Steven Spielberg never fails to blow us away with his imagination.
The US director’s latest film Ready Player One (头号玩家),which was released in Chinese cinemas on March 30, is a story set in the year 2045, when people escape their hopeless everyday lives by putting on a VR mask and entering a virtual(虚拟)world named Oasis. This fantasy land is filled with characters and settings right out of classic films and videogames. At the age of 71, Spielberg is still at the top of his game.
Indeed, Spielberg has always been a “gamer” himself- or more precisely, a “game changer”.
When his thriller Jaws(大白鲨)came out in 1975, it struck a chord (引起共鸣)with audiences all around the world and even kept people from going swimming for fear of the “teeth in the sea”. The film was also an example of what we know as summer hits. And again in 1982 his alien film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Spielberg challenged people’s belief that aliens are something to be feared by telling a story about a loving friendship between a space culture and a little boy.
Now comes Ready Player One. When Wade Watts, the film’s teenager leading figure, finally prevents Oasis from falling into the wrong hands, he is given ownership of the virtual world by its late designer James Haliday. But Watts makes a decision that he hopes will make people want to appreciate their real lives, instead of spending all their free time escaping reality in Oasis, which is a real-life message that Spielberg is trying to deliver to the audience.
1. Which movie mentioned in the passage is not a science fiction?A.Ready Player One | B.Jaws |
C.E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | D.All the above |
A.because his movies are very thrilling. |
B.because he could still make a breakthrough at the age of 71. |
C.because he tries to convey an important message to his audiences. |
D.because his movies are always leading the trend. |
A.He holds an optimistic view about human’s future. |
B.VR technology will be widely used in our society in the future. |
C.We shouldn’t escape from reality. |
D.There might be friendships between aliens and human beings. |
A.A leading director | B.Remember Reality |
C.Classical movies | D.A game changer |
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【推荐1】Accompanied by typical Jin opera (晋剧) music, a red-faced performer with a long beard showed up at the hall of a high school in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province. All the students in the hall stood up and craned (伸长) their necks to get a better look. In their eyes, Jin opera was quite something from the past.
They are not alone. It goes without saying that kids nowadays are much more familiar with popular music than traditional opera, which is why performing artist Wu Lingyun, together with his colleagues, goes to campuses to promote the art.
Wu Lingyun is best known for his role as Guan Gong, a general during the late Han Dynasty period. He began playing the role in 1985, at the age of 21, and has been associated with it ever since.
Wu was significantly influenced by his parents, both of whom are also famous Jin opera performers. With a natural talent for performing and great effort, Nu was soon recognized by audiences and later awarded the Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award in 2000, the highest award for Chinese drama performing arts.
Given Wu’s considerable fame, one might think he would now prefer to enjoy a life of leisure. However, this is far from the case. Deep down, Wu has a big dream. He pictures a growing future for Jin opera. Wu expected more chances for more people to get to know about the art, hoping Jin opera could become a worldwide art.
Wu has also made some changes to the traditional art to bring it up-to-date. “Jin opera should keep pace with the times if we want to bring it back to life and get the young generation to accept it,” he says, “An art without life can never survive.”
1. How did the students react to the performance at the hall?A.They felt curious. |
B.They looked serious. |
C.They became bored. |
D.They got disappointed. |
A.He now enjoys a leisure life. |
B.He got a top award in 2000. |
C.He started his performance in his teens. |
D.He became famous because of his parents. |
A.It’ll have an easier performing form. |
B.It’ll be studied as a college major. |
C.It’ll be popular across the world. |
D.It’ll be officially recognized. |
A.Humorous. |
B.Devoted. |
C.Cautious. |
D.Touched. |
【推荐2】Nuo Opera is one of the most popular folk operas in southern China. There are many different stories about the history of Nuo Opera. Some hold that it began during the Zhou Dynasty. It was probably during the Song Dynasty that Nuo became a drama Nuo Opera is the most direct and important expressive medium of Nuo culture. It covers ancient religion, folklore(民间传说) and art and combines literature, music, dance, drama, painting, calligraphy, sculpture and paper-cut. Besides, Nuo Opera involves many acrobatic(杂交的) performances and most of the performers are specially trained. It has great artistic value and is called the living fossil of Chinese drama.
The unique symbol of Nuo Opera, the masks, is considered a treasure of Chinese folk art.Different roles require different masks to reveal the characters, through their changing facial features and decorations. There are many masks used in one drama. The masks are mainly made of poplar and willow, because these two kinds of wood are durable and easy to carve. Studies show that the face painting of Peking Opera and face changing of Sichuan Opera were influenced by Nuo Opera masks.
Nuo Opera used to be very popular in every part of China, but gradually, it faded out in most parts.Nowadays, it remains popular only among rural areas in south-west China, such as Guizhou Province and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Nuo Opera is very different in different areas.
1. Which of the following statements is true about Nuo Opera?A.It began from the Zhou Dynasty. |
B.Music and dance are included in Nuo Opera. |
C.It is the same as acrobatic performances. |
D.Today Nuo Opera remains popular in south-east China. |
A.It plays an important part in Nuo Opera. |
B.There may be one hundred masks used in one drama of Nuo Opera. |
C.Poplar and willow are easy to carve and they are made into masks. |
D.It influences facial painting of all operas in China. |
A.How Nuo Opera develops nowadays. |
B.Why Nuo Opera is still popular in some regions of China. |
C.Different Nuo Operas in different areas of south-west China. |
D.Nuo Operas' importance in Chinese history. |
【推荐3】Dune
Only big screens can actually match Frank Herbert’s science-fiction works. Directed by Denis Villeneuve, Dune is a sad film about super powered young heroes on a desert planet. It runs for 155 minutes, but still only covers the first half of the book. A large amount of money is spent on the film, and the cast (演员阵容) is packed with big names.
Antlers
The frightening story of this film is from native American tales about Wendigo. The director, Scott Cooper, asked Professor Grace L Dillon, the most famous expert on the subject, “I was told that it may not be an unreal story for native Americans,” Cooper said. “They truly believe in it, and it means greed (贪婪) and cruelty when we robbed all the resources from the locals.”
The French Dispatch
The 10th film by Wes Anderson, a writer-director, brings great joy to his fans. In this film, he takes his careful style to new extreme. Behind all these carefully prepared skills is a collection of three funny short stories, which are set in a French town probably from the magazine New Yorker in the mid-20th century.
Ron’s Gone Wrong
The cartoon is a family comedy (喜剧). Its hero, Barney, is given what seems to be a perfect toy — a shiny robot which is programmed to be his friend. But the problem is that this, robot, hardly works at all. The film’s co-writer and co-director, Sarah Smith, said, “It is completely out of control and doesn’t follow Barney’s directions. So they have to build their relationship from that point.”
1. Who is the author of Dune?A.Wes Anderson. | B.Denis Villeneuve. |
C.Frank Herbert. | D.Sarah Smith. |
A.Antlers. | B.Ron’s Gone Wrong. |
C.Dune. | D.The French Dispatch. |
A.They have the most famous stars. | B.They bring much pleasure to viewers. |
C.They are composed of small stories. | D.They are set in a French town. |
【推荐1】We’ll finally grow up someday, leaving our parents and facing the challenges in life. Parents may not be able to solve every problem for us. Instead, we should have enough life skills to deal with the problems that come our way.
This is what our country tries to do now: Helping more students gain working spirit.To stress the importance of hardworking spirit education among students of different ages, the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council released a guideline recently.The guideline calls for students to respect work.Students should learn basic life skills and form good working habits through such education.
The government has been trying to stress the importance of hardworking spirit education. But this has been overlooked in recent years.Many teens do not value the importance of working hard and are uninterested in doing so. According to a study of nearly 3,000 students that was done by Ningbo Evening News in March, only 22 percent of primary and middle school students help with everyday chores around the house.
Schools and families play an important role in teaching students about the value of working hard, the guideline says. Primary and middle schools should provide students with hardworking spirit classes every week, according to the guideline. Schools can also hold activities to give students real- world work experiences.For example , schools can teach children how to plant trees on Tree-Planting Day.
As children’s first teachers, parents should also encourage children to learn how to do chores at home. Students should master one or two life skills every year.
These skills can include cooking,washing their own clothes and tidying their rooms.
1. The guideline was released in order to ______ .
A.teach students how to do chores at home | B.call for students to respect work |
C.help students solve life problems | D.ask students to be more independent |
A.Challenges in life. | B.Basic life skills. |
C.The recently released guideline. | D.Hardworking spirit education. |
A.Only 3,000 students help with housework. |
B.Students pay no attention to work spirit. |
C.About one- fifth of students help with housework. |
D.Students are very dependent on their parents. |
A.provide both guidance and chances for real work | B.hand out the guideline to every student |
C.teach students how to plant trees | D.give parents homework |
【推荐2】“Doppelgänger” is a German word which means “double-goer”, a person who looks exactly like you but has no relationship with you. Luckily, the math says that it’s just about impossible and that you are unique.
If we are talking about measurements of the face, there is a small chance that 2 or more people will match one another on 8 measurements of the face, which include ear length and the space between the centers of the right and left eyes. However, if we look at measurements of the body, the chance is even lower. This is because these measurements are larger. Two people may look very similar at first sight, but when you start the measurement they will not match each other.
Many of us have had the experience of being greeted by a stranger and asked if we were someone we weren’t. It’s easy for us to believe in the possibility of doppelgängers. It’s more possible that you’ll see a doppelgänger of an acquaintance than your mom. You know your mom really well and you can find the difference quickly, but for an acquaintance, it’s not the case.
The result that doppelgängers aren’t really a thing doesn’t mean that researchers will stop their research into body features any time soon. In fact, the differences in human features are becoming more important and measurements of the body are more unique than those of the face. Many wrongdoers who are caught on camera cover their faces, so we need to find out if we can use the body in the same way as the face is used.
1. What can be learnt from Paragraph 2?A.Measurements of the face are not exact. |
B.There are no similar people in the world. |
C.People are more similar in body measurements. |
D.People are less alike in body measurements. |
A.They don’t believe in face measurements. |
B.There are many twins around the world. |
C.They don’t know the “doppelgängers” so well. |
D.There were doppelgängers in German history. |
A.They are helpful. | B.They are popular. |
C.They are against the law. | D.They are difficult to make. |
A.You can be measured mathematically | B.You are the only one in the world |
C.Who can be your doppelgänger? | D.Why are there doppelgängers? |
【推荐3】An individual from an unknown hominid (原始人类) species walked across a field of wet, volcanic ash in what is now East Africa around 3.66 million years ago, leaving behind a handful of footprints.
Those five ancient footprints, largely ignored since they were partly unearthed at Tanzania’s Laetoli site in 1976, show features of upright walking by a hominid, a new study finds. Researchers had previously considered them hard to classify, possibly produced by a young bear that took a few steps while standing. But the latest analysis refutes that suggestion.
McNutt, DeSilva, who started the new investigation as a Dartmouth College graduate student, and their colleagues fully dug out and cleaned the five Laetoli footprints in June 2019. Then they measured, photographed and 3-D scanned the ancient tracks. McNutt’s group focused on two footprints that were particularly well-preserved. Foot shapes, sizes, and walking characteristics of the Laetoli individual differed in various ways from those of other hominid individuals at the same site. The prints also didn’t match those from modern black bears and modern chimps (黑猩猩) walking upright.
The Laetoli individual possessed a wider, more chimplike foot than humans, the researchers say. Its big toe stuck out slightly from the second toe (脚趾), but not to the degree observed in chimps. On one step, the Laetoli individual’s left leg crossed in front of the right leg, leaving a left footprint directly in front of the previous track. People may cross-step in this way when trying to regain balance. And bears and chimps assume a relatively wide standing due to knee and other bone arrangements that prevent them from walking like the Laetoli individual and probably from cross-stepping, the scientists say.
Given that only two of the ancient footprints are complete enough to analyze thoroughly, the possibility that a chimp other than a hominid made the Laetoli footprints can’t be ruled out, says William Harcourt Smith, a scientist at Lehman College. But evidence of cross-stepping is enough to prove that it was a hominid track maker, he says.
1. What does the underlined word “refutes” in Paragraph 2 mean?A.Objects to. | B.Supports. | C.Puts forward. | D.Criticizes. |
A.They are less chimplike. | B.They have toes sticking out. |
C.They show relatively wide standing. | D.They possess features of cross-stepping. |
A.It’s convincing. | B.It’s challenging. |
C.It’s confusing. | D.It’s conflicting. |
A.To describe a major event. | B.To share a new discovery. |
C.To introduce an unknown species. | D.To settle a huge disagreement. |
【推荐1】Lanrick Jr. Bennett holds a unique title in Toronto: bicycle mayor. He led a Halloween Kidical Mass ride recently, which I attended with my daughter, son-in-law, their two dogs, and my granddaughter. He is working towards making cycling mainstream and safe for all residents in the city. I did not know that Toronto had a bicycle mayor; I surely would have voted for him in an election.
The bicycle mayor program is run by BYCS, an Amsterdam-based global NGO that believes “bicycles transform cities and cities transform the world”. Standing in the strange but wonderful Bentway, a park built under an elevated expressway, Bennett says, “BYCS has 150 bicycle mayors across the world. And through a few friends putting in some really nice letters of encouragement, BYCS offered me a two-year term as an advocate here in the city of Toronto, becoming the first bicycle mayor of the city.”
Bennett says he is boosting the work being done to make cycling more mainstream in Toronto. “I am giving a bit more exposure to the great work that has allowed me to be able to ride a bike throughout the city. It’s getting better, we’re seeing more infrastructure (基础设施), and we’re seeing more people not wanting to depend on cars as their primary piece. I’m happy that I have been part of a fantastic group thus far,” says Bennett.
Since there’s still a lot of work to do, Lanrick Jr. Bennett has been working hard to improve cycling conditions in Toronto, and his efforts have been recognized by the community. He has been advocating for more bike lanes (车道), better lighting, and other safety measures to make cycling a practical option for commuters (通勤者). It’s great to see people like Lanrick.
Jr. Bennett working towards making cycling safe and accessible for all residents.
1. What can we say about the author?A.She is fond of varieties of outdoor activities. |
B.She is supportive of efforts to promote cycling. |
C.She is planning to participate in the election for mayor. |
D.She is trying to make cycling the mainstream of the city. |
A.The way Bennett got his position. | B.Transformation of Toronto city. |
C.Bennett’s ambition to change the world. | D.Mayor’s deeds throughout the world. |
A.Upset. | B.Challenged. | C.Curious. | D.Satisfied. |
A.It is the best in the world due to the presence of BYCS. |
B.It has already well-developed and does not require improvement. |
C.It is improving, but further work and development are still needed. |
D.It is virtually non-existent, making Bennett’s job extremely important. |
A student, Evalthus, heard of this famous teacher and asked him to give him lessons. However, Evalthus didn’t want to pay for his lessons at once, and after some discussion it was finally agreed between them that Evalthus should pay only if he won his first case in the court. For if he won, it would prove that he had been taught well.
The lessons began and Evalthus proved himself to be a good student. But he refused to pay Protagoras anything at the end of his studies.
Protagoras therefore took Evalthus to the court and told the judges that he wanted his money. He explained that he must be paid whether he won or lost the case. “Whatever you decide,” he declared(宣称)to the judges, “ I must be paid. For if you decide in my fovor , then I win the case, and so I must be paid . But If you decide against me, then Evalthus has won his first case in the court; according to our agreement, he must pay his lessons. Therefore I shall get my money whatever happens.”
The Athenian judges found no fault in it, so they asked Evalthus to reply.
“No, it’s quite clear,” said Evalthus, “ that I need not pay. If the judged decide in my favor, then I have won the case, and I need not to pay. But if Protagoras wins, then I have lost my first case. Therefore, according to our agreement, I do not have to pay. So I need not pay in any event.”
As both arguments appeared to be faultless, the judges were unable to come to a decision. They therefore ordered the two men to appear before them again one hundred years later.
1. Evalthus would pay Protagoras _______________.
A.before he started his lessons |
B.after he finished his lessons |
C.after the court decided against him |
D.after the court proved that he was taught well |
A.He won the judges’ favor in the end and got his money. |
B.He was probably the first teacher to accept money for his lessons. |
C.He didn’t teach Evalthus well because Evalthus didn’t pay. |
D.He was not confident of his winning the case in the court. |
A.They couldn’t make a decision. |
B.They needed to think it over again. |
C.They wanted to make fun of them. |
D.They wanted more money from them. |
A.A Smart Student---- Evalthus |
B.A Great Teacher---Protagoras |
C.Come Here One Hundred Years Later |
D.A Fight Between Teacher and Student |
【推荐3】Award-winning Chinese shoe designer, Huang Qinqin, shares her transformative journey, combining cultural heritage and international design to shape the art of practical wear.
Believing that the value of her products doesn’t lie in business operation, Huang always focuses on how to convey the stories behind her shoes to customers instead.“It is like storytelling, a natural ability I possess,” she said with a smile.
However, Huang’s journey into design was unforeseen and it took her several years to discover her true passion. Huang switched her major from physics to international communications studies at university.While she found great enjoyment in these courses, she still didn’t know what she could do in the future.
“One day, I grabbed a sheet of paper and began drawing some shoe designs I saw online.It was at that moment that the light suddenly dawned.” recalled Huang.
To her astonishment, Huang discovered while international luxury shoe brands like Jimmy Choo and Christian Louboutin are household names, Chinese brands are rarely seen.This finding fueled Huang’s determination to pursue her career as a shoe designer, hoping to fill the blank in the international market.
After returning to China from the UK, Huang established her own shoe brand.“I think Chinese students studying abroad today all share a strong sense of mission—to showcase what China truly has to offer to the world,” Huang said.
Looking back, Huang said that she took a long time to finally find her lifelong passion.“There is a saying that one must achieve fame at a young age, but I believe it is never too late to unlock one’s potential, since everyone operates on their unique ‘time zone’,” she said.
Before her current career path, Huang never stopped trying new things, including garden design and dance.These diverse experiences have all become precious treasures in her life, nurturing her self-directed learning abilities, which have turned out to be essential skills for her startup business today.
1. What does Huang value most about her products?A.Design concept. | B.Market share. |
C.Quality standard. | D.Business operation. |
A.Passion for fashion and design. |
B.Lack of Chinese brands in the field. |
C.Desire to challenge conventional norms. |
D.Love for international luxury shoe brands. |
A.Creative and flexible. |
B.Ambitious and easy-going. |
C.Talented and accessible. |
D.Responsible and humorous. |
A.Well begun is half done. |
B.Think twice before you leap. |
C.Every step counts in your life. |
D.It matters much when you succeed. |