Read the following reviews for movies that are showing at the moment.And then answer questions.

Happiness(Romance)★★★★

       Happiness tells the story of two people (Lisa Turbot and Danny Roy) who work for different advertising companies.They talk on the phone all the time and don't like each other.But then they correspond by email and fall in love.This movie will be very popular with teenagers and people who like romances.It also has beautiful music.

I Scream (Thriller)★★

       In I Scream, Paul (Colin Jacks) is a young man who joins a thriller club.Each of the members tries to frighten the others.Paul is told to stay in an old house for the night.This movie is very frightening but also quite silly.It doesn't make sense for Paul to stay m the house when things start to go wrong.Only for people who like thrillers.

Paul's Heroes (Comedy)★★★

       This is a very funny war movie set in World War Two.Six soldiers (including Sammy Turblow) have to get to Italy to take secret messages to the American army there.During the movie, they dress up as women and fight with Italian workers.You can guess the ending, but it's great fun getting there.

_____(Drama)★★★★

       This is a very good drama with Jack Ross, who pays a hard-working truck driver.His wife becomes ill and he has to find a doctor who can help her.m his travels he meets Dr.Lloyd (Phil Driver) who has found the cure for the illness, but Jack Ross has only twelve hours to get the medicine back to his wife on the other side of America.This is an excellent movie, which is very exciting.

1.Which of the four movies is the least popular with people?

       A.The 1st one.                                     B.The 2nd one.  

       C.The 3nd one.                                     D.The 4th one.

2.The underlined word "correspond" can be replaced by _________.

       A.date               B.exchange        C.write             D.communicate

3.A thriller is most probably a film which tells something _________.

       A.frightening       B.instructive        C.humorous      D.interesting

4.Which of the following is the best title for the fourth film?

       A.A Hard-working Truck Driver         B.Medicine

       C.A Strange Illness                    D.Twelve Hours

 

Young visitors to museums often complain(抱怨)about having museum feet,the

tired feeling one gets after spending too much time in a museum.A case of museum feet

makes one feel like saying:“This is boring.I could have done the painting myself.

When can we sit down? What time is it?

Studies of museum behavior show that the average visitor spends about four seconds looking at one object.For young visitors,the time call be even shorter.Children are more interested in smells,sounds,and the “feel’’ of a place than looking at a work of art.If they stay in a museum too long,they will feel tired and become impatient.

To avoid museum feet,try not to have children look at too many things in one visit.It is reported that young visitors get more out of a visit if they focus on no more than nine objects.One and a half hours is the ideal(理想的)time to keep their eyes and minds sharp,and their feet happy.

1.When a child gets “museum feet”, he or she feels     

A.bored

B.interested

C.pleased

D.angry

2.To attract more children,museums should offer more    

A.reading materials

B.works of art

C.1ively things

D.comfortable shoes

3.Children can benefit most from a visit to a museum if they spend        .

A.1ess than 4 seconds looking at 1 object

B.a whole morning focusing on 19 objects

C.the time together with their parents

D.1.5 hours focusing on 9 objects

4.What’s the passage mainly about?

A.The cause of museum feet and how to avoid them.

B.How to build better museums for children.

C.How to prevent children from getting museum feet.

D.Why more children get museum feet than adults.

 

It was not a good day today. Everything went wrong. First, I slept late and Mom shouted at me to wake up. When I went to the kitchen for breakfast, there was no cereal. I decided to have some toast instead, but I burned it. I had to eat it anyway because there was no more bread. There was no juice, either. I just had a glass of water.

When I was almost at the bus stop, I realized that I had forgotten my wallet, so I had to go back home and get it. Of course, I missed the bus and had to wait for the next bus.

I was late for school and the teacher told me to stay in the classroom at lunchtime to catch up on(弥补)the schoolwork I had missed.

After lunch, it was the time to give the teacher our homework. I reached into my bag to get it but it wasn’t there. I had left it at home. I was in trouble again.

When I got home, I went straight to my room to catch up on my homework. Mom cooked fish for dinner. She knows I don’t like fish, but she thinks it is good for her son. It was a horrible day. I hope tomorrow will be better.

1.What happened to the writer on this bad day?

A.The writer argued with his parents.

B.The writer heard some terrible news.

C.Many small things went wrong.

D.Part of the writer’s house was on fire.

2.When did the writer’s bad day begin?

A.At night

B.In the morning.

C.At lunchtime.

D.In the afternoon.

3.What did the writer do after he went home?

A.He did some homework.

B.He made a telephone call.

C.He made fun with his friend.

D.He was tired, so he went to bed.

4. When you “burn” something, you ___________________.

A.give it away

B.eat it too fast

C.cook it too long

D.make it very well

5.According to the passage, we can know _______________.

A.the writer fell off from his bike

B.the writer went to school

C.the writer got up early in the morning

D.the writer doesn’t like eating fish

 

Personal computers and the Internet give people new choices about how to spend their time.

Some may use this freedom to share less time with certain friends or family members, but new technology will also let them stay in closer touch with those they care most about. I know this from personal experience.

E-mail makes it easy to work at home, which is where I now spend most weekends and evenings. My working hours aren’t necessarily much shorter than they once were,but I spend fewer of them at the office. This lets me share more time with my young daughter than I might have if she’d been born before electronic mail became such a practical tool.

The Internet also makes it easy to share thoughts with a group of friends. Say you do something fun -see a great movie perhaps and there are four or five friends who might want to hear about it. If you call each one, you may be tired of telling the story.

With E-mail, you just write one note about your experience, at your convenience, and address it to all the friends you think might be interested. They can read your message when they have time, and read only as much as they want to. They can reply at their convenience, and you can read what they have to say at your convenience.

E-mail is also an inexpensive way to stay in close touch with people who live far away. More than a few parents use E-mail to keep in touch, even daily touch, with their children off at college.

We just have to keep in mind that computers and the Internet offer another way of staying in touch. They don’t take the place of any of the old ways.

1. The purpose of this passage is to ________.

A. explain how to use the Internet

B. describe the writer’s joy of keeping up with the latest technology

C. tell the merits(价值) and usefulness of the Internet

D. introduce the reader to basic knowledge about personal computers and the Internet

2. The use of E-mail has made it possible for the writer to ________.

A. spend less time working                  B. have more time with his child

C. work at home on weekends             D. work at a speed comfortable to him

3.The best title for this passage is ________.

A. Computer: New Technological Advances

B. Internet: New Tool to Maintain Good Friendship

C. Computers Have Made Life Easier

D. Internet: a Convenient Tool for Communication

 

Remind children that bad things don’t last. It may sound simple, but the message is extremely important. “Children often don’t have the experience to know that when something bad happens---they lose an important game or their best friend lets them down---it’s not the end of the world,” explains Nancy Leffert, a senior research scientist with the Research Institute, an American adolescents(青少年) and children’s research group. “They think their bad feelings will last for ever, or that one failure will ruin everything.”

Unfortunately, that kind of thinking discourages motivation(动机). “If a child believes that the cause of her upset is lasting, or that nothing she does will make a difference, it decreases her ability to keep on trying.” says Dorothy Rich, president of the MegaSkills Education Center of the Home and School Institute, based in Washington. Any time you can help your child see that a situation is not lasting, that a result can be changed, or that one opinion does not reflect reality, you give her reason to hope.

Case in point: “When my daughter Kathy was eight, art was one of her favorite subjects,” says Beth, a mother of two. “Then she got an art teacher who gave a great deal of praise to one student and barely noticed the rest. Kathy was ready to give up until I explained to her, “Never stop doing your best just because one person doesn’t give you praise.” Beth had to repeat the advice often, and finally her daughter got the message. “Kathy is 12 now, and art is still one of her strongest subjects.”

1.According to the passage we know many children__________.

A. know how to face a failure

B. try their best to avoid a situation of failure

C. don’t want to stay in bad feelings for ever

D. tend to take a failure as the end of the world

2.Which of the following is RIGHT about Nancy Leffert?

A. She is concerned about children’s attitudes towards failure.

B. She is the president of the Education Center.

C. She strongly believes that bad things won’t last long.

D. She is the director of the Research Institute.

3.Which of the following can a parent say to his children to show that one’s opinion does not reflect reality?

A. “If you call your friend and apologize, he won’t stay mad at you.”

B. “Go ahead. Don’t care what other people think.”

C. “You have lost today, but you can try again tomorrow.”

D. “That may be what your teacher thinks, but I see it differently.”

4.The best title of the passage is__________.

A. Help Children Promote Problem Solving Ability

B. Tell Children Not to Let Failure Ruin Them

C. Set Reasonable Hopes for Your Children

D. Teach Your Children to Be Happy

 

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