Mickey Mouse’s ears are well known all over the world, and this year will be an especially fun one for Disney. The company is celebrating 60 years since its first theme park, Disneyland, opened in California, US in 1955.
Disney has opened many more parks all over the world since it made history in California. Shanghai Disneyland is expected to open in 2016, bringing Disney’s popular parks here to the Chinese mainland for the first time.
So why has Disneyland been so popular for 60 years? Well, it’s described as “the Happiest Place on Earth” and “a place for the young and young at heart”. Many Americans have grown up with the parks, as ex—Disneyland president Paul Pressler said in 1995: “There is an emotional relationship that people have with this park.”
Disneyland was one of the first theme parks anywhere in the world that had “lands” and rides with themes. Disney’s storytelling in rides like roller coasters（过山车） is a big reason for their parks’ success. “We tell a story in everything we do,” Pressler said. Disney rides such as The seven Dwarves Mine Train and Peter Pan’s Flight come from its movies. One ride from its 2013 hit movie Frozen will surely be coming soon, perhaps at the new Shanghai Disneyland.
Disney’s parks haven’t always been popular everywhere, however. When Disneyland Paris opened in 1992, some French people felt that American culture was invading(入侵)France. But still, the park stayed open and today it is a popular place for European visitors.
Whatever you may think of them, you can’t say that on their 60th birthday, Disney’s parks aren’t still going strong. How many Disney theme parks will you have visited by the time their 70th birthday comes around?
1.This year will be especially fun for Disney because____.
A. it is going to celebrate its 60th birthday
B. it’s described as “the Happiest Place on Earth”
C. Americans have a special relationship with Disneyland
D. Mickey Mouse’s ears are well known all over the world
2.The underlined expression “Young at heart” in Paragraph 3 refers to ____.
A. young people B. people with young hearts
C. American people only D. Disneyland president
3. Which of the following is TRUE about Disneyland?
A. Disneyland has been built in US only.
B. Shanghai Disneyland has been opened.
C. People still don’t like Disneyland Paris.
D. Disney’s storytelling in rides helps it succeed.
Roald Dahl was one of the most successful writers of children’s books. He sold millions of books all over the world. Many of his books have been made into films and videos. He is so famous that there is even a Roald Dahl Museum you can visit.
Roald Dahl was born in 1916 in Wales, Britain. His father was rich but he died when Roald was very young. Roald and his mother lived a hard life. He had to leave school and went to Africa where he worked for an oil company.
In 1939 Roald became a pilot, but he had a bad accident. It made him limp(瘸的) for the rest of his life. After this, Roald went to America where he wrote a story about his experience as a pilot. It was so good that it was put in a magazine.
Roald married an American film star. They bought a house in England and had five children. From 1960 to 1965, ： Theo, one of his children, was hit by a taxi and was seriously hurt. Olivia, one of Roald’s daughters, died of a strange illness. Soon after this, his wife also had a serious illness. It took her years to get completely better.
Gradually Roald became more and more successful. He always did his writing in an old shed(棚) at the back of his house. He always sat in the same old armchair with a wooden board on his lap.
“One of the nice things about being a writer,” he once said, “is that all you need is what you’ve got in your head and a pencil and a bit of paper.”
In 1983 Roald won a big prize for his book The BFG. During his life, Roald wrote many famous books, such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, Fantastic Mr. Fox.
After he died in 1990, Roald left money to help people with serious illnesses and those with problems with reading and writing.
1.Roald Dahl was famous as a (an)__________ ___.
A. doctor B. teacher C. actor D. writer
2.Which of the following is the best for the blank in Paragraph 4 ____________.
A. they lived a happy life
B. three terrible things happened
C. he went on writing books
D. he created some unlucky characters
1.The International Pillow Fight Day was first celebrated in _______.
A.2000 B.2008 C.2013 D.2014
2.You may read about ______________ on the Page 19.
A. Baby Crying Day B. Color Throwing Festival
C. Water Fighting Day D. World Bodypainting Festival
完形填空
阅读下面短文，理解其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。
George lived with his sick mother in a poor village.
One bright sunny in July, he went early to the forest two miles away. He was asked to some wood from under the trees. After working hard for half a day, he looked around for a place to rest and eat his lunch. Suddenly some fine red wild caught his eyes.
"How good these will be with my bread and butter!" thought George. He at once began to all the strawberries he could find and sat down by the river, ready to enjoy them.
Then just as he was lifting the strawberry to his mouth, he thought of his mother. "Shall I them for her?" said he, thinking how much they would make happy, yet still looking at them with longing (渴望的)eyes.
"I will eat half, and take the other half to her," said he. Then he divided the strawberries into two. he found each half looked so small that he put them together again.
"I will only taste one." Then seeing that he had taken the biggest, he put it back. Finally he them carefully with some leaves, deciding to keep them all his mother.
When the sun was beginning to go down, George went home. happy he felt that he had all his strawberries for his sick mother. The he came to his home, the less he wished to taste them. As soon as he arrived, he ran to his and happily offered his wild strawberries. Tears in eyes, she put her hand on his head and said , "And you kept them for your sick mother, did you? God will bless you for all this, my child. "
Could the eating of the strawberries have given George half the happiness he felt at this moment?
1.A. morning B. noon C. afternoon D. night
2.A. set up B. pick up C. put up D. give up
3.A. hot B. dark C. cool D. noisy
4.A. apples B. strawberries C. pears D. peaches
5.A. buy B. grow C. make D. collect
6.A. first B. last C. other D. next
7.A. cut B. peel C. sell D. keep
8.A. him B. them C. her D. it
9.A. But B. So C. If D. Or
10.A. showed B. locked C. covered D. washed
11.A. to B. from C. for D. on
12. A. What B. How C. Why D. Whether
13.A. nearer B. farther C. longer D. later
14.A. father B. sister C. friend D. mother
15.A. angrily B. lovingly C. worriedly D. politely
同学们寒假生活总是快乐而短暂的，你可能通常看电视，做作业，玩电脑，踢足球，打扫房间等。开学了，你能跟大家一起分享一下你通常在寒假做些什么吗？仿照例句，来写一写吧！
要求：1. 句型完整，结构正确。
2. 至少完成5个句子。
3.参考词汇：watch TV，do homework，play computers，play football，clean the house
例：I often play mobile phone in the morning at home.
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书面表达
用正确的大小写、标点符号，将下面的句子抄写到四线格上。
Is this your best friend tony brown? yes, he is from America.
