On July 12th, 2009, at 5 pm, a lot of fans met at People’s Square in Shanghai. They performed Michael Jackson’s unfinished dance. For one minute, they sang and did the moon walk (太空步) to remember Michael Jackson.
This kind of phenomenon (现象) is called “flash mob (快闪族)”. “Flash mob” is a group of people who meet in a public place to perform an activity for a short time. Sometimes all these people are friends, but usually they are strangers (陌生人) and they find each other (彼此) on the Internet.
“Flash mob” is very surprised and strange. One of the popular “flash mob” activities was in Manhattan, New York City: Three hundred people met in a store and each of them told the shop assistant that they would buy the same size sports shoes, and the shop assistant didn’t know what to do.
【小题1】What did a lot of fans do at People’s Square in Shanghai?
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【小题2】What is “flash mob”?
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【小题3】Are people of “flash mob” usually strangers?
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【小题4】Where do people find each other in a short time?
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【小题5】What does the writer think of “flash mob”?
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Complete the dialogue with proper words or sentences.

M — Michael          L — Lin Tao

L: What are you going to do this Sunday?

M: 1. ___________________________________. What about you?

L: I don’t know, either. Would you like to do something interesting with me?

M: Sure, what would you like to do?

L: 2. ___________________________________.

M: OK. Where are we going to meet?

L: Let’s meet at my uncle’s house. My uncle has a boat. He can take us to fish on the lake.

M: 3. ___________________________________?

L: Let’s leave at four in the morning. Fishing is good at that time.

M: 4. That’s too early. ___________________________________?

L: Well, no problem. What about half past four?

M: 5. _________________________________. See you at half past four on Sunday morning.

 

Born in 1954 in Taiwan, Ang Lee（李安）has become one of today's greatest filmmakers. Ang graduated from the National Taiwan College of Arts in 1975. Later on, he went to the USA. for further study on art. And he got a Master Degree in Film Production at New York University.

During Ang’s film career, he has made a lot of successful films and honored himself with many international awards. Early in 1993, Ang’s film The Wedding Banquet (喜宴)won a Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, which drew the whole world’s attention to this Chinese director. In the following years, Ang’s talent got more brilliant. At the beginning of 2000, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon（Wo Hu Cang Long）, a kongfu film directed by Ang Lee, won Best Foreign Language Film at the 73rd Academy Awards(奥斯卡金像奖). This surprised the world. However. what really takes Ang to the peak of the film world is the film Brokeback Mountain (2005). For this film, Ang Lee won the Best Director Academy Award. And he is the first Chinese director who’s ever won the golden statuette(小金人).

In 2012, Ang made a huge success again. His first 3D film Life of Pi came out. It was a story about the adventure of a brave Indian boy. This film helped him beat out Michael Haneke of "Amour", Benh Zeitlin of "Beasts of the Southern Wild", Steven Spielberg of "Lincoln" and David O. Russell of "Silver Linings Playbook". For the second time, Ang was honored as the Best Director at the 85th Academy Awards in 2013.

Along Ang Lee’s film road, we can say that he is really born for films and he is worth all the praise from the world, especially all the Chinese.

1.How old was Ang Lee when he won the Best Director Academy Award for the second time?

A．59.              B．58               C．51               D．39

2.Of the following films, which one is NOT made by Ang Lee?

A．The Wedding Banquet.                   B．Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

C．Beasts of the Southern Wild.               D．Life of Pi.

3.According to the passage, what is the correct order of the following events?

①. Life of Pi came up on the screen.

②. Ang Lee went to America for further study.

③. Ang Lee won a Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival.

④. Ang Lee won Best Foreign Language Film at the 73rd Academy Awards.

⑤. Ang graduated from the National Taiwan College of Arts.

A．②⑤①③④       B．②⑤④①③        C．⑤②③④①        D．⑤②④③①

4.What is the Chinese meaning of the underlined word “peak” in the second paragraph？

A．边缘             B．顶峰             C．荣誉             D．成就

5.According to the passage, which statement is RIGHT?

A. Ang Lee was born in the USA.

B. Ang Lee only won the Best Director Academy Award once.

C. Life of Pi is Ang Lee’s second 3D film.

D. Ang Lee has great talent in making films.

 

GONE WITH THE WIND Author: Margaret Mitchell ¥25 (in bookstores) ¥18 (online) Gone With the Wind is a best-seller, which tells a story that happened in the American Civil War. Scarlett Ohara is a woman in the story who is full of energy. She is strong and saves her family but is very selfish at the same time.

A LITTLE PRINCESS Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett ¥18.3 (online) Motherless Sara Crewe was sent home from India to school at Miss Minchin's. Her father was very rich and she lived a rich and comfortable life. Then her father died and Sara lost everything. She had to learn to do with her changed life. Her strong character made her able to fight successfully against her poverty(贫穷) and the scorn(嘲笑) of her fellows. It's an excellent book with 4 tapes for children

PETER PAN Author: J.M Barrie  ¥15 (in bookstores) ¥12 (online)    It is a children's story full of imagination and adventures, which is about Wendy, John, and Michael Darling's adventures in Never-Never Land with Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up. The children are happy and lovely. (with 2 tapes)

UNCLE TOM'S CABIN  Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe ¥20 (in bookstores)    The most famous novel in American history, Uncle Tom’s Cabin talked about the struggle between free states and slave states during the American Civil War and is as powerful today as when it first came out 150 years ago.

THE SECRET GARDEN Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett ¥35 (in bookstores)  ¥30 (online) Mary Lennox, a sickly orphan(孤儿), finds herself in her uncle’s dark house. Why are so many rooms locked? Why is one of the gardens locked? And what is that crying she hears at night? Through the power of hope, friendship, and the magic of nature, the brave girl brings the house and a long-lost garden back to life.

【小题1】All of the following books have children as their main characters except _______.

A．PETER PAN	B．GONE WITH THE WIND
C．A LITTLE PRINCESS	D．THE SECRET GARDEN

【小题2】We can know from the passage that _________.

A．there are only three books with tapes

B．we can buy 5 kinds of the above books in bookstores

C．two of the books are written by Frances Hodgson Burnett

D．THE SECRET GARDEN is ¥5 cheaper in bookstores than online

【小题3】Mary brings the house and a long-lost garden back to life with the help of ______
a. the power of hope  b. friendship    c. her uncle      d. Nature's magic

A．a, b, c

B．a, c, d

C．b, c, d

D．a, b, d

【小题4】Which of the following about the books is mentioned in this text?
A What Sara did to help her fellows
B Why Peter Pan wouldn't grow up.
C What kind of woman Scarlett is.
D How Marry Lennox came into her uncle's house.
【小题5】This text is most probably taken from a __________.
A newspaper  B science magazine  C storybook  D book guide

A: Hello, Bill! This is Peter.

B: Hello, Peter.

A:    56              

B: Yes.   57               

A: Would you like to have a picnic in the Forest Park?

B: Yes, I’d love to.  58                     

A: We can buy some food and drink. Please meet at 2 o’clock at the school gate.

B: OK.   59                          

A: Sure. I will call them right now.  60                     

B: All right. See you then.

A: See you.

A. Can I ask Tom and Michael to go with us? B. Could you ask him to call me back this evening? C. Do you have any time this Saturday afternoon? D. Sorry, he isn’t in now. E. What should we take for it? F. Don’t forget to bring your camera? G. What’s up?