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The film “Avatar” has received great popularity around the world. It turned out to be a great success. The film got ＄1 billion in ticket sales in a very short time. The story in the film happens on an alien planet called Pandora where many strange species live. Among the planet’s inhabitants(居民,栖息动物)，the one that has the most similarities with humans is the Na’vi, and it is the struggle between the Ma’vi and human invaders(入侵者) that forms the story of the film.
As to the factors(因素) leading to the film’s success, many think that the entertaining feast(盛宴) for the eyes and the wonderful story shouldn’t be forgotten, but the new language invented especially for the film which provides audiences with a new experience also plays an important part.
In order to increase the truthfulness of an alien race（外星人）, the film’s director James Cameron asked an expert in languages from the University of Southern California to invent a language for the Na’vi. Professor Paul Frommer combined the languages spoken among Indians, Africans and mid-Asians and worked with James Caneron for four years to create the Na’vi language based on the original 30 words that the director had already come up with.
According to Professor Frommer, the most important characteristic of the Na’vi language is that it could be pronounced. “This is an alien language but obviously it has to be spoken by human actors and actresses,” Professor Frommer told the BBC, “it has to sound natural and it should make human beings comfortable when using it.”
The language has a vocabulary of around 1000 words but Progessor Formmer hopes to enlarge the vocabulary in possible follow-ups to the film and in video games. The professor hopes that one day his creation will be as successful as the Klingon alien language from the “Star Trek”films. “There’s a translation of Hamlet into Klingon and it has received great popularity among the audiences,” says Professor Frommer，“if anything like this happens to the Na’vi language, I’d be very happy.”
1. What do we know about“Avatar” from this passage?
A. The story in it is a moving love story.
B. It brings the producer ＄1 billion in total.
C. The story in it happens on an alien planet.
D. It talks about humans and aliens’ friendship.
2. The director of “Avatar” James Cameron had a language invented for the Na’vi to
A. make the film a whole mystery B. make the Na’vi more believable
C. make the Na’vi different from humans D. make the film have specific characteristics
3. Who first created the basic words of the Na’vi language?
A. Paul Frommer. B. An Indian. C. James Cameron D. Hamlet.
4. The important feature of the Na’vi language is that
A. it can be spoken by humans B. it has just 30 original words
C. it has a vocabulary of 1000 words. D. it is like the Klingon alien language
5. We can infer from the passage that
A. James Cameron will produce follow-ups to “Avatar”
B. the Na’vi language is another kind of the Klingon language
C. the director believes the Na’vi language will be popular
D. Paul Frommer hopes to add new words to the Na’vi language
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A．TomTom One 125-GPS Receiver
The TomTom One 125 isn’t the newest or flashiest portable navigation device on the market, but that’s OK. Not everyone needs the latest or greatest. What the One 125 offers is a solid, entry-level GPS for first time buyers or for those looking for the most basic navigation function.
Price: $98.00---$179.99
B. Garmin Nuvi 880
As we’ve come to expect from the Nuvi line, the Garmin Nuvi 880 offers an impressive feature list and solid performance, but it’s the accurate speech recognition that really pushes the Nuvi 880 over the gdge and makes it one of the best GPS we’ve tested to date.
Price :$599.95
C. NA1/4vi 200-270
Tis affordable entry-level personal travel assistant comes with preloaded maps for the continental U. S. Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. For even more mapping options, NA1/vi 250 features preloaded maps for all of North America, while the transatiantic NA1/4vi 270 includes preloaded maps for both continents. Like all nuvi 200-series members, the 200 features an easy-to-use colorful touchscreen and ultra-slim design---perfect for everyday navigation.
Price: $499.00
D. Magellan Maestro 4370
Despite a couple of minor performance issues, the Magellan Maestro 4370 offers convenience through its new OneTouch interface, providing you with quick one-click access to your preferred destinations. The GPS also delivers with features and accurate directions.
Price: $480.00
E. Navigon 7200T
The Navigon 7200T offers an attractive design and plenty of features, including voice address entry, 3D landmark renderings, text‐to‐speech functionality, and integrated Bluetooth．The user interface and maps still aren’t as clean as a Garmin or a TomTom, but performance has improved and address entry by voice can be quite accurate with some training．
Price: $ 149．99—$ 339．95
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The sleek Mio C520 is a good‐value GPS devise, packing in advanced navigation features, a large screen, and other extras for an affordable price．It is even sleek enough that we’d use it as a video player．Our only complaint is that we think you can get a slightly better experience and smoother performance from competing systems．
Price: $ 349．99
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1.Fighting in the commercial circle and getting a great success, Malcolm makes a fortune and buys a luxury car, a land‐based rocket ship which we’d seen only in our dreams, to develop an even brighter future．With the car equipped with computers and video screens, he still wants a super audio‐GPS with high accuracy．
2.Russel is a farmer in a mountainous area who grows hundreds of acres of crops．To transport his goods town timely, he buys a Maserati which runs very fast and first of all, meets the natural conditions．Though the car is of style quality and high technology, he prefers his Maserati to be operated more easily–one click is enough for GPS, creating most advanced road cars in the world．
3.Desmond is a young athlete．Having won a champion in an important international game, he buys a car equipped with the first four‐cam 32‐valve V8 engine offered in a sport‐utility vehicle．Of course, the car is extremely fast and is especially fit for him, but he wants a GPS that brings him not only convenience but also amusement．
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Imagine that you are in school, giving a speech to your class. Now think what it feels like when stammering (口吃) makes it a struggle to communicate your thoughts and feelings to other people.
The King’s Speech, which won the best picture at the Academy Awards in March, 2011, focuses on stammering along with other speech-related problems. The movie tells the story of Britain’s King George VI, who became king after his brother Edward VIII gave up the crown to marry an American woman.
As a result of British actor Colin Firth’s performance, people are starting to realize that stammering can damage a person’s self-confidence and cause him or her to escape from life.
“The serious problem is unseen and unheard,” said Norbert Lieckfeldt, an expert at the British Stammering Association, in an interview with a news reporter.
“Stammering masks your ability,” he said. “It's a serious disability.”
Most stammerers face bullying (欺负) in school, something that is “usually carried over into the workplace”.
George VI’s stammer took away his confidence as a speaker. But Samantha Mesango, a speech coach based in the UK, believes that speech problems are more common than most people realize. “Some simply don’t like the sound of their own voice; others are scared of speaking in public,” she said.
Travis Treats from St．Louis University praised The King’s Speech. He said it shows that “how one’s speech does not mean what one is inside”. He also added that people who stammer need to be heard and our society should recognize that they have a lot to give to the world.
1.The author writes the first 3 paragraphs to .
A. show how harmful stammer is for common people
B. introduce a famous movie winning great awards
C. tell the story of the king who suffers from stammer
D. draw readers’ attention to the problem of stammer
2.We learn from the passage that .
A. stammerers face bullying in school but not in the workplace
B. Edward VIII gave up his crown because he was a stammerer
C. stammerers should be understood and can contribute to the world
D. the sufferings caused by stammer haven’t been found yet
3.According to Norbert Lieckfeldt, ．
A. the voice of stammering people cannot be heard
B. people who stammer do better in work than school
C. there are a lot of things that stammering people can give to us
D. the serious problem of stammering remains unseen and unheard
4.The paragraph that follows the last will probably talk about ．
A. the success the king made by overcoming stammer
B. the medical treatments given to the stammerers
C. doctors’ opinions upon the serious stammer problem
D. how popular the movie The King’s Speech will become
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C
This hotel in the trees is famous in the world. People, who know very little about Kenya, know of Treetops. When King George VI died, Princess Elizabeth was staying on the 
Treetops, and when she came down from there, “She succeeded him as the queen of the country”. Th
is hotel in the middle of the forest shows the pleasure of Africa. When you visit it, you will be sent into the heart of the forest by hotel buses, and then a guide, with a gun to protect you against big game, will go with you to the Treetops. Before and after dinner, for the whole night if you wish, you can sit on the corridor (走廊), watching animals come to the water pool. The earliest hotel Treetops was built round a large tree on the opposite side of th
e water, but that was destroyed by fire and the new hotel Treetops, which is built round several trees, is much bigger.
The dining room at
Treetops is small, and the waiters cannot walk round to serve guests, a clever “railway service” has been invented. Guests take their food as it passes slowly in front of them, along a line in the center of the table.
There are many animals around the Treetops. When you visit them, you can see:
— Animals and their babies are waiting to greet the guests.
— Animals, enjoying the Treetops pool in the daylight.
— A long bodied, long ring tailed very active cat-like animal is a special one coming out at night.
He hunts and eats anything he can overpower, and his teeth and claws can do you harm.
— Some other animals that have a thick coating of fur to keep them warm in the cold forest nights.
— Many buffaloes (水牛) coming near to the Treetops for water and salt during the day or night.
【小题1】 In Paragraph One, “succeeded” means ______.
| A．did what she was trying to do | B．gained her purpose |
| C．got a position on the death of the King | D．completed a difficult task |
| A．It comes for food only at night. | B．It lives in the trees at Treetops. |
| C．Its teeth and claws can do people harm. | D．It can catch any other animal in the forest. |
| A．it can show the pleasure of Americans living in Africa |
| B．Princess Elizabeth got to the crown when coming down from there |
| C．they are built round several trees to provide adventures for visitors |
| D．there are many animals that can be trained and become lovely pets |
| A．should not play games on the Treetops | B．could enjoy their dinner as usual |
| C．could not sit on the corridor at night | D．should keep off the cat-like animals |
This hotel in the trees is famous in the world. Peop1e who know very little about Kenya, know of Treetops. When King George VI died, Princess Elizabeth was staying on the Treetops, and when she came down from there, “She succeeded him as the queen of the country”. This hotel in the middle of the forest shows the pleasure of Africa. When you visit it, you will be sent into the heart of the forest by hotel buses, and then a guide, with a gun to protect you against big game, will go with you to the Treetops. Before and after dinner, for the whole night if you wish, you can sit on the corridor(走廊), watching animals come to the water pool. The earliest hotel Treetops was built round a large tree on the opposite side of the water, but that was destroyed by fire and the new hotel Treetops, which is built round several trees, is much bigger.
The dining room at Treetops is small, and the waiters cannot walk round to serve guests, a clever “railway service” has been invented. Guests take their food as it passes slowly in front of them, along a line in the center of the table.
There are many animals around the Treetops. When you visit them, you can see:
---Animals and their babies are waiting to greet the guests.
---Animals, enjoying the Treetops pool in the daylight.
---A long bodied, long ring tailed very active cat-like animal is a special one coming out at night. He hunts and eats anything he can overpower and is very destructive. He lives in the trees at Treetops .He comes for his food every evening. Do not get too near to him, as his teeth and claws（爪）can do you harm. These animals can be trained and become lovely pets.
---Some other animals who have a thick coating of fur to keep them warm in the cold forest nights.
---Many buffaloes（水牛）coming to the Treetops for water and salt during the day or night.
1.“She succeeded him as the queen of the country” In this sentence, “succeeded” means_______.
A．did what she was trying to do B．gained her purpose
C．got a position on the death of the King D．completed an easy task
2.According to the passage, “railway service” actually refers to __________.
A．the service provided at the railway station
B．the supply of food on the train
C．the service provided along the railway
D．the supply of food along a moving line
3.Which of the following statements about “the cat-like animal”, described in the passage, is NOT true?
A．It comes for food only at night.
B．It lives in the trees at Treetops.
C．Its teeth and claws can do people harm.
D．It can catch any other animal in the forest.
4.According to the passage. Treetops is famous in the world because ________.
A．it shows the pleasure of America
B．Princess Elizabeth got to the crown when coming down from there
C．it is built round several trees
D．there are many animals that can be trained and become lovely pets
5.We can learn from the passage, that the guests＿＿＿＿．
A．should not play games on the Treetops
B．could not sit on the corridor at night
C．could enjoy their dinner in the dining room
D．should keep off the cat-like animals
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