题目内容
When Mary came to see me, I ________ the music.
- A.am listening to
- B.listened to
- C.was listening to
- D.was listening
解析:
选C。此句表示当一个动作发生了的时候,另一个动作正在发生。
Mary Santiago has that secret dream, too. Her story is featured in Another Cinderella Story, a film set in a US high school.
Mary is shy but loves to dance. Compared with other girls, she is invisible. However, her world changes completely when a famous teenager pop singer, Joey Parker, appears.
Joey is everything the rest of the boys in her class are not—kind, handsome and desirable. Mary and Joey’s paths cross at a ball. They meet and fall in love with each other. But when Mary has to rush back home, she leaves behind her MP3 player, which becomes the only clue Joey has to find the girl of his dreams. Of course, there is a wicked(邪恶的) stepmother, who turns out to be Dominique Blatt and she takes in Mary after her dancer mother dies. Dominique treats Mary like a maid and does everything she can to make sure Mary doesn’t get into the top dance school. Her two daughters are equally determined to stop Joey falling for Mary, even if that means embarrassing her.
The story, though it mostly follows Cinderella, does add a few modern day twists to the classic fairy tale. Refreshingly, the film, unlike many high school films, does not focus on looks, although the actors are all beautiful. There is also a lot less materialism in Another Cinderella Story than in many similar movies.
“The movie takes the Cinderella fairytale as its jumping off point,” writes movie critic Amber Wilkinson. “The focus is firmly on following your dream.”
【小题1】The first paragraph is mainly to ____________.
A.build interest and lead us to Mary’s secret dream |
B.remind us why Cinderella is popular all the years |
C.inform us of the main topic of the whole passage |
D.tell us how interesting the fairy tale Cinderella is |
A.is brave in expressing her love |
B.is attended badly by the stepmother |
C.has a dream of meeting a prince |
D.is embarrassed by the pop singer |
A.Joey is just like other boys in Mary’s class. |
B.Mary’s mother influences her a lot in singing. |
C.Not many people have a dream to be realized. |
D.The MP3 player helps Joey in finding Mary. |
A.an introduction to a film |
B.a review about a film |
C.an essay about dreams |
D.an advertisement of Cinderella |
A.follows Cinderella with nothing new |
B.pays more attention to the looks of the actors |
C.encourages young people to follow their dreams |
D.focuses more on materialism than other films |
Frankenstein is one of the world’s most famous horror stories. It’s about a doctor who creates a new man from the body parts of dead people and brings it to life. But the experiment goes wrong and the monster(怪兽) kills the doctor and many others. The story has been read by millions since it was first published and in the last hundred years it has been made into dozens of movies. Many people are surprised to learn its writer was a 19-year-old woman, called Mary Shelley.
Mary was born into a rich London family in August 1797. She was educated by her parents and when she was 13 decided to become a writer. In 1812, she met the famous writer Percy Shelley and they soon got married. Sadly for Mary, their first child died soon after birth in Italy. In her diary, Mary wrote about a dream: “I dreamt that my little baby came to life again—that it had only been cold and that we rubbed it before the fire and it lived.”
In 1816, Percy Shelley and 19-year-odl May visited the poet Lord Byron at his home in Switzerland. Because of the bad weather they stayed indoors reading horror stories. One night, Byron asked everyone to write their own story. Mary thought of her dream and wrote the story Frankenstein.
Frankenstein was published when Mary was 21, and became a huge success. Many people didn’t think a 19-year-old woman could write so well and believed her husband was the real writer.
Although famous, Shelley’s life was full of sadness. Only one of her four children lived and in 1822 her husband died in a swimming accident. Mary was broken-hearted and decided not to marry again. She devoted herself to her child and continued to write until her death in 1851.
【小题1】 What do we know about he story Frankenstein?
A.It was really written by Mary Shelley’s husband. |
B.It was been read by millions of people. |
C.It was written to remember Shelley’s husband. |
D.It is the most famous story in the world. |
A.In England. | B.In Italy. | C.In Switzerland. | D.In France. |
a. Bad weather made everyone stay indoors reading horror stories.
b. The story Frankenstein was first published.
c. Mary wrote about a dream in her diary.
d. Mary met the famous writer Percy Shelley.
e. Movies based on the story of Frankenstein were made.
A.a, c, b, e, d | B.d, c, a, b, e | C.c, a, b, d, e | D.b, a, d, c, e |
A.43 | B.48 | C.51 | D.54 |
A.She experienced a lot of sadness in her life. |
B.She wasn’t considered a good writer during her life. |
C.She was educated at her local school. |
D.She became very rich because of the story Frankenstein. |
Mary likes dogs very much. She has a pug-dog. It is white. It has big eyes and ears. It is small but it is cute and beautiful.
Every morning, the dog eats some bread and meat. They are the dog’s favorite food. When Mary goes to school, the dog always waits for(等待) her at the gate. When she comes back home, the dog follows her here and there. When Mary does her homework, it lies(卧) near her feet. When Mary watches TV, the dog sits on the sofa near her. When Mary goes to bed, the dog lies its bed next to Mary’s. in the evening, they often run and play in the yard (院子). They are really good friends.
根据短文内容,选择正确答案。(1×5=5分)
【小题1】Mary has a _____ dog.
A.white | B.black | C.yellow | D.red |
A.lazy and big | B. small and lazy |
C.small and cute | D. big and beautiful |
A.grass and leaves | B.fruit and fish |
C.bread and meat | D.grass and meat |
A.follows her here and there | B.lies near her |
C.sits on the sofa | D.lies on the bed |
A.student | B.teacher | C.doctor | D.actor |