When you watch a movie in the cinema, you may wonder how “the moving pictures” is made and where the voices, and noises and music come from. Now here is the answer.

In modern times, the middle part of a cinema film has lots of small photographs, each one of which is different from the one before it. Each photograph is brought in front of a strong light, and there it stops for a very small part of a second. This photograph, therefore, appears on the screen, and we see it. Then the light is covered and the next photograph is moved to the position in the front of the strong light. Meanwhile, the metal cover turns away from the light. Thus, the second photograph is shown on the screen. This is done again and again, twenty-four times a second, and we think we are watching a moving picture on the screen. But nothing on the screen actually moves. ”The moving picture” is in fact made up of a lot of bits. We see about 86,000 different pictures every hour, but none of them moves.

The voices, noises and music are recorded on the side of the cinema film. The record looks like marks of strange shapes. The side of the film passes in front of another light, and the rays of light which pass through change as the marks change. These marks have been made from the voices and other sounds of the people and events in front of the cinema when the film is being made. The marks may be considered as “printed sounds”.

1. When a cinema film is shown, how long does each photograph appear on the screen?

A. One twenty-third of a second.

B. One twenty-fourth of a second

C. A few seconds

D. One thirty-fifth of a second.

2. Why can we see pictures moving on the screen?

A. We see about 86,000 different pictures every hour.

B. Each picture is a little different from the former.

C. Photographs change quickly.

D. Both B and C.

3. What is a cinema film made up of?

A. Small photographs and a strong light.

B. Small photographs and the sounds.

C. A lot of bits.

D. Voices and photographs.

4. Which is the true about the sound record?

A. It sounds strange.

B. It looks as irregular marks.

C. It is printed in the middle of a film.

D. It is made while the film is being shown on the screen.

 “Migrant workers”（外来务工人员）is a familiar term for 17 -year- old Shi Jian. Her father and uncle often talk about the problems surrounding this group of people. However, Shi cares more about the children of these migrant workers.

Last year Shi’s housekeeper’s daughter had to give up her schooling in Beijing because she would not be allowed to sit the national college entrance exam. She was forced to continue her high school education in her hometown in Sichuan Province.

Shi thinks the current law is unfair for migrant workers’ children, as it prevents them from studying at public schools, unless their parents pay huge sums. So, Shi decided to do a survey of migrant workers so that she could find some solutions to help solve the problem.

In the last six months Shi has spoken to 186 migrant workers in Beijing. Her interviewees include babysitters, guards, keepers, supermarket clerks, house cleaners and construction site workers. Shi found out that 55 of them were parents. Among this group, only eight have children who attend schools in Beijing. The other 47 had to leave children with relatives in the countryside. However, 40 of the 47 would like to enroll（使入学）their children in city schools.

From her interviews, Shi found that the workers’ lowest income was 400 yuan each month. Over one - third earn a monthly wage of or below 1000 yuan. “Even schools for migrant workers’ children charge more than public schools. Moreover, parents constantly worry about these schools closing or relocating,” she explained.

Shi has recently completed a report about her survey, in which she makes a series of recommendations. “The government can set up public schools for migrants’ children equal to schools for city children. Second, to offset（弥补）migrant workers’ very low pay, public schools should offer them special rates so they can afford their children’s tuition（学费）.

1. What drove Shi to do the survey of migrant workers?

A. She wanted to draw people’s attention and become famous.

    B. Her housekeeper’s daughter was forced to move to her hometown to continue studying.

    C. She was asked to do a survey of migrant workers as part of a school project.

    D. Her curiosity about migrant workers’lives.

2. According to Shi’s survey, most migrant workers’kids ________.

    A. have to help their parents support the family

    B. attend schools near their parents’ working places

    C. don’t live together with their parents

    D. always do better in schools than children from the city

3. All of the following prevent migrant workers’ kids from attending schools in cities EXCEPT ________.

    A. their parents’ low income

    B. that schools for migrant workers’ children may close or relocate

    C. schools’ high tuitions

    D. their lack of confidence to face the fierce competitions in city schools

4. Shi suggested in her survey that ________.

    A. children’s tuition should be reduced

    B. more money should be collected for migrants’ children

    C. more private schools for migrants’ children should be built

    D. students from the city and the countryside should be encouraged to communicate more

It’s certain that holding such _________ National Day parade will significantly improve _________ national pride and self - confidence of the Chinese People.

    A. the; the        B. a; a              C. a; the            D. the; a

．― The fishermen should have been warned of bad weather.

    ― _____, but they didn’t listen to it.

      A．So were they    B．So should they        C．Yes, they were  D Yes, they should.

. For miles around us there was nothing but a desert, without a single plant or tree ______.

A. in the distance  B. at a distance  C. in sight  D. out of sight

    It was 3:00 a.m. Rain beat against the windows. Tamsen Bell’s cellphone began to ring so she jumped out of bed quickly for she knew that someone was in trouble, and it was up to her and the other members of the Marin Search and Rescue Team to help. The team has a motto: “Any time, any place, any weather.” Bell, 18, joined the search-and-rescue team when she was 14 years old, the youngest age at which a person can join. “I remember the first search I ever went on,” Bell says. “I was very nervous.” Thanks to the strict training program, Bell now is no longer nervous and a lot more confident.

   When Bell was 16 years old, she took a lead role in a tough search-and-rescue action that she says changed her life. While hiking, a 60-year-old woman fell off a cliff and landed on a mountain ledge(岩石架). Bell slid down in a seated position to get to where the injured woman lay. The situation was very dangerous and she had to make a quick decision which could have endangered the woman’s life. Bell helped to lift the woman onto a litter(担架), and her teammates then pulled the litter up the mountain using ropes. The rescue took more than eight hours , the longest in the history of the team.

Afterwards, Bell said she realized that she could keep cool in stressful situations. The experience inspired her to devote her life to helping others. She remains a search-and-rescue member and plans to study nursing in college.

“Search-and-rescue work may be tough, but it is rewarding. The best part is the support, and the common feeling that everyone on the team wants to make people’s lives better.” Said Bell.

1. According to the passage, we know that Bell ______.

   A. was the youngest member in the team

   B. plays a leading role in every task

   C. majored in nursing in college

   D. learned a lot through the training program

2. Why does Bell say that the tough action changed her life?

   A. She learnt to make quick decisions when in danger.

   B. She learnt to transport the injured to safety through a litter.

   C. The experience inspired her to devote herself to helping others

   D. The experience made her realize that she could calm down even in danger.

3. Which of the following is TURE about Bell’s tough task?

   A. It was the toughest task in the history of the team.

   B. Bell slid down the cliff seated in a litter.

   C. It’s the first task Bell took part in after the training program.

   D. Bell played a very important role in the action.

4. The passage is mainly about_______.

   A. a tough task Bell carried out

   B. Bell’s job as a young search-and-rescue member

   C. how people keep cool in dangerous situations

   D. what search-and-rescue tasks are

We ______ last night, but we went to the concert instead.

A. must have studied                          B. might study

C. should have studied                     D. would study

．But for the storm, we ______ earlier．

       A．can arrive           B．will arrive           C．had arrived      D．could have arrived

. Sarah hopes to become a friend of ______ shares her interests.

A. anyone              B. whomever                C. whoever          D. no matter who

A T-shirt a day has kept unemployment away for an American man who is making about $85,000 a year by selling advertising space on his shirt．

Jason Sadler, 26, was once a former marketing expert from Florida. In 2008, he founded his own company, “iwearyourshirt”, with the idea to wear a T-shirt supplied by any company and then use social media tools to develop the company . Sadler charges the “face value”of  the day for his human billboard (广告牌) service. So January 1 costs $1, while December 31 costs $365. He said this may not sound like a lot, but it adds up to $66,795 a year if he sells out every day, which he did this year. He also sells monthly sponsorships(赞助) for $1,500, adding another $18,000 to his income.

“I walk around, take photos, wear the shirt all day … I blog about those photos, I put them up on Twitter, I change my Facebook introduction…and then I do a Youtube video. I made about $83,000 this year,” he told Reuters Television. The average U.S income is about $615 a week or about $32,000 a year ,according to the U.S government.

Sadler has already begun to plan for his year 2010. He is making services larger by hiring another person to wear a shirt a day on the west coast of the United States.

1．What is Sadler’s “face value” of the day December 30?

A．$364.       B．$365.       C．$615.       D．$1,500.

2．It can be inferred that Sadler didn’t advertise on ________.

A．Twitter     B．Facebook  C．Youtube   D．Reuters

3．Jason Sadler has a new plan to  ________ for the year 2010.

A．employ another person to replace him    B．start his business on the west coast

C．stay at home on the east coast  D．double the charge for the service

4．The passage is mainly about ________ in a new way.

    A．taking photos    B．writing blogs    C．making money D．selling T-shirts