As one of Hollywood’s all-time greatest actress, Audrey Hepburn is famous all over the world. When Hepburn died in 1993, the world mourned the loss of a great beauty, a great actress and a great humanitarian.
Born in Belgium on 4th May 1929, Hepburn dreamed of becoming a
successful ballet dancer. She had also been a model before she entered the film industry. In 1951, while acting in Monte Carlo Baby, Hepburn met the famous French writer Colette, who was attracted by Hepburn’s beauty and charm. She insisted that Hepburn was the perfect girl to play the lead role in Gigi, a play based on her novel. That event marked the beginning of Hepburn’s successful career.
Shortly after, Hepburn was chosen to play the lead role of a young princess in the Hollywood film Roman Holiday. It was a big success and earned her an Oscar for Best Actress. She also won a Tony Award for the play Ondine.[来源:学.科.网]
During her lifetime, Hepburn earned four more Oscar nominations. In 1989, she made her final appearance in her last film Always and played the role of an angel.
Throughout her acting years, she acted in only one TV series, Gardens of the world with Audrey Hepburn. By showing us the beauty of nature, Hepburn wanted to remind us that we should protect the environment.
Hepburn is remembered not just as a great actress, but also as a great humanitarian. She was honoured with a number of awards because of her efforts in her charity work. In 1992, the President of the United States presented her with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
In 1991, Hepburn discovered that she had cancer. In 1993, at the age of 63, she passed away peacefully in her sleep.
【小题1】 Which of the following is the correct order according to the events?
a. People mourned her death.
b. She was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
c. Her successful film career began.
d. She earned an Oscar for Best Actress.
e. She met the French writer Colette.

An old lady went to the shop last Sunday. She passed a bank and saw a car near the door. A man got out of it and went into the bank. She looked into the car. The keys were in the lock(锁).

　　The old lady took the keys and followed the man into the bank. The man took a gun（枪）out of the pocket and said to the clerk, “Give me all the money.” But the old lady didn’t see this. She went to the man and put the keys in his hand and said, “Young man, you are foolish. Never leave your keys in your car. Someone is going to steal it. ” The man looked at the old lady for a few seconds. Then he looked at the clerk. He took the keys, ran out of the bank, got into his car and drove away quickly without any money.

1. Last Sunday, an old woman ______.

A. had nothing to do 　     B. went out for a walk　

C. went to buy something    D. went to see the man

2.The man got off his car and went into _____.

A. a police station　　      B. the post office　　

C. the shop　             D. the bank

3. The old lady saw ______ on the car.　　

A. a gun　  B. a bag　  C. a lot of money    D. the keys

4. The old lady ______.

 A. knew the man　　     B. thought the man was a thief　　

C. didn’t know the man　　D. wanted to catch the thief

5.When she gave the young man his keys, he ____.

 A. took them and ran into the bank  　　

B. thanked her very much

 C. was very surprised 

D. said nothing and went to the police station

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Li Ming was a good school boy before. He  1.  to do well in all his lessons. But these days he turned out to be another Li Ming. He  2.  asleep in class. He has been late for school three times since last Friday. Yesterday they took an English test. He failed. But he always got over 90 before. His head teacher, Rose, didn’t know  3. . So she decided to go to his home and found out the reason. On her 4. to his home, she passed by a net bar. To her  5. , she saw Li Ming playing computer games excitedly inside. Then she  6. what had happened. She went into the net bar and pulled him out. Li Ming was very frightened because she was very  7. with him. He didn’t know how she would deal with him. She  8. beat him nor punished(惩罚) him. Instead, she told him playing computer games was bad for his health and  9. . She also asked him not to lose himself in it. Li Ming  10. to give up computer games and study hard to achieve his dreams.

One of the most famous writers from England by far is Agatha Christie.

Agatha Christie’s real name was Agatha Miller. She was born in England in 1890.She married Archibald Christie when she was 24 years old, and she changed her family name to Christie.

She sold her first mystery book in 1920. This book was the first time that the world met Mrs.Christie’s famous detective Hercule Poirot. Ten years after that, Mrs. Christie wrote her book with her second famous detective, Miss Marple.

In 1928, Mrs. Christie’s first marriage broke up. She married M.E.L. Mallowan in 1930, but she still wrote her books under the name Agatha Christie.

In her life, Agatha Christie wrote 60 books, 16 plays, and more than 100 short stories. She passed away in 1976 when she was 85 years old. Her books can still be found on sale in bookstores all around the world.

1. What did Aghta Christie do?

A．She was a detective.                     B．she wrote books.

C．She was a mystery．                     D．She knew famous detectives.

2. Who was Hercule Poirot?

A．A detective in her books.                 B．One of her books.

C．Her husband.                          D．A writer.

3. What happened in 1976?

A．Agatha Christie died.

B．Agatha Christie left her husband.

C．Agatha Christie wrote her last book.

D．Agatha Christie wrote a short story.

4. What’s the best title of the passage?

A．Books about detectives.

B．Famous detectives.

C．A famous writer.

D．Agatha Christie or Agatha Miller.

Nobody believes a 92-year-old could run a marathon            she passed the finishing line. People of all ages can challenge themselves.

               A. if                       B. since                    C. until