Writing stories and articles ________ what I enjoy most.

1. A.
   is
2. B.
   are
3. C.
   was
4. D.
   were

Writing articles about films for The Front Page was my first proper job．Before then I had done bits of reviewing --- novels for other newspapers, films for a magazine and anything I was asked to do for the radio．That was how I met Tom Seaton, the first arts editor of The Front Page, who had also written for television．He hired me, but Tom was not primarily a journalist, or he would certainly have been more careful in choosing his staff．

    At first, his idea was that a team of critics should take care of the art forms that didn’t require specialized knowledge: books, TV, theatre, film and radio．There would be a weekly lunch at which we would make our choices from the artistic material that Tom had decided we should cover, though there would also be guests to make the atmosphere sociable．

   Tom’s original plan for a team of critics for the arts never took off．It was a good idea, but we didn’t get together as planned and so everything was done by phone．It turned out, too, that the general public out there preferred to associate a reviewer with a single subject area, and so I chose film．Without Tom’s initial push, though, we would hardly have come up with the present arrangement, by which I write an extended weekly piece, usually on one film．

    The space I am given allows me to broaden my argument --- or forces me, in an uninteresting week, to make something out of nothing．But what is my role in the public arena（舞台）? I suppose that people choose what films to go to on the basis of the stars, the publicity of the director．So if a film review isn’t really a consumer guide, what is it? I certainly don’t feel I have a responsibility to be ‘right’ about a movie．Nor do I think there should be a certain number of ‘great’ and ‘bad’ films each year．All I have to do is put forward an argument．I’m not a judge, and nor would I want to be．

What do we learn about Tom Seaton from the first paragraph?

       A．He encouraged Mark to become a writer．

       B．He had worked in various areas of the media．

       C．He met Mark when working for a film company．

       D．He prefers to employ people that he knows．

The weekly lunches were planned in order to ______．

       A．help the writers get to know each other

       B．provide an informal information party

       C．divide the work that had to be done

       D．entertain important visitors from the arts

What does the author mean when he says that Tom’s plan ‘never took off’ in Paragraph 3?

       A．It was unpopular．               B．It wasted too much time．

       C．It wasn’t planned properly．     D．It wasn’t put into practice．

Which of the following best describes what Mark says about his work?

       A．His success varies from year to year．   B．He prefers to write about films he likes．

       C．He can freely express his opinion．     D．He writes according to accepted rules．

Writing. (25 points)假如你是李华，是一名中学生，请根据下表内容写封信给你的老师Ralph，请求他帮忙解决一个长期困扰你的问题

注意：词数100~120,参考词汇：发脾气lose one’s temper

Dear Ralph，

___________________________________________________________________________

Best wishes

                                                                  Yours

                                                                      Li Hua.

________writing the article，the author forgot that he had a meeting to attend.

Writing：（1小题， 满分30 分）
随着社会和经济的发展，近三十年来义乌变化巨大。义乌人越来越富有，生活越过越好。有人就提出在义乌也建一个Disneyland。你对此有什么看法？请就“Is it necessary to build a Disneyland in Yiwu”这个问题，说说你的观点。开头已给，请接着写即可。
注意：
1.观点必须鲜明；
2.理由至少两条以上；
3.段落分明，条例清楚，书写工整，无涂改。
4.词数 120 左右。
Disneyland in Yiwu?
With the development of society and economy,