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.

 

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Scientists have learned a lot about the kinds of people need. They say that there are several kinds of food that people should eat every day, they are: (1) green and yellow vegetables of all kinds; (2) citrus (柑桔) fruits and tomatoes; (3) potatoes and other fruits and vegetables; 94) meat of all kinds, fish and eggs; (5) milk and foods made from milk; (6) bread or cereal (谷类), rice is also in this kind of food; (7) butter, or something like butter.

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People in different countries and different places of the world eat different kinds of things. Foods are cooked and eaten in many different kinds of ways. People in different countries eat at different times of the day. In some places people eat once or twice a day; in other countries people eat three or four times a day. Scientists say that none of the differences is really important. It doesn’t matter whether foods are eaten raw or cooked, canned (罐装的) or frozen (冷冻的). It doesn’t matter if a person eats dinner at 4 o’clock in the afternoon or at eleven o’clock at night. The important thing is what you eat every day.

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There are two problems, then, in feeding the large number of people on the earth. The first is to find some way to feed the world’s population so that no one is hungry. The second is to make sure that people everywhere have the right kinds of food to make them grow to be strong and healthy.

1.According to(依据)the scientists，which of the following groups of food is the healthiest for your lunch？

A. Chicken, apples, cereal and cabbages.

B. Potatoes, carrots, rice and bread.

C. Oranges, bananas, fish and tomatoes.

D. Beef, pork, fish and milk,

2.It is important for people to eat ______.

A. three times a day 　

B. dinner at twelve o'clock

C. cooked food all the time 　

D. something from each of the seven kinds of food every day

3.People in different countries and different places of the world ____ .

A. have the right kinds of food to eat

B. cook their food in the same way

C. have their meals at the same time

D. eat food in different ways

4.Which of the following is not true？

A. People in some places don't have enough to eat.

B. There are too many people in the world.

C. One of the problems is that no one is hungry.

D. The scientists are trying to make people grow to be strong and healthy.

5.If there is Paragraph (段落) 4, what do you think is going to be talked about？

A. When people eat their lunch.

B. What to do with the two problems.

C. How to cook food in different ways.

D. Why people eat different kinds of food.

 

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Do you know Sweden？It l　　　　(1)in the north of Europe. It is the fourth largest country in Europe with an area of 450,000 square kilometers and a p　　　　(2) of about 8.5 million. Over one third of them live in the three largest cities, namely Stockholm, Goteborg and Malmo.
More than half of Sweden is c　　　　 (3) with trees. It is one of the r　　　　(4) countries in the world. About 100 years ago Sweden became industrialized（工业化）. Today less than one third of the people are f 　　　　 (5).
Sweden is the country where the world-famous Nobel Prizes are awarded. Many people who have been to Stockholm, the c　　　　(6) of Sweden, must have visited the places where Nobel Prizes are awarded.
The first language of Sweden is Swedish. English is the first f　　　　(7)language in schools. Many middle-school students can s　　　　(8) two to three languages. Most of the Swedish people, men and women, o　　　　(9) and young, can speak English. So there is no p　　　　(10) speaking with them in English. 

Two magazines recently listed the best cities to live in. Here are two of the cities listed as "the world's best."

　　SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA The city has comfortable weather all year round (15℃ to 26℃). Housing is not very expensive in San Jose. Also, many of the city's older neighborhoods are very beautiful and have small hotels and cafés. Beautiful mountains are around the city. Lots of people go sightseeing there every year. But air pollution is a problem in the city center.

　　HONG KONG, CHINA This lively city-once a small fishing village-is today an international business center. It is an interesting mix of East and West, old and new. Modern tall buildings are next to small temples (庙宇). Popular nightclubs are close to traditional teahouses. Busy people fill the streets at all hours of the day. But outside the city, there are parks for walking or relaxing. Hong Kong is famous for its wonderful native dishes. There's also food from Europe, North America, and other parts of Asia. However, this small city has a large population of nearly seven million! That's why housing is very expensive. Traffic and air pollution are also a problem.

1.Which of the following is NOT mentioned about San Jose?

A．The weather.	B．The mountains.
C．The air.	D．The traffic.

2.What makes Hong Kong the world's best according to this passage?

A．The lively city and the wonderful dishes.

B．The large population and the traffic.

C．The expensive housing.

D．The beautiful temples.

3.The writer thinks housing in Hong Kong is expensive because 　　

A．it is a small fishing village

B．it is a mix of East and West

C．it is a beautiful city

D．there are too many people in the city

4.What do the two cities have in common?

A．They both have beautiful mountains.

B．They both have a large population.

C．Air pollution is a problem in both.

D．They are both crowded.

5.From the passage, we can know that 　　

A．San Jose and Hong Kong are the only two cities of the world's best

B．San Jose has more natural sights than Hong Kong does

C．the weather in both cities is fine

D．San Jose used to be a small fishing village

 

“Where is the university?” This is a question that many visitors to Cambridge ask. But no one can give them a  1  answer, for there is no wall to be found  2the university. The university is the city. You can find classroom buildings,  3 ， museums and offices of the university all over the city. And most of its members are the students and4 of the thirty-one colleges.

　　Cambridge was already a  5  town long before the first students and teachers arrived 800 years ago. It grew up by the river Granta, and the river was once  6  the Cam. A  7  was built over the river as early as 875. So the town got its name “Cambridge”.

　　In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries more and more land was used for college buildings. The town grew much  8  in the nineteenth century after the opening of the railway in 1845. Cambridge became a  9  in 1951 and now it has a population of over 100,000. Many young students in other countries  10  to study at Cambridge. Thousands of people from all over the world come to visit the university town. It has become a famous place all around the world.

1.                A．true           B．clear           C．right     D．real

 

2.                A．around         B．in             C．near     D．by

 

3.                A．cinemas        B．parks           C．zoos D．libraries

 

4.                A．parents         B．farmers         C．workers  D．teachers

 

5.                A．interesting      B．usual           C．developing    D．old

 

6.                A．said            B．called          C．spoken   D．talked

 

7.                A．bridge         B．building         C．station   D．house

 

8.                A．smaller         B．slower          C．faster    D．cleaner

 

9.                A．city            B．college         C．university     D．country

 

10.               A．stop           B．hate           C．hope D．need