At the doctor’s office
Wilson is a foreign student in Britain. He is learning English there. He still has some trouble using the language.
Doctor: Good morning. You’re a new patient, I think. What’s the trouble?
Wilson: Sometimes I feel cold and sometimes hot. I have a headache and a stomachache.
Doctor: Yes, you look a bit off-colour.
Wilson: What colour, please?
Doctor: Sorry, what I said was “off-colour”. We use it to describe how people look or feel when they are unwell. Let me take your temperature. When did this start?
Wilson: I felt very tired last night when I went to bed. Then I felt really bad this morning when I woke up.
Doctor: I see. Now, let’s look at your temperature. Ah, just as I thought, a hundred and one.
Wilson: Oh, a hundred and one? So high?
Doctor: Ah, yes, that must sound strange to you. We measure people’s temperature on the Fahrenheit scale（华氏）. In centigrade, your temperature is 39℃, which is a bit high, but not exactly boiling point（沸点）.
Wilson: Oh, it isn’t very bad, then.
Doctor: No, it isn’t serious. You’ve got a cold. I’ll give you some medicine. You’d better stay at home in the warm for a day or two and drink plenty of water.
Wilson: Thank you very much, doctor. I’m feeling better already. It wasn’t so difficult telling you about my illness.
Doctor: No, language doesn’t matter too much to a doctor. After all, vets manage without language at all.
Wilson: Please, what is a “vets”?
Doctor: Animal doctors. Now I must end this English lesson and see my next patient.
1.Which word has the same meaning as the underlined word “off-colour”?
A.tired B.lazy C.sick D.stressed
2.What do we know about Wilson?
A.He is good at English. B.He has had a cold.
C.He is from the UK. D.He knows the doctor well.
3.What is the doctor like?
A.Impatient. B.Strict. C.Humorous. D.Curious.
Fun film facts | |
Two of the most famous silent films ever made were the French sciencefiction film A Trip to the Moon (1902) and the American film The Great Train Robbery (1903). | The silent film that made the most money ever was The Birth of a Nation (1915), which was produced and directed by D. W. A Griffith. It made $10,000,000. |
Auguste Lumiere and his brother made the first film shown in public. However, they didn't believe that films would become very popular. Auguste said, 'Cinema...has nocommercial (商业) future!' |
25% of the money by a film comes from ticket sales, 46% from DVD sales, and 29% from television. We don't know how much money people get from popcorn sales, but film fans usually eat a lot of this salty food, especially when watching a horror film. |
1.A Trip to the Moon, The Great Train Robbery and The Birth of a Nation were ________.
A.silent films B.science fiction films
C.made in the same year D.made by a French director
2.What did Auguste Lumire believe?
A.Horror films would become popular.
B.Film-makers would be rich in the future.
C.People would eat popcorn when seeing films.
D.Not many people would be interested in films.
3.What percentage of the money by a film comes from ticket sales?
A.About a quarter. B.About one-third.
C.About a half. D.About three-fourths.
Long long ago, a man had a cat which he loved very, very much. He thought it was such an unusual animal that he decided to name it Sky.
One day, a friend said to him, “Allow me to _____________ to you that there is something stronger than sky. I mean the clouds, for they _____________ the sky.” “You are right,” _____________ the man. “From now on, I’m going to give my most unusual cat the name Cloud.”
Sometime later, one of his neighbours was drinking tea at his house. “_______________ do you call this unusual animal Cloud? For there is _____________ much stronger than the clouds. I mean the wind that blows away the clouds _______________ it.” So from then on the man called the cat of which he was so _______________ by the name of Wind.
But a week had not passed when the leader of the town noticed this quite unusual cat. “Wind,” he said, “seems to me a _____________ that is not worth the quality of this animal. The wind meets his master every day. I mean the wall that it cannot _____________through.” “Ah, so,” said the ________________ of the cat, “my most beloved pet will be called Wall.”
A little later, a young man from a nearby school respectfully said to the man that there was something which could beat even a wall — the __________________ that bit a hole through it. “That is ______________,” said the man. “I will name my most unusual cat Mouse.”
Just then the gardener’s little son happened by. “Mouse!” ________________ cried out. “Aha, I know something much stronger than a mouse. I mean the cat that ______________ the mouse and eats him up.” At this the man realized his ______________ . And from then on he called the animal by the most beautiful name that anyone had been able to give it — the name of Cat.
1.A.carry out B.point out C.put out D.find out
2.A.hide B.fill C.clean D.decorate
3.A.asked B.added C.replied D.doubted
4.A.When B.Where C.How D.Why
5.A.something B.anything C.everything D.nothing
6.A.as a result of B.instead of C.in front of D.because of
7.A.scared B.proud C.tired D.sure
8.A.sport B.subject C.weather D.name
9.A.look B.blow C.walk D.wash
10.A.owner B.seller C.buyer D.hunter
11.A.fish B.dog C.mouse D.bird
12.A.true B.wrong C.necessary D.interesting
13.A.I B.you C.he D.she
14.A.touches B.finds C.hits D.catches
15.A.kindness B.foolishness C.cleverness D.sadness
Tom became interested in books at a very young age. He read every book he could find and bought books of all kinds. Today Tom has a big collection of books. His favourite books are mystery novels and books about detective stories.
The story mainly tells us ________.
A.why Tom does the reading B.how Tom learned to read
C.how much Tom likes to read D.what Tom’s favourite books are
―Are you sure you won't come for a drink with us?
― if you insist.
A.Not at all B.All right then
C.It depends D.I don't care
It’s an either-or situation — we can buy a camera this year or we can go on holiday but we can’t do________.
A.other B.either C.all D.both
