11．Which Award can be shared by multiple films in one year?

A．Golden Lion B．Golden Palm　 C．Academy Awards　 D．San Marco Award

10. What is the best title for the passage?

A. What caused the animals to go extinct?　 B. Animal Conservation

C. Extinct Animals　　　　　　　　　　 D. Endangered Animals

B

Academy Awards 　The Academy Awards are the most prominent film award in the United States．The Awards are granted by the Academy of Motin Picture Arts and Sciences．Academy Awards are nicknamed “Oscars”, which is also the nickname of the statuette(小雕像)．The name is said to have been born when Margaret Herrick saw the statuette on a table and said: It looks just like my uncle Oscar!”

Berlin Film Festival　 One of the “A” festivals in Europe．The Berlin International Film Festival, also called the “Berlinale”, is held annually in February and started in 1951 after an initiative of the American, who occupied part of the city after World WarⅡ．The jury(专家评奖团)always placed　 special emphasis on representing films from all over the world, from the former Eastern Bloc(集团)Countries as well as from western countries．The awards are called Golden and Silver Bears(as the Bear is the symbol of Berlin)．

Venice Film Festival　 The Venice Film Festival takes place every year in late August / early September on the Lido in the historic Palazzo del Cinema, in Venice, Italy; its main award is the “ Leone d’Oro”(Golden Lion)．Recently, a new award has been added, the San Marco Award for the best film．

Cannes Film Festival 　The Cannes Film Festival is a famous international film festival．It has been held annually in Cannes, in the south of France, since 1946 with a few exceptions．Given massive media exposure, the Festival is attended by many movie stars and is a popular venue for movie producers to launch their new films and attempt to sell their works to the distributors who come from all over the globe．

The most famous award given out at Cannes is the “Palme d’Or”(Golden Palm)for the best film; this is sometimes shared by multiple films in one year．

9. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A．The number of South China tigers has reached crisis point.

B．Many animals are threatened with extinction as a result of human activity.

C．People hunt for the endangered animals for high profit.

D． The Whale is the representing mark for the World Wildlife Fund．

8. ______ can serve as a cure for certain diseases.

A．The whale’s rich oil

B．The panda's black and white patched coat

C．The Rhino horn and tigers’ bones and organs

D． The Dodo’s delicious meat

7. Which group of the following animals has already ceased to exist according to the text?

A．The Dodo, Rhino and Giant Panda．

B．The Rhino, Whale and South China Tiger.

C．The Rhino, Panda, Whale and Tiger.

D．The Dodo and the Bali, Javan, and Caspian tigers.

6. It implies that _______.

A．The Dodo lacked the ability to protect itself from other animals

B．Sailors to the Island of Mauritius lived mainly on the Dodo

C．The Dodo used to be a strong animal that liked fighting

D． The Dodo, pigs, monkeys and rats were the natives to the Island of Mauritius

4．How did the English people change their attitude to the dustmen? (Please answer within 30 words.)

3．Please fill in the blank in the first paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence. (Please answer within 10 words.)

2．Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

We usually find the dustbins clean, ignoring the doers.