Warner Brothers is an American company that produces movies and television shows. It started as a small family business operated by four brothers — Harry, Albert, Sam and Jack Warner. In nineteen-oh-three, the brothers began their business by traveling throughout Ohio and Pennsylvania showing movies using a projector (放映机). By nineteen-oh-seven, they opened a movie theater in New Castle, Pennsylvania. Within ten years, the Warner brothers started producing movies, and moved that part of the business to California.
In nineteen eighteen, their first complete picture was called “My Four Years in Germany.” The film was based on a book by the United States’ ambassador to the court of Kaiser Wilhelm. In nineteen twenty-five, they began to work to include the technology for sound in their movies.
Two years later, Warner Brothers Pictures released the first major movie with sound, or “talking picture.” It was called “The Jazz Singer” and it was a huge success. In the nineteen thirties, the company made several films that were highly praised, including “Little Caesar,” “The Public Enemy”, “The Gold Diggers” and “Forty-Second Street.”
The Warner Brothers’ success continued in the nineteen forties with movies like “The Maltese Falcon,” and “Casablanca.” Movies during this time starred popular actors like Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, Gary Cooper and Bette Davis. The company continues to produce popular movies today.
By the nineteen seventies, the Warner Brothers studios had also become well set up in television. In nineteen ninety, Warner Communications combined with Time Incorporated to form Time Warner Incorporated.
In two thousand one, the company combined with America Online. The company now includes film production, cable television networks, music and publishing. This year, the company announced a deal with the CBS Corporation to form a new television broadcast network. The CW began broadcasting this month. According to the text, at the beginning of their business the four brothers __________.
| A．started a movie theater |
| B．started to produce films |
| C．were projectionists |
| D．settled their business in California |
The Warner Brothers produced its first talking picture in ___________.
| A．1918 | B．1925 | C．1927 | D．1930 |
According to the text, which of the following is not sound film?
| A．The Maltese Falcon |
| B．Casablanca |
| C．Forty-Second Street |
| D．My Four Years in Germany |
We can see from the text that ___________.
| A．The Warner Brothers has closed. |
| B．The Warner Brothers has expanded（扩张） its business greatly since it was set up. |
| C．The CW doesn’t belong to the Warner Brothers. |
| D．People in the U.S. can’t buy music records produced by the Warner Brothers. |
One day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas. The father said, “Look! There’s a horseshoe, pick it up and put it in your bag.” Thomas said, “It isn’t worth the trouble.” His father said nothing but he picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town, they had a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the few pennies he bought some cherries(樱桃).
The father and the son continued their way. The sun was well up in the sky, and there wasn’t a house or even a tree where they could have a rest. Thomas felt too thirsty to walk on. At this time, his father dropped a cherry on the ground and Thomas picked it up quickly and ate it. After a while, his father dropped another cherry and once again, his son lost no time in picking it up and putting it in his mouth.
And so they went on. The old farmer dropped the cherries and the son picked them up. When Thomas had eaten up all the cherries, his father said to him, “My dear son, if you had bent(弯腰) down early to pick up that horseshoe, it would not have been necessary for you to bend so many times for the cherries. Always remember the lesson that he who does not worry about the little things will find that he cannot do the great things.”Who picked up the horseshoe at last?
| A．The son. |
| B．The father. |
| C．Both the father and the son. |
| D．Neither the father nor the son. |
The farmer bought ______ with the money after he sold the horseshoe.
| A．some bread | B．some water |
| C．some cherries | D．some pennies |
The father dropped the cherries one by one, because ______.
| A．he wanted to teach his son a lesson |
| B．he wanted his son to do more exercise |
| C．he wanted his son to eat them all |
| D．he wanted to laugh at his son |
From the story, we can learn that ______.
| A．cherries are so delicious that most of us like to eat them |
| B．a horseshoe is so expensive that it can bring us a lot of money |
| C．if we want to eat cherries, we must pick up a horseshoe |
| D．if we don’t worry about the little things we cannot do the great things |
This is a song millions of Americans will hear this New Year’s Eve. It is called Auld Lang Syne(《友谊地久天长》). It is the traditional music played during the New Year’s celebration. Auld Lang Syne is an old Scottish poem. It tells about the need to remember old friends.
The words “auld lang syen” mean “old long since”. No one knows who wrote the poem(诗) first. However, a version(版本) by Scottish poet Robert Bums was published(出版) in 1796. The words and music we know today first appeared in a songbook three years later.
The song is played in the United States mainly on New Year’s Eve. The version you are hearing today is by the Washington Saxophone Quarter. As we end our program with Auld Lang Syne, I would like to wish all our radio friends a very Happy New Year! This is Buddy Thomas.This passage is from ______.
| A．a newspaper | B．a magazine | C．a TV program | D．a radio program |
Who is introducing Auld Lang Syne to us?
| A．Robert Bums. |
| B．The Washington Saxophone Quarter. |
| C．Buddy Thomas. |
| D．The passage doesn’t tell us. |
The words and music of Auld Lang Syne we know today first appeared ______.
| A．In 1790. | B．In 1793. | C．In 1796. | D．In 1799. |
Millie is a little fat. She wants to join a body club in the summer holiday. She has found some information about a body club. 
What can Millie do in the club?
| A．Playing basketball. | B．Swimming. |
| C．Playing chess. | D．Hiking. |
Which is TRUE according to the passages?
| A．If you join the club, you can get two free T-shirts. |
| B．It’s a good way to fight the fat and keep fit if you join the club. |
| C．You can contact the club on 8366 6888 for more information. |
| D．The club will offer one week free membership if you join it in two weeks. |
The two passages are ______.
| A．letters | B．diaries | C．news | D．advertisements |
Hong Kong has about 40 public(公共的) beaches. Some of the beaches are among the best in the world. People can go there for a swim. You can go to most of them by bus. To go to some beaches, you must take a boat. There are toilets, changing rooms and places to buy food and drink on most of the beaches.
You will swim there without danger if you remember these instructions: 1. Never swim alone. 2. Never swim after a meal or when feel hungry or tired. 3. Do not stay in the water too long. 4. Never go out in a boat if you cannot swim.
Remember: A red flag (旗帜) means that it is dangerous for anybody to go into the water. A blue flag means that it is dangerous for children.There are _______ public beaches in Hong Kong.
A. about forty b. about fifty C. about thirty D. about twentyWe can get to ________ by bus.
| A．all the public beaches |
| B．a few public beaches |
| C．many public beaches |
| D．most of the public beaches |
It’s dangerous for children to swim when you see ________.
| A．a red flag | B．a yellow flag | C．a blue flag | D．an orange flag |
When you see a red flag, you know that __________ there.
| A．women should not swim |
| B．children should not swim |
| C．nobody should swim |
| D．anybody can swim |
The passage mainly tells us _______ in Hong Kong.
| A．the public beaches and swimming |
| B．the danger of swimming |
| C．the best beaches |
| D．the difficulties to go swimming |
Dear Tom,
How are you? I’m in a new school this term. And I’m writing to you in my school now. My new school is big and nice. There are one thousand and four hundred students and one hundred and forty teachers in my school. I like the teachers. They are very kind to me. My classmates are very friendly, too. They teach me Chinese and I teach them English.
There are trees, flowers and green grass(青草) in my school. They are very beautiful. Behind my school there is a small river. The water in it is quite clean. We can swim in it.
We have no classes on Saturdays or Sundays. Sometimes I go to play football or basketball with my classmates. Sometimes I stay at home and watch TV. Sometimes I go to shops with my father and mother. We all like China.
Please write to me soon!
Yours,
JackJack is in a________ school.
| A．English | B．Chinese | C．small | D．Japanese |
There are _________ students and _________ teachers in Jack’s school.
| A．1, 400; 104 | B．1, 040; 104 | C．1, 400; 140 | D．1,040; 140 |
Jack’s teachers _________.
| A．teach him English very well |
| B．only teach him Chinese and English |
| C．don’t like him at all |
| D．are quite good to him |
Jack_________ his new classmates.
| A．don’t get on well with |
| B．don’t like |
| C．makes good friends with |
| D．is going to learn English from |
Which is right?
| A．Jack goes to school every day. |
| B．Jack doesn’t have classes every day. |
| C．Jack has no classes only on Saturdays. |
| D．Jack has no classes only on Sundays. |