“The pen is more powerful than the sword(刀).” There have been many writers who used their pens to fight things that were wrong. Mrs Harriet Beecher Stowe was one of them.

  She was born in the U.S.A. in 1811.One of her books not only made her famous but has been described as one that excited the world, and was helpful in causing a civil war and freeing the enslaved race. The civil war was the American Civil War of 1861, in which the Northern States fought the Southern States and finally won.

  This book that shook the world was called Uncle Tom's Cabin. There was time when every English-speaking man, woman, and child has read this novel that did so much to stop slavery.  Not many people read it today, but it is still very interesting. The book has shown us how a warm-hearted writer can arouse (唤起) people's sympathies. The author herself had neither been to the Southern States nor been a slave. The Southern Americans were very angry at the book, which they said did not at all represent true state of affairs, but the Northern Americans were wildly excited over it and were so inspired by it that they were ready to go to war to set the slaves free.

According to the passage______

 A. every English-speaking person has read Uncle Tom's Cabin

 B. Uncle Tom's Cabin was not very interesting

 C. those who don't speak English cannot have read Uncle Tom's Cabin

 D. the book Uncle Tom's Cabin did a great deal in the American Civil War

What do you learn about Mrs Harriet Beecher Stowe from the passage?

 A. She had been living in the north of America before the American Civil War broke out.

 B. She herself encouraged the Northern Americans to go to war to set the slaves free.

 C. She was better as writing as swinging (挥舞) a sword.

 D. She had once been a slave.

Why could Mrs Harriet Beecher Stowe's book cause a civil war in America?

 A. She wrote so well that Americans loved her very much.

 B. She disclosed the terrible wrongs that had been done to the slaves in the Southern States.

 C. The Southern Americans hated the book while the Northern Americans like it.

 D. The book had been read by many Americans.

What can we learn from the passage?

 A. We needn't use weapons (武器) to fight things that are wrong.

 B. A writer is more helpful in a war than a soldier.

 C. We must understand the importance of literature and art.

 D. No war can be won without such a book as Uncle Tom's Cabin.

No one knows yet the accurate number of lives which have been lost in this terrible fire. But reports suggest that it is more than one hundred.

A wall of fire fifty feet high and at least one hundred and fifty miles wide is now racing towards the forests and rich farmlands of southern Victoria. Towns less than one hundred miles from Melbourne will be in danger unless the wind changes. People are rushing excitedly into the streets. The police have warned them not to see the fire but many people are doing so.

The cause of the fire is unknown. No rain has fallen in this part of Australia for three months, and the hot, north-west wind from the great central desert is blowing at more than thirty miles an hour.

The firefighters are traveling to the fire by road, rail and air. But it is not easy to get there. Flames and fallen trees have cut off or blocked roads and railway lines. The thick smoke often prevents them from finding the air strips (飞机跑道).

It is said that the fire has brought the greater danger to the country since the Second World War.

By the time the article is written, the fire       .

    A. has just broken out B. has been put out

    C. is spreading fiercely    D. is coming to an end

The writer writes this article mainly to tell people       .

    A. the fire is terrible and dangerous

    B. it is very easy to put out the fire

    C. less than one hundred people die of the fire

    D. to join in the fight against the fire

In the 4th paragraph, the writer suggests (暗示) that       .

    A. the fire would be controlled by the firefighters very soon

    B. it will be very difficult to put out the fire

    C. the government is paying great attention to the fire

    D. the fire has caused great losses and the airport was in danger

The underlined word “ accurate ” in the first sentence has the same meaning as        .

    A. recent   B. false    C. rough(大约的)  D. exact

Academy Awards  The Academy Awards are the most prominent film award in the United States.The Awards are granted by the Academy of Motin Picture Arts and Sciences.Academy Awards are nicknamed “Oscars”, which is also the nickname of the statuette(小雕像).The name is said to have been born when Margaret Herrick saw the statuette on a table and said: It looks just like my uncle Oscar!”

Berlin Film Festival  One of the “A” festivals in Europe.The Berlin International Film Festival, also called the “Berlinale”, is held annually in February and started in 1951 after an initiative of the American, who occupied part of the city after World WarⅡ.The jury(专家评奖团)always placed  special emphasis on representing films from all over the world, from the former Eastern Bloc(集团)Countries as well as from western countries.The awards are called Golden and Silver Bears(as the Bear is the symbol of Berlin).

Venice Film Festival   The Venice Film Festival takes place every year in late August / early September on the Lido in the historic Palazzo del Cinema, in Venice, Italy; its main award is the “ Leone d’Oro”(Golden Lion).Recently, a new award has been added, the San Marco Award for the best film.

Cannes Film Festival   The Cannes Film Festival is a famous international film festival.It has been held annually in Cannes, in the south of France, since 1946 with a few exceptions.Given massive media exposure, the Festival is attended by many movie stars and is a popular venue for movie producers to launch their new films and attempt to sell their works to the distributors who come from all over the globe.

The most famous award given out at Cannes is the “Palme d’Or”(Golden Palm)for the best film; this is sometimes shared by multiple films in one year.

 

61.Which Award can be shared by multiple films in one year?

A.Golden Lion                                  B.Golden Palm

C.Academy Awards                          D.San Marco Award

62.Which of the following statements about “Oscars” is not true?

A.It’s the nickname of Academy Awards

B.It’s also the nickname of the statuette.

C.It got its name because Margaret said the statuette looked like his uncle.

D.It’s an award in France.

63.Which Award has the shortest history?

A.Golden Lion            B.Golden Palm

C.Academy Awards    D.San Marco Award

64.Why is the Award for Berlin Film Festival called “Golden and Silver Bear”?

A.It looks like a bear

B.It is made up of bear fur

C.The bear is the symbol of Berlin

D.Bear is rare in Berlin

65.Which of the following best states the main idea of the passage?

A.An introduction of famous film festivals and film awards

B.An advertisement for films and TV programmes.

C.Introduce the nicknames of famous film awards.

D.A guide of how to spend famous film festivals

When the Japanese attacked America’s ships at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, they did it secretly. The makers of the movie Pearl Harbor have behaved differently.

The noise about Pearl Harbor, made by Disney,has reached its highest point with its premiere (首次公演) before the movie opens in cinemas across the US at the start of the Memorial Day holiday weekend, a time to recall national heroes who sacrificed their lives on the battlefield.

As Ben Affleck is the main star, the movie seems sure to become a success in the United States at least.

At almost three hours in length, it promises to be a good old Hollywood movie. There is a love story. Affleck and his co-star, Josh Hartnett, both fall in love with the navy nurse, Kate Beckinsale and, of course, there is much human courage and love of country.

It’s certain that Disney will be accused of “changing” history. The showing of actual events in a movie always causes arguments.

Bits of the story are deliberately not mentioned in the movie. It does not address the theory held by some historians that President Franklin Roosevelt knew about Japan’s intention to attack the ships in Pearl Harbor.It is said he did nothing, as he was aware that such a blow would allow him to take America into the Second World War.

Japan remains sensitive about being accused of wartime atrocities (暴行). And Disney is sensitive about its business in Japan, where it has a theme park.

Not all the reviews of the movie have been full of praise. A reviewer for Newsweek, who was given an early preview, acknowledged that the 40-minute sequence (连续镜头) showing the attack itself was powerful. The attack comes quite late in the movie, however, and the reviewer was less impressed with the characters and the love story.

“Almost every line of the dialogue sounds like it comes from an old movie, ” the reviewer wrote.

1.From the passage we can infer that the Memorial Day refers to           

A.the day the United States was founded

B.the day people remember their ancestors

C.a day people celebrate the victories of World War Ⅱ

D.a day people remember those who died in wars

2.From the passage we know that Ben Affleck             .

A.regarded Josh Hartnett as an enemy

B.may be a very popular movie star

C.experienced the Pearl Harbor Incident

D.was in love with the actress Kate Beckinsale

3.Which of the following statements is TRUE about Pearl Harbor?

A.The movie will cause a lot of arguments.

B.The movie has made the Japanese angry.

C.The movie truly describes the Pearl Harbor Incident.

D.The movie shows that President Roosevelt knew about Japan’s intention.

4.According to the passage, what does the reviewer for Newsweek think of the movie?

A.The scenes of the attack leave no impression.

B.The dialogue in the movie is original and creative.

C.The attack scenes occupy too much time of the movie.

D.The characters and the love story are less attractive.

5.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A.Ben Affleck in Pearl Harbor.

B.The True Fact of Pearl Harbor.

C.Reviewer:Pearl Harbor is a success.

D.Attention!Pearl Harbor is arriving.

 

 

Napoleon, as a character in Tolstoy’s War and Peace, is more than once described as having “fat little hands.’’ Nor does he “sit well or firmly on the horse.’’ He is said to be “undersized.’’ with“short legs’’ and a “round stomach”. The issue here is not the accuracy of Tolstoy’s description — it seems not that far off from historical accounts but his choice of facts:Other things that could be said of the man are not said. We are meant to understand the difference of a warring commander in the body of a fat little Frenchman. Tolstoy’s Napoleon could be any man wandering in the streets and putting a little of powdered tobacco up his nose — and that is the point.

It is a way the novelist uses to show the moral nature of a character. And it turns out that, as Tolstoy has it, Napoleon is a crazy man. In a scene in Book Three of War and Peace, the wars having reached the critical year of 1812, Napoleon receives a representative from the Tsar(沙皇), who has come with peace terms. Napoleon is very angry:Doesn’t he have more army? He, not the Tsar, is the one to make the terms. He will destroy all of Europe if his army is stopped. “That is what you will have gained by engaging me in the war!” he shouts. And then, Tolstoy writes, Napoleon “walked silently several times up and down the room, his fat shoulders moving quickly.’’

Still later, after reviewing his army amid cheering crowds, Napoleon invites the shaken Russian to dinner. “He raised his hand to the Russian’s … face,” Tolstoy writes, and “taking him by the ear pulled it gently ….” To have one’s ear pulled by the Emperor was considered the greatest honor and mark of favor at the French court. “Well, well, why don’t you say anything?’’ said he, as if it was ridiculous in his presence to respect any one but himself, Napoleon.

Tolstoy did his research, but the composition is his own.

51. Tolstoy’s description of Napoleon in War and Peace is ____   _______   ____.

A. far from the historical facts                          B. based on the Russian history

C. based on his selection of facts                       D. not related to historical details

52. Napoleon was angry when receiving the Russian representative because _________.

A. he thought he should be the one to make the peace terms

B. the Tsar's peace terms were hard to accept

C. the Russians stopped his military movement

D. he didn’t have any more army to fight with

53. What did Napoleon expect the Russian representative to do?

A. To walk out of the room in anger.                 B. To show agreement with him.

C. To say something about the Tsar.                 D. To express his admiration.

54. Tolstoy intended to present Napoleon as a man who is _____   ______   ____.

A. ill-mannered in dealing with foreign guests

B. fond of showing off his iron will

C. determined in destroying all of Europe   

D. crazy for power and respect

55. What does the last sentence of the passage imply?

A. A writer doesn’t have to be faithful to his findings.

B. A writer may write about a hero in his own way.

C. A writer may not be responsible for what he writes.

D. A writer has hardly any freedom to show his feelings.

 

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