At the beginning of last century, there was a farm near Los Angeles in California. It was called Hollywood Ranch(大牧场). However, from the 1910s to the 1950s, Hollywood became the film centre of the world. Why did people go to Hollywood to make films? The reason was the sun. At first people made films in New York on the east coast of the USA. But then they heard about Los Angeles. There are 350 days of sun every year. As they made all the films by sunlight, the west land by the sea was much better place to work in. In addition(而且), near Hollywood you can also find the mountains, the sea and the forest. They did not have to travel far to make any kind of films.
The first films were just pictures without sound. Today we still watch this kind of plays by Charles Chaplin. In the late 1920s, films started to “talk”. You could hear the people speaking and listen to the music.
Today television become more and more popular, and some busy modern people no longer go to the cinema. However, film producers are still making films in Hollywood and many film lovers all over the world enjoy watching them
1.Hollywood is on the ______ coast of the USA.
A.east B. west C. north D. south
2.Hollywood became very famous in the film industry______.
A.in the early 19th century
B. in the late 19th century
C. in the early 20th century
D. in the late 20th century
3.Why did people decide to make films in Hollywood?
A.Because they don’t need to travel far
B. Because there was a big ranch
C. Because of its nice weather and beautiful scenes.
D. Because there were lots of film producers.
4. What were the first films like ?
A. They were just pictures with music.
B. You could watch nobody but hear the voice.
C. You could hear the people speaking and listen to the music.
D. You could see the pictures but couldn’t hear them talk.
5.Which of the following is true?
A.People don’t go to Hollywood any more.
B.Many film producers still make films in Hollywood.
C.Many film lovers all over the world go to the cinema in Hollywood.
D.People don’t like the Hollywood films any more.
Never try to work when you are very hungry. If you decide to do your homework right after school, you may get something to eat before going to work. Always do your homework before you get too tired. Don’t wait until very late in the evening, or your work will seem much harder than it really is.
If you have more than an hour’s work, give yourself a break after an hour. On the other hand don’t break it up so much that you can’t get anything down. You should be able to work at least a half at a time without stopping.
Don’t put it off until the last minute. If you put off doing your homework, you will have it on your mind, and you won’t enjoy your free time so much. If you put it off until the end of the week or until before a test, you will have too much catching up to do. A little bit each night, enough to keep up with what is happening each day in school, will take the fear out of tests and keep you on top of it all.
Do your homework at the same time every evening. This will help you make it a habit. It will make it easier to do, and it will make your free time more enjoyable as well.
1.If we wait very late in the evening, our work will ______.
A. become a bit hard B. seem much harder
C. look very easy D. go to so much trouble
2.Some students in schools won’t enjoy their free time so much because they ______.
A.have to do their homework each night
B.will have too much catching up to do
C.never finish their homework in time
D.want to keep up with what is happening in school
3. what does the underlined word habit mean in Chinese?
A.制度 B.风格 C.传统 D.习惯
4.How many main things are mentioned(提及) in the passage?
A.Five B. Three C Four D. Two
5.Which is the best title for this passage?
A.Do Your homework at the same time.
B.A Must for your homework in time.
C.Don’t try to work when hungry.
D.Some Don’ts and Dos in Schools
Hawaii is famous for its beaches. Every year water sports, especially surfing and water skiing attract many tourists to the island.
Hawaii has been a magical name to people who like to travel for many years. People on both sides of the Pacific Ocean（太平洋） in Japan and in America, dream of seeing these beautiful islands in the middle of the ocean. In the tropical（热带的） lands, the sun drops like a ball of golden glow(落日余晖) that light the sky in the quiet water.
People often have a quiet, enjoyable time walking along the water. The scenery here is not very different from the exciting beauty that greeted the first tourists to these islands centuries ago. They came in canoes not much bigger than small boats.
They found the beautiful white sand beaches and the waving palm trees（棕榈树）, but there were no grand hotels like the ones we see today. The first people came to Hawaii nearly two thousand years ago, but skyscraper（摩天大楼） hotels were only built in the last 25 years. Now planes make it possible to fly to Hawaii for a weekend from Tokyo or San Francisco.
No matter where people come from, they really want to see the earliest beauty of Hawaii. They want to see the lovely beaches and the mountains which are almost hidden by the tall hotels.
1. What’s Hawaii famous for?
A. The beautiful beaches. B. the tourists to the island.
C. The waving palm trees. D. Surfing and water skiing.
2.What does the sun drop like in the tropical lands?
A. The sea. B. A ball of golden fire.
C. A glow. D. The quiet water.
3.When did the first people come to Hawaii?
A. In 1987 B. About twenty-five years ago.
C. In 1012. D. About two thousand years ago.
4.The beauty of the islands _______ for centuries.
A. has changed
B. has greeted the first tourists
C. has remained nearly unchanged
D. has been the same
5. Which is true according to the passage?
A. People really want to see the earliest beauty of Hawaii.
B. People often have a quiet, unhappy time walking along the water. C
C. People only in Japan dream of seeing the beautiful islands.
D. People found the beautiful red sand beaches in Hawaii.
Doctor Seuss was born in 1904. By the middle 1950s, he had become one of the best-loved and most successful children's book writers in the world. His books are very popular with young readers. They enjoy the invented words and the pictures of unusual funny animals and plants.
In 1954, life magazine published a report about school children who could not read. The report said many children's books were not interesting. Doctor Seuss strongly hoped to help children and decided to write books that were interesting and easy to read. He used words with the same ending sound, like fish and wish. He did not receive training in art. Yet, he drew the pictures for most of his books.
In 1957, Dr. Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat. He used less than 230 words to write the book and even a six-year-old should be able to read it. It was a fun story and easy to read. Children loved it. Their parents loved it, too. Today it is still one of the stories they like best. The success of The Cat in the Hat made him want to write more books for children. In 1960, he wrote a book using less than fifty words. The book is called Green Eggs and Ham.
In 1984, Doctor Seuss won a Pulitzer Prize (普利策奖). He was honored for the education and enjoyment his books provided American children and their parents.
He died at the age of 87, but his influence remains. Millions of his books have been sold worldwide. People say his books helped change the way American children learned to read. Yet, his books are loved by people of all ages. Doctor Seuss once said, “I do not write for children. I write for people.”
1. Doctor Seuss learned from the magazine that _______.
A. some school children could not read
B. many children's books were interesting
C. children wanted to learn to read
D. a writer for children was wanted
2. People like his books because the books ______.
A. are cheap and easy to get
B. were written in different languages
C. are easy and interesting to read
D. were written with invented words
3. He wrote the book The Cat in the Hat at the age of _____.
A. 50 B. 53 C. 56 D. 87
4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Doctor Seuss wrote Green Eggs and Ham with over 230 words.
B. Doctor Seuss wrote books only for children in the United States.
C. The Cat in the Hat was written only for six-year-old children.
D. His books provided education and enjoyment for Americans.
5.From the text we know that Doctor Seuss __________.
A. won a Pulitzer Prize soon after his death
B. sold millions of his books himself worldwide
C. changed American children's way of reading
D. wrote the largest number of books in the world
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Today, it is a big problem for young graduates to get satisfying jobs. that there are thousands of different kinds of jobs in the world. Choosing the right one itself is not easy.
“Finding a job” is not as “choosing a job”. Many young people end up in a job because they are not for it. Sometimes “chance” may a more important part than “decision”.
Here are a few steps to help you think about jobs you might enjoy doing after school or university. First, it is important what kind of person you are, which special qualities you outstanding among people and what you are interested in. There is a difference an interest and a skill. If you like and enjoy looking at pictures, that is an interest. But if you can a horse that looks like a horse not a big dog, that is a .
Then ask yourself a question, “In the following three areas--skills with people, skills with information and skills with things, which are your skills?”
After your skills, the next step is research. To as many different kinds of jobs as possible, go to the library and read books, magazines and newspapers for information. Ask your friends the work they do.
Finally, trust your own ideas and your own thinking! It is your own life, just find the job you really enjoy doing.
1.A. It’s saying B. It’s say C. It is said D. It says
2.A. same B. as same C. so good D. the same
3.A. suitable B. fitted C. able D. like
4.A. take B. play C. have D. choose
5.A. which B. what C. if D. whether
6.A. feel B. realize C. to feel D. to realize
7.A. helps B. makes C. make D. help
8.A. both B. between C. from D. either
9.A. art B. music C. sports D. acting
10.A. ride B. feed C. draw D. treat
11.A. success B. skill C. hobby D. fact
12.A. good B. the best C. better D. best
13.A. examine B. have examined C. examining D. examined
14.A. find out B. look out C. find D. look at
15.A. what do they think ofB. how do they think ofC. what they think ofD. how they think of
The picture shows us ________ in Nanjing in the past.
A. what everyday life was like
B. what was everyday life like
C. how everyday life was like
D. how was everyday life like
