go. If she picked the white stone, she didn’t need to marry him and her father’s debt would_____ be let go. Her father would be put into prison(监狱)if she refused to pick a stone.
As they talked, the moneylender picked up two stones. As he did that, the girl____that he had put two black stones in the bag. He then asked the girl to pick her stone from the bag.
The girl thought for a while and then had an idea. She put her hand into the bag and took out a stone. _____ looking at it, she let it fall onto the path where it ______ became lost among all the other stones. “Oh how_____ I was!” She said, “But never _____. If you look into the bag for the one that is left, you will be able to _______ which stone I picked.” This ______ tells: Sometimes we can think about things in a ______way. Most difficult problems do have an solution
1.A. pleased B. listened C. loved D. saw
2.A. if B. unless C. so D. but
3.A. bored B. afraid C. relaxed D. excited
4.A. pink B. red C. black D. yellow
5.A. show B. damage C. check D. choose
6.A. daughter B. cousin C. wife D. friend
7.A. again B. still C. never D. hardly
8.A. said B. feared C. thought D. noticed
9.A. On B. About C. For D. Without
10.A. usually B. surprisingly C. quickly D. slowly
11.A. worried B. clever C. careless D. lucky
12.A. laugh B. mind C. cry D. complain
13.A. tell B. explain C. ask D. arrange
14.A. saying B. story C. news D. man
15.A. careful B. funny C. different D. normal
---Wow! Your skirt looks so nice! ---__________. It is my mother’s design.
A. Thank you B. Sounds great
C. My design D. Good idea
---It seems that Tommy is feeling bad about the exam.
---He needs to __________. A “C” is not the end of the world.
A. let himself downB. calm himself down
C. cheer himself upD. warm himself up
---Don’t forget to come to our school assembly (集会).
---I won’t. I __________ just now.
A. reminded B. was reminded
C. respected D. was respected