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You may love to see tigers at the zoo. But what if you had to stay with one on a boat on the open sea for over 200 days? Life of Pi(《少年派的奇幻漂流》)，the movie from American Chinese director（导演），Li An, tells an amazing story.
Pi is a boy. He lives happily with his family in a beautiful Indian town. His father has a zoo, so Pi knows a lot about animals.
But one day, his father decides to move to Canada, He will sell all his animals there. The family begin to sail on the Pacific with all the zoo animals. But a big storm（暴风雨）hits their ship at night Finally, Pi finds the only survivors(幸存者)are himself and a large tiger called Parker on an 8 meter boat.
To keep himself alive, Pi has to keep feeding the tiger so that he himself does not get eaten. He tries to get on well with the tiger during a 227-day sail on the sea.
The movie is from a Canadian writer Yann Martel’s book of the same name. The book has sold 7 million copies worldwide. It discusses not only hope but also relationship（关系）between humans and nature.
It took Li An four years to make the movie. He also used 3D for his first time. He hopes the movie will “make the people think”. Life of Pi opened in Chinese theaters on November 22,2012.
1.Where does Pi’s father decide to move?
2.What happens when they sail on the Pacific at night?
3.Pi doesn’t keep feeding the tiger, does he ?
4.What does the movie discuss?
5.How long did it take Li An to make the movie?
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Once Effendi had a joke with the
Prime Minister（宰相）. He said that the Minister would die the next day. The next day,
the Minister fell to the ground from the horse and really died. When the king
learned this, he got angry and sent his men to catch Effendi at once.
When Effendi was brought to him, the king shouted angrily, “Effendi, since you knew when my Minister would die, you must know the date of your own death. Say it out, or you’ll die today.”
Effendi looked at the king for a while. Then he answered, “But how can I know? I’ll die two days earlier than you.” The king was afraid that if he killed Effendi, he himself would die after that. He thought he must keep Effendi alive as long as possible, so he let Effendi go.
1.This story tells us __________.
A. how Effendi fooled the king B. when the king would die
C. why the Minister died D. Effendi knew the date of everyone’s death
2.The Prime Minister died because __________.
A. Effendi killed him B. Effendi said he would die
C. he was badly ill D. he fell off the horse
3.Why did the king ask Effendi to tell him the date of Effendi’s own death?
A. Because the king wanted to know when he himself would die.
B. Because the king wanted to find an excuse to kill Effendi.
C. Because he himself had known the date of Effendi’s death.
D. Because he wanted to know when Effendi would die.
4.The king let Effendi go because __________.
A. he hoped to live a long life B. he was afraid of Effendi
C. he didn’t believe Effendi’s words D. he knew the would die two days later
5.Which of the following is not true?
A. Effendi played a joke on the Minister.
B. The king was afraid of death.
C. Effendi didn’t know when the king would die
D. If the king killed Effendi, he himself would die two days later.
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Jack Johnson is one of the most popular singer-song writers in the world.
Jack was born on May 18, 1975 in Hawaii. Being the son of a famous surfer, Jack naturally has an interest in surfing. Most of his life lesson were learned in the water. At the age of 17, Jack entered the finals of the Pineline Masters – the world’s most famous surfing competition. Everyone thought Jack would become a professional surfing like his father. Unluckily, one month later, he had a deadly accident while surfing and was seriously hurt.
Life is like a revolving door. When it closes, it also opens. Jack started to practice playing the guitar and write songs when he was staying in hospital. At first, his father thought Jack only did it for fun, but soon he was surprised at the great progress his son had made.
When studying in the university, Jack didn’t stop practicing his guitar skills. He played the guitar for school parties. He wrote songs and sang for his teachers and friends. They liked his songs. His first music album Brushfire Fairytales came out in 2001. It was a great success. His second album, On and On, was much like his first. They were filled with sweet, easy-going songs that everybody liked listening to. Later Jack had lots of concerts in and out of America. He became popular all over the world.
Jack had five albums by 2010 and more than 15 million copies of them were sold. His music doesn’t fall into any of the popular music styles like pop, R&B or hip-hop. It is more like folk music, played with a guitar and beautiful voice. When listening to his songs, you feel like lying on the beach enjoying the warm sunshine.
Jack is a talent, though he himself says he is only a surfer who loves music. In his songs we can find his secret of success: Whatever happen in our lives, we have to accept it and do the best we can.
1.At the age of 17, Jack __________.
A. had his first music album B. took part in a surfing competition
C. had his first concert D. became popular all over the world
2.Jack started to write songs ___________.
A. while he was staying in hospital B. when he had concerts out of America
C. after his second album came out D. after he played the guitar at the school party
3.What is the secret of Jack’s success?
A. He was born in Hawaii.
B. His father was very famous
C. He wrote many songs for his teachers and friends.
D. He always faced difficulties bravely and tried his best.
4. What’s the best title for the passage?
A. A Famous Writer B. Surfing in the Sea
C. A Guitar Player D. Surfing in the Music
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Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Germany(德国)in 1685. During his life, Bach wrote a lot of music for the church (教堂) and for his students, but he himself did not keep his own works(作品) carefully. Luckily, his second wife(妻子)saved them for him, so today we can still remember Bach through his music.
Bach married twice in his life and had 20 children. He loved his family very much. He wrote music for one of his daughters to tell her that too much coffee was bad for her health. I am now going to play a song for you from this interesting Coffee Cantata. And we will hear more about Bach after this song.
【小题1】Why is Bach's second wife important to his music?
| A．She helped Bach keep his works. |
| B．Many of Bach's works were for her. |
| C．She gave Bach a lot of good ideas about music. |
| D．Her money helped Bach write music. |
| A．To celebrate his birthday. |
| B．To show people his love of coffee. |
| C．To tell his child not to drink so much coffee. |
| D．To make a new kind of music for the church. |
| A．Ways to learn Bach's music. |
| B．The Bach family's history. |
| C．Bach's great church music. |
| D．Stories about Bach and his music. |
| A．fashion show | B．radio show |
| C．TV play | D．talk show |
Jiang Wen and his new film are at the top of the world - the world of Chinese cinema. His Let the Bullets Fly has just broken the box-office record for a Chinese film with some 700 million yuan ($107 million). It is such a big success that wherever you go, you can hear people talking about Bullets.
This time, he is not just the leading actor in the film, ______ also the _______ himself. Young people believe he was playing himself because to them, he himself is a true man. And experts also think highly of his way of telling stories. It seems that he does not need others to tell him how great he is ––– not any more.
That does not mean he is not proud of Bullets. It’s just that Bullets, for him, is fun. He has heard of all the political interpretations（政治隐喻的解读）of his story that have up across the Web and mainstream media（主流媒体）.
The most wonderful scenes in his movies all seem to have something to do with reality, for example, in Bullets opens with a train pulled by white horses.
"I did not invent this set-up. For 30 years in the early 20th century, there was a part of rail line in Northeast China that was powered by horses," he explains, "You may come up with the most unlikely scenes, and you’ll find that fact is stranger than fiction."
【小题1】根据上下文在空格处填入所需单词使句意完整、正确。 _________、__________
【小题2】将划线句子译成中文： ____________________________________________________.
【小题3】在文中找出下面句子的同义句：
The film is so successful that it’s popular with people almost everywhere.
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【小题4】What do young people think of his performance in the film?
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【小题5】What is this article mainly about?
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