题目内容
The storm and flood_____ at least five people dead and more than ten missing.
A.lead B.made C.left D.let
C
The Statue of Liberty, which has been closed to the public since super storm Sandy struck in October, will reopen by July 4.
The Statue of Liberty was presented to the United States by the French people in 1886. It stands at Liberty Island as a welcome to all returning Americans.
It’s five months since the monument and Liberty Island were shut down after the storm.
While the statue itself was not seriously harmed by the storm, several buildings on the island experienced the terrible flood. The way used by ships carrying visitors from lower Manhattan and New Jersey was also destroyed.
“It’s good news, it’s a little late, but at least it’s there, and now we’ll watch like an eagle to make sure this promise is kept,” Schumer told NBC New York.
In January, the government spent $59 million repairing both Liberty Island and nearby Ellis Island, which was also damaged in the storm. But the officers have not announced when Ellis Island will reopen. In November, more than a million art works had to be removed from the museum there because of the storm. The Statue of Liberty is one of the country’s most popular tourist attractions. According to the National Park Service, more than 3.7 million people visit the site every year.
【小题1】Why was the Statue of Liberty closed last October?
A.Because of the super storm Sandy. |
B.Because of the destroyed way. |
C.Because of the damaged buildings. |
D.Because of nearby Ellis Island. |
A.One month. | B.Four months. |
C.Five months. | D.Ten months. |
A.The Statue of Liberty was presented by French people. |
B.The government spent $59 million repairing Liberty Island and Ellis Island. |
C.The Statue of Liberty stands at Liberty Island as a welcome to all. |
D.The Statue of Liberty will reopen by July 4. |
A.The Statue of Liberty was seriously harmed by the storm. |
B.In January the government spent $59 million repairing Liberty Island. |
C.It’s announced that Ellis Island will reopen in November. |
D.The Statue of Liberty attracts over 3.7 million tourists every year. |
Do you know Eskimos? Let me tell you something about their lives.
Eskimos live near the North Pole(北极).There are only two seasons there, winter and summer.
There is no spring or autumn there. The winter nights are long. You can’t see the sun for more than two months, even at midday. The summer days are long. For more than two months, the sun never goes down and there’s no night.
Eskimos have warm clothes. They make their clothes from the skins of animals. From skins(皮毛) they make coats, caps and shoes.
Near the North Pole trees can’t grow, for it is too cold there. The Eskimos have to make their houses from skins, snow or stone. When they got out in storms and can’t get back home, they make houses of snow. They leave these houses when the storm is over.
Life is hard for the Eskimos, but they still like to live there.
【小题1】Near the North Pole there are _______ in a year.
A.two seasons—winter and summer |
B.two seasons – spring and autumn |
C.four seasons |
D.two seasons sometimes and four seasons sometimes |
A.24 hours | B.Over a week | C.A month | D.Over two months |
A.clothes | B.houses | C.trees | D.both A and B |
A.days | B.nights | C.trees | D.animals |
A.animals | B.storms | C.snow | D.rain |
Ang Lee won the Best Director Oscar for his adventure film Life of Pi at the 85th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California February 24, 2013.
Life of Pi shows a young Indian named Pi, who finds the world he knows swept away when his family sells their zoo and sets sail for Canada with a few animals. Only Pi escapes from the storm and floats in a lifeboat with a giant Bengal tiger.
“I really want to thank you for believing this story and sharing this unbelievablejourney with me,” Lee said in his speech. The film also won three other Oscars, for best original music, best cinematography(电影艺术) and best visual(视觉) effects. It won more awards than Lincoln and Argo which were also among the hottest nominees.
Coming from China's Taiwan, the 58-year-old Lee won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2001 for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and another for Best Director in 2006 for Brokeback Mountain. He is the only person of Asian to win the directing award and one of the rare people who won that award more than once.
In an after-ceremony interview, Lee said he believed Asian films would come to the main stage of the world sooner or later. "I was born in Asia and grew up with Chinese education. It is natural for me to put Asian thinking into Western things." The film, which cost 120 million U.S. dollars, has earned nearly 600 million dollars worldwide. Lee said most of the earnings came from outside China. Lee said he felt warm that he won the award on the day of the Lantern Festival, a Chinese traditional festival on which families get together to solve puzzles on lanterns and eat Tang Yuan. He wished everyone a happy new year of the snake and everybody gets lucky.
【小题1】What kind of film does Life of Pi belong to?
A.Comedies. | B.Tragedies. |
C.Detective films. | D.Adventure films. |
A.One. | B.Two. |
C.Three. | D.Four. |
A.Families get together and have rice dumplings. |
B.Children make lanterns out of big orange pumpkins. |
C.People solve puzzles on lanterns and enjoy Tang Yuan. |
D.Children go to the display of lanterns and receive red packets. |
A.The 85th Academy Awards was held in Hollywood, California this year. |
B.Pi was a young American who had an adventure trip with a tiger in India. |
C.Lincoln and Argo won more awards than Life of Pi. |
D.Asian films have come to the main stage of the world. |
A.It was a great success as it won four Oscars. |
B.It earned nearly 600 million dollars in China. |
C.It describes Pi’s escape from a terrible earthquake. |
D.It is the only successful film Ang Lee has ever made. |