Aftershock,a movie about the 1976 Tangshan earthquake,has grossed over 160 million yuan at the Chinese box office since its opening on July 22,the State Administration of Radio Film and Television (SARFT) said Monday.

  The movie earned more than 100 million yuan within three days of its release,breaking the Chinese box office record previously held by The Founding of a Republic.

  Aftershock set its first box office record on its release day when it earned 36. 2 million yuan―the highest box office ever for a local movie on its opening day.

  It is about a mother's threedecade journey leading to an emotional reunion with the daugh?ter she thought she had lost in the earthquake. The Tangshan earthquake left more than 240,000 dead.

  A survey on sina. com,one of China's major news portals,shows nearly half of the 20 ,015 people surveyed said the movie was "very good and surpassed expectations".

About one quarter of those surveyed said the great performances of the movie's cast moved them the most.

  Also there was laughter during the movie's screening,especially when advertisements were inserted into the story line of the movie and given closeup shots.

  Fifteen minutes of the movie's total length of two and a half hours were for these advertise?ments,which have drawn criticism from the media as well as the public.

  In an interview with Xinhua on Monday,Zhang Hongsen,vice director of the SARFT film department said advertisements placed in movies were necessary for film makers to make profits,as piracy poses a threat to their revenues.

  He said a tougher crackdown on piracy was essential to solving the problem of such adver?tisements placed into movies.

(   ) 5. What does the author want to tell us by the first three paragraphs?

   A. The film Aftershock earns lots of money.

   B. Aftershock is a successful film.

   C. Aftershock can match the film The Founding of a Republic.

   D. Aftershock broke the Chinese box office.

(   ) 6. What's the attitude of the audience to Aftershock^

   A. The film isn't good because it's beyond expectations.

   B. The performances of the movie are exciting.

   C. It's amusing because there was laughter in the movie.

   D. It deserves watching because it's moving.

(   ) 7. What's the opinion of the audience about the ads in the film?

   A. It's suitable for it can adjust audience's mood.

   B. It's necessary for film makers to make profits.

   C. It's out of harmony with so good a film.

   D. The time is not long compared with the length of the film.

(   ) 8. We can know about Aftershock from the article EXCEPT that         .

   A. it's based on the 1976 Tangshan earthquake

   B. it deals with the reunion of a mother and her daughter after 30 years

   C. the mother knew that her daughter was alive long before they met

   D. the mother and her daughter are lucky compared to the 240,000 dead

 Many people have seen Harry Potter and The Halfblood Prince since it came out last July. And just like the readers of the Harry Potter books,the theater audience have included children,teenagers,and adults.

  The Halfblood Prince is the sixth Harry Potter movie,and is based on the sixth in the se?ries of seven books written by the author J. K. Rowling. The story of the final book,The Deathly Hallows,is going to be told in not one but two movies,which will come out in 2010 and 2011.

  In some ways,The Halfblood Prince is just like the other stories：Harry is again the hero fighting against the forces of evil,a lot of the action takes place at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry,and there are familiar things such as the game of Quidditch (sort of like soccer,although it is played in the sky and the players ride on broomsticks) .

  One of the differences with this movie is that we see less of the evil wizard Lord Voldemort,but there is still a lot of evil in the story―in fact,most movie critics say The Halfblood Prince feels "darker" than the other movies because you can feel the presence of Voldemort most of the time.

  This is certainly true at the beginning of the movie,when there is an attack on London by Voldemort's followers,the "Death Eaters". Like a few other things in the movie,this was not in the book of The Halfblood Prince,and might therefore be a surprise for many Harry Potter fans.

  Another difference is that the movie spends more time looking at the relationships between the students at Hogwarts. Harry,Ron,Hermione,and the others are now teenagers rather than children―there is even a little romance in the story.

  Daniel Radcliffe,19, Harry Potter in the movie,said he will be "very sad" when the series movies end,but also excited because he will be able to play different roles.

(   ) 1. We can learn from the passage that         .

   A. the focus of the final movie is to be " romance"

   B. Daniel will play different roles in the final movie

   C. There will be eight Harry Potter series of movies in all

   D. J. K. Rowling wrote about an attack on London in the sixth book

(   ) 2. The passage is mainly about         .

   A. the popularity of J. K. Rowling

   B. The Deathly Hallows,the final book

   C. the sixth movie of Harry Potter series

   D. the differences between the sixth movie and the final one

(   ) 3. "The Death Eaters" in Paragraph 5 are         .

   A. part of the evil side   B. heroes against Voldemort's followers

   C. Harry Potter's fans   D. new friends in the Hogwarts School

(   ) 4. What mainly makes the sixth movie of the series different from the others?

   A. The main characters have grown up.

   B. The game of Quidditch can't be seen in it.

   C. The less presence of Voldemort makes viewers feel easier.

   D. Harry Potter develops a friendship with Ron and Hermione.

  Pygmalion was a very famous sculptor in ancient Greece. He loved his work,and would spend hours 1        beautiful ivory statues. One day,he chose a large,beautiful 2       of ivory,and 3       diligently at it,chiseling and hammering until he finished. It was a statue of a beauti?ful lady. Pygmalion 4       the figure,gave it jewels,and named it Galatea ( sleeping love) . Pygmalion went to the temple of Aphrodite (Venus) ，the 5       of love and beauty to pray for a 6       just like the statue in his home.

  When Aphrodite heard him,she went to the 7        of the sculptor to see 8        all the fuss was about. She was 9        when she saw Galatea. She thought it looked a lot like herself,so she brought it to 10       . When the sculptor 11        home,he went straight up to the 12       . As he gazed at it,a change came over it. A faint 13        appeared on its cheeks,a gleam shone from its eyes and its lips opened into a sweet smile. Pygmalion stood 14        when Galatea be?gan to move towards him. She was simple and sweet and alive!Soon the room was ringing with her sliver voice. He found Galatea 15       ,and threw himself at her feet. Galatea 16       down at him. They soon got married,and Pygmalion didn't forget to 17        Aphrodite for his good fortune. He and Galatea brought girls to her altar (祭坛) 18       they lived. Aphrodite blessed them with happiness and love in return.

  The Pygmalion effect (also known as Rosenthal effect) ，19       after the ancient myth of Pygmalion and his statue,is 20       by saying：People tend to behave as you expect they will.

(   ) 1. A. loving   B. drawing   C. using   D. carving

(   ) 2. A. pair   B. handful   C. piece   D. set

(   ) 3. A. made   B. worked   C. put   D. stayed

(   ) 4. A. buried   B. met   C. clothed   D. turned

(   ) 5. A. goddess   B. princess   C. hostess   D. actress

(   ) 6. A. daughter   B. wife   C. son   D. friend

(   ) 7. A. ivory   B. fortune   C. home   D. altar

(   ) 8. A. why   B. which   C. what   D. when

(   ) 9. A. scared   B. bored   C. frightened   D. delighted

(   ) 10. A. life   B. death   C. certainty   D. safety

(   ) 11. A. found   B. stayed   C. arrived   D. returned

(   ) 12. A. statue   B. fortune   C. door   D. window

(   ) 13. A. power   B. dot   C. color   D. line

(   ) 14. A. quiet   B. silent   C. speechless   D. mute

(   ) 15. A. active   B. alive   C. lovely   D. helpful

(   ) 16. A. shouted   B. smiled   C. looked   D. set

(   ) 17. A. pray   B. bless   C. work   D. thank

(   ) 18. A. as long as   B. as far as   C. as soon as   D. as many as

(   ) 19. A. looked   B. used   C. mentioned   D. named

(   ) 20. A. discovered   B. invented   C. created   D. expressed

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 Astronauts' meals have come a long way from the freezedried powders and semiliquid pastes of decades ago：now US scientists want to grow vegetables in minigreenhouses on the moon.

  Scientists say they are looking forward to a time when residents of future lunar or even Mar?tian outposts will be able to dine on fresh vegetables. Paragon Space Development Corporation has unveiled what it called the first step toward growing flowers―and eventually food―on the moon. 

  Paragon,which has partnered with NASA in previous experiments on the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station,calls it a "Lunar Oasis".

  This is a sealed greenhouse that looks like a bell jar encased in a 46 cm triangular aluminum frame. It is designed to safely land a laboratory plant on the lunar surface,and protect it while it grows.

  The miniature greenhouse is to be launched into space by Odyssey Moon Ltd.，a participant in the Google Lunar X Prize. This competition offers $ 20 million to any entrant who can launch,land and operate a rover on the lunar surface.

  Paragon officials say future testing of the " Lunar Oasis" will be driven by Odyssey's flight schedule,which will not happen until 2012 at the earliest.

  When it does lift off the greenhouse will contain the seeds of Brassica,a hardy plant related to Brussels sprouts and cabbage. Because Brassica goes from seed to flower in just 14 days,it can complete its life cycle in a single lunar night.

  "Colonizing the Moon or Mars seems so far away,but it is important that we do this re?search now," Paragon president Jane Poynter said.

  "It takes a long time to get a lot of research,and to get integrated,reliable efficient sys?tems before colonists move in ," she said.

(   ) 5. What can we know from the text?

   A. American astronauts have eaten fresh vegetables on the moon:

   B. Astronauts' meals have been the freezedried powers and semiliquid pastes so far.

   C. The sealed greenhouse looks like a semicircle jar.

   D. It won't take long before colonists move in to get a lot of research.

(   ) 6. The article implies that         .

   A. astronauts can grow flowers in space at present

   B. Paragon and NASA will carry out the test separately

   C. Lunar Oasis is a series of experiments carried out in space

   D. the earliest testing of the Lunar Oasis may be in 2012

(   ) 7. The underlined word "colonists" in the last paragraph probably has the meaning of

   A. plants   B. wild beasts   C. human beings   D. scientists

(   ) 8. The seeds of Brassica will be contained in the greenhouse mainly because         .

   A. their life cycle is much shorter

   B. they are more nutritious than other food

   C. they are related to Brussels sprouts and cabbage

   D. they are very delicious

 We know the famous ones―the Thomas Edisons and the Alexander Graham Bells,but what about the less famous inventors? What about the people who invented the traffic light and the windshield wiper (雨刮器) ? Shouldn't we know who they are?

  Joan McLean thinks so. In fact,McLean,a professor of physics at Mountain University in Range,feels so strongly about this matter that she's developed a course on the topic. In addition to learning "who" invented "what"，McLean also likes her students to learn the answers to the "why" and "how" questions. According to McLean, "When students learn the answers to these questions,they are better prepared to recognize opportunities for inventing and more motivated to give inventing a try,"

  Her students agree. One young man with a patent for an unbreakable umbrella is walking proof of McLean's statement. "If I had not heard the story of the windshield wiper's inven?tion ,"said Tommy Lee,a senior physics major, "I would never have dreamed of turning my bad experience during a rainstorm into something so constructive. " Lee is currently negotiating to sell his patent to an umbrella producer.

  So,just what is the story behind the windshield wiper? Well,Mary Anderson came up with the idea in 1902 after a visit to New York City. The day was cold and stormy,but Anderson still wanted to see the sights,so she jumped aboard a streetcar. Noticing that the driver was struggling to see through the snow covering the windshield,she found herself wondering why there couldn't be a builtin device for cleaning the window. Still wondering about this when she returned home to Birmingham,Alabama,Anderson started drafting out solutions. One of her ideas,a lever (操作杆) on the inside of a vehicle that would control an arm on the outside,became the first windshield wiper.

  Today we benefit from countless inventions and innovations. It's hard to imagine driving without Garrett A. Morgan's traffic light. It's equally impossible to picture a world without Katherine J. Blodgett's innovation that makes glass invisible. Can you picture life without clear windows and eyeglasses?

(   ) 1. By mentioning "traffic light" and " windshield wiper" , the author indicates that countless inventions are         .

   A. beneficial,because their inventors are famous

   B. beneficial,though their inventors are less famous

   C. not useful,because their inventors are less famous

   D. not useful,though their inventors are famous

(   ) 2. Professor Joan McLean's course aims to .

   A. add colour and variety to students' campus life

   B. inform students of the windshield wiper's invention

   C. carry out the requirements by Mountain University

   D. prepare students to try their own inventions

(   ) 3. Tommy Lee's invention of the unbreakable umbrella was         .

   A. not eventually accepted by the umbrella producer

   B. inspired by the story behind the windshield wiper

   C. due to his dream of being caught in a rainstorm

   D. not related to Professor Joan McLean's lectures

(   ) 4. Which of the following can best serve as the title of this passage?

   A. How to Help Students to Sell Their Inventions to Producers?

   B. How to Design a Builtin Device for Cleaning the Window?

   C. Shouldn't We Know Who Invented the Windshield Wiper?

   D. Shouldn't We Develop Invention Courses in Universities?

 Tall people live happier lives than their more vertically challenged peers,according to a new study. It is 1        that most miserable men are almost an inch shorter than average.

  Researchers found that shorter people tended to be more 2        with their lot in life.

  The study interviewed more than 450,000 adults about 3        they viewed their life.

  The volunteers were asked to 4        themselves somewhere on a " life ladder" and asked about their emotions.

  5       the findings,people who were taller were also more likely to be 6        about their life and were more likely to judge themselves as happy. They were also 7        likely to feel a range of 8       emotions including sadness and physical pain,9       they were more likely to experience stress and anger,and 10       they were women,to worry.

  Men who reported that their lives were the " worst possible" were in general more than eight tenths of an inch,or two centimeters,11       than the average height.

  Women who 12        themselves as " on the bottom step" on the life ladder were shorter than the average woman 13        half all inch,or 1. 3 centimeters.

There was also a (n) 14       between height and education,the findings,published in the journal Economics and Human Biology,found.

  Men who did not 15        secondary school were found to be half an inch,or 1. 27 centimeters,shorter than average and more than an inch,or 2. 54 centimeters,shorter than the average height of those who had gone on to 16        from university.

  17      ,there was no such clear link when it came to 18       ,with just small differences in height. The 19       of the report,from Princeton University in New Jersey,conclude that the link between education,income and height mostly explained the link with happiness and life sat?isfaction. The data was 20        from the Galluphealthways Wellbeing Index daily poll of the American population.

(   ) 1. A. known   B. improved   C. invented   D. found

(   ) 2. A. dissatisfied   B. satisfied   C. comfortable   D. relaxed

(   ) 3. A. what   B. how   C. which   D. why

(   ) 4. A. put   B. set   C. place   D. discharge

(   ) 5. A. Thanks to   B. Due to   C. Owing to   D. According to

(   ) 6. A. positive   B. negative   C. pessimistic   D. gloomy

(   ) 7. A. more   B. less   C. much   D. little

(   ) 8. A. positive   B. negative   C. new   D. old

(   ) 9. A. since   B. because   C. so   D. although

(   ) 10. A. whether   B. if   C. because   D. although

(   ) 11. A. shorter   B. higher   C. older   D. younger

(   ) 12. A. looked   B. proved   C. viewed   D. encouraged

(   ) 13. A. in   B. at   C. on   D. by

(   ) 14. A. difference   B. link   C. gap   D. agreement

(   ) 15. A. finish   B. end   C. start   D. begin

(   ) 16. A. study   B. start   C. graduate   D. learn

(   ) 17. A. However   B. But   C. Besides   D. Therefore

(   ) 18. A. women   B. men   C. boys   D. girls

(   ) 19. A. publishers   B. sponsors   C. readers   D. authors

(   ) 20. A. come   B. taken   C. judged   D. reported

10.         ，a crowd seems to gather from nowhere.(time)

每当出现事故，围观者便蜂拥而来。

9.        did we see how badly the plane had been damaged.(only)

我们只是在着陆之后才看到飞机损坏的严重程度。

8. Once built,it needs to be used by the people. And         ，it needs to provide benefits to its owners.(once)

一经制造，就需要为人所用；一经使用，就需要为物主带来好处。