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Perhaps the most famous name in the world of silent movies is Charlie Chaplin. This may seem a little bit lucky since both moving pictures and Charlie Chaplin were born in the same year, 1889. Sadly, Charlie’s father died when Charlie was only five years old, and his mother was sent to a mental hospital (精神病院). 　 1.

Things seemed bad for Charlie, but he had a bright, likeable (讨人喜欢的) personality and tried to get small parts in performance around London. 　　 2.　　 He got a part in a show performing in the United States. Seven years later, he got his first major part in a film.

Charlie was a quick success in the movie theaters. 　　 3.　 By 1915, he could make over $1,259 a week, which was a huge amount of money at that time. 　　 4.

Even when sound movies became popular in 1923, he continued to make silent pictures. Charlie knew that the silence was a great part of what made his movies so funny. 　 5.　 when almost everyone else had changed to sound movies. However, Charlie was still one of the world’s greatest film stars.

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A. Charlie knew what he was good at, and held on to it.

B. This left young Charlie homeless and living on the streets.

C. Charlie did not stop making silent films well into the 1940s,

D. Then in 1906, his life took a major change.

E. His silent, highly popular form of comedy was perfect for the silent films of the time.

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Perhaps the most famous name in the world of sileni movies is Charlie Chaplin. It was in 1889 that both moving pictures and Charlie Chaplin were born. Sadly, Charlie's father died when Charlie was five, and his mother was sent to mental hospital. This left young Charlie homeless and living on the streets.,

Things seemed bad for Charlie, but he had a bright, nice character. He was pleasant and easy to like. So he managed to get small parts in Derformances around London. Then he moved to the USA in 1906, and his life took a major change for the better. He got a part in a show performing there. Seven years after his arrival in the USA, he got his first major part in a film. Charlie was a great success in the movie theaters. His silent, highly visual(视觉的) form of comedy was perfect for the silent films of the time. By 1915, he was making over $1,250 a week, which was a huge amount of money at that time. Charlie knew what he was good at, and he stuck to it. Even when sound could be used for movies in 1923, he continued to make silent pictures, Charlie knew that the silence was an essential part of what made his movies so funny. Charlie continued to make silent films well into the 1940s, when almost everyone else had changed to sound. Charlie, however, still remained one of the world's greatest film stars.

1.When did Charlie get his first major part in a film?

A. In 1889.　　     B. In 1906.　　     C. In 1913.　     D. In 1923.

2.The underlined word "essential" in Paragraph 2 probably means _______.

A. very boring　     B. very correct　　     C. very difficult　     D. very important

3.From the passage we know that Charlie_______.

A. was easy to get along with　　

B. stopped making movies in 1923

C. was born and brought up in America　　

D. didn't produce silent films in America

4.Which could be the best title of the passage?

A. The Major Change for an Actor.     B. A Great Man of Silent Movies.

C. The Beginning of Silent Movies.     D. The Hard Life for A Movie Maker.

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Some of the world’s most famous movies, like The Sound of Music and Singin’ in the Rain（雨中曲） , are musicals . These are both very old movies, though . It seemed as if musicals had gone out of fashion.

But La La Land , a new musical by US director Damien Chazelle , 32 , has made the genre（类型） popular again . “Brilliantly written and directed , La La Land gives movie musicals life in the 21st century ,”Peter Travers wrote for Rolling Stone.

Starring（主演） US actor Ryan Gosling, 36, and actress Emma Stone, 28, the movie was released in Chinese mainland on Feb 14. Set in the colourful world of Hollywood’s film and music scene , the two characters – a jazz musician and an actress – sing and dance their way to love.

It has made history as the first film to win seven Golden Globe awards. It has also been nominated（提名） for a record-equaling 14 Oscars.

Other popular movies of today are often about violence（暴力）, war , drugs（毒品） or politics（政治） . Thanks to Chazelle’s creative style , original music and wonderful lacation, La La Land has a light feel that will put you in a good mood.

The opening scene , when hundreds of people in a traffic jam start singing , “ will be studied and swooned（着迷） over for years to come,”according to Travers. “The very fact that it doesn’t have a strong political message , but is still good enough to win awards , is what makes La Lan Land so unusual ,”Nicholas Barber , wrote for the BBC . “It is intimate（亲切的） and personal and magical.”

1.What does Peter Travers think of La La Land?

A. It is better than The Sound of Music.　　 B. Its genre is out of fashion.

C. It is not a good story.　　 D. It makes musicals popular again.

2.Which of the following is NOT true about La La Land ?

A. It was directed by a 32-year-old US director

B. It starred US actor Ryan Gosling and actress Emma Stone.

C. It’s a love story about a jazz musician and an actress.

D. It has won seven Golden Globe and 14 Occars.

3.La La Land contains _________.

A. original music　　 B. war scenes　　 C. violent scenes　　 D. a strong political message

4.According to Nicholas Barber , La La Land _________.

A. is a very good movie　　 B. has an impressive opening scene

C. lacks（缺乏） magic and personality　　 D. needs strong political messages

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One of the most famous movie prizes in the world is the Oscar. Every year in the United States, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science (电影艺术科学院) gives Oscars to people who have done well in the movies. There is an Oscar for the best movie of the year, another for the best actor, and Oscars

for doing many other things well in movies.

Oscars are very important because people want to see movies that have won them. They also want to see actors who have won Oscars. This means movies that have won Oscars make a lot of money. The Academy first gave prizes to movies in 1927, but they were not called Oscars then. That happened four years later. Most people think that Oscar was someone famous in the movies, but he wasn't. He was

someone that a woman called Margaret Herrick knew. She worked for the Academy and one day she saw the prize on a table. She said, "He looked like my friend Oscar." From that time on the prizes were called the Oscars.

1.The Academy gives prizes to people who ________.

A. are good friends of Margaret Herrick　

B. like seeing movies very much

C. have done well in the movies

D. pay the Academy a lot of money

2.The Oscars got their name in _________.

A. 1923　　　　　　 B. 1927　　　　　　　 C. 1928　　　　　　 D. 1931

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Perhaps Vincent van Gogh (1853 -1890) isn’t the most famous artist in the world, but his personal story is probably the most well-known. The paintings he created didn’t become famous until after he died.

Van Gogh was born to a rich family in the Netherlands (荷兰). He started his career working for an art dealer(艺术品商). But then he tried other things like teaching in England. He also tried to become a priest (牧师) but failed the exams.

Finally, he found something else to believe in when he lived in Belgium (比利时) — art. He returned to his childhood love of painting and drawing.

He was an important artist in a generation that challenged the Impressionist (印象派) style. Post-Impressionists, like Van Gogh, wanted to show the world as it felt to them, not always as it looked.

Van Gogh used different forms and colors to make his art more abstract. The way he used colors was especially impressive. In Wheatfield with Crows (1890), the colors are very intense (强烈的). Corn is yellow, grass is green, and crows (乌鸦) are black. But the colors are used in such a way that it looks better than a photograph.

Unfortunately, Van Gogh’s art wasn’t very popular while he was alive. He was poor and was thought to have mental problems, which led to his death. What had made him so sad? It could have been the troubles he faced working as an artist in a practical world.

1.Van Gogh did the following jobs EXCEPT _________.

A.be an art dealer B.be a teacher C.be a priest D.be an artist

2.According to the story, Van Gogh _________.

A.started to love art when he lived in Belgium

B.wanted to show the world exactly as it looked

C.became famous for his painting Wheatfield with Crows

D.impressed people deeply by how he used colors

3.The underlined word “abstract” in Paragraph 5 means _________ in Chinese.

A.经典的 B.浪漫的 C.抽象的 D.醇雅的

4.We can learn from the story that _________.

A.Van Gogh got rich thanks to his paintings

B.Van Gogh lived a sad life in his later years

C.Van Gogh’s art was popular during his lifetime

D.Van Gogh died because of mental problems

5.What does the story mainly talk about?

A.Impressionists. B.Post-Impressionists.

C.Wheatfield with Crows. D.Vincent van Gogh.

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Musical for the new era

Some of the world’s most famous movies, like The Sound of Music（《音乐之声》）and Singin’ in the Rain(《雨中曲》), are musicals. These are both very old movies, though. It seemed as if musicals had gone out of fashion.

But La La Land, a new musical by US director Damien Chazelle, 32, had made the genre(类型) popular again. “Brilliantly written and directed, La La Land gives movie musicals life in the 21st century,” Peter Travers wrote for Rolling Stone.

Starring US actor Ryan Gosling, 36, and actress Emma Stone, 28, the movie was released in Chinese mainland on Feb14. Set in the colorful world of Hollywood’s film and music scene, the two characters-a jazz musician and an actress-sing and dance their way to love.

It has made history as the first film to win seven Golden Globe(金球奖) awards. It has also been nominated(提名) for a record-equaling 14 Oscars.

Other popular movies of today are often about violence(暴力),war, drugs(毒品) or politics. Thanks to Chazelle’s creative style, original music and wonderful location(地点), La La Land has a light feel that will put you in a good mood.

The opening scene, when hundreds of people in a traffic jam start singing , “will be studied and swooned(着迷) over for years to come,” according to Travers. “The very fact that it doesn’t have a strong political message, but is still good enough to win awards, is what makes La La Land so unusual,” Nicholas Barber, wrote for the BBC. “It is intimate(亲切的) and personal and magical.”

1.What does Peter Travers think of La La Land?

A. It is better than The Sound of Music.

B. Its genre is out of fashion.

C. It is not a good story.

D. It makes musicals popular again.

2.Which of the following is NOT true about La La Land?

A. It was directed by a 32-year-old US director.

B. It starred US actor Ryan Gosling and actress Emma Stone.

C. It’s a love story about a jazz musician and an actress.

D. It has won seven Golden Globe and 14 Oscars.

3.La La Land contains_______.

A. original music　　 B. war scenes

C. violent scenes　　 D. a strong political message

4.According to Nicholas Barber, La La Land ________.

A. is a very good movie　　 B. has an impressive opening scene

C. lacks magic and personality　　 D. needs strong political message

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THE MOST FAMOUS WEBSITES IN THE WORLD

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1.　　　　 founded YouTube in February,2005.

A.Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim B.Jack Dotty and Biz Stone

C.Mark Zuckerberg

2.If you want to share the latest news in the world, you' d better go to________.

A.www. facebook. com B.www. twitter, com C.www. youtube.com

3.You Tube was founded ____ than Facebook.

A.eighteen months earlier B.twelve months earlier C.twelve months later

4.According to the information above, we know that the number of the users using Google is _______ that of the users using youtube

A.about four times as large as B.four times larger than C.five times larger than

5.Which of the following is NOT true'?

A.All of the four websites were founded in the USA.

B.5.17 million people are using Twitter.

C.The idea of Facebook is "Move Fast and Break Things.

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Perhaps the most famous clothing brand name(服装品牌名称)in the world is Levi’s．Levi Strauss & Co．is the producer of blue denim jeans．Here’s how it happened．

In the mid 1800s many people went to California to look for gold．A young German named Levi Strauss traveled to San Francisco to help his brother on business．He sold canvas(帆布)to the workers for tents．But the workers said they needed pants more，because their pants were easy to wear out．Instead of selling his canvas for tent-making，he turned it into pants．These kinds of pants were very popular with workers．He was very happy and named the kind of pants“denims”．And in 1853 he founded Levi Strauss ＆ Co．

Twenty years later the company began using a design with pockets．During the working，Strauss developed the process for putting metal rivets(铆钉)in the eans for strength．

On May 20，1873，they received the U．S．Patent No.139，121 for the process and that date is now considered the official birthday of“blue jeans”．

Today the company still has its factories in San Francisco，California．Over 11，000 people work in them and bring in over $4 billion a year．

1.Levi Strauss went to San Francisco________．

A．to look for gold

B．to sell canvas

C．to visit his brother

D．to help his brother on business

2.The workers often complained________．

A．the canvas was not good

B．the work was too hard

C．they couldn’t get enough food

D．their pants were not strong enough

3.The underlined word“developed”may mean“________”in Chinese．

A．研制

B．想象

C．了解

D．确定

4.The blue denim jeans have about________years of history．

A．100

B．130

C．140

D．200

5.The passage mainly tells us________．

A．who invented jeans

B．how jeans were invented

C．when jeans were invented

D．why jeans are so popular

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Mo Yan is one of _____ writers in the world.

A. famous　　　　　 B.more famous　　 C. most famous　　　 D. the most famous

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Mo Yan is one of _____ writers in the world.

A. famous　　 B. more famous　　 C. most famous　　 D. the most famous

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