4 . Beyond the Clouds is an excellent movie. It tells the story of Zhang Guimei and her school. It describes how she helps the poor girls in the mountains to go to school.

Beyond the Clouds was adapted (改编) from the real life of Zhang. She founded China’s first free all-girls high school in Huaping County, Yunnan Province. As the head teacher of the school, Zhang has traveled more than 100,000 kilometers to visit more than 1,300 poor families. Zhang has helped more than 1,800 poor girls leave the mountains and go to college.

Hai Qing, an excellent actress, plays the role of 66-year-old Zhang in the film. She talked a lot with Zhang before playing the role. She said, “Zhang is a great woman. She doesn’t mind what she eats or wears. She only thinks about the children. They are everything to her. Zhang’s story has touched many people who work on the film. I hope that more people can know about Zhang from the movie and learn from her.”

All the actors in the film are real students studying in Yunnan. After training for two months, the students made their first movie. The real students make the movie more close to the real life. This is a pretty excellent movie. Don’t miss it!

1. What does the movie describe?

A．How Zhang becomes a head teacher.	B．How Zhang helps the poor girls.
C．How Zhang founds her school.	D．What Zhang gives to the poor girls.

2. What does the underlined word “founded” probably mean?

A．Set up.

B．Cut off.

C．Dealt with.

D．Heard from.

3. Why do the real students play roles in the film?

A．To make some money.	B．To learn how to make movies.
C．To know about Zhang.	D．To make the movie close to real life.

4. What does the writer advise us to do in the last paragraph?

A．To learn from Zhang.	B．To help the poor girls.
C．To enjoy the movie.	D．To visit poor families.

5 . —The news says the famous singer has been dead for about two weeks.

—It’s hard to believe. I attended her concert in Beijing ______.

A．finally

B．lately

C．gradually

D．generally

7 . 阅读下面短文，并用英语回答问题(请注意每小题后面的词数要求)。

As a new in the school, I really wanted to have some good friends two months ago. My classmates Lisa, Tina and Nancy seemed to be closer to me, so I really expected to be friends with them. Although we don’t have a lot in common, I tried to please (取悦) them.

I spent an hour playing tennis with Lisa every Tuesday afternoon, though I was not good at it. I didn’t like playing chess, but I had to watch chess games with Tina every Wednesday afternoon. And every Thursday afternoon, Nancy always asked me to enjoy classical music which I knew nothing about.

A month later, we grew apart gradually. I was so sad and told my stories to my grandmother. She didn’t say too much but gave me a saying: “I don’t know the secret to success, but the secret to failure is trying to please everyone.”

In fact, you don’t need everyone to agree with you or like you. It’s human’s nature to want to be liked, and valued, but not at the expense of (以……为代价) your happiness. So for people who want to be valued, and to be liked, I’d like to say is to stay true to your values and stop ______.

1. What did the writer do every Wednesday afternoon in the past? (不超过10个词)

_____________________________________

2. What happened to the writer and her three classmates a month later? (不超过5个词)

_____________________________________

3. What may the writer say at the end of the text? (不超过10个词)

_____________________________________

8 . Zhang Jianna is a 49-year-old city cleaner from Chaoyang District, Beijing. She has studied English alone for about 10 years. Now she can speak English with foreigners and help them when they are in need.

Zhang became interested in learning English in 2014. She worked in the Sanlitun embassy (大使馆) area at that time. One day, when she was working, a man from another country asked her for help. But she didn’t know what he was talking and couldn’t give a hand. After that, she decided to learn English so that she could help foreign friends.

Zhang’s English learning stopped after leaving high school. She forgot much of what she had learned. Her first problem was about vocabulary. To learn new words, she wrote the new words on pieces of paper and carried them. When she had time, she took them out and read the new words. Zhang learns English by making conversations with her children in English now. With her children’s help, she uses her smart phone to learn English when she has time.

“Keeping learning is the most important thing in learning English! Learn step by step. Learn every day,” Zhang said, “There are no easy ways to learn English alone.”

Zhang wants to learn another foreign language now. Then she can help more foreign friends to visit Beijing and know about China.

1. What does Zhang Jianna do?

A．A city cleaner.	B．An English teacher.
C．A guide.	D．A doctor.

2. What does the second paragraph mainly tell us?

A．Where Zhang worked before.	B．When Zhang started working.
C．Why Zhang learned English.	D．How Zhang helped foreign friends.

3. What does the underlined word “them” refer to (指的是)?

A．New words.	B．Pieces of paper.
C．The conversations.	D．Zhang’s children.

4. What’s the best title (标题) for the text?

A．A cleaner’s story of English learning	B．Good ways to learn English
C．Speak English as much as possible	D．Basic questions about English learning