In some western countries, many children do chores (家务) to get pocket money. They usually start to do this when they are ten years old.
School students have to do homework and study for tests.  They don't have much free time on weekdays. They often do chores on weekends.
Young kids only do easy chores. So they don't get much money. But that's enough. Many of them only want to buy candy. And candy is cheap! They often help do the dishes, sweep the floor, or feed the pet cat or dog.
When they get older, they want to buy more and more things. They want things that are more expensive than candy. So they have to work harder! They often help their parents wash the family car, cut the grass, or cook meals.
Some jobs are a good way for kids to learn new things. For example, they can learn how to use a lawnmower ( 割草机) or how to cook. Of course, their parents help them at first.
【小题1】How do many children get pocket money in some Western countries?

A．By studying hard.	B．By doing chores at home.
C．By doing part - time jobs.	D．By asking their parents for it.

【小题2】Mary wants to get more pocket money to buy something expensive. She may _________

A．do the dishes	B．feed the pet cat
C．cook meals	D．sweep the floor

【小题3】Which of the following is not true?

A．Young kids do easy chores because they can get much money from their parents.

B．School students often do chores on Saturdays and Sundays.

C．If kids get older and want something more expensive, they can help wash their family car.

D． Kids can learn how to cook with the help of their parents.

【小题4】The passage mainly tells us how children in some Western countries_________

A．find jobs

B．get pocket money

C．study at school

D．do chores

Ang Lee won the Best Director Oscar for his adventure film Life of Pi at the 85th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California February 24, 2013.

　　Life of Pi shows a young Indian named Pi, who finds the world he knows swept away when his family sells their zoo and sets sail for Canada with a few animals. Only Pi escapes from the storm and floats in a lifeboat with a giant Bengal tiger.

　　“I really want to thank you for believing this story and sharing this unbelievablejourney with me,” Lee said in his speech. The film also won three other Oscars, for best original music, best cinematography(电影艺术) and best visual(视觉) effects. It won more awards than Lincoln and Argo which were also among the hottest nominees.

　　Coming from China's Taiwan, the 58-year-old Lee won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2001 for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and another for Best Director in 2006 for Brokeback Mountain. He is the only person of Asian to win the directing award and one of the rare people who won that award more than once.

In an after-ceremony interview, Lee said he believed Asian films would come to the main stage of the world sooner or later. "I was born in Asia and grew up with Chinese education. It is natural for me to put Asian thinking into Western things." The film, which cost 120 million U.S. dollars, has earned nearly 600 million dollars worldwide. Lee said most of the earnings came from outside China. Lee said he felt warm that he won the award on the day of the Lantern Festival, a Chinese traditional festival on which families get together to solve puzzles on lanterns and eat Tang Yuan. He wished everyone a happy new year of the snake and everybody gets lucky.

1.What kind of film does Life of Pi belong to?

A．Comedies.                             B．Tragedies.

C．Detective films.                         D．Adventure films.

2.So far, how many Oscar directing awards has Ang Lee won?

A．One.                                 B．Two.

C．Three.                                D．Four.

3.How do Chinese people celebrate the Lantern Festival?

A．Families get together and have rice dumplings.

B．Children make lanterns out of big orange pumpkins.

C．People solve puzzles on lanterns and enjoy Tang Yuan.

D．Children go to the display of lanterns and receive red packets.

4.What can we know from the passage?

A．The 85th Academy Awards was held in Hollywood, California this year.

B．Pi was a young American who had an adventure trip with a tiger in India.

C．Lincoln and Argo won more awards than Life of Pi.

D．Asian films have come to the main stage of the world.

5.Which of the following about Life of Pi is true?

A．It was a great success as it won four Oscars.

B．It earned nearly 600 million dollars in China.

C．It describes Pi’s escape from a terrible earthquake.

D．It is the only successful film Ang Lee has ever made.

 

Strong earthquakes hit the east of Japan in the afternoon of March 11, causing several meter-high tsunami(海啸), which killed more than 10,000 people in areas along the coast. Several nuclear plants(核电站) at the coast were broken by the earthquake and tsunami. People living near the plants have been asked to move away. People living within 30 kilometers of the first plant are asked to stay indoors and close all windows.
The breaking of the nuclear plants is causing electricity shortages(电力短缺) in Eastern Japan. As a result, electricity is cut off for 3-hour periods in the area of Tokyo and some other areas during daytime. In order to save electricity, some shops, restaurants and tourist places in the areas are closed for some time every day.  But all major airports and train lines are still open and operating.
For the above reasons, tourists are advised not to visit the eastern areas in the near future. Visits to Western Japan are not affected by the event. People who plan to travel over the coming weeks and months are advised to pay attention to the situation for a few more days before making decisions.
【小题1】 This passage may probably be written by a_     _.

A．scientist

B．traveler

C．story writer

D．news reporter

【小题2】People living near the plants were asked to move away because __

A．there would be more earthquakes and tsunamis

B．several nuclear plants had been broken

C．there were serious electricity shortages

D．their houses were washed away by the tsunami

【小题3】They closed some shops and restaurants for some time every day to __
A. avoid making electricity shortages even worse
B. avoid more people getting together
C, rebuild their broken buildings
D. keep away from nuclear radiation(核辐射)
【小题4】 The word “___” can be used instead of the underlined word “advised” in the last paragraph.

A．found

B．invited

C．told

D．met

【小题5】Which of the following is right?

A．The earthquake happened before the tsunami.

B．The earthquake happened after the tsunami.

C．There was no electricity in Eastern Japan.

D．People were not allowed to visit Western Japan.

Qian Zhongshu was one of the most well-known Chinese __【小题1】__ to the western world. Born on November 21, 1910 in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, he grew up with his uncle, who didn’t have a son.
Qian liked reading books and had a ___【小题2】___ memory（记忆力）. He only needed to read something once before learning it by heart. (【小题3】)He showed his good memory(记忆力) at an early age. When he was a small boy, his uncle often__【小题4】___ him to tea houses. He liked reading story books in the tea houses. When they returned home, he could repeat the stories to his cousins.
Qian went to Tsinghua University in 1929. Although he failed his math test, (【小题5】)he entered the university because he was so good at Chinese and English. In Tsinghua University he met his wife Yang Jiang, who is one year __【小题6】___ than him and a famous writer, too. They married in 1935. （【小题7】）两年以后，他们的女儿钱媛出生了。
Qian died of illness on December 19, 1998. He left many works to the world. His most famous novel, Fortress Besieged（围城）, came out in 1947. It has been translated into（已经被翻译成）more than six foreign languages.
任务一：用下列方框中所给词的适当形式完成文中四空，使其语意正确，逻辑合理。（每词限用一次,每空限填一词）4’

young  take write  surprise

【小题8】________ 【小题9】__________ 【小题10】_________ 【小题11】_________
任务二：将（【小题12】）处划线句子翻译成汉语。2’
____________________________________________________________________-
任务三：将（【小题13】）处划线句子进行同义句转化。2’
he entered the university because he ___ so _____   ______ Chinese and English.
任务四：将（【小题14】）译成英语。
 

—Which do you prefer, Chinese food or Western food?

   —I would rather _______ Chinese food. Let’s have noodles.

  A. to have            B. having           C. had          D. have