题目内容
The ________ reminded me of a snow night twenty years before.
A. scenery B. scene C. spot D. position
Many experts say that Billy Wilder changed the history of American movies. He is often called the best movie maker Hollywood has ever had．
He was known for making movies that offered sharp social comment．Wilder was one of the first directors to do this．Between the middle l930s and the l980s，Billy Wilder made almost fifty movies．During that time he received more than twenty nominations(提名)from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences．He won six of the Oscar awards．His movies have been seen by people around the world．
In l944，Billy Wilder made the film Double Indemnity．Some critics said this movie established him as one of the greatest Hollywood directors．Wilder directed The Lost Weekend in 1945．Ray Milland plays the part of an alcoholic writer in the movie．It shows that alcohol rules his life，yet he does not admit it．He hides alcohol in his home and says he is not drinking．
In l950, Wilder made Sunset Boulevard．This movie told of an aging actress in silent movies．She plans to return to movies though facing many problems．In l954，Billy Wilder became an independent producer．The next year，Wilder’s first movie as an independent filmmaker was a huge success．It was The Seven Year Ihch．In this movie，a married man wants to cheat on his wife with some of his friends．In l959，Wilder made a funny movie that was very popular．It was Some Like It Hot．It tells about two jazz musicians being chased by criminals．They decide to wear women’s clothes and join a band in which all the musicians were women．
Wilder died in March，2002．He was ninety—five．A current Hollywood producer said：“Billy Wilder made movies that people will never forget．”
1.The text is mainly about ________
A．the background of American movies
B．Wilder’s achievements in American movies
C．Wilder’s attitude to American movies
D．the development of American movies
2.What was Wilder famous for according to Paragraph 2 ?
A．Sharp remarks on society in his movies．
B．His unique style of making movies．
C. More than twenty awards he received.
D. Almost fifty movies he produced himself．
3.Which of the following made Wilder among the greatest Hollywood directors?
A．The Lost weekend． B．Sunset Boulevard．
C．Double Indemnity． D．Some Like It Hot．
书面表达
假定你是李华。请你给笔友Peter写封信，告诉他你叔叔李明将去他所在城市开会，带去他想要的那幅中国画，同时询问他是否可以接机。信中还需说明：
李明：高个子，戴眼镜
航班号：CA985
到达：8月6日上午11:30
注意：1. 词数100左右；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯； 3. 开头语和结束语已为你写好。
Dear Peter,
How are you doing?
_________________________________________________________________________________________
Looking forward to your reply.
Yours,
Li Hua
The reason __________ she preferred city life is she can have easy access to places like shops and restaurants.
A. why; because B. why; that
C. that; whether D. whether; that
He is always late for work, and yet nothing is ever said to him. I don't know how he___________ it.
A. cuts down B. gets away with
C. takes off D. turns up
阅读下面材料．在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式．
For Rachael and Leigh Barman, there is only one wish on their Christmas list this year—that their sick daughter Paige should survive/live until December 25. Fifteen-year-old Paige suffers from 1. rare brain disease, 2. affects (影响) as few as 12 people in the world, and could kill her any day 3. warning (警告).
And her condition has gone even 4. (bad) in recent months. Her parents filled the family home with Christmas decorations 5. September 1st so she could enjoy the rest of her life. Since then, she has 6. (regular) opened Christmas presents and received visitors—but she sleeps for up to 19 hours a day, her parents knowing that each time she closes her eyes, she may never wake up.
Mrs. Barman 7. (describe) dealing with the condition as “like being on death row” as she never knew if 8. daughter would wake up the next morning.
The mother said: “She always loves Christmas and I get my heart 9. (break) when I see her suffering like this. Our best Christmas present would be having Paige with us at Christmas. No matter 10. she leaves the world, we make sure that she is always happy.”
假设你是David，你的朋友Mary向你询问如何保持健康。请你给她发一个邮件提些建议。内容要点如下：
1．注意合理饮食。多吃鱼、肉、豆类等，特别是新鲜蔬菜和水果，不要吃太多甜食。
2．注意锻炼身体。劳逸结合，多参加体育活动。
3．保证充足的睡眠。不要熬夜，每天至少睡8个小时。
注意：
1．词数：100左右。
2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；邮件的开头已写好。
Dear Mary，
How nice to hear from you! In your letter you asked me how to keep healthy.___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours，
David
】阅读理解。
My life began similarly to most children but I grew up without knowing what a father or mother was. No one was there to teach me how to tell right from wrong. Because of this, I got into some bad habits and spent seven years as a boy on the street.
When I was 20, I was taken in a rehab clinic (康复诊所). Inside I met Bill, my counselor (辅导员). He taught me a lot of things. The main thing was the gift of giving.
It was the night before an important test and I was very nervous. Bill invited me to go out for a walk to relax(放松) me. As we walked and talked, Bill suggested we should go for a coffee. I told him I had no money when I got paid, and I offered to pay him back. He stopped then and looked at me in a serious, but loving way and said he was doing this because he wanted to. Then he said, "One day when you'll be around someone who will need a coffee, you'll be able to buy it for them. That's how you can pay me back."
I'm a primary school teacher now. My job is simple and I can buy young people coffee now. Bill taught me how to offer help to others.
1.The author got into some bad habits because _____ .
A. he didn't have parents to teach him
B. he couldn't get a good school education
C. he didn't listen to his teacher, Bill
D. he was living on the street
2.One night, Bill invited the author to go out for a walk to _____.
A. have a cup of coffee B. teach the author a lesson
C. make the author less nervous D. make friends with the author
3.Which of the following statements is probably right?
A. The author was too stupid to tell right from wrong.
B. Bill often offered his students coffee to please them.
C. Bill had clever ways to teach his students.
D. The author was often nervous before important tests.
4.What did the author learn from Bill?
A. To be thankful to others. B. To offer kindness to others.
C. To stop drinking alcohol. D. To buy coffee for others.
阅读理解。
It was Saturday when the entire summer world was bright and fresh. Tom looked at the fence, which was long and high, feeling all enthusiasm leaving him. He dipped his brush into the whitewash before moving it along the top board of the fence. He knew other boys would arrive soon with all minds of interesting plans for this day. As walking past him, they would tease him for having to work on a beautiful Saturday—which burnt him like fire.
He, putting his hands into his pockets and taking out all he owned with the expectation of letting someone paint, found nothing that could buy half an hour of freedom. At this dark and hopeless moment, a wonderful idea occurred to him, pouring a great bright light into his mind. He took up his brush and continued to work pleasantly with calm and quietness.
Presently, Ben Rogers came in sight—munching an apple and making joyful noises like the sound of a riverboat as he walked along. Tom went on whitewashing, paying no attention to the steamboat.
“Hello!” Ben said, “I’m going swimming, but you can’t go, can you?”
No answer. Tom moved his brush gently along the fence and surveyed the result. Ben came nearer. Tom’s mouth watered for Ben’s apple while he kept painting the fence.
Ben said, “That’s a lot of work, isn’t it?”
Tom turned suddenly saying “Here you are! Ben! I didn’t notice you.”
“I’m going swimming,” Ben said. “Don’t you wish you could go? Or would you rather work?”
Tom said, “Work? What do you mean ‘work’?”
“Isn’t that work?”
Tom continued painting and answered carelessly, “Maybe it is, and maybe it isn’t. All I know is it suits Tom Sawyer.”
“Do you mean that you enjoy it?”
“I don’t see why I oughtn’t to enjoy it.”
“Does a boy have a chance to paint a fence frequently” said Tom.
Ben stopped munching his apple.
Tom moved his brush back and forth—stepped back to note the effect—added a little paint here and there. Ben watched every move, getting more and more interested, more and more absorbed. After a short time, he said, “Tom, let me whitewash a little.”
Tom seemed to be thinking for a moment before he said, “No, Aunt Polly wants this fence to be perfect. If it was the back fence, maybe you could do it. But this fence beside the street is where everybody can see it. It has to be done right.”
“Oh, come on, let me try. I’ll be careful. Listen, Tom. I’ll give you part of my apple if you let me paint.”
“No, Ben, I’m afraid—”
“I’ll give you all the apple!”
Tom handed the brush to Ben with unwillingness on his face but alacrity in his heart. While the riverboat worked and sweated in the hot sun, Tom, an artist sat in the shade close by, munching his apple, and planning how he could trick more of the boys.
Before long there were enough boys each of whom came along the street; stopped to laugh but soon begged to be allowed to paint. By the middle of the afternoon, Tom had got many treasures while the fence had had three layers of whitewash on it. If he hadn’t run out of whitewash, he would have owned everything belonging to the boys in the village.
Tom said to himself that the world was not so depressing after all. He had discovered a great law of human action: in order to make a man cover a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain.
1.By using “Tom continued painting and answered carelessly”, the author shows Tom ______ when he was talking to Ben.
A. made mistakes B. damaged things
C. was natural D. wasn’t concentrating
2.The underlined word “alacrity” in the last but two paragraph most probable means “______”.
A. kindness B. discouragement
C. sympathy D. eagerness
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? ________
A. Tom did not want to go swimming at all
B. Tom was asked to help Aunt Polly paint the fence
C. Tom did not get along well with his friends
D. Tom was very busy that Saturday afternoon.
4.We can draw a conclusion from the last paragraph that _______.
A. forbidden fruit is sweet.
B. a friend in need is a friend indeed.
C. all good things must come to an end.
D. a bad excuse is better than none.
