Lost Horizon

In Frank Capra’s Lost Horizon, the passengers of a plane attacked after the takeoff in China are thrown together against their will only to be deposited in Shangri-La. During the life there, they realize that a family gathering should be about forming connections and taking time to consider one’s place in the family, in the community and even in the world.

The Human Comedy

Maybe as the finest film about the US “home front” during World War Two, The Human Comedy is a portrait of a family dealing with life after the oldest son is drafted into military service (兵役）. Mickey Rooney plays the younger son missing his older brother but trying to get on with his life in high school.

Miracle on 34th Street

The Christmas classic was released in 1947, but it essentially set the stage for the 1950s. It’s about the birth of the post-war consumer culture, and how affection for family and friends can be best expressed by the act of spending money.

Mary Poppins

Sometimes a family needs to make a change but the Banks family is definitely in a rut. George seems to care more about his banking job than his wife and children. He needs to learn that sometimes all you need is a laugh for a laugh’s sake, tuppence(两便士) to feed the birds and the time to fly a kite. In the end, his change is as powerful as Ebenezer Scrooge’s.

Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope

Star Wars is about what happens after you make the choice to leave home for good. Of course, for Luke Skywalker, the choice to “take the first step into a larger world” is made for him when his family is killed. But his process of going out into the universe and discovering himself also involves gathering a new family.

1. Who of the following acted in one of the above films?

A．Mickey Rooney.

B．Frank Capra.

C．Luke Skywalker.

D．Ebenezer Scrooge.

2. Which film attracts people loving Christmas most?

A．Lost Horizon.

B．Mary Poppins.

C．Miracle on 34th Street.

D．Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope.

3. The passage is written to       ________.

A．advertise some new films.

B．interest foreign film lovers.

C．present some film standards.

D．recommend some family films.

          A small town in southwest Britain is banning(禁止) plastic bags in an attempt to help the environment and cut waste---a step that environmentalists believe is a first for Europe.

Shopkeepers in Modbury population 1500, agreed to stop handing out disposable plastic bags to customers on Saturday. They said paper sacks and cloth carrier bags would be offered instead.

Last month, San Franciso became the first U.S. city to ban plastic grocery bags. Internationally, laws to discourage the use of plastic bags have been passed in parts of South Africa and Ireland, where governments either tax shoppers who use them or fine companies that hand them out. Bangladesh already bans them, and so do at least 30 remote Alaskan villages.

Modbury, about 225 miles southwest of London,has also declared a bag amnesty(宽限期), allowing local people to hand in plastic bags that have piled up at home.They will be sent for traveling.

The Modbury ban was the idea of Rebecca Hosking, who saw the effect of bags on marine life while working in the Pacific as a wildlife camerawoman. She said response(反应) in the town so far had been “really positive”.

“Modbury is quite an old-fashioned town and a lot of people have wicker baskets to go out shopping anyway,” Hosking told Sky News Television.

The Worldwatch Institute, an environmental research agency, states that 100 billion plastic bags are thrown away each year in the United States alone. More than 500 billion are used yearly around the world.

4. What was Rebecca Hosking?

A．A lawyer.	B．An environmentalist.
C．A sailor.	D．A photographer.

5. The underlined word “disposable” in the passage probably means _______.

A．acceptable	B．valuable
C．throw-away	D．long-lasting

6. It can be inferred from the passage that _______.

A．most of the people in Modbury continue to use plastic bags

B．fewer and fewer plastic bags will be used in the world

C．San Francisco is the first city to ban plastic bags in the world

D．most countries in the world have passed laws to ban plastic bags

7. Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?

A．Environmental Protection

B．Big Cities Banning Plastic Bags

C．Effect of Plastic Bags on Sea Animals

D．British Town Banning Plastic Bags

An allowance is an important tool for teaching kids how to budget, save and make their own decisions. Children remem­ber and learn from mistakes when their own dollars are lost or spent foolishly.
How large an allowance is appropriate? Experts say there is not right amount. Actual amounts differ from region to re­gion, and from family to family.
To set an appropriate allowance for your child, work up a weekly budget. Allow for entertainment expenditures such as movies and snacks. Next, include everyday expenses such as lunch money, bus fare, school supplies. "If you make the child responsible for these ‘ ills’," says Josephine Swanson, a consumer specialist, " he or she will learn to budget for nec­essary expenditures."
Finally, add some extra money to make saving possible. If you can, keep your child’s allowance in line with that of his friends. A child whose purchasing power falls away below his peers’ can feel left out.
It can be tough, but avoid excusing your children when they make a mistake with their allowance. When Brooke Ste­phens was ten and growing up in Jacksonville, her mother gave her $5 a week, $1.75 of which was for bus fare and lunch." If you lose your money," Brooke’s mother told her, "you walk home."
One week the girl spent all her allowance in a candy store, then she called home for a ride. " Mom made me walk home," recalls Stephens, now a financial planner in Brook­lyn. " At first I was angry. But I finally realized that she was trying to teach me an important lesson. "
Experts advise that an allowance should not be tied di­rectly to a child’s daily chores. Kids should help around the house not because they get paid for it but because they share responsibilities as members of a family. You might, however, pay a child for doing extra jobs at home, which can develop his or her initiative.
8. Which of the following is the possible title of the passage?

A．How to develop a child’s initiative.

B．How to work up an amount of pocket money.

C．How to teach a child to save money.

D．How to teach a child about money.

9. It can be inferred from the passage that if a child is given an allowance, he or she may ________.

A．spend all the money very soon

B．be spoiled and finally ruined

C．feel responsible and careful about money

D．lost the money and can not return home

10. In Paragraph 4, the words “his peers” refer to ________.

A．his parents

B．his teachers

C．his financial experts

D．his friends

11. The author implies in the passage that ________.

A．paying children for their housework is no good

B．a child’s initiative can be developed if he or she is paid for all the housework

C．children may feel lost and lonely if they have no pocket money

D．children may learn to put aside some money if they are given a great amount of pocket money

When your parents advise you to “get an education” in order to raise your income, they tell you only half the truth. What they really mean is to get just enough education to provide manpower（人力资源） for your society, but not so much that you prove an embarrassment to your society.

Get a high school diploma, at least. Without that, you will be occupationally dead unless your name happens to be George Bernard Shaw or Thomas Alva Edison, and you can successfully dropout in grade school.

Get a college degree, if possible. With a BA, you are on the launching pad. But now you have to start to put on the brakes. If you go for a master’s degree, make sure it is an MBA, and only from a first-rate university. Beyond this, the famous law of diminishing returns begins to take effect. Do you know, for instance, that heavy truck drivers earn more a year than full professors? Yes, the average 2017 salary for those truckers was $240,000, while the full professor managed to average just $230,930.

A Ph.D is the highest degree you can get but except in a few specialized fields such as physics or chemistry where the degree can quickly be turned to industrial or commercial purposes, you are, facing a dark future. There are more Ph.Ds unemployed or underemployed in this country than in any other part of the world by far.

If you become a doctor in geography or history or anthropology or political science or—worst of all—in philosophy, you run the risk of becoming overeducated for our national demands.

Thousands of doctors are selling shoes, driving cars, waiting on table, and endlessly filling out applications month after month. They may also take a job in some backwater(闭塞)high school or college that pays much less than the doorkeeper earns.

Income and education are closely related. Far enough, that is, to make you useful to the gross national product, but not so far that nobody can turn much of a profit on you.

12. According to the writer, what the society expects of education is to turn out people who ____

A．will become loyal citizens to a nation.

B．can always take good care of themselves.

C．will not be a shame to society or their families.

D．can meet the demands as a source of manpower.

13. If you are as gifted as Bernard Shaw or Edison ____

A．you can get a high school diploma without difficulty.

B．you can be professionally successful without a diploma.

C．the least you should do is to get a diploma.

D．you will be successful in grade school.

14. Many Ph.Ds are out of work because ____

A．they are of little commercial value to the society.

B．they prefer easy jobs with more money.

C．there are fewer jobs in high school.

D．they are wrongly educated.

15. What can we learn from the passage?

A．The higher your education level is, the more money you’ll earn.

B．If you are educated, you may make things difficult for the society.

C．One must think carefully before going for a master’s degree.

D．Bernard Shaw finished high school, so did Edison.

Tying to eat heathily and get enough exercise can be difficult when your family refuse to get healthy with you.     16    

Tell your family about your decision.     17     You will need their encouragement and support, even if they are not interested in joining you. Once your family see the progress you’ve made—whether you want to lose weight, increase your energy levels or get fit- they may be encouraged to join you!

    18     It is an important part of becoming healthy. Eating healthy food in the correct proportions (比例) can help you and your family members to lose weight, increase energy, sleep better, have flawless skin and stronger hair, along with other benefits. You should try your best to persuade your family members to give up junk food.

Drink lots of water. Drinking water is a key part of a healthy diet and it makes your skin cleaner and takes weight off.     19     We mistake thirst for hunger, so when you feel hungry, try drinking a glass of water instead.

Exercise for half an hour per day. It is important to make exercise part of your plan to get healthy.     20     Exercise is always easier if you have someone else to do it with you. Even if your family aren’t ready to change their diet, they may be willing to join you for a daily run or dance class.

A．Eat a balanced diet.

B．Don’t share dishes with sick family members.

C．However, with the right attitude and some tips, you can still succeed.

D．It’s important to tell your family about your plans to live a healthy lifestyle.

E．It is strongly suggested that you drink at least 8 glasses of water per day.

F．Make sure you are getting enough sleep you should be aiming for 8 hours per night.

G．Even ten minutes of physical exercise per day can have a positive influence on the body.

Never have I learned as much English in my life as I did last year. It was because of Ms. Ben and I truly ______ what she was doing. It might not seem as a big   ______ to some, but to me it is. I have never met a woman so ______ and so determined to teach her students.

I never really wanted to work for good ______ in English class. I never knew how to study English and never understood some of the grammars. I can remember trying to stealthily get out of the classroom before Ms. Ben ______ me and shouted across the ______, “Samanta, are you coming to extra help during lunch?” It was a nightmare---she would always caught me with my one ______ out of the door, it never ______. Even then I just thought of it as a thing I HAD to do. It was funny to see how everyone would be in her room during lunch and then again after school. She would ______ everyone to come every day, just so we could do our homework in ______.

Many of the students thought of her as a bit of nag(啰嗦）, but inside they knew that she was right and ______ her. Many of her tests were hard at first, but as the year ______, so did I. I knew that it was because of her.

Even outside class, she was caring as ever. She always wanted to know what was going on in my (and everyone else’s) life, and she was always looking ______ everyone’s best interest.

Ms. Ben is a ______ woman with a sense of humor that you just have to laugh at. When exams were approaching, she was more ______ than ever about everyone doing well. Many of her previous students scored high, and so she ______ the same from us. Day after day there were students in the classroom ______ problems. When it was time for our big test, I knew I was ready. I walked out of that test with my head ______. I knew that I was a ______ and Ms. Ben had made me that way. I thanked all the hard work that she put into ______ me and my fellow students.

21.

A．admitted

B．appreciated

C．understood

D．amazed

22.

A．treat

B．train

C．behavior

D．deal

23.

A．caring

B．amusing.

C．intelligent

D．impressive

24.

A．grades

B．salary

C．life

D．subjects

25.

A．beat

B．corrected

C．caught

D．avoided

26.

A．stage

B．classroom

C．yard

D．seat

27.

A．foot

B．hand

C．finger

D．ear

28.

A．succeeded

B．stopped

C．worked

D．failed

29.

A．forgive

B．encourage

C．call

D．wave

30.

A．joy

B．anger

C．peace

D．surprise

31.

A．praised

B．asked

C．allowed

D．respected

32.

A．improves

B．progressed

C．changes

D．removes

33.

A．for

B．into

C．through

D．over

34.

A．sweet

B．serious

C．instructive

D．enthusiastic

35.

A．relaxed

B．concerned

C．worried

D．patient

36.

A．expected

B．received

C．waited

D．dreamed

37.

A．checking

B．reviewing

C．learning

D．answering

38.

A．low

B．on

C．high

D．down

39.

A．star

B．student

C．success

D．hero

40.

A．comforting

B．raising

C．showing

D．shaping

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When Victor Gao was growing up in rural China in    41    1970s, cars were so rare that he would chase them with the other children through the dirt roads,     42    (excite) by the strange sight. Today, China is the world's largest cars producer    43    more than double the number of the United States.

"I never    44    (expect) that an ordinary Chinese family would own a car and China would be a major car making country," Gao said, "It would be     45    (complete) beyond my wildest dreams that China would produce more automobiles than the US."

1992 marked the starting point when China     46    (change)from a poor country into an economic superpower day and night.This period of great change    47    (know) broadly as "The Reform and Opening up". At the beginning of the reform era, China's GDP including the     48    (desert) areas，was just under $150 billion,     49     it has sharply increased to over $12 trillion today, merely following the United States and leaving fewer than 1% of the population in extreme poverty. China now has 600 billionaires, a     50    （high） number than anywhere else in the world.

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The English class is really     51    . The teacher is a very     52     woman called Ms Shen. We’re using a new textbook and Ms Shen’s     53     of teaching is nothing like that of the teachers at my Junior High school. She thinks that reading     54     is important, but we speak a lot in class, too. And we have fun. I don’t think I will be     55     in Ms Shen’s class.

56. Can you give us a clear d____ of what happened yesterday so that we can know the details?

57. The teacher suggests r______ the lessons we have learned frequently.