China's box office(票房收入) exceeded 50 billion yuan(7.5 billion US dollars) on Monday, November 20th, 2017. It's the first year that the country has broken the 50 billion mark.

Data showed that as of 6:57 p.m. Monday, a total of 1.448 billion viewers entered cinemas this year, 15 percent up from last year.

Box office of domestic(国内的) movies reached 26.2 billion yuan, accounting for 52.4 percent of the total. A total of 78 films pocketed 100 million yuan each, including 39 domestic ones.

The country has seen its box office increase steadily for the past 15 years. In 2002, it was less than 1 billion yuan; in 2010 over 10 billion yuan; in 2013 more than 20 billion yuan and in 2015 over 40 billion yuan.

1.The underlined word “exceeded” means ________ in Chinese.

A. 下降 B. 超过 C. 稳定 D. 降低

2.________ people went to see a movie in 2016.

A. 1.150 billion B. 1.259 billion

C. 1.448 billion D. 1.665 billion

3.The box office of domestic movies is ________ up to now.

A. 22.8 billion B. 23.8 billion C. 26.2 billion D. 50 billion

4.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. China will see its box office growing steadily in the following years.

B. The box office of foreign films is going down all through these years.

C. 39 foreign films got 100 million yuan this years in China.

D. The box office of Chinese films around the world in 2015 is 40 billion yuan.

5.What's the best title of this passage?

A. China's box office reached 50 billion

B. China's box office is growing steadily

C. 39 films win most box office of China

D. More people entered the cinema this year

Autumn de Forest is an American painter. She was born on December 27, 2001.Her father is a musician and he plays the drums very well. Her mother was an actress and model.

Autumn de Forest has been painting since she was five, and she is really good at it. She has become one of Park West Gallery's topselling artists. With her work being sold for as much as $ 25, 000, Autumn was even called “an artistic talent” and a “child prodigy” in a special program produced by The Discovery Channel. Now you can see her in many TV shows. Autumn also loves helping others. She often teaches children to paint in her free time. Autumn doesn't go to school and she studies at home. She works very hard because she wants to go to Yale University.

A 17yearold girl, with her rich knowledge of the ancient culture and works, won first prize in the Chinese Poetry Conference (中国诗词大会).

Wu Yishu, a high school student in Shanghai, beat the other competitors in the second season of the Chinese Poetry Conference.

“I get feelings from ancient poetry that modern people cannot give me, I pay little attention to the competition result, but I love poetry,” Wu said.

In the final of the competition, all the competitors were asked to recite poem by looking at sand paintings and recite as many poems as they could think of about the Chinese character jiu. Wu did quite well.

1.Autumn de Forest is especially good at ________.

A. selling B. teaching C. acting D. painting

2.How long has Autumn de Forest painted?

A. About 5 years. B. About 16 years.

C. About 13 years. D. About 17 years.

3.What is Wu Yishu?

A. A painter. B. A student. C. An actress. D. A model.

4.Why could Wu Yishu win the competition?

A. Because she paid little attention to the result.

B. Because she recited the most poems.

C. Because she looked at sand pictures carefully.

D. Because of her rich knowledge of the ancient culture and works.

5.Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A. Wu Yishu doesn't care much about her competition result.

B. Autumn de Forest never goes to school but studies at home.

C. Autumn de Forest is the same age as Wu Yishu.

D. Wu Yishu did very well in the final of the competition.

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