How would you ask your parents to support your dream? American actress Emma Stone created a PowerPoint presentation (陈述) to get her parents’ support.

Stone is a rising star in Hollywood. She played the role of Gwen Stacy, Spider-Man’s high school love, in two Spider-Man movies.

The actress said her character was like the girl’s in the film. “Gwen is clear on what she wants to do with her life. I think I am just like her.”

Stone made up her mind to become an actress at the age of 15. But would her parents agree to her leaving school early and realizing her dream? The young girl decided to use the presentation to help her. “I used a lot of computers when I was young, and my dad’s a businessman, so I just thought a presentation is the way to get support,” she said.

The presentation is called Project Hollywood and she used pop singer Madonna’s classic song Hollywood in it, saying “just please let me move to LA to be an actress.”

Her method proved to be a success. In 2004, Stone dropped out of high school and moved with her mother to Los Angeles. She began to study at home after that.

Now Stone is a successful actress with many films to her name. Her next step is to try different things like strange comedies.

(No more than eight words)

1.What role did she play in film Spider-Man?

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2.When did Stone decide to become an actress?

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3.What did Stone use to get her parents’ support?

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4.How did Stone go on to study after dropping out of high school?

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5.What will Stone try in the future?

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Experts hope an experimental drug can be as effective against the novel coronavirus in people as it has been on cells in a controlled lab environment.

The US drug, remdesivir (瑞德西韦), began clinical trials(临床试验)on patients in Wuhan, Hubei province on Thursday. Other medications, including chloroquine, arbidol and darunavir have also recently been found capable of arresting viral growth in lab cells, but like remdesivir, they require more clinical trials to confirm their safety and potency on humans.

The Phase III trials for remdesivir have been approved by China’s National Medical Products Administration and is conducted by the China-Japan Friendship Hospital in Beijing and the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences on patients at the Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital.

“A total of 761 patients will participate in two trials-one trial to assess the drugs' potency on 308 cases with mild or moderate infection, and the other on 453 severely infected patients”, Cao Bin, head of the clinical trial and vice-president of the friendship hospital, said on Wednesday.

Cao said studies have shown remdesivir is effective in inhibiting the growth of the novel coronavirus in vitro(在生物体外), meaning the procedure was done on cells in a controlled environment outside of a living organism, typically in a petri dish or test tube.

But the drug has yet to show convincing clinical evidence that it can translate its positive in vitro results into actual human patients. So, it will require strict clinical testing, Cao said.

A 35-year-old patient from the United States infected with the virus was reported seeing noticeable improvement with no obvious side effects after taking the drug, according to the New England Journal of Medicine.

Gilead Sciences, the maker of remdesivir, said in a recent statement that it has been working with government agencies on the novel coronavirus response efforts.

However, the company stressed that remdesivir is an experimental medicine that has only been used in a handful of patients, “so we do not have an appropriately full understanding of the effect of this drug ”.

1.Why does the US drug, remdesivir, began clinical trials?

A.To replace the traditional medicine.

B.To confirm their safety and potency on humans.

C.To show whether remdesivir is effective in inhibiting the growth of the novel coronavirus in vitro.

D.To see how it takes effect.

2.What is true according to the passage?

A.After taking the drug, a 35-year-old patient was infected with the virus.

B.Doctors had seen noticeable success treating a 35-year-old patient infected with the virus.

C.Remdesivir can cure those who are infected with the novel coronavirus.

D.Chinese Hospital does The Phase III trials independently.

3.What’s the author's attitude towards the clinical trial of remdesivir?

A.Negative. B.Critical. C.Positive. D.Gloomy.

4.Where is this text most likely from?

A.A diary. B.A guidebook. C.A novel. D.A magazine.

“Will you come with us,Susan?”cried several girls.“We are going to the woods,do come,too.”

“I should like to go with you,”replied Susan,“but I can't finish the task Grandmother set me to do.”

“How boring it must be to stay at home to work on a holiday!”said one of them,shaking her head.“Susan's grandmother is too strict.”

At this,Susan lowered her head,wiped away a tear,and thought of the pleasant afternoon the girls would spend gathering wild flowers.

Soon she said to herself,“What harm can there be in moving the mark Grandmother put?The woods must be beautiful today,and how I should like to be there!”

“Grandmother,”said she,a few minutes afterwards,“I'm ready now.”

“What,so soon,Susan?”Her grandmother took the work,and looked at it very closely.

“True,Susan,”said she,“true,I have counted it,and,as you’ve never deceived(欺骗)me,you may go and enjoy yourself.”

Susan's face turned red,and she did not say“thank you”.As she left,she walked slowly away,not singing as usual.

“Why,here is Susan!”the girls cried.“But what is the matter? Why have you left your dear grandmother?”they jokingly added.

“it's nothing.”As Susan replied,she felt she was trying to deceive herself.

When the girl had reached an open space,they ran about enjoying themselves except Susan.Sitting on the grass,how she wished she were at home confessing(承认) her fault.

After a while Rose cried out,“Let’s make a crown of violets,and put it on the head of the best girl here.”

“It will be easy enough to make the crown.but not so easy to decide who is to wear it,”said Julia.

“Why,Susan is to wear it,of course,”said Rose,“is she not said to be the best girl in school and the most obedient(顺从的) at home?”

“Yes,yes,the crown shall be for Susan,”cried the other girls.

“Now,Susan,”said Rose,“put it on in a very careful way,for you are to be our queen.

The crown was placed on Susan’s head.But in a moment,she snatched it off,threw it on the ground and said,“No crown for me;I do not deserve(值得)it.”

The girls looked at her with surprise.“I have deceived my grandmother,”said she,while tears flowed down her cheeks.

“Do you think that bad?”asked one of the girls.

“I’m sure it is and I have been miserable all the time I have been here.”

Susan ran home,as soon as she saw Grandmother,she cried,“()Grandmother!I should be punished,for I moved the mark.Do forgive me;I am very sorry and unhappy.”

“Susan,”said her grandmother,“I knew it all the time,but I let you go ou,hoping that you can realize your fault.I am so glad that you have confessed your fault.”

“Now!”was the quick reply,and Susan's grandmother kissed her forehead.

1.Which is the correct order of the things below?

a.The girls made a crown of violets in the woods.

b.Susan said sorry to Grandmother for her fault.

c.Susan's grandmother set her to do the work.

d.The girls invited Susan to play in the woods.

e.Susan threw the violet crown on the ground.

A. c-d-a-e-b B. c-b-d-a-e C. d-b-a-e-c D. a-e-c-d-b

2.According to the passage,we can see Susan's grandmother

A. was always very strict with Susan

B. didn't know Susan was lying at first

C. could think about Susan’s feelings

D. still didn't forgive Susan the end

3.The meaning of the underlined word“miserable”is close to

A. surprised B. excited C. regretful D. cheerful

4.Which can be the best title for this passage?

A. A pleasant afternoon trip B. No crown for me

C. A kind-hearted grandmother D. A deserving crown for me

The Erie Canal was the first important national waterway built in the US. It crossed New York State(州)from Buffalo on Lake Eric to Albany on the Hudson River. It joined the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean.

Over the canal industrial goods(工业产品)could flow into the west, and materials could pour into the east. The Erie Canal helped New York develop into the nation's larges city.

The building of the canal was paid for completely by the state of New York. It cost $7,143,789, but it soon gained its price many times over. Between 1825, when the canal was opened, and 1882, when toll charges(过运河费)were stopped, the state collected $121,461,891.

For a hundred years before the Erie Canal was built, people had been talking about a canal to join the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean. The man who planned the Erie Canal and carried the plan through was De Witt Clinton. At that time some people laughingly called it "Clinton's Ditch(沟)". Clinton talked and wrote about the canal and drew up plans for it. He and Governor Morris went to Washington in 1812 to ask for help for the canal, but they were unsuccessful.

Clinton became governor of New York State in 1817, and shortly afterwards, on July 4,1817, broke ground for the canal in Rome of New York State. The first part of the canal was completed in 1820. As the canal grew, towns along its course developed fast. The length of the canal is 363 miles.

1.According to the map and Paragraph 1 we can know that ______ into the Atlantic Ocean.

A.the Great Lakes flow B.the Hudson River flows

C.Lake Erie flows D.the Eric Canal flows

2.We can see that the Erie Canal ______.

A.joined the Great Lakes together B.crossed New York State from north to south

C.played an important part in developing New York City D.was the first waterway built in the US

3.______ paid for the building of the Erie Canal.

A.The government of US B.Ships through the canal

C.People living along the canal D.The state of New York

4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A.It's 363 miles from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean

B.Many other states helped New York build the canal

C.All parts of the canal were completed at the same time.

D.Clinton started building the canal after he became governor.

5.The Erie Canal ______.

A.was open for 57 years

B.is also called "Clinton's Ditch"

C.was first built on July 4th, 1817

D.cost so much that it was stopped in 1882

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