Every day，it is easy to see advertisements in English all around us．Look at your own bags and clothes，and at the bags and clothes of your classmates．How many different advertisements can you see which use English words?
Often bags and clothes show the name of the company that made them. This is a popular form．A special picture or symbol called a logo(标识语)is sometimes used．Logos appear on many different products(产品)．They are popular because when you see a logo，it is hard to forget that product or company．
It is common to see advertisements on TV and hear them on the radio．Most advertisements are very short．Sometimes the advertisers use a short sentence which is easy for people to say and remember． Nike，for example，has a simple English sentence which is used all around the world：“Just do it．”Advertisements often use funny situations as well．It is simple to remember it．
All advertisements are designed(设计)to make people buy a product．An advertisement for a soft drink，for example，might show a group of young people who are having fun．The young people are al1 drinking the soft drink．Advertisers are saying to you，“Why don’t you buy this drink and be like these people? You can be young and modern.”
You might think that advertisements are not after you，but the next time you buy a soft drink，ask yourself this question：Why am I buying this particular(特别的)product?
1.From the passage，we know that ．
A. all the advertisements around us are written in English
B. many bags have the name of the company that made them
C. having soft drinks makes a person young and modern
D. advertisements are only after young people
2.A good logo is ．
A. easy to remember B. a useful product
C. difficult to understand D. easy to buy
3.People are most likely to remember an advertisement that is ．
A. in English B. long C. funny D. famous
4.All advertisements are designed to ．
A. sell you something you don’t want
B. make you young and modern
C. make you buy the product
D. show you what you need to buy
5.The best title（题目） of this passage may be ．
A. Advertisements for Bags and Clothes
B. Advertisements on TV and Radio
C. Advertisements About Sports
D. Advertisements Around Us
China's box office(票房收入) exceeded 50 billion yuan(7.5 billion US dollars) on Monday, November 20th, 2017. It's the first year that the country has broken the 50 billion mark.
Data showed that as of 6：57 p．m. Monday, a total of 1.448 billion viewers entered cinemas this year, 15 percent up from last year.
Box office of domestic(国内的) movies reached 26.2 billion yuan, accounting for 52.4 percent of the total. A total of 78 films pocketed 100 million yuan each, including 39 domestic ones.
The country has seen its box office increase steadily for the past 15 years. In 2002, it was less than 1 billion yuan; in 2010 over 10 billion yuan; in 2013 more than 20 billion yuan and in 2015 over 40 billion yuan.
1.The underlined word “exceeded” means ________ in Chinese.
A. 下降 B. 超过 C. 稳定 D. 降低
2.________ people went to see a movie in 2016.
A. 1.150 billion B. 1.259 billion
C. 1.448 billion D. 1.665 billion
3.The box office of domestic movies is ________ up to now.
A. 22.8 billion B. 23.8 billion C. 26.2 billion D. 50 billion
4.Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. China will see its box office growing steadily in the following years.
B. The box office of foreign films is going down all through these years.
C. 39 foreign films got 100 million yuan this years in China.
D. The box office of Chinese films around the world in 2015 is 40 billion yuan.
5.What's the best title of this passage?
A. China's box office reached 50 billion
B. China's box office is growing steadily
C. 39 films win most box office of China
D. More people entered the cinema this year
Nina Dobrev is a young actress on the rise in Hollywood.Only in her twenties, she has got international fame(名声) because of her ______ in the TV play The Vampire Diaries(《吸血鬼日记》). And this play made her very ______. Many fans know her ______knowing the character in the play. Can you believe that Nina was a gymnast (体操运动员) ______ being an actress？She even represented (代表) Canada and ______ matches internationally!
Nina had a great ______ in gymnastics and dancing when she was a little girl.But，in her late teens，she realized that ______ was her real passion (酷爱)，so she chose to become an actress.She ______ that the characters she has played can always help her understand herself.
“I've ______ many different roles，and every role teaches me something ______ about myself，”she said.Nina has acted in more than 20 American and Canadian films and TV shows.She has become one of the fastestrising stars in Hollywood!
1.A. dream B. role C. life D. character
2.A. proud B. excited C. fantastic D. famous
3.A. from B. to C. among D. by
4.A. as B. after C. before D. until
5.A. took part in B. took care of C. took off D. took out
6.A. hobby B. job C. interest D. action
7.A. studying B. acting C. working D. practicing
8.A. hears B. suggests C. believes D. dreams
9.A. played B. read C. watched D. seen
10.A. strange B. funny C. usual D. new
—________
—I want to buy a new dress for my mother.
A. What can I do for you? B. Where is your mother?
C. What are you doing? D. How much is this?
It may be hard for you to focus ________ your study under stress.
A. in B. on C. with D. for
Last week，we went to Lin Zhixuan's concert.The beautiful songs about his younger days reminded us to love ________．
A. yours B. theirs C. ours D. his
