【题目】This is Voice of America. It is February 13, 2016, and our traditional Valentine's Day will fall tomorrow. Some famous movies about love stories will be on show at Emperor Theater on February 14. Book online (www.emperortheater.com) now for the following movies you can watch them at half prices.

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Ghost

Before Sam (Patrick Swayze) is murdered in a robbery, he tells his fiancée Molly (Demi Moore) he'll love and protect her forever. His love enables him to remain on earth as a ghost and communicate with Molly through a spiritualist(巫师). This movie will make you and your partner get close and embrace each other as you realize how precious life is.

Love

Story

The film lets you know exactly what you're in for. Oliver (Ryan O'Neal) and Jennifer (Ali MacGraw) are students in famous universities. They're an unlikely couple who can't stop arguing. Oliver is a wealthy athlete and Jennifer a free-spirited music student. Despite everything, love makes them stay together. If your own relationship is rocky, the movie's famous line will strike a chord(引起共鸣). Love means never having to say you're sorry.

When

Harry

Met

Sally

Does sex make it impossible for men and women to be true friends? This comedy features this dilemma(两难选择). Having just graduated from university, Sally (Meg Ryan) catches a ride with Harry (Billy Crystal) to New York City where they both are moving. Over 13 years, they keep running into each other, but the two stubbornly resist dating. Eventually they realize that they were just meant for each other. Platonic (柏拉图式的) friendships are hard to manage, and this movie hits the problem on the head.

Say

Anything

...

Average high school senior Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack) has a good heart but limited ambition. He has a secret crush(迷恋) on beautiful genius Daine Court (Ione Skye), who is closely protected by her father. Daine gradually falls for the charms of Lloyd's nervous chatter(闲聊) and kind heart. But when she gets a scholarship to study in England, she has a weighty decision to make.

1The above films are especially suitable for watching ________.

A. on Thanksgiving Day

B. on Independent Day

C. at Christmas

D. on Valentine's Day

2The following movies are of the realistic theme EXCEPT ________.

A. Ghost

B. Love Story

C. When Harry Met Sally

D. Say Anything...

3Which film is suitable for couples who are having constant fights or facing troubles?

A. Ghost.

B. Love Story.

C. When Harry Met Sally.

D. Say Anything...

【题目】Some people will do just about anything to save money. And I am one of them. Take my family’s last vacation. It was my six-year-old son’s winter break form school, and we were heading home from Fort Lauderdale after a week-long trip. The flight was overbooked, and Delta, the airline, offered us $400 per person in credits to give up our seats and leave the next day. I had meetings in New York, so I had to get back. But that didn't mean my husband and my son couldn't stay. I took my nine-month-old and took off for home.

The next day, my husband and son were offered more credits to take an even later flight. Yes, I encouraged—okay, ordered—them to wait it out at the airport, to "earn" more Delta Dollars. Our total take: $1,600. Not bad, huh?

Now some people may think I'm a bad mother and not such a great wife either. But as a big-time bargain hunter, I know the value of a dollar. And these days, a good deal is something few of us can afford to pass up.

I've made a living looking for the best deals and exposing (揭露) the worst tricks. I have been the consumer reporter of NBC's Today show for over a decade. I have written a couple of books including one titled Tricks of the Trade: A Consumer Survival Guide. And I really do what I believe in.

I tell you this because there is no shame in getting your money’s worth. I’m also tightfisted when it comes to shoes, clothes for my children, and expensive restaurants. But I wouldn't hesitate to spend on a good haircut. It keeps its shape longer, and it's the first thing people notice. And I will also spend on a classic piece of furniture. Quality lasts.

1Why did Delta give the author's family credits?

A. They had early bookings. B. They took a later flight.

C. Their flight had been delayed. D. Their flight had been cancelled.

2What can we learn about the author?

A. She is interested in cheap products. B. She seldom makes a compromise(折衷).

C. She is very strict with her children. D. She rarely misses a good deal.

3What does the author do?

A. She's a teacher. B. She's a housewife.

C. She's a businesswoman. D. She's a media person.

4What does the author want to tell us?

A. How to spend money wisely. B. How to reserve airline seats.

C. How to expose bad tricks. D. How to make a business deal.

【题目】We face problems in our everyday life.1Don’t worry. As long as you are breathing, you can solve problems.

Be aware of problem.

First of all, it is important to know and understand the problem clearly.2Following questions like why, what, how, when, where and who will take you to the root cause of the problem.

Analyze the problem.

Analyzing the problem will give you time to think of a proper solution.3They can be diagrams, flowcharts or a lists, etc.

Plan a strategy.

Planning a strategy will help you waste less energy and time in attempting all the solutions. This step includes knowing the pros and cons of applying a solution. In this way, you can abandon the strategy that you don’t find worthy to apply.

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Leave out the information that is not required for the solving of the problem. You need to be accurate with the details. Keeping the unrelated information can sometimes complicate the simple problem as we tend to overlook the important information.

Carry out the solution

Putting the solution into effect in a correct way to get the result expected is important while solving a problem. You need to be creative while actualizing a solution just in case some other problem arises while applying the solution. 5

A. Delete irrelevant information

B. You can use various tools to study the problem

C. Use yes or no questions to get better information

D. Knowing the problem means solving half the problem itself

E. They can be social problems, relationship problems, or problems at work.

F. Spend 10% of the time analyzing the problem and 90% on the solution, not the opposite.

G. Being ready with alternatives is also important in case a solution works only half way.

【题目】The Alice Ferguson Foundation is a non-profit group that works to improve the environment by building relationships between people and nature. The foundation is based in the state of Maryland. It was created more than 50 years ago. It teaches people ways to protect the environment.

At the end of the year, it designs events to help children celebrate Christmas without increasing the amount of waste they create. Hanna Seligmann works for the foundation. “So let’s figure out what is in our bag of trash.” She shows adults and children how to reduce waste during the holiday gift-giving season. “You can sort it as a cardboard item or you can sort it as a plastic item.” “We encourage using things that are already in your house like newspaper, old magazines, using a gift within a gift.” Urging people to recycle is important in the Washington, D.C., area, because Potomac River, one of the most famous rivers in the country lies there.

“Over time we realized that really just doing trash cleanups was the symptom of the problem, not getting to the root cause. And so it was just a little over a decade ago that we started the initiative (倡议) itself.” says Seligman.

The Trash Free Potomac Watershed Initiative is an effort by the Alice Ferguson Foundation to support clean agricultural methods. It includes educational programs teaching children about the kinds of pollution that can enter the watershed.

One activity is called the Trash Timeline Game. It teaches children that the things they throw away do not decompose, at the same rate. For example, paper dissolves in about four weeks. An apple core may take two months to rot. A metal can take up to 100 years.

1The Alice Ferguson Foundation ________.

A. devotes itself to keeping citizens engaged in going green

B. deals with relationship between people

C. teaches people how to form groups

D. concerns itself about children’s holidays

2At the end of the year, the Alice Ferguson Foundation is busy ________.

A. buying plastic items

B. celebrating Christmas

C. figuring out how much waste was produced

D. educating people to reduce less waste while enjoying Christmas

3How to get to the root cause of environmental protection, according to Seligman?

A. Environmental education. B. Doing trash cleanups.

C. Saving water. D. Celebrating holidays less.

4What does the underlined word in the last paragraph mean?

A. Give off. B. Break down. C. Come out. D. Pack up.

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