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Films provide more than just entertainment．Watching foreign language films is a way to develop language skills．While watching a film，you are immersed（沉浸）in the language and can pick up new expressions that you might not find in a textbook．Some difficulties can arise when watching foreign language films-for example，unfamiliar colloquial language or strong regional accents．With this in mind，here are my tips to help you make progress in English learning while enjoying the films．
Choose a film type that you enjoy.
If you like action films，watch an action film-for example Indiana Jones．If you prefer comedies，watch a comedy-anything with Hugh Grant in always provides a laugh！It's simple enough，but if you choose something you enjoy watching in your native language，you're more likely to enjoy it in English．
Choose something that you are familiar with.
It's best to start off with something simple because in this way you have a higher chance of understanding the film．Disney films such as The Lion King，or the more recently released Tangled，are classic examples．Other cartoons such as Rango and The Lego Movie are also worth a watch．If you need to，use subtitles（字幕）．Subtitles are very helpful for beginners．using subtitles in your own language is the easiest choice，but for more advanced learners why not consider using English subtitles？This way，you can match the written subtitles to the words spoken on screen．It helps you to develop your language further.
I hope you find these tips useful-if you want to recommend a film to other users，feel free to use the comments section！Is watching foreign language films a way to develop language skills？
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I have returned to my hometown after I was away ten years ago. So many things have changed around here. It has become better and better. When I left here, there was a small pool on the right of my house. Now the pool has gone and people have built a large shopping mall(商场) there.
The biggest changes have taken place in the center of the city. There are sidewalks on both sides of the street. You can see a street center with so many tall buildings around. You can’t drive there any more because no vehicle is allowed to pass there. A European-style fountain(喷泉) has been built in the street center garden.
There used to be an old school near my house. I spent my five years studying there. There was a small payground in front of the school. But now what I can see are five tall buildings standing there. There are two big classroom buildings and a library. A new post office has also been built just across from the new school.I have been away from my hometown for ________.
| A．ten months | B．one year | C．five years | D．ten years |
On the right of my house, there was a _________ ten years ago.
| A．library | B．garden | C．supermarket | D．pool |
No vehicle is allowed to pass the _________.
| A．center of the city | B．old school | C．street center | D．playground |
Which of the following is WRONG(错的)?
| A．A fountain is in the street center garden. |
| B．Now there is an old school near my house. |
| C．There are two big classroom buildings and a library in the new school. |
| D．There is a post office across from the school. |
What’s the best title for the passage?
| A．Great Changes in My Hometown. | B．A Wonderful Place |
| C．What a Nice Town | D．My School. |
Air is always around us. It is around us when we walk and play. From the time we are born, air is around us. When we sit down, it is around us. When we go to bed, air is also around us. We live in air.
All the animals and plants need air. Living things can’t live without air. We can live without food or water for a few days, but we can not live for more than a few minutes without air. We breathe in air. When we are walking or running, we need more air. When we are asleep, we need less air.
We live in air, but we can’t see it. We can only feel it. We can feel it when it is moving. Moving air is called wind. How can we make air move? Here is one way. Hold and open a book in you hand in front of your face. Close it quickly! What you feel is the air._________ need air.
| A．Some of the animals | B．All the things |
| C．Some of the plants | D．All the animals and plants |
We can live for a few days __________.
| A．without air | B．without food or water |
| C．without food or air | D．without air or water |
We need _________ air when we are asleep.
| A．less | B．no | C．most | D．a lot of |
Which of the following sentences is TRUE(对的)?
| A．Sometimes we don’t live in air. |
| B．Air is not around us when we go to bed. |
| C．We can live happily without air. |
| D．We need more air when we are working or running. |
We live in air, but we can’t ________ it.
| A．look | B．see | C．get | D．feel |
As we all know, people couldn’t live without water. Some parts of our bodies are made of water. We depend on clean water to live every day.
However, we human beings are polluting water seriously. In some areas of China, people are still in great need of clean water. Dirty water is one of the world’s biggest healthy problems. It’s harmful to our health. When water from the rain and melting(融化) snow runs through roads, it picks up some dangerous chemicals and other things along the way. Many of the rivers are short of protections, so they are easy to be polluted by factories or animals’ waste.
World Water Day has grown to become one of the important dates since 1993. In 2013, World Water Day shares the topic of Water Cooperation. If everyone tries their best to save and protect the clean water, our living conditions will be much better.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。From the first paragraph, we know that people couldn’t live without _________.
| A．fire | B．water | C．books | D．language |
Dirty water is ________ to our heath.
| A．useful | B．kind | C．harmful | D．cruel |
Many of the rivers are easy to be polluted by __________.
| A．schools | B．factories or animals’ waste |
| C．fish | D．human beings’ waste |
What’s the topic of 2013 World Water Day?
| A．Water and Food. | B．City Water Protection. |
| C．Water Quality. | D．Water Cooperation. |
Which of the following is TRUE(对的)?
| A．The clean water is enough in China. |
| B．We needn’t any clean water. |
| C．World Water Day started in 2013. |
| D．We should try our best to protect the clean water. |
When you cut your skin, you bleed(流血). If a person loses a lot of blood, he will become ill and may die. Blood is very important. People have always known that. At one time, some people even drank blood to make them strong!
When doctors understand how blood goes around inside the body, they try ways of giving blood to people who need it. They take blood from the healthy people and give it to people who need it. This is called " blood transfusion（输血）". The blood goes from the arm of the healthy person into the arm of the sick person.
But there are two problems. First, it does not always work. Sometimes people die when they have blood transfusion. Later, doctors find that we do not all have the same kind of blood. There are four groups—O, A, B and AB. We all have blood of one of these groups. They also find that they can give any kind of blood to people of group AB. But they find that they must give A-group blood to A-group people and B-group blood to B-group people. I have O-group blood and the doctor told me that I could give blood to anyone else safely.
There is another problem. To give blood of the right kind, doctors have to find a person of the right blood group. Often they can not find a person in time. If they have a way to keep the blood until someone needs it, they can always have the right kind of blood. At first they find they can keep it in bottles for fifteen to twenty days. They do this by making it very cold. Then they find how to keep it longer. In the end they find a way of keeping blood for a very long time.
We call a place where we keep money a "bank". We call a place where we keep blood a "blood bank". One day, when you grow up, you may decide to give blood to a "blood bank". In this way you may stop someone from dying. Or perhaps one day you may become ill. You may need blood. The "blood bank" will give it to you. From the passage, we learn that sometimes people die when they have blood transfusions because they __________ .
| A．are given the cold blood | B．lose too much blood |
| C．are given the wrong kind of blood | D．are O-group people |
Which of the following is true? ________
| A．We can drink blood to make us strong. |
| B．Blood transfusion is always safe. |
| C．The writer has O-group blood and can give blood to anyone. |
| D．The blood can only be kept for 15to 20 days. |
People set up the "blood bank" so that they can _____________ .
| A．give the right kind of blood to the people who need it in time |
| B．keep different groups of blood as much as possible |
| C．make it easier to sell or buy blood |
| D．keep blood for more than twenty hundred years |
From the last paragraph (段落) of the passage, we learn that _____________ .
| A．the writer thinks it's good to give blood to a "blood bank" |
| B．we may become ill if we give blood to a "blood bank" |
| C．there are many blood banks in the world today. |
| D．blood is more important than money |
The writer doesn't talk about ____________ in the passage.
| A．how important blood is to us | B．the four groups of blood |
| C．where the blood bank is | D．what "blood transfusion" is |
My dad used to say he knew I would be a singer. When I was a baby, I was always singing loudly. Dad was a big sports fan, but he was happy I loved music.
After dinner, Dad would often ask me to sing. He always said I sang I Will Always Love You much better than Whitney Houston!
At every school concert he cheered me on. The look of pride on his face made me happy.
My life was full of concerts, singing lessons and laughter. Though my mum and brothers helped me, they did not share our love for music.
Our lives changed when Dad was told that he had cancer. We always hoped that something would happen and he would get better, but the doctors told us that they could not save him.
About a week before my dad died, he fell into a coma (昏迷). The nurses said even though Dad did not reply, he could still hear me.
The nurses said I should sing him a song. I sang one of our favorites. As I sang, my dad gave a big smile, and clapped (鼓掌).
I will always remember that smile. I was so pleased to know that Dad had heard me sing one more song.
My dad died on May 14, 2000. It was hard to believe: he was so full of life. I don’t know how to say how much I miss him.
Now I have all the memories of him and his beautiful smile deep inside my heart. I will always know that he is listening from his front row seat in heaven.
He used to say: “Sing from your heart.”
My dad has been and will always be my hero.According to the story, Whitney Houston is probably ______.
| A．a famous singer | B．a famous actress |
| C．the writer’s friend | D．a sports star |
Who did the writer think make her confident?
| A．Whitney Houston. | B．Her father. |
| C．Her mother. | D．Her brothers. |
According to the story, which of the following is TRUE?
| A．Their lives didn’t change though her father had cancer. |
| B．when the writer’s father fell into a coma, he couldn’t hear her song. |
| C．The writer’s mum and brothers never helped or shared love for music. |
| D．The writer misses her father very much. |
What does the underline word “heaven” mean in paragraph10?
| A．剧院 | B．影院 | C．天堂 | D．舞台 |
What’s the best title of the passage?
| A．My hero. | B．M y favorite song. | C．My dream. | D．My family. |