New Movies You Need to Know Ahout This Month
Sherpa
Type; Documentary
Release Date: Friday, December 18, 2015
Duration: 96 mins
"Unforgettable"…"unbelievably absorbing".With praise like that, this doc looks like a can't-miss. Director Jennifer Peedom travelled to Nepal in 2014 to film the climbing season from the point of view of the local people一Sherpas. During the climbing, a disaster struck killing 16
Sunset Song
Type: Drama
Release Date: Friday, December 4, 2015
Duration; 135 mins
The classic 1932 Srnttish romantic novel is adapted into a beautiful film by Director Terence
Davies. In only her second film role, London supermodel Agyness Deyn proves her talent for acting as the daughter of a farming family who must live on all by herself when both her parents are killed.
When Harry Met Sally
Type: Comedy
Release Date: Friday, December 11，2015
Duration; 95 mins
The perfect一and we do mean perfect一romantic comedy returns. Billy Crystal and MeRyan plav a pair of New Yorkers who meet at university, dislike each other on sight and spend the next 20 years gradually growing closer.The script, written by the much missed writer and director Nora Ephron, who died in 2012, is a joy.
Snoopy and Charlie Brown:The Peanuts Movie
Type: Animation
Release Date: Monday, December 21, 2015
Duration: 93 mins
The most loveable character of them all, Charlie Brown, is back on the big screen with a story written by Craig Schulz. His father Charles Schulz created the famous cartoon character一Snoopy in the 1950s. We really look forward to this hit, but is the 3D really necessary?
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(以下是A种题型)
1.Where is the text probably taken from?
A. A book review. B. A popular website.
C. A science report. D. A fashion magazine.’
2.What is the underlined word "doc" short for?
A. Document. B. Dock.
C. Documentary. D. Doctor.
3.Who is the leading actress of the coming comedy?
A. Jennifer Peedom. B. Agyness Deyn.
C. Billy Crystal. D. Meg Ryan.
4.What might be the topic of the film When Harry Met Sally?
A. Love. B. Sports.
C. Work. D. Family.
5.What is the writer's attitude towards the 3D effect of The Peanuts Movie?
A. Active. B. Unsure.
C. Unknown. D. Definite.
My father suffered a disease once, but he was an optimist(乐天派).He wanted to do something to keep himself busy, so he became a volunteer at a children's h}pital. Sometimes one or two kids would die. At this time he would tell the heart-broken parents of the children that he would be with their children in heaven and that he would look after them there.
There was a girl with a disease that paralyzed(瘫痪)her from the neck down. She couldn't do anything. My dad decided to help her with his true love. He started visiting her, bringing paints, brushes and paper. He began to put the paintbrush in his mouth to paint. He didn't use his hands. He would visit her whenever he could and paint for her. "You can do anything once you make up your mind to do it,”he said. Finally, she began to paint using her mouth, too.
Later, my dad recovered and returned to work. He worked at the volunteer counter in the hospital. One day, he noticed the front door open. In came the little girl who had been paralyzed.
She was walking! She hugged my dad tightly and gave him a picture she had done using her hands. At the bottom it read: "Thank you for helping me walk again!”
After that my father often said love was more powerful than doctors.
1.Which words best describe the writer's father?
A. Patient and funny. B. Strong and serious.
C. Busy and hard-working. D. Kind and optimistic.
2.Why didn't the writer's father use his hands when painting for the girl?
A. He was not good at drawing.
B. He liked the taste of paint.
C. He wanted to give the girl hope.
D. He was an experienced artist.
3.What can we infer from the writer's father's words in Paragraph 1?
A. He cared little about the children who died.
B. He didn't think he would survive his disease.
C. He must know those heart-broken parents.
D. He used to work as a doctor in that hospital.
Henry Ford was born on a farm on July 30th, 1863. The farm was near the city of Detroit.
Henry was always interested in machines. He enjoyed fixing clocks.And he helped repair farm equipment. When Henry was sixteen years old, he left the family farm and went to Detroit to learn more about machines. Henry used what he learned from work to develop engines. In 1903, he was ready to start building cars for the public. On July 15th, 1903, a man named Doctor Pfenning bought the first car from the Ford Motor Company.
The sale to Doctor Pfenning was the beginning of a huge number of requests for Ford cars.By the end of March, 1904, almost 600 Ford cars had been sold. At the start of 1905, the Ford Motor Company was producing 25 cars each day.
Henry Ford was sure the future of the automobile industry was in a low-priced car for the general public. He said then, and many times after,“I want to make a car that anybody can buy.”
In 1907, Henry Ford said: "I will build a motor car for the great mass of people. 1t will be large enough for the family, but small enough for one person to operate and care for. It will be built of the best materials. It will be built by the best men to be employed. And it will be built with the simplest plans that modern engineering can produce. It will be so low in price that no man making good money will be unable to own one.”
1.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Henry Ford was born in the city of Detroit.
B. Doctor Pfenning developed the first car.
C. The Ford Motor Company was founded in 1905.
D. Ford aimed to build cars for the general public.
2.What can we infer from the underlined sentence in the last paragraph?
A. No one was making good money in the 1900s.
B. The Ford cars will be at low prices.
C. Henry Ford had made much money.
D. Nobody will own a Ford car in the future.
完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。答案写在答题卡上。
Dear Max,
Your mother and 1 don't yet have the words to describe the hope you give us for the future, but we hope you rill be happy and healthy so you can ________ enjoy the life ahead of you.
Like all________ ，we want you to grow up in a world better than ours today.
Although headlines often focus on what'________，in many ways the world is getting better.
f-Iealth is ________ .Poverty is shrinking. Knowledge is growing. People are connecting.
We will try our ________to make the world a better place, not only because we love you, but aLSO because we believe ali children have the ________ to be loved and cared about.
But right now, the world doesn't always ________ the biggest chances and problems children today willse ________ in the future. I will continue to work as Facebook’s CEO for many, many years to come，________ some problems are so important that we have to deal with them now.
Consider diseases. Today we spend about 50 times more money_________ people who are sick than we use in research so you won't get sick in the first place.
Medicine has only been a real science for less than 100 years, and we’ve already seen complete cures(治愈)for some diseases and good progress for others. ________ technology develops, we have a real chance at curing all or mole of the other diseases in the next 100 years.
Curing diseases will ________ time. Over short periods of five or ten years, it may not seem like we're making a ________ ·But in the long run, trees planted now will grow, and one day, you or your children wilt see what we can only imagine; a world without diseases.
Max, we love you and really want to ________ the world a better place for you and all children. We wish you a life ________ with the same love, hope and joy you give us. We can't wait to see what you bring to this world.
Love，
Mom and Dad
1.A. fully B. rarely C. likely D. lively
2.A. friends B. teachers C. parents D. doctors
3.A. wrong B. normal C. improving D. nice
4.A. talking B. aiming C. anxious D. breaching
5.A. heart B. best C. greatest D. pain
6.A. interest B. duty C. effort D. right
7.A. begin with B. focus on C. tell by D. believe in
8.A. give B. bring C. taste D. face
9.A. so B. or C. but D.and
10.A. finding B. directing C. loving D. treating
11.A. After B. As C. For D. Before
12.A. waste B. spend C. take D. pay
13.A. progress B.fortune C. scene D. difference
14.A. carry B. leave C. study D.decide
15.A. filled B. helped C. compared D. agreed
It was a great chance we couldn't afford to miss it.
A. so, that B. such, that
C. so, as D. such, as
The young are all the same old song played over and over again because they like popular songs.
A. related to B. known for
C. tired of D. connected with
