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Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on Tuesday declared April 25 as La La Land Day in front of the LA City Hall,in honor of this Oscar-winning movie which was filmed across Los Angeles.

The dedication ceremony kicked off by a jazz band,followed by aerial dancers dressed as the characters from the movie,performing a dance medley off the side of City Hall.

"It (La La Land) inspires our heart and inspires our city,"Garcetti said at the announcement,"Have a great La La Land Day!"

Hundreds of citizens joined for the festivities by the film's Oscar-winning director Damien Chazelle,Oscar-winning composer Justin Hurwitz,and a few other filmmakers.

"We made this movie;we wanted to make a love letter to Los Angeles,"producer Jordan Horowitz told Xinhua at the celebration,"thank you for embracing the picture that is about romance and love and lacks any kind of cynicism(愤世嫉俗),looking the world in a relative clear-eyed way." The movie-musical tells a love story of a jazz pianist and an aspiring actress in Los Angeles.

La La Land swept the 89th Academy Awards' winner list including the Best Director,Best Actress,Best Original Score and Best Original Song among other awards but failed to clinch the Best Film and Best Actor trophy(奖杯).The film has grossed over 440 million US dollars at the global market.

1.Who acted in the movie La La Land?

A. Eric Garcetti and Damien Chazelle.

B. Justin Hurwitz and Eric Garcetti.

C. Damien Chazelle and Justin Hurwitz.

D. Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone.

2.What can we infer from the passage?

A. A jazz band didn't appear in the dedication ceremony.

B. Many citizens of LA got inspiration from the movie.

C. People will not enjoy the songs and dances in the movie.

D. The movie succeeded in winning the award—the Best Film.

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Rainforests, it turns out, are not created equal. Take the Amazon rainforest, an area that covers about 7 million square kilometers. But within that huge expanse are all kinds of ecological zones, and some of these zones, says Greg Asner, are a lot more crowded than others.

“Some forests have many species of trees,” he said, “others have few. Many forests are unique from others in terms of their overall species composition…” And all of these different small areas of forest exist within the giant space that is the Amazon Rainforest.

So Asner, using the signature technique called airborne laser-guided imaging spectroscopy, began to map these different zones from the air. “By mapping the traits of tropical forests from above,” he explains, “we are, for the first time, able to understand how forest composition varies geographically.”

The results show up in multicolored maps, with each color representing different kinds of species, different kinds of trees, the different kinds of chemical they are producing and using, and even the amount of biodiversity, the animal and plant species that live within each zone.

Armed with this information, Asner says decision-makers now have “a first-time way to decide whether any given forest geography is protected well enough or not. If not, then new protections can be put in place to save a given forest from destruction.”

Asner says the information is a great way for decision-makers to develop a “cost-benefit ratio type analysis.” Conservation efforts can be expensive, so armed with this information, government leaders can ensure they are making the most of their conservation dollars by focusing on areas that are the most biologically diverse or unique.

The next step, Asner says, is to take his project global, and to put his eyes even higher in the sky, on orbital satellites. “The technique we developed and applied to map Peru is ready to go global.” Asner said. “We want to put the required instrumentation on an Earth-orbiting satellite, to map the planet every month, which will give the best possible view of how the world’s biodiversity is changing, and where to put much needed protections.

1.Unequally-created rainforests refer to the fact ______.

A. how crowded they are

B. where they are located

C. when they came into being

D. what kinds of species they have

2.What can government leaders learn from Asner’s mapping?

A. The cost to conserve forests.

B. The chemicals needing for certain forests.

C. The forest areas needing special protection.

D. The number of animals living in a forest.

3.What is Asner planning to do now?

A. To send a satellite to map the world.

B. To track the change of biodiversity in the world.

C. To develop technology for mapping the globe.

D. To advertise his project around the world.

4.What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. Using eyes in the sky to map biodiversity.

B. Making a map of big forests in the world.

C. Learning about the biodiversity of Amazon forest.

D. Protecting the forest from being destructed.

According to specialists, body language speaks louder than words. However, isn’t it true that words_______with them great strength or influence Such was the case with the _______of Maude, a woman who learned that there is no wrong time to say the ______ thing.

It was a cold, rainy day in March. Across the room in the cap department of the store ______ Maude worked, sat Laura, a woman about Maude’s age. Other workers didn’t _______Laura; they thought her to be unfriendly. And Maude______ 

But one day, she made up her mind to say something kind to Laura.  _______, she managed, “Do you know, Laura, that I’ve worked in this room with you for several years. _______whenever I looked at you, I see your head silhouetted(显出轮廓的)_______ the window there behind you. I think you have the prettiest profile and hair that I have ever seen on ______ .” Her words were not sincere but friendly. She _____ it. Laura looked up and began to cry, “That’s the _______kind word people have _______said to me in all the years I’ve worked here,” she said.

Maude discovered that Laura’s unfriendly _______and ways weren’t because of pride but ______ . The two women soon became friends. Other workers soon began to ______ Laura in their activities, and she was like a flower that, for the first time, ______ enough sunlight. The right words, _______in kindness, changed a life.

Think about the ______ of your words now. There is no wrong time to say the proper thing. And there is no better _______than now.

1.A. transport B. allow C. recognize D. carry

2.A. words B. feelings C. explanation D. opinion

3.A. believable B. reasonable C. right D. good

4.A. when B. where C. while D. which

5.A. like B. change C. help D. remember

6.A. argued B. cared C. agreed D. supported

7.A. Luckily B. Finally C. Gradually D. Hopefully

8.A. But B. So C. As D. And

9.A. near B. towards C. through D. against

10.A. someone B. anybody C. those D. these

11.A. expressed B. made C. noticed D. meant

12.A. first B. formal C. fair D. favorable

13.A. never B. ever C. still D. once

14.A. action B. attitude C. ideas D. opinion

15.A. shyness B. weakness C. coldness D. carelessness

16.A. show B. connect C. include D. prefer

17.A. received B. accepted C. discovered D. demanded

18.A. respected B. treated C. spoken D. noticed

19.A. pleasure B. weight C. pressure D. power

20.A. chance B. result C. time D. choice

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