Accepting an award may seem like a simple task, but each year the Academy Awards(奥斯卡奖)proves there may be more to it than you might think．Oscar history has seen its fair share of memorable thank-you moments, good and bad．So the question remains：what makes a great acceptance speech? Here are three tips to keep in mind for your next shining moment：
1．Be thankful and simple．Make sure you thank the important people who helped you reach your goal．Don’t be too arrogant or full of yourself but don’t be so modest(谦逊的)that the audience(观众)thinks you are looking down upon the honor．It’s only natural to be a little excited, so use this to get on well with the audience．At this year’s Oscars, The King’s Speech director Tom Hooper told the story of how he only came to make the movie thanks to the help of his Australian mother, who was in the audience．
He showed grace and humility(谦卑)when he mentioned her：“So, with this tonight, I honor you and the key point of the story is, listen to your mother．”
2．Keep it short．Say as much as you can in as few words as possible．There’s no need to thank every single person you know．As Oscar producer Bruce Cohen warned people at the annual nominees luncheon(年度提名人午宴)before this year’s show, “Nothing is more dangerous than a winner reading a list of names．” Make each sentence meaningful and don’t get too carried away．
3．Finally, make the best use of your moment．Don’t be afraid to have a little fun and say something unforgettable Cleverness and humor will help your speech stand out in a good way and keep everyone entertained．Don’t make rude andunfit jokes, especially about others．Such jokes may get everyone talking, but you may be the only one laughing in the end．
This time, Melissa Leo’s use of the dirty word during her acceptance speech was the first in Oscar history．She said it before covering her mouth：“I really don’t mean to hurt the audience’s feelings．”
(1)
The underlined word “arrogant” may mean ________．
[ ]
A．
honest
B．
relaxed
C．
excited
D．
self-centered
(2)
To make a great acceptance speech one must ________．
[ ]
A．
thank his mother
B．
be careful not to say too much
C．
thank all the people who once helped him
D．
be humorous and funny to make the audience laugh
(3)
What is true with Tom Hooper?
[ ]
A．
He has an Australian mother．
B．
He thanked his father in the shining moment．
C．
He is the hero of the film “The King’s Speech”．
D．
He used some dirty words in his acceptance speech．
If you are a girl and need a room to live in, you can call ________．
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A．
023-6754320
B．
18934566666
C．
023-6854267
D．
023 -6542317
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Trudy's class has a newspaper．The students write stories, articles and poems for it．Then one of them types their work into a computer and prints it out．The teacher puts up everything on the wall so that it looks like a large, open newspaper．
One day Trudy said to the teacher,“most newspapers have advertisements．Can we have our advertisements?”
The teacher thought this was a good idea．She made Trudy the advertising manager and Trudy asked the other students to advertise in the newspaper．Here are some of the advertisements she received．
(1)
What is Tom willing to do?
[ ]
A．
Other people's homework．
B．
Gardening or housework．
C．
Sell six Persian kittens．
D．
Fix broken PCs．
(2)
What does Alan want to buy?
[ ]
A．
A lovely Persian kitten．
B．
A ticket to Raiders' concert．
C．
A PC in good condition
D．
A silver ring．
(3)
Why will Sheila pay well for a Raiders' concert ticket?
[ ]
A．
Because she is thinking about going to the concert．
B．
Because she has a strong wish to go to the concert．
C．
Because her friends are going to the concert．
D．
Because she does well in music．
(4)
Who will Patricia see to get her lost ring?
[ ]
A．
Miriam
B．
Tom
C．
Sheila
D．
Agnes
(5)
What is the main idea of the passage?
[ ]
A．
The students in Trudy's class wrote advertisements for their newspaper．
B．
Trudy's class has a newspaper．
C．
Trudy wrote some advertisements for the class newspaper．
D．
The teacher wrote some advertisements for the class newspaper．
阅读理解。
Is your schoolbag too heavy to carry?The e-schoolbags will help you．
It is said that e-schoolbags are going to be brought into use in Chinese middle schools soon．In fact(事实上), the e-schoolbag should perhaps be called an e-texbook．It is a small computer for students．Heavy schoolbags have been a serous problem for them for a long time．But the e-schoolbag will change everything．It is much lighter than a usual schoolbag．Also it is as small as a usual book, but it can still hold all the things for study, such as a textbook, an exercise book and so on．They can be made into chips(芯片)that are as small as a stamp．The students can read the text page by page on the screen, take notes(记笔记), or even send e-mails to their teachers．All they have to do is to put the right chip into the e-schoolbag and press a button．
Some say that e-textbook can be easily broken; some say it is not good to students' eyes．But only time will tell．
(1)
An e-schoolbag is ________．
[ ]
A．
a video
B．
a small computer
C．
a heavy bag
D．
a usual book
(2)
E-schoolbags are used for ________．
[ ]
A．
fixing buttons
B．
making chips
C．
computer games
D．
school study
(3)
E-schoolbags ________．
[ ]
A．
are popular with all the people
B．
can do everything for students
C．
may be used instead of usual schoolbags
D．
have come into use in China
(4)
What do you think of e-schoolbags?
[ ]
A．
Very good．
B．
Very helpful．
C．
Very useful．
D．
Any of them is OK．
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Never go into a supermarket hungry! This is a good piece of advice．If you go shopping for food before lunchtime, you’ll probably buy more than you plan to．Unfortunately, however, just this advice isn’t enough for shoppers these days．Modern shoppers need an education in how and how not to buy things at the store．First, you check the weekly newspaper ads．Find out the items that are on sale and decide if you really need these things．In other words, don’t buy anything just because it’s cheaper than usual! Second, never let “New and Improved!” or “All Natural” on the front of a package influence you．Instead, read the list of contents on the back．Third，compare prices：that is, you should examine the prices of both different brands(品牌)and different sizes of the same brand．
Another suggestion for shoppers is to buy ordinary items instead of famous brands．Ordinary items in supermarkets come in plain packages．These products are cheaper because producers don’t spend much money on packing or advertising．However, they are still of high quality．In the same way, in buying clothes, you can often find high quality and low prices in brands that are not famous．Shopping in discount clothing stores can help you save a lot of money．Although these stores aren’t very attractive, and they usually do not have individual dressing rooms, not only are the prices low, but you can often find the same famous brands that you find in high-priced department stores．
Wise shoppers read magazine ads and watch TV commercials(商业广告)，but they do this with one advantage：knowledge of the psychology behind the ads．In other words, will-informed shoppers watch for information and check for misinformation．They ask themselves questions：Is the advertiser hiding something in small print at the bottom of the page?Is there any real information in the commercial, or is the advertiser simply showing an attractive image?With the answers to these questions, shoppers can make a wise choice．
(1)
The author gives _________ suggestions to the shoppers in the passage．
[ ]
A．
Three
B．
Four
C．
Five
D．
Six
(2)
We can learn from the passage that _________．
[ ]
A．
ordinary items are not so attractive because of the lower prices．
B．
we can’t buy items with words like “New and Improved” or “All Natural”．
C．
the advertisers are always showing misinformation in the commercial．
D．
the quality of ordinary items can be as good as that of famous brands．
(3)
The author’s main purpose of writing the passage is to advise shoppers _________．
[ ]
A．
to buy ordinary items instead of famous brands
B．
how to buy ordinary things in supermarkets
C．
how to make a proper decision while shopping
D．
not to believe advertisements or commercials
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(1)
How long will you travel if you go to Cayman Islands?
[ ]
A．
Two weeks．
B．
Ten days．
C．
One day．
D．
Three days．
(2)
Where is Betsy travelling?
[ ]
A．
From Ensenada to Hawaii．
B．
On Cayman Islands．
C．
On beach．
D．
At a shop．
(3)
Who is having a vacation on Cayman Island?
[ ]
A．
Betsy．
B．
Betsy’s parents．
C．
Larry．
D．
Robby．
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Train-spotting
Many people around the world have seen Danny Boyle’s movie Train spotting starring Ewan McGregor, but how many of us really know what train-spotting is all about?Now this is not considered cool in town and the word “train-spotter” in Britain is related to “geek” or “nerd”(someone who seems very ridiculous)．But is this reputation really deserved?
First of all, let’s see what train-spotting is．It is said that there are some 100, 000 train spotters in the UK．Exactly as the title suggests, they spot trains, that is, they stand in train stations, look at the number of each train that leaves and arrives and write it down．The eventual aim is to have seen every train in the country．
Being crazy about railways and trains is not modern and it dates back to 1804．As the number of trains grew and they got faster and faster, so did the interest in them grow?Is this any stranger than people who love cars?
So, what do you need to be a train-spotter?Well, all you really need is a pen or pencil and a notebook to write down the train numbers．Other equipment(装备)includes hot tea in a thermos, a camera and some sandwiches for those long afternoons spent on train platforms when you don’t want to risk the delights of railway station food．
It’s interesting to note that despite the “bad name” of train-spotting, there have been famous railway lovers in history, such as Alfred Hitchcock, who filmed them regularly, especially The 39 Steps．There is evidence, too, that being a train-spotter is not necessarily a strange phenomenon(现象)in Britain．
One glance at the US train stations should be enough to convince you that train-spotters there are alive and well．In America, they try to call rail lovers “train-fans” and talk of “train-fanning”．Don’t let this fool you－these people are train spotters and there are a lot of them．Each month, two million pages are visited on the website TrainWeb．org．
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(1)
What is train-spotting according to the passage?
[ ]
A．
A kind of hobby．
B．
A type of sport．
C．
A strange phenomenon．
D．
A special job．
(2)
Which of the following about train-spotters is true according to the passage?
[ ]
A．
They number each train they see．
B．
They keep a careful path of every train．
C．
They count the trains passing in front of them．
D．
They produce films about trains with video cameras．
(3)
The writer writes the passage to ________．
[ ]
A．
introduce some famous train-spotters
B．
encourage readers to do more train-spotting
C．
try to present a true picture of train-spotting
D．
describe the necessary equipment in train-spotting
Dou Kou, a Chinese boy, is called “the youngest writer in the world”．He has written three books till now．Dou Kou was born in Jiangsu in 1994．When he was 7 months old, his partents started working in over 30 different cities, such as Xi’an and Shenzhen．This kind of life gave him things to think and write about．When he was 9 months old, he could speak and at the age of one, he could say five to six hundred words．At three, he could look up words in the dictionary．At four, his father taught him how to learn by himself．His parents like reading very much．So does he．At the age of 5, he began writing fairy tales．At the age of 6, he wrote a novel about his life in different cities with his parents．His fairy tales are all from his life．One day, he found many mice in the house．They only ate their food but also hurt his mother’s hand．So he thought, “If we give mice the stomach of cows, they will eat grass and they will be helpful to people．” This was his first fairy tales Change Stomach for Mice．Now he studies well in a middle school．He has written his third book, the novel called Eyes of Children．He says, “I am not different from other children．I just wrote several books．
(1)
How many books has Dou Kou written?
[ ]
A．
Three．
B．
Four．
C．
Five
D．
Six
(2)
Thanks to his _________, Dou Kou could write his books．
[ ]
A．
mother
B．
father
C．
school life
D．
life in different cities
(3)
Dou Kou began to use a dictionary _________．
[ ]
A．
when he wrote fairy tales
B．
before his father taught him how to learn something
C．
after he went to school
D．
after his mother taught him how to learn something
(4)
The underlined(划线的)sentences show us that Dou Kou _________．
[ ]
A．
is different from other children
B．
doesn’t tell the truth．
C．
is the same as other children
D．
likes his books
(5)
Which is the best title?
[ ]
A．
Three Books by a child
B．
How to Write a Fairy Tales
C．
How Clever the Boy is
D．
Dou Kou, the Youngest Writer
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The sun went down when an old man came to a small mountain village with a heavy bag．He found an inn(小旅馆)and wanted to stay there for the night．
After he had gone to his room, the owner of the inn said to his wife, “Look at his heavy bag, dear! I’m sure there’re a lot of valuable(贵重的)things．I want to steal it when he’s asleep tonight．” “No, no,” said his wife．“He must look for his bag tomorrow morning．Then he’ll take you to the police station．”
They thought hard and at last the woman had an idea．“We have forgetful grass,” said the woman．“Why not put some into his food? If he has the food, he’ll forget to take his bag away tomorrow morning．” “How clever you are!” said the owner, “don’t forget it when you cook supper for him．”
The old man had the food with forgetful grass and went to bed．The next morning, when the owner got up, he found the door was open and the old man had left．He looked for the bag for a long time, but he didn’t find it．He hurried to wake his wife up and said angrily, “What a fool! Your forgetful grass isn’t useful at all!”
“No, no,” said the woman．“I don’t think so．He must forget something．”
“Oh, I’ve remembered!” the owner called out suddenly, “He forgot to pay us the bill!”
(1)
The old man carried ________ when he got into the inn．
[ ]
A．
a large camera
B．
a heavy bag
C．
an umbrella
D．
a heavy basket
(2)
What did the owner want to do? ________
[ ]
A．
He wanted to call the police．
B．
He wanted to kill the old man．
C．
He wanted to steal the old man’s bag．
D．
He wanted to invite the old man to dinner．
(3)
The old woman put ________ into the old man’s food．
