摘要: There are many different dialects of English on where people live.

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The small coastal town of Broome, in northwest Australia, is a remote village in the vast countryside.

There are no traffic jams and hardly any roads. There is only the massive Australian wild land, where some houses are 500 miles apart and some driveways are 50 miles long.

There seem to be only two main sources of entertainment out here: the sunset at the beach and Sun Pictures.

Sun Pictures is a very different movie theater:The seats are park benches and deck chairs, but you’re also welcome to sit on the grass.

It is the world’s oldest outdoor movie garden. Sun Pictures was built in 1916 on the other side of the globe from Hollywood. All the big films were shipped here and the lonely country was amazed.

Broome resident Pearl Hamaguchi has never traveled far from home. But in the Sun Pictures chairs, under the deep blue night sky, she has been almost everywhere.

“And we came back excited about Gregory Peck,” she recalled.

This is one of the few places left in the world where you can see two sets of stars at the same time-----one set in the sky, the other in the film.

Each night, dozens of people from around the world line up at the old wooden stand, with no computer in sight, and buy their tickets to the latest films.

Sun Pictures is also a museum, exhibiting projectors(放映机) that date back to the silent films, a portrait gallery of the famous people who never knew about this place---- even though they came here all the time.

Every once in a while, I’m told, you might find a non-ticket holder in your seat. That’s why it’s always a good idea to shake out your chair to make sure there are no spiders or scorpions.

“We’ve only had a couple of scorpion incidents but no one’s been stung yet,” said Aaron Mestemaker, a tourist visiting from Michigan.

Sun Pictures is a holy hall of movie history and a reminder that air conditioning and carpet are no match for grass and fresh air---even when the lizards steal the scene.

1.. The first two paragraphs want to show that__________.

A.living in Broome is inconvenient

B.the life in Broome is boring

C.few people like to live in Broome

D.Broome is simple but vast

2..Sun Pictures is different from other theaters because _________.

A.it is the most historical outdoor theater in the world

B.the audience can either sit on chairs or on the grass

C.it was built by some constructor from Hollywood

D.all the films were imported here from Hollywood

3.. Gregory Peck is most probably the name of_________.

A.a place

B.a film

C.a movie star

D.a country fellow

4.. It can be inferred that the tourists in Broome are most attracted by ________.

A.its peacefulness

B.its beautiful sunset

C.the Sun Pictures

D.the gallery of movie stars

 

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英语科试题

第一节:对话填空(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)

A: Have you ever read some reports about UFOs?

B: Of course. I have a firm b      76       in UFOs. I’m    76.              

   always interested in the stories and aliens.

A: What are they like?

B: According to some w      77       , it is colorless       77.              

   and moves at an a      78       speed with little noise.  78.              

   Aliens are said to be white-skinned, strange-looking

   visitors from o     79        space.                      79.              

A: I don’t quite agree with you d     80        to space    80.              

   exploration, most important planets have been examined,

   p     81        have been taken and samples have          81.              

   collected there, but no e     82        of life has       82.              

   been discovered.

B: So you mean UFOs don’t e     83        ? There are no    83.              

   aliens? How would you explain some people’s sudden

   d      84       ? Many people have reported seeing        84.              

   aliens.

A: It’s hard to say. We will still continue with

   scientific r     85        .                              85.              

 

 

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 Japan's 24-hour convenience stores, already struggling with lagging sales and growth, may soon face yet another threat - moves to limit business hours and close the stores late at night. The district of Saitama, which borders Tokyo, may follow in the footsteps of the western city of Kyoto and urge convenience stores to close during late night hours in an effort to limit carbon dioxide(二氧化碳)emissions, Japanese media reported.

 Kyoto, a former capital, wants to persuade convenience and other 24-hour stores to close late at night so as to improve evening views of the city and cut down on energy use. The Nikkei business daily said closures could last from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. The move is strongly opposed by the industry, which fears a bad impact on an already troubled sector also grappling with the specter of a higher tobacco tax, which could hit overall sales.

 "Even if we only operate the stores for 16 hours, we can't stop the refrigerators," said Toshiro Yamaguchi, the president of Seven-Eleven Japan Co, which is owned by Seven & I Holdings Co Ltd, at a news conference in Saitama on Tuesday. He said such cuts in operating hours would reduce each store's profit by 20 percent. "If this happens, our current business model will lose its foundation."

 Analysts said that while it is difficult to estimate the potential impact of the move without a concrete plan, their overall impression was that it was likely to be negative. "This could cut profits and lead to less efficient operations and the increased loss of opportunities," said Masafumi Shoda, an analyst at Nomura Securities. "But it depends on the store -- urban stores do better than others. There are some in the countryside that are inefficient."

 Some have suggested that if governments were sincere about reducing carbon emissions there were much more efficient methods, such as cutting back on the huge number of automatic vending machines(自动售货机)

1.Which of the followings was the first to try to limit convenience store hours?

 A. Saitama               B. Tokyo   C. Kyoto   D. Nomura Security

2.What's the main goal of the proposal?

  A. To give employees more free time.

  B. To limit carbon dioxide emissions.

  C. To sell more tobacco products.

  D. To reduce each store’s profit.

3.How's the convenience store sector doing in Japan?

 A. It is not mentioned.    B. It's doing great. Business is booming.

 C. Not very well.        D. It’s about to close.

4.According to the passage, which convenience stores are generally more successful?

 A. The ones in big cities.     B. The ones in the countryside.

 C. The ones in Tokyo.       D. The ones in Saitama.

5.According to the convenience store industry, what impact would closing for the night have on a typical store?

  A. It could cause a 10% increase in sales.

  B. Its effect would be maximal. It would close soon.

  C. Its effect would be minimal. People would simply shop earlier.

  D. It could cause a 20% decrease in profits.

 

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