Hollywood filmmakers, including creators of t...

Hollywood filmmakers, including creators of the 1998 Disney fílm Mulan, will start a “discovery trip” to Mulans birthplace —Huangpi district in Hubei province this week.

During 1. two-day visit, they will see a number of Mulan-themed performances, such as horse fighting show and local opera. They also will visit 2. (place) of historical interest, like the Mulan Mountain and the Generals Temple.

In the 20 years since the Disney film came out, 3.(it) director Tony Bancroft hasn’t been to the land of Mulan’s roots. “For me, it’s more than a circle tour of 4. my favorite character was born. I’m also doing my homework for the next film,” he said.

“China used to be closed off to Westerners, thus 5. (create) a mystery. but in the last few years, U. S. films 6.(explore) the Chinese culture and environment, which has opened audiences to a whole new world. I believe the tale of Mulan appeals’ to Westerners mainly 7. it’s about a daughter’s respect for her family, 8. (especial) her father.” Bancroft added.

A live-action remake of the 1998 film 9. (expect) to hit theaters in 2019. The Walt Disney Studios has announced that Chinese actress Liu Yifei, also 10.(know) as Crystal Liu, is going to star in the classic Chinese tale

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I live in the land of Disney, Hollywood. You may think people in such an attractive and exciting, fun-filled place are happier than others. If so, you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness.

Many intelligent people still consider happiness equal to fun. The truth is that fun and happiness have little or nothing in common. Fun is what we experience during an act. Happiness is what we experience after an act. It is a deeper, more lasting emotion.

Going to an amusement park or ball game, watching a movie or television, are fun activities that help us relax, temporarily forget our problems and maybe even laugh. But they do not bring happiness, because their positive effects end when the fun ends.

I have often thought that if Hollywood stars have a role to play, it is to teach us that happiness has nothing to do with fun. These rich, beautiful people have constant access to glamorous parties, fancy cars, expensive homes, everything that brings “happiness”. But in memoir after memoir, famous people expose the unhappiness hidden beneath all their fun — depression, alcoholism, drug addiction, broken marriages, troubled children and extreme loneliness.

Ask an unmarried man why he refuses to get married even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying. If he’s honest, he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment. For commitment is in fact quite painful. The single life is filled with fun, adventure and excitement. Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features.

Similarly, couples that choose not to have children are deciding in favor of painless fun over painful happiness. They can dine out whenever they want and sleep as late as they want. Couples with babies are lucky to get a whole night’s sleep or a three-day vacation. I don’t know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children.

The way people stick to the belief that a fun-filled, pain-free life equals happiness actually reduces their chances of ever achieving real happiness. If fun and pleasure are equal to happiness, then pain must be equal to unhappiness. As a result, they fear the pain unavoidably brought by such things as marriage, raising children, professional achievement, religious commitment and self-improvement.

But, in fact, the opposite is true. More times than not, things that lead to happiness involve some pain. The very efforts are the source of true happiness. Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations we can ever come to.

1.According to the writer, an important role Hollywood stars have to play is to ________.

A. give audience enough fun

B. write memoirs to introduce their lives

C. show unhappiness behind fun

D. tell people what happiness is

2.In the writer’s opinion, marriage ________.

A. means the end of fun

B. leads to less sleep

C. leads to raising children

D. means responsibility

3.Many people fail to enjoy real happiness because ________.

A. they don’t have religious beliefs

B. they get married and have children

C. they believe fun is equal to happiness

D. they can’t free themselves from commitment

4.If one understands the nature of happiness, he will ________.

A. try to be a responsible person

B. enjoy life by spending all his wealth

C. stop seeking fun from daily life

D. keep himself with his family

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1.What can YES and NO buttons help you do?

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B. Make dialing easy.

C. Order food and drink.

D. Look through the menu.

2.Why is the Jitterbug5 easy to enjoy?

A. It has powerful battery.

B. It has a wonderful speaker.

C. It is the best on the market.

D. It has a fashionable design.

3.What is the use of the 5Star button?

A. Getting you prepared for trips.

B. Recommending 5-satr hotels.

C. Offering the medical help.

D. Providing the best service.

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Stan Lee, co-founder of the Marvel Universe(漫威宇宙) and co-creator of many of its most popular superheroes, died at the age of 95.

Lee was born Stanley Martin Lieber in New York in 1922. As a son of working-class Jewish immigrants from Romania, times were hard and he lived with his family in a shabby single-bedroom apartment. After graduating from high school at 16, Lieber landed a job as an assistant at Timely Comics. By the early 1940s, he was a temporary editor for the company. It was at this time that he began using his pen name---Stan Lee. In 1947, two years after returning from serving for the U.S. Army, Lee married his wife, Joan. The two began their 70-year marriage and had two children.

In the late 1950s, DC Comics breathed new life into its classic superhero and experienced a significant success with its updated version of the Flash, and later with super-team the Justice League of America.

To compete against DC Comics, Lee was given the task of creating their own group of superheroes. In 1961, Timely Comics changed its name into Marvel Comics after Atlas Comics, and that November saw the debut(首次亮相) of the Fantastic Four. Lee’s later famous and lasting creations of comic-book superheroes included Spider-Man, the Hulk, Thor, Iron Man and the X-Men.

Over the course of his career, Lee was an icon of Marvel Comics. As a writer and editor and, at various points, both the publisher and vice president of Marvel Comics, Lee not only introduced interesting characters to the industry, but changed the way that comic books came together. He also created a cooperative workflow between writers and artists, which became known as the “Marvel Method”. Lee received a National Medal of Arts in 2008 for his innovations that revolutionized American comic books.

1.What do we know about Lee from Paragraph 2?

A.He served for the U.S. Army for two years.

B.He suffered from an unfortunate marriage.

C.He had a tough and struggling childhood.

D.He adopted his pen name at the age of 16.

2.What was the company called when Spider-Man was created?

A.Timely Comics B.Marvel Comics

C.Atlas Comics D.DC Comics

3.What does the underlined word “icon” in the last paragraph mean?

A.Statue. B.Agent.

C.Assistant. D.Symbol.

4.What can be the best title for the text?

A.Stan Lee, the Godfather of Marvel Comics.

B.The Development of Marvel Comics.

C.Stan Lee, a Superhero in Comic Books.

D.The Popular Superheroes of Marvel Comics.

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J.K. Rowling, ____ gifted creator of Harry Potter, is ____ success in the literary world.

A．a; a              B．\; a              C．the; \             D．the; a

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The Americans believe that anybody can become President of the United States. In a recent Hollywood comedy(喜剧), that is exactly what happens.

Dave Kovic, played by Kevin Kline, is a kind-hearted man who runs a business that finds people jobs. He leads a typical(典型的) American way of life, except for one thing－he looks exactly like the President, Bill Mitchell. In fact, the only thing that makes him different from the nation’s leader is that he is very nice!

The president has started using look-alikes during some public appearances. Dave is offered a chance to “serve his country” by becoming one. However, things go wrong. The President becomes very ill and Dave ends up acting as the President forever.

Director Ivan Reitman, who made the popular and successful comedies like Twins, Ghostbusters and Legal Eagles, could have gone for easy laughs by making fun of the American government. Instead, Dave is an attractive comedy about an ordinary man in extraordinary situations. Kevin Kline gives a double performance as Dave and the President, and Sigourney Weaver is at her best as his First Lady. The love story that develops between her role and Dave is a real classic(经典).

The film is 100% American. However, if you’ve ever felt that anybody could do a better job running the country than the people in power, then you’ll enjoy Dave!

1.What is the purpose of the text?

A. To tell the reader about the American government.

B. To discus the Americans’ ideas about the President.

C. To make a comparison between Dave and other films.

D. To introduce a new film to the reader.

2.Who plays the role of the President in the film?

A. Sigourney Weaver.                B. Kevin Kline.

C. Bill Mitchell.                   D. Ivan Reitman.

3.The underlined word “one” in the 3rd paragraph refers to _____.

A. the President   B. the director   C. an actor       D. a look-alike

4.Which of the following is best supported by the text?

A. The author makes fun of the President.

B. The author thinks highly of the film.

C. The author is a fan of Hollywood comedies.

D. The author wishes to become the American President.

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The Americans believe that anybody can become president of the United States. In a recent Hollywood comedy, that is exactly what happens.

Dave Kovic, played by Kevin Kline, is a kind-hearted man who runs a business that finds people jobs. He leads a typical American way of life, except for one thing－he looks exactly like the president, Bill Mitchell. In fact, the only thing that makes him different from the nation’s leader is that he is very nice!

The president has started using look-alikes during some public appearances. Dave is offered a chance to “serve his country” by becoming one. However, things go wrong. The president becomes very ill and Dave ends up acting as the president forever.

Director Ivan Reitman, who made the popular and successful comedies like Twins, Ghostbusters and Legal Eagles, could have gone for easy laughs by making fun of the American government. Instead, Dave is an attractive comedy about an ordinary man in extraordinary situations. Kevin Kline gives a double performance as Dave and the president, and Sigourney Weaver is at her best as his First Lady. The love story that develops between her role and Dave is a real classic.

The film is 100% American. However, if you’ve ever felt that anybody could do a better job running the country than the people in power, then you’ll enjoy Dave!

1.What is the purpose of the text?

A. To introduce a new film to the reader.

B. To discus the Americans’ ideas about the President.

C. To make a comparison between Dave and other films.

D. To tell the reader about the American government.

2.Who plays the role of the President in the film?

A. Sigourney Weaver.                B. Kevin Kline.

C. Bill Mitchell.                    D. Ivan Reitman.

3.The underlined word “one” in the 3rd paragraph refers to ________.

A. the President                    B. the director

C. an actor                            D. a look-alike

4.Which of the following is best supported by the text?

A. The author makes fun of the President.

B. The author is a fan of Hollywood comedies.

C. The author thinks highly of the film.

D. The author wishes to become the American President.

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Robert Altman’s films were different from the usual methods of Hollywood movie storytelling. In the 1940s, he started his film career directing industrial movies in his hometown of Kansas City, Missouri. Later, he moved to Hollywood, California, to make television shows.

His first major film, MASH, was released in 1970. It tells about a group of American medical workers in an army hospital in Korea during the Korean War in the 1950s. The movie was a great success. It questioned the rules of the military in a way that was sharply funny and clever.

Robert Altman continued to make movies with strong political and social points. His next major movie, Nashville, came out in 1975. This movie provides a complex (not simple) look at changes in the country music industry.

Robert Altman’s movies have a very special style. Often, his actors speak so naturally that it is hard to believe they are performing. Altman liked his actors to be free to make up their own lines. Altman wanted to copy the way people talked and acted in real life. And he was willing to fight with movie studio businessmen to make sure that he had total creative (有创造力的) control over his work.

Even as an old man, Robert Altman continued to make movies. Many of his 33 films were nominated (提名) for Academy Awards, including The Player and Gosford Park. Robert Altman died in November in Los Angeles, California. He was 81 years old.

1.According to the passage, Altman was ______.

A. a writer              B. an actor         C. a director          D. a soldier

2.Robert Altman began to make films ______.

A. in the 1940s           B. in the 1950s      C. in 1970   D. in 1975

3.What is special about Altman’s films is that ______.

A. they were all industrial films

B. they were true to life

C. they were films with strong political points

D. many of them were nominated for Academy Awards

4.The passage mainly tells us that ______.

A. the Korean War took place in the 1950s

B. Robert Altman made his first major film in 1970

C. Robert Altman’s films have a different style

D. Robert Altman received many Academy Awards

5.The best title for this passage should be ______.

A. Robert Altman - Director of Special Style Movie

B. Some Famous Films from Hollywood

C. How Robert Altman Directed His Films

D. Actors in the Films of Robert Altman

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One of the complaints about the Hollywood movies is that they sometimes are _______ to show off the special effects　 _______ to develop the movie's theme and plot.

A. rather; than　　　 　 B. further; than

C. less; than　　　　　　 D. more; than

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For fans of Emma Watson, it’s quite exciting that she perfectly plays the role of Belle in Disney’s fantasy film Beauty and the Beast. In most fairy tales, it’s the woman who ________ her prince to rescue her from danger, but in this movie, Belle, independent and active, with ________ and kindness, saves her love and ________ him from a fearsome beast back into a charming prince.

Watson, in real life, is ________ with her famous roles. She is ________ for fighting for equality for women all over the world and is always proud of her feminist（女权主义）thoughts. Actually, her early ________ affected her decision to be so strong in her. ________. She claimed in one speech she ________ on gender（性别）equality: At age 8, she was called “bossy” by boys only because she, a girl, wanted to direct plays. She then started to focus on gender equality. Afterward, her enthusiastic and wise public speeches have ________ many miserable women, for which she ________ credit.

On March 8, Watson ________ a live Question and Answer about gender equality for the UN’s HeForShe campaign. During the ________, Watson emphasized that gender equality doesn’t just ________ women. “I’ve got four brothers. Gender equality is having an effect on them just as ________ as me. My brother once said he just couldn’t ________ some of his male friends, ________ the rude way they talk about girls.”

When Watson was ________ as a UN Women Goodwill Ambassador, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon joked that he hoped Watson used her magic stick to ________ violence against women. And the ________ young woman is doing and will ________ to do so.

1.A. picks out　　 B. rings up　　 C. waits for　　 D. keeps back

2.A. courage　　 B. ease　　 C. damage　　 D. shame

3.A. distinguishes　　 B. transforms　　 C. teases　　 D. urges

4.A. bored　　 B. content　　 C. familiar　　 D. consistent

5.A. known　　 B. sorry　　 C. essential　　 D. grateful

6.A. performance　　 B. experience　　 C. achievement　　 D. curiosity

7.A. traditions　　 B. customs　　 C. awards　　 D. beliefs

8.A. delivered　　 B. discovered　　 C. ignored　　 D. appreciated

9.A. threatened　　 B. attacked　　 C. inspired　　 D. forgave

10.A. controls　　 B. deserves　　 C. seeks　　 D. replaces

11.A. conducted　　 B. directed　　 C. inspected　　 D. rejected

12.A. charity　　 B. event　　 C. defence　　 D. cooperation

13.A. adjust　　 B. refresh　　 C. affect　　 D. imitate

14.A. slightly　　 B. securely　　 C. legally　　 D. similarly

15.A. comfort　　 B. annoy　　 C. tolerate　　 D. dismiss

16.A. probably　　 B. originally　　 C. naturally　　 D. especially

17.A. adopted　　 B. applied　　 C. abandoned　　 D. appointed

18.A. measure　　 B. end　　 C. multiply　　 D. signal

19.A. terrified　　 B. curious　　 C. magical　　 D. violent

20.A. continue　　 B. admit　　 C. pretend　　 D. hesitate

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