Most people think that the capital of the movie world is Hollywood, in the United States. However, the real movie capital is Mumbai, in India. Mumbai used to be known as Bombay, and so the film industry(产业)there is called “Bollywood”. Each year, Bollywood makes twice as many movies as Hollywood.
The movies from Bollywood are very different from Hollywood movies. For one thing, Bollywood movies are longer than most Hollywood movies. Most Bollywood movies are more than three hours long, and contain singing, dancing, adventure, mystery and romance. Because Bollywood films has so many different characters, this style of film is called a “masala” film. Masala is an Indian word for a mixture(混合) of spices(调味品).
Another big difference is the way the movies are made. It takes longer to make a movie in Hollywood than in Bollywood. In fact, filming may begin on a Bollywood movie before the script(剧本) is finished. The director and writers can make up the story while the filming is being made. Sometimes they even write the script by hand instead of typing it.
Bollywood actors are so popular that some of them may even work on several movies at the same time. They may even make several different films on the same day using the same costumes(戏装) and scenery. Since most Bollywood movies follow the same kind of story, shooting scenes for several films at the same time is not a big problem for actors or directors. This also helps to keep the cost(成本) of Bollywood movies lower than the cost of Hollywood movies.
1.What is Not True about Mumbai?
A. It is the movie capital of India.
B. The new name is Bombay.
C. More movies are made there than in Hollywood.
D. It is less expensive to make films there than in Hollywood.
2.Why are Bollywood films often called “masala” films?
A. They have spicy stories.
B. They show Indian culture.
C. They mix different styles of movies.
D. They are much longer than Hollywood films.
3.Bollywood movies are cheap to make because_______
A. the scripts are written by hand.
B. they are shorter than Hollywood films.
C. the movies do not use any special effects(特效).
D. some movie reuses things from other movies.
4.Which of the following statements would the writer probably agree with?
A. Hollywood movies are too violent.
B. It takes a lot of masala to make a movie.
C. Most Bollywood movie are very similar.
D. Only Indian people can understand Bollywood movies.
As my dad unwrapped(打开) the new bicycle helmet（头盔）that I got him for his birthday, I realized that a number of people ride their bicycles every day without the protection of a helmet.
Due to cold winters across the country, riding has become increasingly dangerous as many roads have potholes and are torn-up (磨损的). Not everyone realizes that there are laws requiring the wearing of helmets in many places.
Where I live, there has been a law in place since October 1, 1992 stating that cyclists of all ages are required to wear helmets. Unfortunately, accidents can happen to the best of riders. My dad has been a cyclist for many years, and he often rides around my county and to Rockland Lake State Park.
One afternoon, as he was just entering the park, he lost control of his bicycle and flew off and landed on a nearby patch of grass, breaking his helmet into pieces and losing consciousness(知觉). When he was just awakening, a lovely couple found him and brought him back to our house, where he attempted to recap the events leading up to his fall. Later that day, a CAT scan showed that he had a concussion (脑震荡). That evening, while my dad was showing me the pieces of his broken helmet, we both came to a shocking realization.
If he had not worn his helmet, he probably would have cracked his skull and perhaps died. Today, when my dad and I go out cycling, the wearing of our helmets is not even a question. Regardless of age, everyone should wear a helmet whenever they get on a bicycle.
1.In the writer’s opinion, why should people wear bicycle helmets?
A. Because a law requires them to do so.
B. Because many people like wearing bicycle helmets.
C. Because people have realized the importance of wearing helmets.
D. Because the conditions of roads are very poor and it is dangerous to ride on them.
2.The underlined part “we both came to a shocking realization” in Paragraph 4 means “_______”.
A. we understood how lucky the dad was to have worn a helmet
B. we were shocked to see the broken helmet
C. we realized that young people needn’t wear helmets
D. only old people should wear helmets
3.From the accident that happened to the writer’s dad, we can infer that ___________.
A. the cyclists should follow the law
B. his dad was not worried about this accident
C. it is necessary for cyclists to wear helmets
D. everyone should care about life
About ten men in every hundred suffer from color blindness in some way. Women are luckier; only about one in two hundred is affected (影响) in this matter. Perhaps, after all, it is safer to be driven by a woman!
There are different forms of color blindness. In some cases a man may not be able to see deep red. He may think that red, orange and yellow are all shadows of green. Sometimes a person cannot tell the difference between blue and green. In rare cases an unlucky man may see everything in shades of green － a strange world indeed.
Color blindness in human beings is a strange thing to explain. In a single eye there are millions of very small things called “cones”. These help us to see in a bright light and to tell difference between colors. There are also millions of “rods”, but these are used for seeing when it is near dark. They show us shape but no color.
Some insects have favorite colors. Mosquitoes prefer blue to yellow. A red light will not attract insects, but a blue lamp will. In a similar way human beings also have favorite colors. Yet we are lucky. With the aid of the cones in our eyes we can see many beautiful colors by day, and with the aid of the rods we can see shapes at night. One day we may even learn more about the invisible colors around us.
1.The passage is mainly about _____________.
A. color and its surprising effects.
B. women being luckier than men
C. danger caused by color blindness
D. color blindness
2.According to the passage, with the help of the “cones”, we can_______________.
A. tell different shapes
B. see in a weak light
C. kill mosquitoes
D. tell orange from yellow
3.Why do some people say it is safer to be driven by women?
A. Women are more careful.
B. There are fewer color-blind women
C. Women are fonder of driving than men.
D. Women are weaker but quicker in thinking.
4.Which of the statements about the color- blind is true?
A. Not all of them have the same problem in recognizing color.
B. None of them can see deep red.
C. None of them can tell the difference between blue and green.
D. All of them see everything in shades of green.
书面表达
请以“A good state of mind is the base of success.”为题，结合你生活中的一个事例，用英语写一篇100-120个词的短文。
要求：1）记述事情的经过，内容必须结合生活中的一个事例。
2）简要说明好的心态对于获得成功的重要性以及从中得到的启示。
3) 文中不得透露个人姓名及班级名称。
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短文改错
文中共有 10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线（___），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。
Zhang Danuo, editor at the newspaper office, offered to help Yuncheng, which is physically disabled, achieving his ambition to write a book. Every week or so, he set Yuncheng a writing assignment. Although he was often ill, and sometimes could hardly pick up his pen, Yuncheng kept write and finally sent his finished essays to Zhang Danuo. Yuncheng was always happy when he finished an assignment. “I felt everything in the world was beautiful and how wonderfully it was to live in the world,” he said. Knowing that Yuncheng’s book describes what his life it is like, what his hopes and dreams are and how he overcomes the problems what he faces every day, both the old and the young has been inspired by his courage and his good heart and her book has sold well. Yuncheng says that because his life will not be a long one, he must do so much as he can in the time that is left to him.
根据所给的句子，在空格处填入一个恰当的词
1.t’s difficult for him to conduct the experiment. Even though he has trouble________ the experiment, he makes up his mind to manage it himself.
2.Nowadays even children in the mountain areas can surf the Internet. They have_______ _________ the Internet for information at home and abroad.
3.Tom didn’t go to school because he was ill. That’s why he was_______ _______ school and he had to make up for the lost time.
4.He wanted us to tell him the latest news and he desired that he_____ ______ the latest message.
5.In fact, true friends will not abandon anyone. That is, the chances of anybody ______ ________by true friends are rather low.
6.None of us spoke to Tom, so he was_______ ________. (不理会)
7.与其说它看起来像鹿，不如说像马。
The animal looks ________ like a horse ________ a deer.
8.用it翻译句子
花了我们两个小时才帮他摆脱掉困境。
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