Over three years ago, the French director Jean—Pierre Jeunet and actress Audery

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Over three years ago, the French director Jean—Pierre Jeunet and actress Audery Tautou won people"s hearts with their popular comedy "Amelie". The fairytale-like film tells the story of a single waitress who helps lonely people find love.
Now, the pair are back with another film. "A Very Long Engagement" is a film about World War I. It received 12 nominations（提名）from France"s Cesar Awards last week, including best film, best director and best actress.
Mathilde （Audrey Tautou） is a young woman who becomes disabled after suffering from a disease as a chilD．She lives on a farm with her aunt Benedicte （Chantal Neuwith） and uncle Sylvain （Dominique Pinon）. She receives a regular income from the wealth left to her by parents. She has a fierce and loyal love for Manech （Gaspard Ulliel）, her childhood boyfriend and fiance‘（未婚夫）. He is the son of a lighthouse keeper. When he goes off to the battle fields of World War I, she is lonely, but confident he will return. Early on in the film, five French soldiers are sentenced to death because of intentionally hurting themselves to escape duty. They are pushed into the German"s line of fire. They are made to protect themselves without guns. One of them is Manech. Mathilde firmly believes that Manech is alive. She is determined to find him. She hires a private detective to find out what really happened to those French soldiers. Through letters, photographs, interviews with people who remain alive after the war, and wartime papers, Mathilde discovers how cruel the war is. She also sees the heroism of ordinary men, trying to stay alive on the battle field.
It"s funny, sweet and sometimes sad to watch. Jeunet gives a realistic portrait of warfare. Tautou remains the emotional center of the film. She shines as Mathilde, a woman who suffers one failure after another, but refuses to give up her seek for her lover. It"s a film for all romantic people who are in search of true love.
小题1:How many actors and actresses are mentioned in the passage?
A．2 B．5 C．4 5．6
小题2:The underlined phrase “the pair” refers to ___________.

A．Pierre Jeunet; Audery Tautou	B．Pierre Jeunet; Dominique Pinon
C．Audery Tautou; Chantal Neuwith	D．Audery Tautou; Gaspard Ulliel

小题3:What do we learn about Mathilde from the passage?

A．She becomes disabled after a car accident.

B．She was a strong-willed woman.

C．She lives on a farm with her parents.

D．She has a fierce and loyal love for Gaspard Ulliel.

小题4:According to the passage, why are the soldiers made to protect themselves without guns?

A．Because they are very strong and needn’t call for guns.

B．Because they don’t know how to use guns.

C．Because their guns have been lost.

D．Because they are punished for trying to escape duty.

答案

小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:D

解析

小题1:全文中出现了9个人名：Pierre Jeunet、 Audery Tautou、Chantal Neuwith、
Dominique Pinon、Gaspard Ulliel、Mathilde、Benedicte、Sylvain、Manech，其中Pierre Jeunet是a director，Mathilde、Benedicte、Sylvain、Manech是电影人物的名字。所以选项C是正确答案。）
小题2:根据第一、二段第一句提供的信息可知，选项A是正确答案。）
小题3:根据第三段第一、二句提供的信息可排除A、C。Gaspard Ulliel是扮演她男朋友Manech的演员的名字，所以D也是错误的。）
小题4:根据第三段中的句子“……, five French soldiers are sentenced to death because of intentionally hurting themselves to escape duty. They are pushed into the German"s line of fire. They are made to protect themselves without guns”可知，选项D是正确答案。）

举一反三

We have completed our first month of preschool .Matthew seems to 36 it ,He is catching on to the routine (常规)quite nicely .I didn’t leave him there   37 much the first couple weeks ,I am finding if I’m not there he behaves much better .
In this class a little German boy ,who does not speak 38 ,cried all the time at first and nor cries occasionally.
The Monday of the second week the little fellow just cried and cried .he was sitting  39    Matthew ,I thought Matthew was going to start 40 and join in ,I stood by and watched ,ready for the rescue ,Matthew kept turning around and 41 the boy ,Then he reached his hand back and   42  him on the leg .He was comforting the boy! Later Matthew was playing with a 43 and the boy with blocks (积木),actually he was just standing by and crying .Matthew drove his truck over to the blocks , 44 it ,picked up a few of the blocks and started handing them to  45 .They then together started 46 towers on the table and the little boy 47 crying ,It seemed  48   Matthew knew what the little guy needed ,Here was the little guy ,who can’t speak English ,and Matthew ,who 49  playing together ,like they were best 50   .
One of the days when I stayed ,they were at lunch and Matthew was 51   at the table ,I pulled up a chair to sit next to him ,He smiled ,then grabbed his book bag and took off running  52   the cafeteria ,I took off after him ,When we reached the wall he wall he just giggled (咯咯笑),turned around and looked at me ,I leaned down to his 53  to blame him for leaving his seat and running ,He suddenly 54  a big wet kiss right on my lips and smiled at me ,All I could do was to take his hand and 55  him back to his seat ,Then I turned my back and couldn’t help laughing.
36． A．escape               B．hate            C．enjoy         D．avoid
37． A．out           B．in              C．off       D．alone
38． A．Spanish      B．English      C．Chinese         D．Japanese
39． A．behind     B．beside         C．in front of             D．far from
40． A．over again    B．any moment   C．even harder         D．loudly
41． A．beating            B．shouting at    C．looking at            D．learning from
42． A．helped         B．hit        C．held                D．patted
43． A．toy             B．doll            C．truck                 D．train
44． A．parked     B．repaired      C．broke              D．threw
45． A．me             B．the teacher  C．himself               D．the little boy
46． A．adding       B．climbing         C．building         D．putting
47． A．continued     B．enjoyed        C．began               D．stopped
48． A．where       B．as             C．when                D．as if
49.   A．signs     B．starts               C．teaches         D．learns
50.   A．brothers      B．children     C．friends               D．people
51.   A．standing      B．running       C．sitting                D．jumping
52.   A．across      B．into          C．out of               D．through
53.   A．table         B．level      C．hand            D．back
54.   A．planted       B．received         C．made       D．had
55.   A．force     B．walk            C．push            D．drive

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A businessman walks into a bank in San Francisco and asks for the loan officer. He says he is going to Europe on business for two weeks and needs to borrow $5,000．The bank officer says the bank will need some kind of security for such a loan. So the businessman hands over the keys to a Rolls Royce parked on the street in front of the bank. Everything checks out, and the bank agrees to accept the car as collateral for the loan. An employee drives the Rolls into the bank’s underground garage and parks it there.
Two weeks later, the businessman returns, and repays the $5,000 and the interest, which comes to $15.41.
The loan officer says, “We are very happy to have had your business, and this transaction has worked out very nicely, but we are a little puzzled. While you were away, we checked you out and found that you are a multimillionaire. What puzzles us is that why would you bother to borrow $5,000?”
Laughing, the businessman replies, “Where else in San Francisco can I park my car for two weeks for $15?”
小题1:The businessman walks into the bank with the true purpose of _________.

A．borrowing $5,000	B．meeting the loan officer
C．finding a place to park his car	D．showing how rich he is

小题2:The loan officer is puzzled because _________.

A．he never thought he could meet a multimillionaire in his bank

B．he thinks the businessman is crazy to leave his car in the bank

C．he never thought the businessman could drive a Rolls Royce

D．he thinks $5,000 is so small a sum of money to the businessman

小题3:The underlined word “collateral” in Paragraph 1 most probably means “_________”.

A．security

B．payment

C．reward

D．deal

小题4:Which of the following words can best describe the businessman according to the story?

A．Honest.

B．Clever.

C．Rich.

D．Kind.

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对话填空 (满分10分)

K="Kathy" M=Mum
M: Kathy, have you decided what you’re going to do in the vacation?
K: I need to (76) e______ some money. I’d try to find a job looking after children. What do you think, Mum?
It’s not an easy job and you don’t have any (77)p______ knowledge about (78) c______. Some children could be noisy and(79) b_______ behaved. Do you have any other ideas?
K: Not (80) r________. I don’t think much of the jobs I’ve seen (81) a________ in the newspaper.
(A week later)
M: Kathy, are you still looking for a children job?
K: No, Mum. I (82) m______ to tell you earlier. I’ve been offered a job in the office of the local computer factory and it’s well (83) p______. I’ve decided to take it and will start on Monday.
M: Good! Tell me more (84) d______ about the job.
K: I will work as a (85) s_______, typing letters, answering phone calls and so on.
M: You will find it busy and boring, so you need to be patient and careful.
K: Thank you, Mum. I’ll try my best.

76．_____________
77．_____________
78．_____________
79．_____________
80．_____________
81．_____________
82．____________
83．____________
84．____________
85．____________

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Directions: Read the following passage. Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage and required words limit. Write your answers on your answer sheet.
Few places have as much ancient history and modern knowledge to offer to students as Egypt. In addition to being the site of many of the world’s greatest wonders, Egypt also hosts two major religious institutions. Al-Azhar University is one of the oldest Islamic institutions for higher studies. The head of Al-Azhar is traditionally regarded as the ruler of Sunni Muslims all over the world.
Al-Azhar University had long been known as the most archaic university in the world until 2004, when archaeologists unearthed the site of what was believed to be the first ever ivory tower in the world in the northern seaside city of Alexandria.
What the archaeological team found were 13 lecture halls that could accommodate up to 5,000 students each. These lecture halls are believed to be the University of Alexandria, home of famous Greek scholars like Archimedes and Euclid during the ancient city’s golden era.
This discovery shows that Egypt was a centre for education and learning in the early world civilizations. Its tradition of scholarship was evident even from the Pharaonic Age（法老时代）, which boasted engineering wonders such as the pyramids as well as the scientific wonder of mummies, all of which still exist tod

ay.
During the Islamic Age, Egypt became the regional academic centre for Islamic study and Arabic language and literature. Her popularity with scholars from all over the world grew with the establishment of Al-Azhar University in Cairo, in 975.
Today, it remains a popular destination for international scholars, especially those from the Arab world, Africa, Asia and Europe, but like most modern Egyptian universities, Al-Azhar has been equipped with the latest technologies to cope with new demands from the modern world, and is an ideal place for students from all over the world.
Find in the passage a word closest in meaning to the underlined word “ archaic” .(one word)
Why has Al-Azhar been equipped with the latest technologies?(no more than 9 word)
What is the passage mainly about

?(no more than 6 word)
What is the writer’s purpose of writing this passage?(no more than 9 word)

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根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Before going outside in the morning, many of us check a window thermometer(温度计)for the temperature. This helps us decide what to wear. _______71______ . We want our food to be a certain coldness in the refrigerator. We want it a certain hotness in the oven. If we don’t feel well, we use a thermometer to see if we have a fever. We keep our rooms a certain warmth in the winter and a certain coolness in the summer.
Not all the thermometers use the same system to measure temperature. We use a system called the Fahrenheit scale. But most other countries use the Centigrade scale.
Both systems use the freezing and boiling points of water as their guide._____72_______ .
The most common kind of thermometer is made with mercury(水银)inside a clear glass tube. As mercury (or any other liquid ) becomes hot, it expands. As it gets colder, it contracts(收缩). That is why on hot days the mercury line is high in the glass tube.______73______.
First. Take a clear glass juice bottle that has a cap; fill the bottle with coloured water. Tap a hole in the center of the cap using a hammer and thick nail. Put the cap on the jar. Then stick a plastic straw(吸管) through the nail hole.
_______74____________.
Finally. Place a white card on the outside of the bottle and behind the straw. Now you can see the water lever easily.
_______75___________.
As the temperature goes down, the water will contract, and the lever in the straw will come down. Perhaps you will want to keep a record of the water lever in the straw each morning for a week.

A．We use and depend on thermometers to measure the temperature of many other things in our daily lives.

B．Thermometers measure temperature, by using materials that change in the same way when they are heated or cooled.

C．Now that you know this rule you can make a thermometer of your own that will work.

D．The water will rise in the straw. As the temperature of the air goes up, the water will expand and rise even higher.

E. They label these in different ways. On the Fahrenheit scale water freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 212 degrees. On the Celsius scale water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100degrees.
F. Take wax (you may use an old candle if you have one) and melt some of it right where the straw is struck into the cap to seal(把..粘住) them together.
G. People use thermometers which are made by themselves when travelling around the world.

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