I was in a terrible mood. Two of my friends ha
d gone to the movies the night before and hadn’t invited me. I was in my room thinking of ways to make them sorry when my father came in. “Want to go for a ride, today, Beck? It’s a beautiful day.”
“No! Leave me alone!” Those were the last words I said to him that morning.
My friends called and invited me to go to the mall with them a few hours later. I forgot to be mad at them and when I came home to find a note on the table. My mother put it where I would be sure to see it. “Dad has had an accident. Please meet us at Highland Park Hospital”.
When I reached the
hosp
ital, my mother came out and told me my father’s injuries were extensive. “Your father told the driver to leave him alone and just call 911, thank God! If he had moved Daddy, there’s no telling what might have happened. A broken rib(肋骨)might have pierced(穿透)a lung...”
My mother may have said more, but I didn’t hear. I didn’t hear anything except those terrible words: Leave me alone. My dad said them to save himself from being hurt more. How much had I hurt him when I hurled those words at him earlier in the day?
It was several days later that he was finally able to have a conversation. I held his hand gently, afraid of hurting him.
“Daddy… I am so sorry…”
“It’s okay, sweetheart. I’ll be okay. ”
“No,” I said, “I mean about what I said to you that day. You know, that morning?”
My father could no more tell a lie than he could fly. He looked at me and said. “Sweetheart, I don’t remember anything about that day, not before, during or after the accident. I remember kissing you goodnight the night before, though. ”He managed a weak smile.
My English teacher once told me that words have immeasurable power. They can hurt or they can heal. And we all have the power to choose our words. I intend to do that very carefully from now on.The author was in a bad mood that morning because _______.
| A.his father had a terrible accident |
| B.his friends hadn’t invited him to the cinema |
| C.his father didn’t allow him to go out with his friends |
| D.he couldn’t drive to the mall with his friends |
Why did the author say sorry to his father in the hospital?
| A.Because he didn’t go along with his father. |
B.Because he failed to com e earlier after the accident. |
| C.Because he was rude to his father that morning. |
| D.Because he couldn’t look after his father in the hospital. |
The reason why the author’s father said he forgot everything about that day is that _______.
| A.he just wanted to comfort his son | B.he didn’t hear what his son said |
| C.he had a poor memory | D.he lost his memory after the accident |
What lesson did Beck learn from the matter?
| A.Don’t treat your parents badly. |
| B.Don’t be angry with friends at small things. |
| C.Don’t move the injured in an accident. |
| D.Don’t hurt others with rude words. |
A film was at the Circle Five Ranch to film a Marlboro commercial. This is in 1868, before they prohibited cigarette ads from American television. Darrell Winfield was watching the crew set up the equipment. The scene included an actor crossing a river on horseback, but when the time came to shoot, the man was too drunk to ride. Someone from the crews saw Winfield and asked him if he would ride the horse for 50. “Hell, ” said Winfield, “for 50 bucks, I'll jump that damn horse over the moon!”
To people in many countries, Winfield is just a familiar but nameless face, a simple cowboy with an advertising message about a connection between the West and a brand of cigarettes. Few people know that he is advertising message about a connection between the West and a brand of cigarettes. Few people know that he is 55, a family man who’s been married to the same woman for 37 years and has 5 children and 7 grandchildren. Most surprisingly, he’s a real, working cowboy who raises horses in his ranch in Wyoming.
One of the most striking things about the Marlboro Man is that success hasn’t changed him much. He says that complete strangers sometimes come up to him and say, “I’ve met you. know you from somewhere. ”Whenever it happens, he says that he gets embarrassed.
60.Which of the following statements is true?
A. Cigarette ads were prohibited in America.
B. Cigarette ads are prohibited on television in America.
C. Marlboro commercial was prohibited on television.
D. Marlboro commercial was produced on television.
61.What does the word“prohibited”in the first paragraph mean?
A. broadcast B. forbidden
C. produced D. provided
62.When they filmed the ad, ________.
A. Winfield was too drunk.
B. The actor in the ad was too drunk.
C. Winfield was setting up the equipmet.
D. Winfield was riding a horse.
63.From the passage, we know that Winfield was ________.
A. an ordinary man
B. a superstar
C. an actor
D. a rich man
64.When people recognized Winfield, he felt________.
A. excited B. happy
C. interested D. uncomfortable
65.A train car moves along a long straight track. The graph (曲线) shows the position as a function of time for this train. The graph shows that ________.
A. slows down all the time
B. speeds up all the time
C. speeds up part of the time and slows down part of the time
D. moves at a constant speed
66.As the diagram shows, there is a fixed superconductor ring, on the right of which lies a bar magnet. There is no electric current. When the magnet is moved to the right, because of electro-magnetic, induction, a certain electric current is produced. Thus the direction of the electric current is________ .
A. as indicated by the arrowhead in the diagram. When the magnet is moved away, the electric current will soon disappear.
B. as indicated by the arrowhead in the diagram. When the magnet is moved away, the electric current will still remain.
C. in the opposite direction. When the magnet is moved away, the electric current will soon disappear.
D. in the opposite direction. When the magnet is moved away, the electric current will still remain.
Young adult filmmakers all hope to show their works in international festivals like Sundance and Toronto. But what about really young filmmakers who aren’t in film school yet and aren’t, strictly speaking, even adults?
They are at the heart of Wingspan Arts Kids Films Festival, tomorrow, in a setting any director might envy: Lincoln Center. Complete with “red carpet” interviews and various awards, the festival has much in common with events for more experienced moviemakers, except for the age of the participants: about 8 to 18.
“What’s really exciting is that it’s film for kids by kids,” said Cori Gardner, managing director of Wingspan Arts, a nonprofit organization offering youth arts programs in the New York area. This year the festival will include films not only from Wingspan but also from other city organizations and one from a middle school in Arlington, Virginia. “We want to make this a national event,” Ms. Gardner added.
The nine shorts to be shown range from a Claymation biography of B.B. King to a science fiction adventure set in the year 3005. “A lot of the material is really mature,” Ms. Gardner said, talking about films by the New York City branch of Global Action Project, a media arts and leadership-training group. “The Choice is about the history of a family and Master Anti-Smoker is about the dangers of secondhand smoke.” Dream of the Invisibles describes young immigrants’ feelings of both belonging and not belonging in their adopted country.
The festival will end with an open reception at which other films will be shown. These include a music video and full-length film whose title is Pressures.Wingspan Arts Kids Film Festival ____.
| A.is organized by a middle school |
| B.is as famous as the Toronto Festival |
| C.shows films made by children |
| D.offers awards to film school students |
Which of the following is true of Wingspan Arts?
| A.It helps young filmmakers to make money. |
| B.It provides arts projects for young people. |
| C.It’s a media arts and leadership-training group. |
| D.It’s a national organization for young people. |
The underlined word “shorts” in Paragraph 4 refers to _____.
| A.short trousers | B.short kids | C.short films | D.short stories |
Movies to shown in the festival ____.
| A.cover different subjects. |
| B.focus on kids’ life |
| C.are produced by Global Action Project |
| D.are directed by Ms. Gardner |
At the end of this film festival, there will be ____.
| A.various awards | B.“red carpet” interviews |
| C.an open reception | D.a concert at Lincoln Center |
Inside China Daily
China, Japan ink fishery accord
The New China -Japan Fishery Agreement will be put into effect starting June this year, Chinese vice - minister of agriculture, Qi Jingfa told a press conference yesterday in Beijing.
—Page 2
Offshore funeral
The remains of more than 500 dead will be scattered at sea this spring near the mouth of Yangtze River in Shanghai. To save space Shanghai officials discouraged land burials. —Page 3
The only wise choice
Co -operation with the mainland for a peaceful reunification should be the only wise choice for the newly elected Taiwan leader. —Page 4
Interest in activity such as fairs, galleries and exhibitions has caused the art market to take shape in China. —Page 9
Two sides of a story.
The government’s efforts to cut the homework burden of primary and middle school students have drawn mixed reactions. —Page 10
Blind, but not out.
Yang Jia, an English professor at the Chinese Academy of Science meets the challenges brought by the sudden loss of her eyesight and continues to make it in her work. —Page 11
65.The above section may possibly appear on ________ of China Daily.
A. Page 5 B. the Front Page
C. Page 9 D. the last page
66.From the text we can learn that ________ .
A. no one will be buried in the ground after they die in Shanghai
B. Chinese fishermen can go fishing freely in Japan soon
C. a blind professor can work better
D. more and more people have begun to do art business
67.When you look through this issue of China Daily, you are sure to find ________ .
A. how Taiwan’s new leader was made
B. that people think differently of reducing pupils’ burden
C. sad stories about students with heavy burden in primary and middle schools
D. interesting stories of art fairs, galleries and exhibitions of different shapes in China
1970 was World Conservation Year.The Unite Nations wanted everyone to know that the world is in danger.They hoped that governments would act quickly in order to“conserve”nature.Here is one example of the problem.At one time there were 1 000 different plants,trees and flowers in Holland,but now only 860 remain.The others have been destroyed by modern man and his technology.We are changing the earth,the air and water,and everything that grows and loves.We can’t live without these things.If we continue like this,we shall destroy ourselves.
What will happen in the future? Perhaps it is more important to ask,“What must we do now?”The people who will be living in the world of tomorrow are the young of today.A lot of them know that conservation is necessary.Many are hoping to save our world.They plant trees,build bridges across rivers in forests,and so on.In a small town in the United States a large group of girls cleaned the banks of 11 kilometers last Sundays in order to protect their surroundings.“No one’s going to change our world”is popular with others.It w
as made by the Scathes Cliff Richard and other singers.The money from it will help to conserve wild animals.
46.There are fewer plants,trees and flowers in Holland now because_______.
A.there has been a lot of conservation in Holland
B.Holland does not need so many plants,trees and flowers
C.many plants,trees and flowers can not grow there any more
D.some p
lants,trees and flowers are dangerous
47.We shall destroy ourselves if we don’t change_______.
A.the United Nations B.modern technology
C.our rivers and forests D.the government
48.“No one’s going to change our world”was_______.
A.an important book published in 1970
B.an idea that nobody would accept
C.a record calling on people to conserve nature
D.a ruler worked out by the United Nations
49.What is the most important thing for us to do to save our world?
A.We should plant more trees and flowers.
B.We should know what will happen in the future.
C.We should know it is necessary to conserve nature.
D.We should know what we must do and begin to do it now.
50.What’s the main idea of the passage?
A.1970 was the World Conservation Year.
B.Conservation is necessary.
C.It is the young people who are helping to save our world.
D.The United Nations wanted everyone to know that the world is in danger.
Beijing will create 100 smoke-free primary and middle schools as part of a China-UN program aimed at promoting health education and healthy behavior for the country’s 230 million primary and middle school students.
The World Health Organization(WHO)will send experts to help organize the activities,and then the experience from the schools in Beijing will be spread to create more smoke-free places,according to newspaper reports.
In smoke-free schools,activities will be organized to persuade teachers and students to give up smoking.The students’ parents will also be encouraged not to smoke in front of their children.
Figures from the China National Health Education Institute show that 45 percent of the boy students in senior middle schools smoke cigarettes,while the rate for junior middle schools is 34 percent,reports say.
Experts are worried that if no action is taken immediately,the rates will go up to 59 and 54 percent respectively by the year 2004.
A report by the China National Health Education Institute says that there are now 350 million smokers in China,with about five million under the age of 18.And of the adult smokers,about 75 percent said that they took up smoking between 15 and 24.
51.In Beijing there will be one hundred primary and middle schools where_______.
A.nobody is allowed to smoke
B.everybody may smoke freely
C.the teachers may smoke but the students mustn’t
D.the teachers warn the students not to smoke
52.How many smokers are
eighteen years old and above in China now?
A.230 million. B.350 million. C.5 million. D.345 million.
53.According to the text,in our country_______.
A.the number of the students in primary and middle schools who smoke is reducing year by year
B.it is very serious that m
ore and more primary and middle school children smoke
C.there are no smokers among the teachers in primary and middle schools now
D.most of the students in primary and middle schools ask their teachers to stop smoking
54.The UN will send experts to help create 100 smokers smoke-free primary and middle schools in Beijing because_______.
A.the organization tried to find faults with our country
B.smoking seriously does harm to the students’ health
C.the smokers in primary and middle schools ask these experts to come
D.the organization wants to express its friendship for the Chinese people
55.Which of the following sentences best expresses the main idea of the text?
A.Smoke-free activities and health education in China.
B.China will f
orbid the students in primary and middle schools to smoke.
C.The number of smokers in primary and middle schools is increasing.
D.One should stop smoking when young.