If you had a chance to prepare dinner for your mother, would you choose to make it right now or some day in the future? Watch the video Paradise (天堂) Dinner by Liu Xiaoyu, a junior at[Hebei Institute of Communications, and you will find a right answer.

Recently the six-minute film Paradise Dinner won a great success on the Internet. It told the story of a son who made a big lunch for his mother, but he can only send the dinner to paradise, because his mother has been dead.

"If you do not show your______to your mother right now, you might never have the opportunity in the future, because your mother is growing older and older day by day-this is the main theme of my film, " said the 21-year-old Liu.

Liu conceived(构想) the story for Paradise Dinner over his 2010 summer vacation.

One day during that holiday, Liu found his parents were not young any more. " So I decided to write a story for Paradise Dinner to call for all people, especially young people, to show more filial piety to their parents," he said.

With the help of his teachers and his schoolmates, he found actors, Zhang who played the mother and Yuan Zhen who played the son. At last he finished the film.

Many Web users said they liked the film very much and most of them cried like Liu's parents when they watched it.

1.From the passage, we know Liu Xiaoyu _____.

A. made a big dinner for his mother

B. made a short video on the Intemet

C. has graduated from a university

D. sent a dinner to paradise himself

2.What have you known about Liu Xiaoyu's mother?

A. She didn't know the film.

B. She didn't feel moved.

C. She couldn't help crying when she saw the film.

D. She acted the mother in the film.

3.The underlined words "filial piety" probably mean ___in Chinese.

A. 友善 B. 同情心 C. 仁慈心 D. 孝心

4.The fifth paragraph mainly tells us___.

A. when Liu Xiaoyu wrote the story

B. Liu Xiaoyu's parents were old

C. why Liu Xiaoyu wrote the story

D. why our parents should love their children

5.The writer wrote this article to___.

A. encourage p.eople to care more about their parents

B. introduce a short video

C. think highly of the talent of Liu Xiaoyu

D. show the kind heart of most people

Jayce began notice when he started his schooling that he looked different from his classmates. They had two arms. He had one.

It started when one boy laughed at him, said his mother, Lewis. He’d return to his home with questions: “Why am I _______? Why me? His mother still remembered he was actually sad and angry with that.

Lewis said she didn’t know what to do at that point. A few weeks later, Lewis turned on the TV to a news story about an eighth grader, Trashaun, becoming popular after sharing videos of his slam dunks(灌篮) on the Internet, and, like Jayce, he _______ most of his left arm. Lewis called Jayce in. To her surprise, Jayce immediately got interested in the videos. At the time, it seemed that watching Trashaun was _______ an encouraging moment for Jayce — he saw a role model with a similar _______. If it had stayed just that, Lewis would have been happy enough. But little did she know that a family friend had already reached out to the newspaper to help set up a meeting with Trashaun to build Jayce’s confidence.

The boys met and at once got on well with each other as both of them were in the same condition. They rode bikes, took photos, and shot basketball on the court. Instead of spending the whole day feeling _______ for themselves, they had a lot of fun. Sometimes, they talked about the problem — the lost left arm. Trashaun told Jayce not to let anyone discourage him and not to let those words shake his _________.

Since that meeting, Lewis has seen a noticeable change in her son. As for Trashaun, his relationship with Jayce made him expect to help more kids. “Honestly, it _______ a lot to know that I changed Jayce’s life”, Trashaun says. Still, he never dreamed that his _______ would make such a great difference in others “life”. I just thought my friends would see them, and be like, “Oh, he dunked it!”

He certainly did.

1.A.lonely B.silly C.different D.ordinary

2.A.lost B.hurt C.used D.recovered

3.A.hardly B.simply C.still D.never

4.A.answer B.family C.education D.problem

5.A.happy B.helpful C.sorry D.fearful

6.A.confidence B.patience C.sadness D.honesty

7.A.cares B.means C.saves D.takes

8.A.attitudes B.disabilities C.words D.videos

In December 2004, Tilly Smith was in Phuket with her mum and dad.It was her first holiday in Thailand and the family were very happy.

On December 26"they were on Mai Khao beach when the sea disappeared(消失).It was so strange that people walked to the sea and watched.Tilly watched too,but she was worried.

Tilly remembered a geography lesson at school.In the lesson they studied tsunamis, Tsunamis are very big,dangerous waves(波浪)They can travel 20-30 miles each hour with waves 10-20 meters high.A tsunami can kill people or destroy buildings as waves.come in and go out.

Before the waves reach the beach,the sea disappears,First,Tilly ran to her parents and told them all about Tsunamis,Then Tilly and her parents shouted at the people.Run! People stopped and listened to them.After that they hurried back from the beach.Finally,the big tsunami arrived.It was a tragedy for lots of people in Asia,but the people on Mai Khao beach were all right.

Tilly got a special certificate(证书)for what she did that day,And ten years later in 2014.20-year-old Tilly visited the same beach in Thailand again,recalling the special day with her family.

1.How old was Tilly when she first took a holiday in Thailand?

A.10. B.14. C.16 D.20.

2.According to the third paragraph,we can know that Tsunamis___________.

A.are very small but dangerous waves B.can travel thirty to forty miles each hour

C.can be more than thirty meters high D.can kill people as waves come and go

3.Which is the right order of the following events according to the passage?

a. Tilly told her parents about tsunamis

b.The big tsunamis crashed(撞击)on the beach.

c.Tilly shouted at the people on the beach.

d People walked to the sea to see it disappear.

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

4.What is the possible meaning of the underlined “word”tragedy

A.a very sad experience. B.a very beautiful wish.

C.a very normal activity. D.a very personal prediction

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