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　　Old action heroes don't die; they just make sequels.

　　Action stars include Bruce Willis, 47, continuing to play his role as wisecracking cop John McClane is Die Hard 4, Mel Gibson, 46, hitting the road again in Mad Max 4, Harrison Ford, 60, acting once more in Indiana ]ones 4, and Amold Schwarzengger, 55, making another killing in Terminator 3.

　　Even 56-year-old Sylvester Stallone is said to be working on a script for yet another Rambo sequel.

　　Whether it's a lack of new action stars or simply nostalgia(怀旧的) for the good old days, it's hard to say. However all of them are happily re-playing the roles that helped make them action stars.

　　20th Century Fox is releasing Willis' latest project Man of War. That film was said to be part of the Die Hard series.

　　In the meantime, Willis is also acting a tough guy member in The Whole Ten Years.

　　Gibson, who once said that he was too old for Lethal Weapon (致命武器), recently signed a $ 25-million deal to play his role in Mad Max.

　　Fox has high hopes Gibson is just the man who can bring life to the years-dormant action movies.

　　“There are so few roles that can be called ‘ big screen action heroes, ’ and this is one of them, ”said Hutch Parker, 20th Century Fox's president of production. “This is an event movie, and we know how to market event movies. It's Max the way you want to see him. ”

　　The Indiana Jones sequel was just a matter of timing. Conflicting schedules have kept Ford, producer George Incas and director Steven Spielberg from filming a sequel, which they've been promising as far back as 1993. Finally, the suitable time came, and the Hollywood heavyweights hope to release the sequel July 4, 2005, by which time Ford will be 62.

　　The recently released trailer(预告片) for Terminator 3 : Rise of the Machines features the robotic Schwarzenegger in his signature role, but it also gives plenty of screen time to a grown-up John Connor, played by relative newcomer Nick Stahl.

　　Does this mean the ending of the Terminator? Or will he be back again.

1．The persons who are mentioned in the passage are all ________.

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A．heroes of the United States d America

B．famous film directors

C．well- known action heroes

D．roles of good films

2．Fox thinks highly of ________ and is sure that he can bang back life to action films.

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3．Ford and his partners have to put off filming the Indiana Jones sequel because ________.

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4．The title for this passage is ________.

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A．Does This End of the Terminator

B．Who's the Best Star

C．Old Action Heroes Don't Die

D．Action Heroes for Hire

5．In this passage the word sequel means:

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A．an event that happens as a result of something that happened before

B．something that develops from something else

C．a book, film, play etc, that continues the story d an earlier one

D．a special kind of book for middle-aged people

Do you enjoy seeing the stars twinkling at night ? Or do you love the ocean and sea, diving and racing with lovely dolphins? With heavy burdens on their shoulders, teenagers find it hard to pull out. Even if they are free, they prefer to occupy themselves with computer games or watching TV. How to get children away from screens is a great concern for parents. Now there is some good news for those concerned parents and teachers.

A campaign is being launched to encourage children to surrender 30 minutes of screen time a day to head for the great outdoors.

The newly formed Wild Network – a collaboration of nearly 400 organizations – is attempting to attract youngsters away from television and computer screen and into fields, woods and parks.

Organizers say it is the UK's biggest ever campaign to reconnect children with nature and outdoor play, and claim it could help improve fitness, mental alertness and general well–being.

A documentary film, Project Wild Thing, will herald the launch at more than 50 cinemas across the UK from Friday. It looks at the increasingly fragile link between children and nature.

Members of the network include the National Trust, RSPB, Play England and the NHS sustainable development unit.

Andy Simpson, chairman of the Wild Network, said: "The tragic truth is that kids have lost touch with nature and the outdoors in just one generation. Time spent outdoors is down, roaming ranges have fallen drastically, activity levels are declining and the ability to identify common species has been lost."

Suggestions of how to get more time in nature include collecting conkers(板栗), camping or snail racing, and observing autumn colour on trees.

From January, the network will aim to make suggestions to politicians on how government can do more to get children muddy and bright-eyed.

This is not the first time the message of less screen, more play has been brought up. Children in the 1980s were entreated to do the same by the BBC TV series Why Don't You, which somewhat confusingly called on its viewers to "switch off your TV set, and go do something less boring instead".

1.What is the main purpose of the campaign in UK?

A. To save 30 minutes for watching TV programme each day.

B. To encourage children to play outdoors.

C. To see the documentary film, Project Wild Thing.

D. To teach students how to learn more efficiently in schools.

2.According to the organizers of Wild Network, there will be many advantages from the campaign except _______.

A. improving health conditions

B. keeping touch with nature

C. learning more about wildlife

D. teaching children how to make full use of their spare time

3.The underlined part “ to get children muddy and bright-eyed ” means “_______ ”.

A. to make children covered with mud

B. to urge politicians to do more things for children

C. to encourage children to take part in outdoors activities

D. to help children identify common species

4.Which of the following could be the best title for the passage?

A. A new campaign.                                                          B. Less screen, more play outdoors.

C. A newly formed Wild Network.                                 D. Children get to know wild things.