There is one language, and people, young and old , men and women, use it very often, in every country in the world. It is everyone’s second language . You can’t hear it, but it is very easy to understand . It is sign （手势 ）language.
When you wave（招手）to a friend in the street, you are using sign language. When you put up your hand in class, you are saying “Please ask me, I think I know the right answer”. When a police officer wants to stop cars or buses, he puts up his hand. He’s using sign language. Churchill’s famous “V  for Victory（胜利）”is also sign language. Sign language is useful（有用的）in quite places full of noise (吵闹声). Even when you are swimming with your friends , you can have a talk under water.
【小题1】      in the world use sign language.

Mother's Day is an important day．It's a day children can show their mothers how much they love them．On Mother's Day, many children give flowers to their mothers．This makes them very happy．

Mrs. Green lived in a small street．She had a flower shop．People who lived near her shop were poor．The children didn't have money to buy flowers．Mrs. Green helped them．The children worked one hour for Mrs. Green．They cleaned the windows in the shop．Then Mrs. Green gave them some flowers to take home for their mothers．The mothers had a nice Mother's Day．Both mothers and children were very happy．

1．On Mother's Day, children gave _________ to their mothers．

A．flowers                  B．foods                  C．clothes

2．Mrs. Green lived in a __________ street．

A．big                              B．small                   C．clean

3．The children worked one __________ for Mrs. Green．

A．hour                     B．week                   C．day

4．The children __________- in the shop．

A．made tea                 B．washed the car           C．cleaned the windows

5．Why do children give flowers to their mothers on Mother's Day?

A．Because they want to show their mothers how much they love them．

B．Because the flowers are cheap．

C．Because there are many flowers on that day．

Where in the world can you take an hour’s train ride, and pass a forest, a London street, a scene from the Wild West, and a burning building that never burns down? There’s only one place, and that’s Hollywood, in California. The scenes you see from the tourist train are film sets（布景） in the Universal Studios, one of the oldest and largest movie companies(公司) in the USA.

A visit to Universal Studios brings back memories of great days of Hollywood, the films and the stars. But they are only memories. Hollywood isn’t quite the same as it used to be. Costs have gone up and confidence has gone down. Movie-makers are afraid to spend their money on expensive new ideas. Instead, they repeat old ones.

The film industry is changing fast. Teenagers still go out to the movies. The theatre is a good place to meet friends away from home. But older people mostly stay home to watch series, like Dynasty have become as important to Hollywood as expensive movies. These “soap opera”, as they are called, show rich, powerful families living in beautiful homes and wearing beautiful clothes. But the actors and actresses are nearly all middle-aged, like many of the people who watch them.

Though it is soap operas that are keeping the film-makers of Hollywood in Business, big films are still being made in America. But more and more of them are made outside Hollywood. New York is the most important new center, but there are many others as well. Movie-makers have realized that they don’t need Hollywood any more. Modern cameras and real houses instead of expensively made copies in a studio. Other states, especially Florida and Texas, are working hard to take the film business away from California. They are offering better working conditions and lower cost.

But Hollywood is fighting back. The state of California is trying hard to keep its best-known industry.

1.From the passage, we know Universal Studios is ______.

2.The movie industry in California isn’t as successful as before because ______.

3.Which of the following seems to be a threat（威胁）to Hollywood？

Where in the world can you take an hour’s train ride, and pass a forest, a London street, a scene from the Wild West, and a burning building that never burns down? There’s only one place, and that’s Hollywood, in California. The scenes you see from the tourist train are film sets（布景） in the Universal Studios, one of the oldest and largest movie companies(公司) in the USA.
A visit to Universal Studios brings back memories of great days of Hollywood, the films and the stars. But they are only memories. Hollywood isn’t quite the same as it used to be. Costs have gone up and confidence has gone down. Movie-makers are afraid to spend their money on expensive new ideas. Instead, they repeat old ones.
The film industry is changing fast. Teenagers still go out to the movies. The theatre is a good place to meet friends away from home. But older people mostly stay home to watch series, like Dynasty have become as important to Hollywood as expensive movies. These “soap opera”, as they are called, show rich, powerful families living in beautiful homes and wearing beautiful clothes. But the actors and actresses are nearly all middle-aged, like many of the people who watch them.
Though it is soap operas that are keeping the film-makers of Hollywood in Business, big films are still being made in America. But more and more of them are made outside Hollywood. New York is the most important new center, but there are many others as well. Movie-makers have realized that they don’t need Hollywood any more. Modern cameras and real houses instead of expensively made copies in a studio. Other states, especially Florida and Texas, are working hard to take the film business away from California. They are offering better working conditions and lower cost.
But Hollywood is fighting back. The state of California is trying hard to keep its best-known industry.

1. 1.

   From the passage, we know Universal Studios is ______.

   1. A.
      a very large park
   2. B.
      a busy London street
   3. C.
      a famous movie company
   4. D.
      an old Hollywood movie
2. 2.

   The movie industry in California isn’t as successful as before because ______.

   1. A.
      young people don’t go to movie theatres any more
   2. B.
      there is strong competition from other states
   3. C.
      its movie companies are in neeed of young stars
   4. D.
      the state hasn’t put a development plan into action
3. 3.

   Which of the following seems to be a threat（威胁）to Hollywood？

   1. A.
      The use of modern cameras and other equipment
   2. B.
      The interest of middle-aged film stars
   3. C.
      The making of TV series like Dynasty
   4. D.
      The expensively made copies of scenes