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Good morning. I’m Chen Hua. Here’s my culture report for today, Monday:

A new film starts tonight at the student cinema at eight o’clock. The film is Pirates of the Carribean. It’s a fantastic adventure film. Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom are the stars. They are both very popular and famous, and they both act well in this film, and make their characters believable.

The story is about an old ship. It sails around the Carribean islands. Depp and Bloom try to find some lost gold. Then they come fare to face with some terrible men, and have to fight them. There's lots of action, and the fighting looks really dangerous. They also saves Keira Knightly. She plays Elisabeth, the daughter of a rich man. The scenes with Knightly and Bloom are beautiful and romantic.

The film isn't true to life, but it' s very exciting, and some of it is very funny. It' s an enjoyable film, although in my opinion there's too much fighting. But except for that, it's an excellent film. U you didn't see it when it first came out, I advise you to go and see it now. I' m sure you' 11 enjoy it. It' s showing all week.

43. Pirates of the Carribean is__________.

A. a tragedy B. a comedy C. an action film D. an adventure film

44. Depp and Bloom sails around the Carribean islands because__________.

A. they try to find some lost gold B. they try to find some gold

C. they try to find some lost iron D. they try to find some lost iron

45. They meet __________.

A. some terrible men B. some terrible women

C. some smiling men D. some smiling men

46. There's lots of action in the film because they have to__.

A. fight the frightening people B. fight the terrible women

C. make the film interesting D. make the film exciting

47. Keira Knightly plays

A. Depp and Bloom   B. Elisabeth C. Orlando Bloom D. Johnny Depp

48. What Chen Hua doesn't like about the film is

A. untruth to life    B. the adventure C. too much fighting   D. the stars

49. Chen Hua advises people to see the film because__   _.

A. it's funny B. it's true C. it' s believable I), it' s excellent

50. The general idea of paragraph 3 is     _ .

A. self introduction                B. where the film is on

C. Chen Hua's opinions about the film D. the main idea of the film

The sea looks very beautiful when the sun is shining on it. But it can be very terrible when there is a strong wind. The sea is very big. It covers three quarters of the earth. The sea is also very deep in some places. In one place, the sea is about 11 kilometres deep. The highest mountain(山) in the world is about nine kilornetres high. If that mountain was put into the sea at that place, there would still be two kilometres of water above it!
In most parts of the sea,there are plenty of fishes and plants (植物). Some live near the top of the sea.Others live deep down. There are also a lot of small living things,and lots of fish live by eating them. The sea can be very cold. When people go down, the sea becomes colder and colder. Only some men can go down into the deep sea. But,in 1970,five women scientists lived in the deep sea for fourteen days.
【小题1】This writing is ________.

A.a short storyB.about the sea
C.a news reportD.a poem
【小题2】Which of the following is NOT true?
A.The sea is usually very beautiful when it is sunny.
B.The sea is very terrible when the wind blows hard.
C.The highest mountain is in the deepest place of the sea.
D.The deeper the people go into the sea, the colder they would feel there.
【小题3】The sea covers _________of the earth.
A.1/3B.2/3C.1/4D.3/4
【小题4】There are a lot of small living things in the sea,and_______.
A.they live by eating fishB.they live to eat apples
C.they are good food for fishD.they are too small for fish to catch
【小题5】In 1970,five women lived in the deep sea for 14 days. That showed_______.
A.not only men can go down into the deep sea
B.women wanted to swim in the sea
C.women could go deeper into the sea than men
D.women liked living in the sea


Although English is not as old as Chinese, it is spoken by many people around the world every day. English speakers are always making up new words, and we are often able to know where most come from.
Sometimes, however, no one may really know where a word comes from. Did you ever think about why hamburgers are called “hamburgers”, especially when they are not made with ham(火腿)? About a hundred years ago, some men went to America from Europe. They came from a big city in Germany called Hamburg. They didn’t speak good English, but they ate good food. When some Americans saw them eating round pieces of beef, they asked the Germans what they were. The Germans didn’t understand the question and answered, “We come from Hamburg.” One of these Americans owned a restaurant, and had an idea. He cooked some round pieces of bread with beef in them and started selling them. Such bread came to be called “hamburgers”. Today, “Hamburgers” are sold in many countries around the world.
Whether this story is true or not, it certainly is interesting. Knowing why any word has a certain meaning is interesting, too. This reason, for most English words, can be found in any large English dictionary.
【小题1】English is spoken by many people around the world every day, but English is ______.

A.as old as ChineseB.older than Chinese
C.younger than ChineseD.older than German
【小题2】Hamburg is ______.
A.a kind of foodB.a round piece of beef
C.the name of a countryD.a city in Germany
【小题3】According to the story, the word “hamburger” comes from ______.
A.English speakers because they’re always making up new words
B.the round piece of beef which those people from Hamburg ate
C.English because Germans don’t speak good English
D.a large English dictionary
【小题4】. Which of the following is TRUE?
A.Few Americans like hamburgers.
B.Hamburgers are made with ham.
C.Hamburgers were first sold a century ago.
D.Hamburgers were some people.
【小题5】. Which of the following can be found in any large dictionary?
A.Where Germans came from.
B.Where all the new words came from.
C.The reason why a new word has a certain meaning.
D.Why English is spoken all over the world.

Bringing a giraffe into the world is a tall order. A baby giraffe is born 10 feet high and usually lands on its back. Within seconds it rolls over its legs under its body. Then the mother giraffe rudely introduces its children to the reality(现实) of life.

In his book, A View from the Zoo, Gary Richmond describes how a new-born giraffe learns its first lesson.

The mother giraffe lowers her head long enough to take a quick look. Then she puts herself directly over her child. She waits for about a minute, and then she does the most unreasonable(不合情理的) thing. She throws her long leg and kicks her baby, so that it’s sent sprawling(四脚朝天).

When it doesn’t get up, the process is repeated again and again. The struggle to rise is important. As the baby giraffe grows tired, the mother kicks it again. Finally, it stands for the first time on its shaky(摇晃的) legs. Then the mother giraffe kicks it off its feet again. Why? She wants it to remember how it got up. In the wild, a baby giraffe must be able to get up as quickly as possible to stay with its group, where there’s safety.

Another writer named Irving Stone understood this. He spent a lifetime studying greatness, writing stories about such men as Michelangelo, Vincent van Gogh, Sigmund Freud, and Charles Darwin.

Stone was once asked if he had found something that runs through the lives of all these great people. He said, “I write about people who sometime in their life have a dream of something. They’re beaten over the head, knocked down and for years they get nowhere. But every time they stand up again. And at the end of their lives they’ve realized some small parts of what they set out(着手) to do .”

1.What does the underlined part “a tall order” in Paragraph 1 mean?

A.A happy thing.                          B.A difficult task.

C.A big dream.                           D.A beautiful scene.

2.What does the book A View from the Zoo talk about?

A.A new-born giraffe’s first lesson.

B.A mother giraffe’s story.

C.The lives of some great people.

D.The way for a giraffe to stand up.

3.Why were some great people mentioned in the passage?

A.Because they all worked hard.

B.Because they all liked to read some special stories.

C.Because they were born with some illnesses.

D.Because they were similar to giraffes in some ways.

4.Which of the following statements is True according to the passage?

A.This passage is a description of giraffes’ living habits.

B.Baby giraffes can’t stand up until three months old.

C.Irving Stone spent a lifetime studying and writing stories about great people.

D.The great people can’t stand up after they’re knocked down for years.

5.What would be the best title for the passage?

A.How to Raise a Baby Giraffe.

B.Learning to Get Back Up.

C.Stories about the great people.

D.A Mother Giraffe and Its Baby Giraffe.

 

Good morning. I’m Chen Hua. Here’s my culture report for today, Monday:

A new film starts tonight at the student cinema at eight o’clock. The film is Pirates of the Carribean. It’s a fantastic adventure film. Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom are the stars. They are both very popular and famous, and they both act well in this film, and make their characters believable.

The story is about an old ship. It sails around the Carribean islands. Depp and Bloom try to find some lost gold. Then they come fare to face with some terrible men, and have to fight them. There's lots of action, and the fighting looks really dangerous. They also saves Keira Knightly. She plays Elisabeth, the daughter of a rich man. The scenes with Knightly and Bloom are beautiful and romantic.

The film isn't true to life, but it' s very exciting, and some of it is very funny. It' s an enjoyable film, although in my opinion there's too much fighting. But except for that, it's an excellent film. U you didn't see it when it first came out, I advise you to go and see it now. I' m sure you' 11 enjoy it. It' s showing all week.

1. Pirates of the Carribean is__________.

A. a tragedy B. a comedy C. an action film D. an adventure film

2.Depp and Bloom sails around the Carribean islands because__________.

A. they try to find some lost gold B. they try to find some gold

C. they try to find some lost iron D. they try to find some lost iron

3.They meet __________.

A. some terrible men B. some terrible women

C. some smiling men D. some smiling men

4.There's lots of action in the film because they have to__.

A. fight the frightening people B. fight the terrible women

C. make the film interesting D. make the film exciting

5.Keira Knightly plays

A. Depp and Bloom      B. Elisabeth C. Orlando Bloom D. Johnny Depp

6.What Chen Hua doesn't like about the film is

A. untruth to life        B. the adventure C. too much fighting      D. the stars

7.Chen Hua advises people to see the film because__      _.

A. it's funny B. it's true C. it' s believable I), it' s excellent

8. The general idea of paragraph 3 is         _ .

A. self introduction B. where the film is on

C. Chen Hua's opinions about the film D. the main idea of the film