① Going to the cinema is fun. However, in a time when technology has afforded us home video streaming services such as Netflixhy and Hulu, many people choose to stay at home to have fun. And they believe cinemas are going to have problems. Though those services might have a bad influence on the cinemas, I don’t believe the cinemas are going away anytime soon.
② As we all know, staying at home to watch films can save your money because the tickets for cinemas aren’t cheap. Besides, you can lie comfortably on a big sofa to watch films. And generally you can watch films for as long as you want. And you don’t need to worry that others will be angry when you laugh aloud.
③ But the cinema has the low lighting, the big screen, the surround sound etc. War movies especially benefit from being watched in cinemas. You can experience the war better and more closely. As well as war movies, action movies and superhero movies are also much better when seen on the big screen.
④Besides, you can enjoy the time with your friends and family when going to see a good movie. Therefore, you’d better not just watch a movie at home and then go to bed. you can hang out with your friends and share your latest news face to face based on going to see a movie together.
⑤Anyway, we are lucky enough to live in a time that benefits people who love to go out and those who love to stay at home. Netflix and other services will always be there for those who prefer to stay at home. But going to the cinema offers better experience, and it helps cinemas create more jobs. It’s a win-win. So why not see a cool movie at your local cinemas?
1. What influence do home video streaming services seem to bring?| A．Cinemas will soon disappear. |
| B．Cinema business is getting hurt. |
| C．Cinemas begin to offer better services to customers. |
| D．Films have become much funnier than before. |
| A．not all films are always interesting as well as popular |
| B．people can watch different kinds of films when free |
| C．cinemas should show different films at different times |
| D．some films are more amazing when watched in cinemas |
| A．To persuade us to join outdoor activities as often as possible. |
| B．To present the advantage of watching films at home. |
| C．To show us the reasons for the decline of theater. |
| D．To advise people to go to the theater. |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
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In the movie The Day After Tomorrow, global warming causes a second Ice Age. The movie has led to a lot of discussion: Could another Ice Age really be possible?
On the first day when the movie was put on, environmental activist group MoveOn. org handed out thousands of leaflets outside theaters. Their message was, “Global warming isn’t just a movie. It’s your future. ” It is now widely accepted that the Earth is getting hotter.
One reason for this is the large amount of carbon dioxide in the air, caused by burning coal and petroleum（石油）. In Alaska, temperatures have risen by as much as 4.4℃ over the last 30 years, causing glaciers to melt（冰川融化）, and the sea level to rise. Some scientists say that the tide（潮汐） moves an average of three meters closer to the land each year.
This is seen in the Alaskan island village of Shishmaref, where houses are disappearing into the ocean. Soon, the village will be completely under water, and the people living there are already leaving to go to the mainland. However, most scientists believe that climate change could never happen as suddenly as the movie suggests, and that there is a danger that it might cause people to think that global warming is just the movie. But the movie’s director, Richard Emmerich, welcomes the discussion, saying that he wanted to make the movie show that global warming is not just science fiction, but a reality.
1. What is the topic of this text?| A．Glaciers melting. | B．Ice age. | C．Global warming. | D．Weather. |
| A．Because it shows global warming causes a second Ice Age. |
| B．Because the global warming causes the sea level to rise. |
| C．Because a lot of coal is burned to produce carbon dioxide. |
| D．Because the tide moves about three meters closer to the land. |
| A．海报 | B．树叶 | C．电影票 | D．传单 |
| A．A second Ice Age will come. | B．The petroleum will become less. |
| C．The villages will be under water. | D．The villagers will think about the topic. |
| A．climate change will happen suddenly. | B．people might not take the situation as a reality. |
| C．the movie director welcomes the discussion. | D．people living on islands are leaving for mainland. |
Characters: Peppa, George, Mummy Pig, Daddy Pig
Setting: Mummy Pig is working on her computer. Daddy Pig is making soup for lunch.
Peppa: Daddy? Can we go and watch mummy on her computer?
Daddy Pig: Yes, as long as you don't disturb her. She has a lot of important work to do today.
Peppa: Thank you, Daddy!
Peppa: (Peppa and George run into mummy’s room.) Mummy. Can George and I
sit on your legs and watch you work?
Mummy Pig: Yes, if you both sit quietly.
Peppa: (Peppa and George watch mummy work on the computer for a while.) Mummy? Can we play that computer game Happy Mrs. Chicken?
Mummy Pig: We can play Happy Mrs. Chicken later. But now I have to work.
Peppa: Mummy? Can we help you work?
Mummy Pig: No, Peppa! You mustn't touch the computer. And George, you mustn't touch the computer, either.
Peppa: Yes, George. You mustn't do this (Peppa began to knock on the keyboard).
Mummy Pig: Peppa, stop!
Peppa: Sorry, Mummy. I was just showing George what not to do.
Mummy Pig: Oh, dear. The computer doesn’t work!
1. Where is Daddy Pig while Mummy Pig is working?
| A．In the living room. | B．In the garden. | C．On the balcony. | D．In the kitchen. |
| A．book | B．song | C．cartoon | D．game |
| A．Peppa | B．George | C．Daddy Pig | D．Mummy Pig |
film(动画片).
The book tells the story of a pilot，called The Aviator, who crashes(撞击)into the desert and meets a young prince there. However, in the film，the story starts years after the crash when The Aviator is much older. He has got a new neighbor called The Little Girl，whose mother wants her to get ready to enter the grown-up world. Slowly The Aviator shares his story with The Little Girl by writing it down and sending her a page at a time. The pages are complete with the pictures in the book，speaking about his time in the desert and taking The Little Girl to an amazing world where anything is possible.
China is the first country in the world to see the film in two versions一in Chinese and English. The film shows The Little Girl's life and tells The Little Prince's story at the same time in a beautiful way.
Huang Lei，who voices the film together with his 9-year-old daughter, says the film is like a childhood dream which is lost by most adults in this stressed-out society.
"The most touching part is that every one of us was a good-natured kid like the Little Prince，and it's a pity that this good characteristic(品质)goes away as flies，"he says.
1. The book The Little Prinse is One of the best-selling books in history because .| A．you must know about it if you love reading books |
| B．it shows The Little Prince's story in a beautiful way |
| C．it has been sold as many as 200 million copies in 253 languages and dialects |
| D．the director has made it into a 3D animated film |
| A．She reads the pages that The Aviator writes and sends to her. |
| B．Her mother wants her to get ready to enter the grown-up world. |
| C．The Aviator takes her to an amazing world. |
| D．She moves home next to The Aviator. |
| A．kind | B．friendly | C．helpful | D．all above |
| A．He doesn't believe the good characteristic is lost as we grow older in this stressed-out society. |
| B．He thinks all of us should keep our better nature and never let it disappear. |
| C．He feels excited because he can see the film in two versions first. |
| D．He and his daughter voice the film together. |
【推荐1】Close your eyes. Try to bring back a memory of taking an exam in your worst subject with your strictest teacher. Probably you remember looking at the paper, feeling you didn’t know any of the answers. Your heart was beating fast...Not surprisingly, you think of that experience as all bad, a long-lasting discomfort.
But maybe it didn’t have to be that way. A paper in Nature reports that a one-time online mindset exercise（思维模式训练）improved the way young people thought about stressful events and their uncomfortable responses（反应）. The exercise is based on two mindsets: first, ability is not fixed but can be improved with effort and support; second, body responses to stress can be helpful. As students work through the exercise themselves, they read information about how the brain builds on experience and how the body uses stress——a fast-beating heart sends more blood to the brain to help you think. The exercise also suggests ways to succeed in stressful situations, and it asks students to write about what they might do differently next time.
Researchers invited thousands of high school and college students to take the exercise. The findings show that this exercise appears to be able to change our understanding of the world around us and our responses to it. Compared with those who didn’t take the exercise, students who took part thought about stress differently, turning it into a way of energizing the motivation（激活动力）to achieve a goal. What’s more, the exercise changed their body responses for the better, preparing the body to respond to events as a challenge rather than a threat（威胁）.
“Difficulty and struggle are your friends,” says Christopher Bryan, a social psychologist and one of the researchers. “Those experiences don’t feel good in the moment, but it’s the path anyone who became truly excellent at anything had to travel.”
The exercise could be put into further use. It could be specially made for athletes or office workers in the future. Once it has been fully tested, the exercise could be ready for use in high schools and colleges nationwide.
The researchers don’t just want young people to rethink about stress; they want adults to rethink about young people. “Our studies suggest that we might not teach young people that they are too weak to get over difficulties, but that we might, instead, provide them with resources and guidance so that young people can show their skills and creativity in dealing with big problems,” they write in the paper.
1. According to Paragraph 2, the mindset exercise may help you ________.| A．forget about your stressful moments |
| B．find ways to slow down your heartbeat |
| C．record what you have been through before |
| D．understand how the brain builds on experience |
| A．It is now helping teenagers nationwide. |
| B．It is especially helpful to office workers. |
| C．It aims to help teenagers get better grades. |
| D．It can change students’ responses to events. |
| A．difficulties are part of growth for young people |
| B．motivation plays the key role in achieving a goal |
| C．teenagers are too weak to get through difficulties |
| D．adults should show their skills and creativity first |
| A．To question the influence of stress. |
| B．To explain the importance of stress. |
| C．To introduce a way to look at stress. |
| D．To compare two mindsets about stress. |
【推荐2】How do they get my information? Did you know that when you’ surf the Web, many websites put secret software (软件) on your computer? The software collects a lot of information about you and sends it to Internet businesses. Your personal information can also be collected from social media (媒体) sites. There are many ways your information can be used.
What information do they collect and why? First, businesses collect your information. They find out where you live, what websites you visit, and what you do online. With this information, they can guess other things about you. For example, they can guess if you are a man or a woman, how old you are, and your interests. The businesses use this information to decide which advertisements (广告) are best for you.
What do they do with my information? Your personal information could also be sold. Some businesses collect information just so they can sell it to other businesses. A business that collects and sells personal information is called a data broker. When data brokers sell your information, a lot of different businesses will know your online habits. Then these businesses will advertise products or other websites to you.
What online habits are tracked? Another way your personal information can be collected is through social media. When your information is on social media, a lot of people can see it. Even if you don’t use social media, a friend might post a picture or video of you with your name on it. Pictures and videos can be shared for free on social media. If someone knows too much about you, they can steal your ID. Then they can buy things online and post messages in your name.
Conclusion (结论). All of your online habits can be recorded. Studying people’s online habits is big business. Your personal information is very valuable to businesses. That is how they know who to send their advertisements to. The Internet reaches almost every comer of the world, but the danger is that your personal information might travel that far, too.
1. Why do businesses collect your personal information?| A．To make advertisements. | B．To put it on social media. |
| C．To enter your secret software. | D．To guess other things about you. |
| A．Manage Internet businesses. | B．Advertise products on the net. |
| C．Collect and sell personal information. | D．Make videos for people online. |
| A．Followed. | B．Avoided. | C．Required. | D．Punished. |
| A．You should change your online habits. | B．Online advertisements are unbelievable. |
| C．Online shopping is common in the world. | D．Your personal information can travel online. |
| A．Have you learns to surf the internet? | B．Someone’s always watching you online. |
| C．Many people will pay for their information. | D．How many Internet businesses do you know? |
【推荐3】It might be strange to wear clothes made out of plastic bottles. But in fact, some clothing companies are already making clothes like these.
The fashion company of Alia Juma’s showed its newest collection at a workshop in Shanghai. Eighteen clothing kinds from the collection were made from recycled plastic bottles. “We realized that billions of water bottles are thrown into oceans every year and it would take hundreds of years to break down. We should use them to improve the environment,” said Alia Juma, the company’s designer. “Five bottles can make a shirt, 10 a dress, and 20 a short coat.”
Many other fashion companies are finding similar ways to save our planet these days. The process is rather simple. First, the plastic bottles are washed and cut into small pieces. Then they are melted(熔化) and shaped into small balls. Then the balls are melted again to form threads(线). People can then use the threads to make different kinds of clothes.
According to Juma, it takes 67, 000 bottles to originate 1 ton of threads. This cuts down carbon emissions(碳排放) by 4.2 tons and water use by 6.2 tons compared with the normal way of making threads.
Some people might have doubts about wearing something made out of plastic bottles. But in fact, clothes made from plastics can be even better than those made from common materials. Plastic threads can also be made into different materials, such as cotton, silk, or even wool. It seems that this innovation(创新) may lead to a greener future of fashion.
1. What was Alia Juma’s newest collection made from?| A．Recycled plastic. | B．Recycled glasses. | C．Recycled paper. | D．Recycled clothes. |
①Cut the plastic bottles into small pieces.
②Wash the plastic bottles.
③Melt the balls again to form threads.
④Melt and shape the pieces into small balls.
| A．①→②→③→④ | B．②→①→④→③ | C．③→②→①→④ | D．④→②→①→③ |
| A．Waste. | B．Create. | C．Find. | D．Save. |
| A．Plastic clothes will take the place of the clothes made from other materials. |
| B．Plastics can only be used to make clothes. |
| C．People don’t like the clothes made from plastics. |
| D．The future of making plastic clothes is bright. |
| A．Making clothes made from plastics is more environmental. |
| B．Wearing a new material can be more beautiful. |
| C．Collecting plastics is everyone’s duty. |
| D．Choosing different kinds of clothes is helpful to make the world wonderful. |
