The famous director of a big and expensive movie planned to film a beautiful sunset over the ocean so that the audiences could see his hero and heroine(女主角) in front of it at the end of the film as they said goodbye to each other forever. He sent his camera crew out one evening to film the sunset for him.
The next morning he said to the men, “Have you provided me with that sunset?” “No, sir,” the men answered.
The director was angry.
“Why not?” he asked.
“Well, sir,” one of the men answered, “we're on the east coast here, and the sun sets in the west. We can get you a sunrise over the sea, if necessary, but not a sunset.”
“But I want a sunset!” the director shouted. “Go to the airport, take the next flight to the west coast, and get one.”
But then a young secretary had an idea. “Why don't you photograph a sunrise,” she suggested, “and then play it backwards? Then it'll look like a sunset.”
“That's a very good idea!” the director said. Then he turned to the camera crew and said, “Tomorrow morning I want you to get me a beautiful sunrise over the sea.”
The camera crew went out early the next morning and filmed a bright sunrise over the beach in the middle of a beautiful bay. Then at nine o'clock they took it to the director. “Here it is, sir,” they said, and gave it to him. He was very pleased.
They all went into the studio. “All right,” the director explained, “now our hero and heroine are going to say goodbye. Run the film backwards so that we can see the 'sunset' behind them.”
The “sunset” began, but after a quarter of a minute, the director suddenly put his face in his hands and shouted to the camera crew to stop.
The birds in the film were flying backwards, and the waves on the sea were going away from the beach.
1.One evening, the director sent his camera crew out ______.
A.to film a scene on the sea B.to try to please the audience
C.to watch a beautiful sunset D.to find an actor and an actress
2.Why did the director want to send his crew to the west coast?
A.Because he was angry with his crew. B.Because it was his secretary's suggestion.
C.Because he wanted to get a scene of sunset. D.Because he wanted to fire his foolish crew.
3.After the “sunset” began, the director suddenly put his face in his hands ______.
A.as he was satisfied with what the crew filmed
B.as he saw everything in the film moving backwards
C.as the hero's and heroine's performance disappointed him
D.as the sunrise did not look as beautiful as he had imagined
Reports tell us that Americans work more and vacation less than people in other major developed countries. Still millions of Americans do try to get away from home for a week or two in the summer months. Some might even have the time and money to spend longer on vacation.
For example, many retired(退休的) Americans can be found driving around the United States in big recreational vehicles, known as R.V's. These serve as a home away from home. In fact, It might even be their only home as they see the country.
Some American families get in their cars and drive to historic places like Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia. There, they can experience what life was like for early Americans. If that is not exciting enough, also in Williamsburg is a water park and an amusement park with rides.
Other Americans visit national parks like Yellowstone or Yosemite out in the West. They want to spend time with nature. Or they take their vacation by a lake or the ocean. They might swim or fish. But many just want to sit and enjoy the feeling of doing nothing, except maybe reading a book.
Some families fly to other countries on vacation. Or they go on a cruise ship and stop in different ports. Cruise ships are like floating cities.
But not everyone goes someplace special on vacation. This might be the only time for people to work on things like home improvement projects. And while they do that, they might think of all the fun their friends are having.
1.What can be the best title for the text?
A.Not all Americans take summer vacations.
B.Americans enjoy more work and less vocation.
C.Where Americans go on their summer vacations.
D.Different places have different summer vacations.
2.If you want to spend time with nature, you can do the following things except______.
A.to visit historic places B.to see the country
C.to stay by a lake D.to visit national parks
3.Which of the following is NOT true?
A.People choose different places depending on different interests.
B.All the people just do nothing but relax themselves for vacations.
C.Not all Americans can afford time and money to go on a vacation.
D.People interested in history can have fun in Colonial Williamsburg.
4.What does the underlined sentence of the passage mean?
A.They think of their work at home as a special kind of vacation.
B.They can imagine what fun their friends are having on vacation.
C.They fully enjoy doing their work on home improvement projects.
D.They might admire their friends for having time going on vacation.
Hong Kong is among the cities which have the largest populations in the world, but with night skies around 1,000 times brighter than globally accepted levels, it gains a bad reputation(名声) for its light pollution.
A study by Hong Kong University found that brightness levels in the southern Chinese city's popular shopping district of Tsim Sha Tsui were 1,200 times greater than the international dark sky standard.
The crowded city of 7 million people, full of residential(住宅的) high-rises, towering office blocks and neon(霓虹灯) advertisements has no laws to control outdoor lightning.
The result is that light pollution is thought to be much worse than in other large cities, including London, Sydney, Tokyo and Shanghai.
“In Hong Kong, you can't go anywhere outdoor in the evening without your eyes being blinded by this really upsetting outdoor lightning,” the light pollution survey's head Jason Pum told AFP.
“The fact that we have all this light in the sky means energy is wasted,” he said, adding that too much artificial lightning also affects nightly wildlife.
Research has suggested that light pollution can cause a number of harmful health problems in humans, including sleeplessness and headaches and can also affect body clocks and hormones(荷尔蒙).
The university's survey, the result of five million measurements taken from points across the city, was released just days before the start of the yearly Earth Hour event, organized by the World Wildlife Fund.
People around the world will be encouraged to turn off the lights for an hour on Saturday night to advertise climate change. Last year, a number of Hong Kong's major buildings along Victoria Harbour went dark to mark Earth Hour.
“Anyway, we should do our best to reduce the amount of lightning and suit it to the benefit of the environment.”
1.If you walk out at night in Hong Kong, you can see all those things except ______.
A.neon advertisements B.residential buildings
C.a dark sky with many stars D.high office blocks
2.Which of the following statements about too much lightning is NOT true?
A.Too much lightning means wasting energy. B.It can make the city more beautiful at night.
C.It may have a bad effect on nightly wildlife. D.It can do great harm to human beings' health.
3.We can know from the passage that__________
A.Earth Hour is simply organized to reduce pollution. B.light pollution is the biggest problem in Hong Kong.
C.light pollution is the primary causes of sleeplessness. D.light pollution in Hong Kong is among world's worst.
4.What will the author probably discuss after the last paragraph?
A.Ways to reduce light pollution B.Causes of light pollution
C.Worries about light pollution D.Bad effects of light pollution
You may think that sailing is a difficult sport, but it is really not hard to learn it. You do not need to be strong. But you need to be quick. And you need to understand a few basic rules about the wind. First, you must ask yourself, “Where is the wind coming from? Is it coming from ahead or behind or from the side?” You must think about this all the time on the boat. The wind direction tells you what to do with the sail.
Let’s start with the wind blowing from behind. This means the wind and the boat are going in the same direction. Then you must always keep the sail outside the boat. It should be at a 90° angle (角度) the boat. Then it will catch the wind best.
If the wind is blowing from the side, it is blowing across the boat In this case, you must keep the sail half way outside the boat. It should be at a 45° angle to the boat. It needs to be out far enough to catch the wind, but it shouldn’t flap (摆动). It shouldn’t look like a flag on a flagpole. If it is flapping, it is probably out too far, and the boat will slow down.
Sailing into the wind is not possible. If you try, the sail will flap and the boat will stop. You may want to go in that direction. It is possible, but you can’t go in a straight line. You must go first in one direction and then in another. This is called tacking. When you are tacking, you must always keep the sail inside the boat.
1.What should you consider first while sailing?
A.Wave levels. B.Size of sails.
C.Sailors’ strength. D.Wind directions.
2.What does the word “It” underlined in Paragraph 4 refer to?
A.The boat. B.The wind.
C.The sail. D.The angle.
3.What do you have to do when sailing against the wind?
A.Tack the boat. B.Lower the sail.
C.Move in a straight line. D.Allow the sail to flap.
4.Where can you probably find the text?
A.In a physics textbook. B.In a tourist guidebook.
C.In a popular magazine. D.In an official report.
假如你叫李华,是中牟三高一年级的学生。请你给你校的外教 Ms Tyler 写一 封信，就英语学习方面向她请教。
1.词汇；
2.语法。
注意：1.字数在 90 词左右。
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Ms Tyler，
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Sincerely yours ,
Li Hua
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：在缺词处加一个漏字符号，（∧），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：在错的词下面画一横线，并在改词下面写出修正后的词。
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 11 处起）不计分。
I was leaving the book store this afternoon when I saw a poor family— a mother and her four kid sitting in the cold, that brought back memories to my childhood. The little girl, who was about 13, told me he liked my sweater. I said “Thank you” her. When I was walking to my car, I was started to feel sad. After I put the books in my car, I sudden thought the little girl might need a sweater at the school. So I went back to find the little girl, take my sweater off but gave it to her. I knew she would get much use out of it than me.
