1. Acting a play in front of the class is ________ experience I will never forget.

A．a

B．an

C．the

D．/

2. John’s excellent exam results put him ________ the top students of the class.

A．in

B．among

C．between

D．through

3. (2017·滨州中考)—David，is that ________ English teacher?
—Yes，he is ________.He is very caring.

A．yours，ours	B．your，our
C．yours，our	D．your，ours

4. Computers have a big ________ on people’s life.

A．help

B．effect

C．interest

D．limit

5. I enjoy ________ the teahouse with my friends.

A．visiting

B．visit

C．to visit

D．visited

6. A smile ____________ nothing, but gives much.

A．costs	B．spends
C．cost	D．spend

7. I prefer _________ some shopping to ________ camping since the weather isn’t lovely.

A．do; going

B．doing; go

C．do; go

D．doing; going

8. Look at the photo of this family. ________ happy they are!

A．How

B．How a

C．What

D．What a

9. The street lights ________ at ten o’clock every night. It is dark.

A．are on

B．turn on

C．go off

D．turn off

10. She ________ for ten years and now she has a lovely daughter.

A．married

B．has been married

C．got married

D．has got married

Chinese-American film maker Ang Lee won the Academy Awards(奥斯卡金像奖) for best director for his Life of Pi (《少年派的奇幻漂流》)in February 2013.   It’s the________Oscar for Lee,   the first was in 2005.

In a case of history repeating itself, Ang Lee won the_______________director Oscar at this Academy Awards, beating Steven Spielberg as he did back in 2005.

Lee is the first and only Asian_______who has won the best director Oscar twice. It is closely related to______hard work and willpower(毅力).

Before he started shooting Life of Pi, the film version of Yann Martel’s prize-winning novel, many famous directors said the film was_______difficult to shoot and thought it was impossible. However, Lee was not afraid of_____the challenge.   He tried his best to make the film,   and it_______ him four years to let it hit the big screen.

“I never make movies because I’m doing a job. I make them because I’m doing_______ I like, ” he said. “I read Life of Pi when it first ______and I was fascinated by it. ”________ his hard work and love for film-making, Lee has become so successful.

11.

A．first

B．second

C．third

D．fourth

12.

A．good

B．better

C．best

D．well

13.

A．teacher

B．doctor

C．actor

D．director

14.

A．my

B．your

C．their

D．his

15.

A．so

B．too

C．such

D．very

16.

A．take

B．to take

C．taking

D．taken

17.

A．spent

B．paid

C．cost

D．took

18.

A．something

B．anything

C．everything

D．nothing

19.

A．came up

B．came over

C．put up

D．came out

20.

A．Because

B．Because of

C．Although

D．Unless

Lao She wrote Teahouse in 1957. The play shows the life in China between 1898 and 1945. It takes place in a teahouse in old Beijing and it tells us the story of Wang Lifa and his customers(顾客). It asks us to see the teahouse as the centre of the neighborhood. Finally, it says goodbye to old Beijing and its people.

The story starts in 1898 during the Qing Dynasty. It continues in 1916, and finally, it brings the audience to the end of the Anti-Japanese War in 1945. After the war, Wang loses the teahouse and he dies.

Lao She was born in Beijing in 1899. His parents sent him to the Teahouse’s School in Beijing and he learned to teach. Form 1924 to 1929 he taught Chinese to the English in London. He wrote many plays, novels(小说) and short stories. He was named a “People’s Artist” and a “Great Master of Language”. He was one of the greatest Chinese writers of the 20th century.

In Lao She’s Teahouse today, waiters bring tea to the customers and sell them delicious Chinese food. If you like Beijing Opera, folk music, acrobatics or magic shows, you can enjoy them in the teahouse. Lao She’s Teahouse gives a wonderful welcome to everyone from China and from all over the world.

21. What’s the main idea of Paragraph 4?

A．Lao She.	B．Lao She’s Teahouse.
C．The story of Teahouse.	D．The play Teahouse.

22. How many years of life in China is shown in the play Teahouse?

A．57 years.

B．45 years.

C．98 years.

D．47 years.

23. When does Wang Lifa lose the Teahouse?

A．In 1898.

B．In 1916.

C．Before 1945.

D．After 1945.

24. Lao She was all of the following except __________.

A．a boss of Teahouse	B．a People’s Artist
C．a Great Master of Language	D．one of the greatest Chinese writers of the 20th century

25. Who were welcome to Lao She’s Teahouse today?

A．Only Chinese customers.	B．Only foreign customers.
C．Every customer from home and abroad.	D．Only Beijing opera audience.

My name is Toby. I’m eighty-three years old now. I once knew the greatest man in England. William Shakespeare was his name. I first met William near a big field of apple trees in the town named Stratford in October, 1579. He told me he was 15 years old. He was two years older than me. He had a sister, Joan, and two younger brothers, Gilbert and Richard. And the next year he had another brother, Edmund. After William’s parents died, he and his sister lived with his mother’s brother. I became his friend from that day until he died. We met nearly every day. We were friends for thirty years.

I once worked with him in the theatre, through the good times and the bad times. William was good at acting. He could make all kinds of people pleased. By 1592, he became very famous. He was always busy day and night. I didn’t know when he slept. He not only acted in plays, but also wrote his own plays. In his whole life, William wrote 37 plays in all. He was the best playwright in England.

He wrote a play about love in 1595. It was Romeo and Juliet. He once used my name, Toby, in his play — Twelfth Night. In this play, Sir Toby Belch was a big fat man, who liked drinking too much and having a good time. Queen Elizabeth the First watched this play on the 6th of January, 1601. She liked it.

William Shakespeare is dead now, of course. He has been dead for more than thirty years. There’s no singing, no dancing, no plays. It isn’t like that in my young days. But I can still think — and remember when William and I were young, we had a good time in London, William and I ...

26. Toby and William first met in ________.

A．1601

B．1595

C．1592

D．1579

27. Who was William’s youngest brother?

A．Gilbert

B．Edmund

C．Richard

D．Joan

28. In the second paragraph, the underlined word “playwright” means “a person who ________”.

A．writes plays	B．performs in plays
C．watches plays	D．works in a theatre

29. Romeo and Juliet is a play about ________.

A．war

B．peace

C．love

D．friendship

30. Which of the following is right according to the passage?

A．At the age of 15, the writer first met William Shakespeare.

B．They worked together in the theatre only through good times.

C．William Shakespeare was good at acting and became famous in 1601.

D．The name “Toby” was the writer’s name.

If you had a chance to prepare dinner for your mother, would you choose to make it right now or some day in the future? Watch the video Paradise (天堂) Dinner by Liu Xiaoyu, a junior at[Hebei Institute of Communications, and you will find a right answer.
Recently the six-minute film Paradise Dinner won a great success on the Internet. It told the story of a son who made a big lunch for his mother, but he can only send the dinner to paradise, because his mother has been dead.
"If you do not show your_______to your mother right now, you might never have the opportunity in the future, because your mother is growing older and older day by day-this is the main theme of my film, " said the 21-year-old Liu.
Liu conceived(构想)   the story for Paradise Dinner over his 2010 summer vacation.
One day during that holiday,   Liu found his parents were not young any more.   " So I decided to write a story for Paradise Dinner to call for all people, especially young people, to show more filial piety to their parents," he said.
With the help of his teachers and his schoolmates, he found actors, Zhang who played the mother and Yuan Zhen who played the son. At last he finished the film.
Many Web users said they liked the film very much and most of them cried like Liu's parents when they watched it.
31. From the passage, we know Liu Xiaoyu _____.

A．made a big dinner for his mother

B．made a short video on the Internet

C．has graduated from a university

D．sent a dinner to paradise himself

32. What have you known about Liu Xiaoyu's mother?

A．She didn't know the film.

B．She didn't feel moved.

C．She couldn't help crying when she saw the film.

D．She acted the mother in the film.

33. The underlined words "filial piety" probably mean ___in Chinese.

A．友善

B．同情心

C．仁慈心

D．孝心

34. The fifth paragraph mainly tells us___.

A．when Liu Xiaoyu wrote the story

B．Liu Xiaoyu's parents were old

C．why Liu Xiaoyu wrote the story

D．why our parents should love their children

35. The writer wrote this article to___.

A．encourage p.eople to care more about their parents

B．introduce a short video

C．think highly of the talent of Liu Xiaoyu

D．show the kind heart of most people

I felt very sad not to be able to get the ticket for the film “Titanic” last Friday. I learned in the newspaper that tickets could be bought at the cinema box office in Richland Hills any day between 10:00 and 4:00. Since I work from 9:00 to 5:30, the only time I could go to the cinema was during my 45-minute lunch time. It is a pity that the cinema is on the other side of the town, and the bus service between my office and Richland Hills is not very good. But if you are lucky, you can make the round trip in 45 minutes.

Last Monday I stood at the bus stop for fifteen minutes, waiting for a bus. By the time I saw one come around the corner, there was not enough time left to make the trip—so I had to go back to the office. The same thing happened on Tuesday, and again on Wednesday. On Thursday my luck changed. I got on a bus right away and arrived at the cinema in twenty minutes. But when I got there, I found a long line of people at the box office. I heard one man say he had been waiting in line for over an hour. I found that I would not have enough time to wait in line, I caught the next bus and went back across the town.

By Friday I understood my only hope was to make the trip by car. It was expensive, but I felt it would be worth it to see the film. The trip by car only took 10 minutes, but it felt like an hour to me. When I reached the cinema, I was delighted to see that nobody was waiting in line. But I quickly found out that it was because they had already sold all the tickets.

36. It seems that the writer of the story works ________.

A．in a small town	B．in Richland Hills
C．on a farm near the town	D．at a bus service centre

37. He tried to go the cinema every day but really got there ________.

A．five times

B．four times

C．three times

D．twice

38. The word “delighted” in the sentence “I was delighted to see that nobody was waiting in line.” may best be replaced (替换) by ________.

A．sure

B．sorry

C．surprised

D．pleased

39. Which of the following was true according to the story?

A．The writer was too busy to have time for a rest during the day.

B．The buses running between his office and Richland Hills were always on time on Thursday.

C．He couldn’t buy the tickets both before and after work hours.

D．It always took him about twenty minutes to get to the cinema by bus.

40. Choose the best title of the story ________.

A．How to Get a Ticket	B．Tickets Sold Out
C．A Wonderful Film	D．A Difficult Problem

Although English is not as old as Chinese, it is spoken by many people around the world every day. English speakers are always making new words and we should be able to know    46     most words come from.

Sometimes, however, no one may really know where     47     word comes from. Did you ever think about why hamburgers are called hamburgers,     48     (especial) when they are not made     49     ham?

About a hundred years ago, some men went to America from Europe. They came from a big city in Germany called Hamburg. They did not speak good English,     50     they ate good food. Some Americans saw them eating round pieces of beef. They     51     never seen such a strange way. They couldn’t help     52     (ask) the Germans what it was. The Germans did not understand the question and answered, “We came from Hamburg.” One of these Americans owned a restaurant, and had an idea. He     53     his mind to do something new. He cooked some round pieces of the beef like what the men from Hamburg ate and sold it in quite a few     54     (country) around the world.

Whether this story is true or not, it certainly is     55     (interest).

56. learned, they, a, everyone, said, lot
______________________________________.

58. always, focused, I, on, their, clothes
______________________________________.

60. your, go, to, please, back, family(. )
_______________________________________.