Now that newsrooms are becoming less popular in the US，young people have begun to tell their own stories．
GlobalGirl Media，a nonprofit organization that teaches teenage girls digital storytelling skills，was started by award-winning filmmakers Amie Williams and Meena Nanji in Los Angeles in 2010．
“By giving girls a voice，you introduce a different story，and change the existing one，”said Danny Glover，a member of the GlobalGirl Media advisory board．
“When the camera’s in my hands，I feel like I can’t lose，”Said Cheyenne Grisez，14．“It makes me happy and I feel like I can do anything．”
On the final day of the summer academy in California，Williams worked with Grisez and Camila Prado，15，on a short film about Prado’s fight against an eating disorder．In the film，Prado bravely interviewed her parents and sister about how she was able to beat her depression and eating disorder．This film and others the girls had made were shown to parents and friends on the last day of the academy，celebrating their hard work．
“It’s their story，and nobody knows how to tell it better than they do，”Williams said．
“These girls are from really difficult backgrounds．They feel trapped sometimes．They feel alone．”Williams said．“The camera gives them a way to look at their world in a different way and get out of that feeling．’’
Girls in the program practice their skills and build confidence by going out in the community and interviewing people for the short films．Many of them had no experience，but found they had good storytelling skills．
“I work with these girls．Every day I leave inspired and completely grateful，because I know that．due to the work we're doing with them，things will be better，”said GlobalGirl Media summer academy project director Heather Faison．
1.Why do many American girls like to tell stories using the camera?
A．Their parents hate to give them a hand．
B．The camera can help them out of their trouble．
C．They can make profits from their documentaries．
D．They desire to improve their photo skills．
2.What do we learn about GlobalGirl Media from the text?
A．It gives girls digital storytelling skills．
B．It gets much money from girl students．
C．It was founded by the government．
D．It has newsrooms in California．
3.What difficulty did Prado overcome by making her film?
A．Self-harm． B．An eating disorder.
C．Poor school scores． D．Teenage depression．
4.Who directed GlobalGirl Media summer academy project in California?
A．Meena Nanji． B．Amie Williams．
C．Danny Glover． D．Heather Faison.
Many expels say that Billy Wilder changed the history of American movies．He is often called the best movie maker Hollywood has ever had．
He was known for making movies that offered sharp social comment and adult sexual situations．Wilder was one of the first directors to do this．
Between the middle 1930s and the 1980s，Billy Wilder made almost fifty movies．During that time he received more than twenty nominations(提名)from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences．He won six of the Oscar awards．Wilder made famous movies like“Sunset Boulevard”．and“Double Indemnity．”He also directed“The Lost Weekend”，and“The Seven Year Itch．”
Wilder was born in 1906 in the former Austro-Hungarian Empire．He started law school in Vienna，Austria at the beginning．Then he decided to abandon the major．By the 1920s，he was writing movies in Germany．However，the Nazis had risen to power in the nation．Wilder was Jewish，and he recognized that he had no future in Nazi Germany．Then he left Europe for America．
Billy Wilder had only eleven dollars when he arrived to settle in the United States in 1934．He formed a writing team with Charles Brackett．The two writers created many films together．
Wilder and Brackett wrote several successful movies．Wilder always praised this man as a friend and teacher whose humor and expert direction greatly influenced his work．
In his love stories．Billy Wilder did not follow the Hollywood tradition of sweet boy-meets-girl situations．He had an unusual way of showing relations between men and women．For example，one of his most successful films was“Hold Back the Dawn．”In 1944，Billy Wilder made a film called“Double Indemnity．”Some critics(评论家)said this movie established him as one of the greatest Hollywood directors．Billy Wilder died in Los Angeles in 2002 after battling health problems．
1.What does the text mainly talk about?
A．The history of American movies．
B．The famous director—Billy Wilder．
C．The famous movies by Billy Wilder．
D．Billy Wilder and his friends．
2.What’s the proper order of Wilder’s life events?
a．He formed a writing team．
b．He won six of the Oscar awards．
c．He started law school in Vienna．
d．He settled in the United States．
A．c，d，a，b B．a，b，d，e
C．b，c，d，a D．d，a，b，c
3.Why did Wilder leave Europe?
A．He wanted to make a fortune in America．
B．Nobody helped him make films．
C．The Nazis came into power．
D．He was in great need of Charles’s help．
4.For what purpose does the author use the example“Hold Back the Dawn”?
A．To explain it’s a most successful film．
B．To show Wilder’s different directing style．
C．To argue the traditional influence on Wilder’s film．
D．To indicate Wilder’s unusual character．
书面表达
假定你是李华，来自美国的Tom想交一位笔友(pen pal)，请你给他写封自荐信，介绍你自己，内容包括：
1. 个人基本情况；
2. 兴趣爱好；
3. 英语水平；
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 结尾已给出（不计词数）。
Dear Tom,
I’m looking forward to your early reply.
Yours，
Li Hua
短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（﹨）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意: 1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Last night, I go to my friend’s birthday party. I made some new friend and we talked happily. One new friend showed us the pictures of the places he had been visited. We extreme admired him because all of them were also eager to travel to different places. However, we haven’t taken action for variety reasons till now. He told us we had so much energy see the world. We should carry out our travel plan once we have an idea. What he told us is right, and most young people haven’t realized this. We should do what we want to do instead of waste our youth.
单词拼写
1.The company is __________(筹备) a splendid wedding for this young couple.
2.A journalist sometimes must use research to _______(告知) themselves of the missing part of the story .
3.Every day we should give ourselves some __________(灵活的) time to review what we have learned.
4.I was _________ (委派) as a volcanologist working for this organization.
5.You will become __________ (精神上) addicted when you often smoke.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
In the past, human activities 1. (have) little effect on global warming, but now they have caused the rise of the earth temperature. All scientists agree that the increase in the temperature results 2. the burning of fossil fuels. One of some byproducts 3. (call) greenhouse gases is carbon dioxide which can trap more heat energy in the atmosphere.
Over the last 100 years, the temperature of the earth 4. (increase). The 5. (attitude) towards this rise are completely different. Some are positive 6. others are negative. Those who are positive think that without the greenhouse gases the earth would be 7. (cool) than it is, 8. would not be suitable to live on. Others think the rise of the earth temperature may cause severe storms, floods, droughts and so on.
9. (actual), green house gases will continue to build up in the atmosphere. Luckily, we human beings are doing what we can 10. (reduce) green house gases. More importantly, individuals can make a difference.
