1 . China has entered the cinematic(电影制作的) space race. Wandering Earth, the country’s first blockbuster science fiction film, is on track to be one of the highest grossing (票房收入) films in China’s history.

The film has brought in more than 2bn yuan (£232m) in the six days since its release on February 5. So far, it is the highest-grossing film released over the holiday season, a peak time for the Chinese box office（票房收入）.

Wandering Earth is based on the work of Liu Cixin, the author of the Three-Body Problem series and the first Chinese author to win a Hugo award.

“Wandering Earth fills the gap in Chinese science fiction movies. It means that China’s science fiction movies have officially set sail,” one fan of the film wrote on the review site Douban.

The film is seen by some as the dawn of Chinese sci-fi — a genre(类型；体裁) that has long been led by Hollywood. Several other Chinese-made sci-fi films are due to debut (首映) this year, including Shanghai Fortress, about an alien invasion, and Pathfinder, which follows a spaceship that has crashed on a deserted planet.

Frant Gwo, the director of Wandering Earth, said, “2019 could be remembered as year zero of Chinese science-fiction blockbusters. It is not just about one successful movie but about multiple films.”

Critics of the film have pointed out the plot holes（剧情漏洞） and cloying of sentimentality（刻意煽情） — something Wandering Earth shares with its Hollywood peers.

In response to plot criticisms about the necessity of ejecting (喷射) Earth from the solar system, Liu said: “Of course we don’t need to escape soon. That’s why it’s a movie instead of a real-life crisis.”

1. What’s the Chinese meaning of the underlined word?

A．非常成功的事物	B．非常成功的人
C．外星人	D．英雄人物

2. What is the fan’s attitude toward the film according to Paragraph 4?

A．Doubtful.	B．Negative.
C．Positive	D．Uncaring.

3. Which of the following does not belong to Chinese-made sci-fi film?

A．Shanghai Fortress	B．Wandering Earth
C．Pathfinder	D．Avatar

4. Which aspect do the critics think is a shortcoming of the film?

A．The theory.	B．The ending.
C．The special effects.	D．The plot holes.

2 . What impression does the man have on Peter?

A．He’s getting better.

B．He’s never been good.

C．He’s not as good as he was.

3 . Despite his knee and finger injuries, Kobe Bryant ignores his pains as the NBA season nears. He is leading the Los Angeles Lakers in their attempt to win a third NBA championship in a row, as they did at the beginning of the century. The Los Angles Lakers superstar has the perfect record since his start in 1996. He has five NBA championships, 12 NBA All-Stars and a gold medal at the Beijing Olympics.

But along with the awards, there has long been talk about Bryant. People say he is a selfish player with only a few friends. He won three NBA championship titles with Shaquille O’Neal, but rather than becoming friends, they couldn’t get along       well with       each other. Lakers Coach Phil Jackson still remembers a talk he and Bryant had. “I talked to him a little bit about leadership and his ability to be a leader, and he said he was ready to be a captain ” Jackson told ESPN. “ But I said no one was ready to follow him. Bryant’s path of self-discovery took him Light years. O’Neal left the Lakers in 2004. Bryant went on to lead the team to victory last year and again this summer. Last week,       NBA rookies(新秀）voted Bryant their favorite player.

Mark Medina, sports reporter with the Los Angles Times has seen Bryant grow. “ Kobe has been improving

his relationship with teammates and accepts that sometimes less       is more,” he wrote. “ He has learned that he has to give to get back in return. And so he has become a giver rather than a demanding leader. That has been great for him and great to watch,” Jackson told Medina. Bryant has shown through talent       and       hard work that others can follow his lead.
1. What can we know about Kobe and O’Neal?

A．They were in conflict.	B．They were good friends.
C．They envied each other.	D．They often helped others.

2. What can we learn from Jackson’s words?

A．He didn’t like Kobe or O’Neal.

B．Kobe had no talent for leadership.

C．Kobe’s leadership should be improved.

D．Kobe’s teammates preferred O’Neal to him.

3. Kobe developed his relationship with his teammates by      .

A．inviting O'Neal to come back	B．learning to become a giver
C．winning the trust of the coach	D．turning a demanding leader

4. What may be the best title for the passage?

A．A grown-up NBA star

B．A hard-working NBA star

C．The high praise from Kobe’s coach

D．The relationship between two NBA stars

4 . Two weeks after the conclusion of the hit show Chinese Poetry Competition, a new program, Readers, has become a nationwide stir.     1    (broadcast) on CCTV over the weekend, it is arousing fresh     2    (enthusiastic) for literature in China.

The weekly talk show, produced and hosted by famous TV personality Dong Qing,     3    (invite) people from all walks of life     4    (read) aloud parts of poems, essays and books that they like or wrote. The participants also share stories from their own life explaining     5    particular pieces touched their hearts or shaped their lives.

Five days after     6    (it) first show on CCTV-1 on Saturday, Readers has been rated 9.2 points out of 10 on Douban, one of China’s most popular review sites. Internet     7    (use) have praised it as a breath of fresh air among variety shows in China, a refreshing change from the usual dance and singing shows that dominate live television.

But the success of these programs is just like a vane, through which we can see that there is     8    huge demand of cultural show in the public. In today’s television world     9    reality shows have dominated, this is very     10    (encourage).