Choosing which movie to watch sometimes is hard. There are many ways that people decide to choose which movie to watch. Which is the best way or how do you choose a movie to watch? Look at these films and choose the best one.

Rated (2016)

137 min       comedy, Drama

Maggie must find the courage to own up to her behavior when she wakes to find every adult has received a YELP-like star rating floating over their head.   While most every adult has a shining 4 and 5 stars, Maggie’s got just 2.5 .

Director : John Fortson

Kong: skull Island (2017)

118 min       Action, Adventure, Fantasy

After The Vietnam War, a team of scientists explores an uncharted (未标注的) island in the Pacific, getting into the territory (领土) of the Mighty Kong, and must fight to escape an original Eden.

Director: Jordan Vogt-Roberts

Personal shopper (2016)

105 min     Mystery, Thriller

A personal shopper in Paris refuses to leave the city until she makes contact with her twin brother who previously died there. Her life becomes more complicated when a mysterious person contacts her via text message .

Director: Olivier Assayas

The Great wall (I) (2016)

103 min     Action, Adventure, Fantasy

In ancient China, a group of European soldier encounter a secret army that maintains and defends the Great Wall of China against a team of odd creatures.

Director: Yimou Zhang

1. In which section of a magazine is this text probably taken from?

A．Entertainments

B． Education

C．Sports and Games

D． Technologies.

2. What happened in the film Kong: Skull Island?

A．A man manages to get a shining 4 and 5 stars.

B．A group of people arrive at an unknown island.

C．European soldiers encounter a secret army

D．A woman wants to contact with her dead brother

3. Which would you choose if you’re interested in films of mysteries?

A．Rated

B．Kong :   Skull Island .

C．Personal shopper

D．The Great Wall   (I)

As the lyrics to Taylor Swift’s hit song “Bad Blood” go: “Cause, baby, now we got bad blood. You know it used to be mad love.” It’s a song about falling out of friendship, but to 14-year-old Hallie Barnard, who was born with a rare blood disorder, the song holds a much deeper meaning.

At just 15 months old, Barnard was diagnosed (诊断) with Diamon Blackfin Anemia, or DBA, and she spent most of her life in and out of the hospital. The Swiftie said she relied on the singer to bring her joy.

The only way to survive DBA is with a bone marrow transplant (骨髓移植) and Barnard was desperate for one. But she knew thousands of other patients are, too. So, a few years ago, she decided to do something about it, creating her own foundation: Hallie’s Heroes. “It started selfishly as just trying to save my life, but then we realized there were so many other children out there that needed a bone marrow transplant,” she said. “So, so far we’ve tested 8,000 people and found over 300 matches.”

After a 9-year wait, Barnard got her own match — through her own foundation. But more obstacles stood between her and normal life as a kid. The blood disorder led to a cancer diagnosis: osteosarcoma. She received surgery to cut the cancer out of her leg at MD Anderson in Houston.

The recovery was difficult, but Hallie said she stayed hopeful. “My survival instinct (本能) just kicked in. I was trying to do anything that I could to survive. So, of course, it was scary but in my mind, I was just thinking that I wanted to be at my sister’s future weddings. I wanted to play games and run again,” she said.

Her survival instinct —combined with Taylor Swift―helped her through her operation, where doctors cut her cancer out, and reattached her foot and ankle to her upper leg to work as a knee.

4. Why does the author mention Taylor Swift’s song “Bad Blood”?

A．To stress the power of music.

B．To introduce the topic of the text.

C．To show Taylor Swift’s popularity.

D．To state Taylor Swift’s song is a hit.

5. What is Hallie Barnard’s original motivation for creating Hallie’s Heroes?

A．To raise money for her heroes.

B．To treat her rare blood disorder.

C．To help other children with DBA.

D．To have an operation for her cancer.

6. Which of the following can best describe Hallie Barnard?

A．Strong-minded and selfish.	B．Hard-working and patient.
C．Kind and optimistic.	D．Outgoing and helpful.

7. What’s the best title for the text?

A．Bad Blood Inspired a Little Girl

B．Hallie’s Heroes: a Useful Foundation

C．Taylor Swift: a Popular Singer with Teens

D．A Cancer Survivor Helped Others Find Matches

Who first proposed the holiday for workers? It’s not entirely clear, but two workers can make a solid claim to the Founder of Labor Day title.

Some records show that in 1882, Peter J. McGuire, general secretary of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners and a co-founder of the American Federation of Labor, suggested setting aside a day for a “general holiday for the laboring classes”. But many believe that machinist Matthew Maguire, not Peter McGuire, founded the holiday.

The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City, in accordance with the plans of the Central Labor Union. The Central Labor Union held its second Labor Day holiday just a year later, on September 5, 1883. By 1894, 23 more states had adopted the holiday, and on June 28, 1894, President Grover Cleveland signed a law making the first Monday in September of each year a national holiday.

Many Americans celebrate Labor Day with parades (游行), picnics and parties — festivities very similar to those outlined by the first proposal for a holiday, which suggested that the day should be observed with a street parade to exhibit “the strength and spirits of the trade and labor organizations” of the community, followed by a festival for the recreation and amusement of the workers and their families. This became the pattern for the celebrations of Labor Day.

Speeches by important official men and women were introduced later, as more emphasis was placed upon the economic and civil significance of the holiday. Still later, by a resolution of the American Federation of Labor convention of 1909,the Sunday before Labor Day was adopted as Labor Sunday and dedicated to (致力于) the spiritual and educational aspects of the labor movement.

American labor has raised the nation’s standard of living and contributed to the greatest production the world has ever known and the labor movement has brought us closer to the realization of our traditional ideals of economic and political democracy.

8. What can we know from paragraph 2?

A．People’s views about the founder of Labor Day vary.

B．The author considered Matthew Maguire the founder.

C．Peter J. McGuire wanted to set a few days for a holiday.

D．Labor Day was originally set up for American machinists.

9. What does paragraph 3 mainly tell us?

A．The real meaning of Labor Day	B．The development of Labor Day
C．The reason of setting Labor Day	D．People’s emphasis on Labor Day

10. What does the underlined word “festivities” in paragraph 4 mean?

A．Manners

B．Approaches

C．Rewards

D．Celebrations

11. Which of the following does the author agree with?

A．It is known that America develops very fast.

B．The original meaning of Labor Day changes

C．It is worthwhile to set a day for the laborer

D．The labor movement makes the life unsteady

The skies over Latin America’s largest city are set to witness a futuristic aerospace revolution after the Brazilian airline Gol reached an agreement that could see it transport regular passengers around São Paulo in hundreds of low-cost zero-emission electric air taxis.

Dómhnal Slattery, chief executive of the Dublin-based firm Avolon, which will provide the aircraft to Gol and recently placed an order for 500 of the aircraft from their British manufacturer, admitted helicopters were the “kingdom of the wealthiest”.

But the Avolon boss claimed the introduction of VA-X4 eVTOLs (electric vertical(垂直的) takeoff and landing) aircraft to São Paulo would be a gamechanger for regular passengers once the taxis, which look like a futuristic cross between a helicopter and a glider, were delivered in late 2024 or 2025.

“Our basic estimate (估计) at the moment is that the operating cost here for this aircraft will be equal to $1 per passenger over a 25-mile trip,” Slattery told the Financial Times. “Which is almost equal to an Uber ride.”

Few cities are crying out for such a revolution more than São Paulo, a sprawling metropolis with more than 12 million citizens and choked by a fleet of 8.6m vehicles.

In the late 1990s, the congestion (拥塞) became so bad in what is now the world’s fifth biggest city after Tokyo, Delhi, Seoul and Shanghai that authorities were forced to introduce a number plate rotation (循环) system for vehicles.

Stephen Fitzpatrick, the head of the British aerospace manufacturer that produces the aircraft, Vertical Aerospace, said the flying taxis would be ideal for Brazil’s biggest city and will “transform how we travel around high population density cities that are crowded with traffic”.

The Bristol-based Vertical Aerospace was founded in 2016 and promises to pioneer “a new era in vertical transport”.

“We’ll be looking to Asia after São Paulo,” Avolon’s chief commercial officer, Paul Geaney, told Reuters.

12. What did Dómhnal Slattery think of helicopters?

A．They could be afforded by all.

B．They could be mostly used by the rich.

C．They provided convenience for travellers.

D．They showed the owners’ social status.

13. What is the advantage of electric air taxis?

A．Eco-friendliness.	B．Traditional design.
C．Zero noise.	D．Free delivery.

14. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?

A．The flying taxis will be ideal for Brazil’s biggest city.

B．More cities are eager for electric air taxis than São Paulo.

C．The Avolon will enter the Asian transportation market soon.

D．Travelling by VA-X4 eVTOLs can be more convenient but more expensive than by Uber.

15. Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?

A．Uber Ride—a futuristic aerospace revolution

B．Advanced vertical aircrafts ordered by the Avolon Company

C．VA-X4 eVTOLs—a lifesaver for high population density cities

D．Electric air taxis to make their first appearance in Brazil’s most congested city

47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Everybody pushed him away. With a big black birthmark on his face, Thomas never had any friends. He was lonely, as if the world could never see the light. He used to love acting dramas in front of his mother, but now, he thinks he does not have the right to do so with such appearance.

This terrible life has begun since Thomas went to school. However, everything changed since that evening.

Thomas was sitting on the chair, staring out of the window while trying to forget the names that his classmates had called him earlier at school. The tree outside was surrounded by dried, lifeless leaves, with branches lowering themselves to the ground. It was so quiet that only the sound of the wind blowing the leaves away could be heard. A knock on the door broke the silence. “Thomas, here’s a letter for you,” Mom said while pushing the door open. Just as Thomas reached out for the letter, Mom immediately pulled it away and said: “Let me read it for you. ”

Dear Thomas,

How are you? I’m your aunt. I know that you feel sad because of your birthmark, but you cannot change that. Therefore, instead of feeling bad for your appearance, you should stand up for yourself. Go do astonishing things that would change everybody’s thoughts about you. Prove yourself. I believe in you.

Regards,

Aunt Janice

Thomas felt a wave of warmness in his heart. That night, he carried a smile on his face to his dreams. After that day, Thomas received more letters from relatives, encouraging him to be brave to do what he wants. Mom would read out every single letter, each time with a lovely expression. Thomas realized that there were so many people caring and loving him. He heard a voice telling him that he should prove himself to the world.

With the encouragement his family had given him, Thomas joined the drama class in his school and had the chance to perform drama in his school. Unexpectedly, the whole school cheered for him and praised his acting skills. The teachers later signed him up to represent the school for an acting competition. Despite of his appearance, he got the first prize. His confidence grew.

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After all the things Thomas had gone through, he still received letters from relatives.

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One day, Thomas went home from school with a tired body.

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