Music has often been used in movies to create mood and add dimension to the images which the audience sees on the screen. One man who is famous for his ability to write powerful and highly effective music for movies is John Williams. Mr. Williams has been writing music for movies since 1960, but he is perhaps best known for his award-winning scores for movies such as Jaws, Star Wars, and Schindler's List. Before he began writing music for the movies, Mr. Williams dreamed of being a concert pianist. He studied at both the University of California, Los Angeles and Juilliard School. During the 1950s, Mr. Williams was into jazz and he worked in New York City with many jazz artists. Later, he moved back to Los Angeles where he continued to play the piano for jazz musicians. He also got a job writing music for television shows. It was this television job that led him into movies.
Throughout the 1960s, Mr. Williams wrote the music that can be heard in more than 20 movies. Most of these movies were light comedies. Then, in 1975, the director of the movie Jaws, Steven Spielberg, hired Mr. Williams. The director thought that Mr. William's music added so much to the scary (引起恐慌的)scenes of the movie that he insisted on working with Mr. Williams in all of his future movies. Other directors and Hollywood film studios also demanded to work with Mr. Williams, and his career as a composer of movie soundtracks took off. Many of these movies have soundtracks that are still available in music stores today. They include The Deer Hunter, Raiders of the Lost Ark, ET, and Jurassic Park.
In 1980, Mr. Williams had another chance to expand his musical experience. He was chosen to be the new conductor for the Boston Pops Orchestra when Arthur Fiedler retired. Mr. Williams gladly accepted the position because it only required that he conduct the orchestra during the summer. This left him free to continue writing music for the movies during the rest of the year. Mr. Williams conducted the Boston Pops for more than 12 years before he decided to retire and write music full-time. Along with the many movie music scores he has written, Mr. Williams has also written two symphonies, a flute concerto, and a violin concerto. Up to now, Mr. Williams has written music for more than 60 movies. It is no wonder that he is today's most famous Hollywood composer.
69. What is John Williams most famous for?
A. Conducting. B. Making movies.
C. Playing jazz. D. Writing music for movies.
70. What happened to Mr. Williams in 1975?
A. He began writing music for movies. B. He moved to Hollywood.
C. He worked with Steven Spielberg. D. He worked for the Boston Pops.
71. Which of the following things has Mr. Williams not done?
A. Conducted an orchestra. B. Directed a movie.
C. Played jazz piano. D. Writing classical music.
Large wall posters for kids. Your kids will love these cool posters by artist Darla Daly—zebras boarding in the skateboard park, a group of jungle animals playing in the playground and two giraffes taking a drive in the city. Your kids will enjoy decorating their bedroom walls with these posters and their friends will think they are the coolest!
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Name: Kids World Map Size: 45×75cm (17.5’×29.5’) Dispatch time: at 5:00 a.m. on Wednesday Prices: $7.2/piece A Colorful, large print by artist Carla Daly. Your kids will love this illustrated world map showing the lands, oceans and the fun animals that live in them. An educational map that will keep your kids amused for hours! |
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The passage is written for ________.
A.teachers | B.students | C.kids | D.parents |
. Which poster has the biggest size?
A.Alphabet Wall Art. | B.Kids World Map. | C.Skateboard Park. | D.City Slickers. |
Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A.Kids can just learn some English letters on Alphabet Wall Art. |
B.City Slickers posters can be bought at 2:00 p.m. every day in a week. |
C.Kids can get some geography knowledge on Kids World Map. |
D.Kids can find two cool giraffes on Skateboard Park. |
The underlined word “illustrated” in Poster II means “________” in Chinese.
A.印刷 | B.装饰 | C.展示 | D.图解 |
It has always been said that women are not good drivers, because they simply don’t have very good driving ability. On the other hand, most car accidents happen to men; very few happen to women.
From this, we can see that women are much more careful while driving. Another very interesting fact is that in the past, women preferred to let their husbands be the only driver in the family rather than have a driving license. Somehow they were prevented from making this step in their life, but nowadays there are many women that want to pass their driving tests at an early age.
However, we have to admit that men are more skillful drivers than women, but this does not mean that a woman cannot become a good driver by accumulating (积累) experience. So more and more teenagers and women around the age of thirty now want to pass their driving tests. While taking their driving lessons, they also have a number of special lessons with their parents or somebody in the family that has a driving license. This is just to improve their driving abilities and help them to pass the tests more easily.
To conclude, we can say that women are not such bad drivers. They just need more experience than men in order to be able to drive well. And on the other hand, there are a number of women that show better driving skills than the men around them.
Compared with the past, nowadays many women ________.
A.prefer to have a driving license | B.have more accidents while driving |
C.are somehow prevented from driving | D.are the only driver in the family |
What advantage do women have over men in driving?
A.They have more skills. | B.They are much more careful. |
C.They know more traffic rules. | D.They have more driving experience. |
What can we infer from the passage?
A.Teenage girls cannot take driving tests. |
B.Men didn’t allow women to drive in the past. |
C.With enough experience, women can become good drivers. |
D.Women can easily pass their tests by taking driving lessons. |
The passage mainly talks about ________.
A.women and their driving ability |
B.men and their driving ability |
C.why men are better drivers than women |
D.why more women like to have a driving license |
二班的同学进行了一场有关英语学习的讨论。讨论的题目是:学习英语要不要从儿童时期开始?请你根据下表中的提示写一篇短文,介绍讨论的情况。
一些同学认为 |
另一些同学认为 |
1. 应从儿童时期开始学习英语 2. 儿童时期记忆力好,可以记住很多单词 3. 能为以后的英语学习打下坚实的基础 |
1. 不应从儿童时期开始学习英语 2. 儿童时期既要学汉语拼音又要学英语,易混淆 3. 会影响汉语学习和今后的英语学习 |
讨论未取得一致意见 |
注意:1. 文章的起始句已给出;
2. 词数:80 — 100(不包括已给的起始句);
3. 参考词汇:基础— foundation 汉语拼音— Chinese Pinyin
说明:1. 内容要点可用不同方式表达。
2. 对紧扣主题的适当发挥不予扣分。
The students of Class 3 had a discussion about whether it is necessary to start learning English from childhood. _________________________________________________________________________________
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1. 我细细地看了这篇文章,了解到那是为农村妇女写的。
I ___________________the text and realized that it was __________________ women in the countryside.
2. 我发现林巧稚把毕生都奉献给了病人,而自己却选择了独身。
I discovered that Lin Qiaozhi __________ her patients and had chosen not to have a family ___________.
3. 多亏了他的研究,联合国在消除世界饥饿的战斗中又多了些方法。
______________his research, the UN has more tools in the battle ______________.
4. 他们主要是想保持土壤肥沃且免受病害。
They ______________ keeping their soil ___________________.
5. 在人们感到沮丧的时候,他可以使他们开怀大笑,于是他们就对自己的生活感到比较满足。
He made people laugh at a time when they ______________, so they could feel _____________their lives.
6. 不是所有文化背景下的人都以同样方式寒暄,接触陌生人时,距离太近或太远都会使他们不舒服。
Not all cultures ______________________the same way, _____________________ in the same way with
touching or distance between people.
1. The a___________ temperature in Hangzhou last month was 22℃.
2. The little boy was very c____________ about what was in the box and couldn’t wait to open it.
3. An i___________ is a large building for an organization which provides people with help, work, medical treatment or protection, such as a school or hospital.
4. It’s necessary for scientists to o__________ natural phenomena before they can draw a conclusion.
5. The plane was delayed but the passengers didn’t get any e_____________.
6. “Keep quiet!” she w__________ to me when she entered the meeting-room.
7. The postman’s job is to d_____________ parcels and letters.
8. One of the most famous c__________ of Shakespeare is The Merchant of Venice.
9. Would you mind if I r__________ the weight of a parcel by taking something out?
10. It was a good concert but I enjoyed the last song p___________.