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Practice makes perfect:
Ⅰ. Multiple choice:
( )1. —My grandpa plans to learn ______ ABC of photography.
—Great, Everyone will never be______ old to learn.
A. a; very B. the; too C. the; so D. an; too
( )2. ______ everyone makes mistakes in his life, let’s give him another chance.
A. Since B. Before C. Although D. After
( )3. —Shall we go on working? —Yes, ______ I prefer to have a rest.
A. when B. if C. because D. though
( )4. —What a big storm last night!
—Yes. I was doing my homework. Suddenly, all the lights in my house ______.
A. Turned off B. closed C. got off D. went off
( )5. —He hardly had to keep silent about such a subject, —______ he?
—______, though he was interested in it.
A. did; No B. did; Yes C. had; Yes D. didn’t; Yes
( )6. ______ she is very old, ______ she can still work eight hours a day.
A. Because; so B. As; yet C. Though; yet D. Though; but
( )7. They waited ______ it was dark before leaving, ______ they didn’t want anyone to see them leave.
A. since; because B. until; as
C. unless; but D. so; because
( )8. My cousin has been happy since he _______ to spend more time with his friends.
A. will allow B. will be allowed
C. was allowed D. allowed
( )9. _______ to have the sports meeting _______.
A. When; hasn’t decided B. When; isn’t decided
C. If; isn’t decided D. Where; hasn’t decided
( )10. When people started questioning his explanation? he had to _____ more details.
A. make up B. make for C. make of D. make into
( )11. —Tom., you didn’t come to the art show last night.
—I _______, but I suddenly remembered I had some homework to do.
A. had to B. didn’t C. was going to D. wouldn’t
( )12. _____ we celebrate a festival, it changes a little and in that way we keep our culture alive.
A. Some time B. Each time C. From time to time D. All the time
( )13. Would you mind _______ the time ______ on watching drama series?
A. controlled;spending B. controlled;spent
C. controlling;spending D. controlling;spent
( )14. fie thought the necklace made of earth(泥土) ______ little value and let me have it only ______ one dollar.
A. with; for B. of; for C. of; by D. with; by
( )15. We all know that the Anti-Japanese War______ in 1937, and______ for eight years.
A. was broken out; was lasted B. was broken out; lasted
C. broke out; was lasted D. broke out; lasted
( )16. —Have you heard of the new robot that can help us do the housework?
—Yes. That’s great, but some people worry that it may ______ laziness(懒惰).
A. encourage B. protect C. lead D. prevent
( )17. —Could you tell me______? —More than a year.
A. how soon will the new airport be built
B. how long has the new airport been in service
C. how soon the airport will be built
D. how long the new airport has been in service
( )18. The sunlight is white and shining, ______ shadows(影子) on the ground.
A. Being thrown B. throwing
C.to throw D. to be thrown
( )19. China is famous ______ the Great Wall and also ______ one of the largest countries with the largest number of people in the world.
A. as; for B. for; like
C. with; as D. for; as
( )20. —My family usually goes skating for vacation. I like skating, but I want to try something different this year.
—_______.
A. Let’s go. B. Cheer up!
C. Like what? D. Take care.
II. 适当形式填空
1. We have fewer and fewer wild animals because of the ____________ (lose) of their living areas.
2. It'll make students experience a feeling of success and ____________ (achieve).
3. How I wish that all the people in the world could live ____________ (peace) together forever!
4. Hepburn made her final ____________ (appear) in films in 1989.
5. He wants to know if the film called The Story of Qiuju has a good ____________ (end).
III. 选词或者词组的正确形式填空
success, achieve, instant, beautiful, appear
act, be, win, short, her
1.Flying across the Atlantic for the first time was a great ____________.
2.Gong Li is a great ____________ and a great actress.
3.She has started in many ____________ films.
4.Wang Junxia won the first place and became famous ____________.
5.He loved ____________ and he became a great actor ten years later.
6.In 2005,she made her final ____________ in films.
7.She played an angel in the film and we all thought she was playing ____________.
8.He had ____________ a teacher before he became an actor.
9. ____________ after,he joined the football club in London.
10.Liu Xiang ____________ the gold medal in 2004 Olympic.
Integrated skills
(A)
The famous director of a big and expensive movie planned to film a beautiful sunset over the ocean so that the audiences could see his hero and heroine in front of it at the end of the film as they said goodbye to each other for ever.He sent his camera crew(摄制组) out one evening to film the sunset for him.
The next morning he said to the men.“Have you provided me with that sunset? ”
“No,sir.”the men answered.
The director was angry.“Why not?” he asked.
“Well, sir, ”one of the men answered.“We’re on the east coast here,and the sun sets in the west.We can get you a sunrise over the sea if necessary,but not a sunset.”
“But I want a sunset!” the director shouted.“Go to the airport,take the next flight to the west coast,and get one.”
But then a young secretary had an idea.“Why don’t you photograph a sunrise,”she suggested.“ and then play it backwards ?Then it’11 look like a sunset.”
The camera crew went out early the next morning and filmed a bright sunrise over the beach in the middle of a beautiful bay(海湾).Then at nine o’clock they took it to the director.“here it is,sir!”they said,and gave it to him.He was very pleased.They all went into the studio.“All right。”the director explained.“Now our hero and heroine are going to say goodbye.Run the film backwards so that we can see the sunset behind them.”
The “sunset” began,but after fifteen minutes,the director suddenly put his face in his hands and shouted to the camera crew to stop, The birds in the film were flying backwards and the waves on the sea were going away from the beach.
( )1.One evening,the director sent his camera crew out ______.
A.to watch a beautiful sunset B.to find an actor and an actress
C.to film a scene on the sea D.to meet the audiences
( )2.Why did the director want to send his crew to the west coast?
A.Because he changed his mind about getting a sunset.
B.Because he was angry with his crew.
C.Because it was his secretary’s suggestion.
D.Because he wanted to get a scene of sunset.
( )3.Which of the following is NOT true?
A.The crew had to follow the secretary’s advice.
B.If you want to see a sunrise the east coast is the place to go to.
C.The camera crew wasn’t able to film the scene the first day.
D.The director ordered his crew to stop filming the “sunset”.
( )4.The director wanted to film a sunset over the ocean because ______.
A.it went well with the separation of the hero and the heroine
B.when they arrived at the beach it was already in the evening
C.it was more moving than a sunrise
D.the ocean looked more beautiful at sunset
( )5.After the “sunset” began, the director suddenly put his face in his hands ______.
A.because he was moved to tears
B.as he saw everything in the film moving backwards
C.as the sunrise did not look as beautiful as he had imagined
D.because he was disappointed with the performance of the hero and heroine
(B)
Everybody likes music. But do you know that music is different from songs? Some express feelings with lyrics (歌词), but music with songs with tones (音调). Unlike songs, music tones have no specific (具体的) meanings.
Different people get different things from the same musical performance. Though some music works are difficult to understand, people need music in their daily life because it brings fun to them. Different people life different music: some love classical music, and others like pop music. Most young people like pop music.
Pop music began in the USA and became popular around the world during the 1950s and 1960s.
The best-known early kind of pop music was “rock and roll”. Pop music has taken the place of local music in many parts of the world. It has caused the number of people for “jazz” music to become much smaller than that in the 1950s and earlier. And it now becomes the most popular one. Much pop music is without artistic value, but the work of some pop singers like Bob Dylan, the groups like Pink Floyd and Crosby are excellent. Today people still have a great interest in pop music. Its concerts and festivals are held all over the world.
The (1) ____________ between music and songs
▲Songs express feelings with lyrics.
▲Music tones have no specific meanings.
The love of music
▲People can fun from music.
▲Different people are (2) ____________ in different music. For example, most of the youth like pop music.
Pop music
▲Pop music, beginning in the USA, became popular
around the world during 1950s and 1960s.
▲”Rock and roll” was the famous early kind of pop music.
▲(3) ____________ music in many parts of the world
has been taken the place by pop music.
▲Pop music now becomes (4) ____________ popular than
“jazz” music.
▲Much pop music has no (5) ____________ of art, but the
work of some pop singers and groups are excellent.
▲The pop concerts and festivals are held all over the
world.
1. ____________ 2. ____________ 3. ____________ 4. ____________5. ____________
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