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.

 

Do you know why different animals or pests (昆虫) have their special colors? Colors in them seem to be used mainly to protect themselves.

　　Some birds like eating locusts (蝗虫), but birds cannot easily catch them. Why? It is because locusts change their colors together with the change of the colors of crops(庄稼). When crops are green, locusts look green. But as the harvest time comes, locusts change to the same brown color as crops have. Some other pests with different colors from plants are easily found and eaten by others. So they have to hide themselves for lives and appear only at night.

If you study the animal life, you’ll find the main use of coloring is to protect themselves. Bears, lions and other animals move quietly through forests. They cannot be easily seen by hunters (猎人). This is because they have the colors much like the trees.

Have you ever noticed an even stranger act? A kind of fish in the sea can send out a kind of very black liquid (液体)when it faces danger. While the liquid spreads over (散开), its enemies (敌人)cannot find it. And it immediately swims away. So it has lived up to now though it is not strong at all.

1.From the passage we learn that locusts________.

A．are small animals	B．are easily found by birds
C．are dangerous to their enemies	D．change their colors to protect themselves

2.How can pests with different colors from plants keep out of danger?

A．They run away quickly.	B．They have the colors much like their enemies.
C．They hide themselves by day and appear at night.	D．They have to move quietly.

3.Bears and lions can keep safe because _________.

A．they have the colors much like the trees	B．they move quietly
C．they like brown and gray colors	D．they live in forests

4.Why can the kind of fish live up to now?

A．Because it is very and strong.

B．Because the liquid it sends out can help it escape from its enemies.

C．Because the liquid it sends out can kill its enemies.

D．Because it swims faster than any other fish.

5.Which is the best title for this passage?

A．The Change of Colors for Animals and Pests	B．Colors of Different Animals and Pests
C．The Main Use of Colors for Animals and Pests	D．Some Animals and Pests

 

综合知识(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分)
根据所掌握的文化或背景知识，选择正确答案。
【小题1】你上午到办公室找罗老师，老师说：Sit down, please!(请坐)，你应回答：_______

A．Hello, Miss Luo

B．Thank you, Miss Luo.

C．How are you?

D．Good morning!

【小题2】“非典”常用哪组字母表示__________.

A．UK

B．NBA

C．SARS

D．UFO

【小题3】在购买小号衣服时，看衣服标签上是否有________ 字母。

A．S

B．M

C．L

D．X L

【小题4】The colors of the Five—Circled rings of Olympic Game(奥林匹克五环旗) are_____？
A. blue, black, green red and yellow       B white, yellow, green, blue, black.
C. green, red, pink, black, blue.    　　  D. brown, green, black, red, white.
【小题5】 The girl’s name is Alice Green. Her ______is Alice. Her ______name is Green.

A．first, family

B．family, first

C．last, first

D．last, family

根据短文内容，用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，每词限用一次。

Some colors make us feel calm and peaceful. Blue is one of these colors. Wearing blue clothes or sleeping in a blue 　1.　 is good for the mind and body. Blue can 　2.　 mean sadness. Someone who is feeling sad may say “I’m feeling blue.” Some colors make us feel happy. Orange is such a happy color. It can bring you happiness and cheer you up when you are sad. If you feel 　3.　 or weak, please wear colors that make you feel energetic. Green can give you energy, because it 　4.　 new life. And you can also wear red. That makes it easier 　5.　 you to take action.

 

2014年世界青奥会将在中国南京举行，青奥会志愿者招募活动正在进行中。假如你是Li Ming,作为一名中学生，你想推荐自己当青奥会志愿者. 请你写一封推荐信给青奥会组委会。内容如下：

个人介绍	热心有礼，助人为乐，善于交友，擅长英语。（就其中一项举一例说明）
申报条件	目前是校英语俱乐部的主席；去年作为交换留学生（exchange student）在英国学习；……(至少一点)
申报目的	努力帮助来自世界各地的朋友了解南京；……(至少一点)

　要求：

1.词数100个左右。开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

2.所写短文必须包括以上要点，适当发挥并加入过渡词句使短文通顺流畅。

　　3.文中不得出现真实的人名、校名、地名等相关信息。

评分标准：

语言规范，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯，书写工整。

Dear Sir:

I want to be a volunteer of the Youth Olympic Games . I am happy that the Youth Olympic Games will be held in Nanjing .I want to be a volunteer very much.

                                                                                    

                                                                                    

                                                                                    

                                                                                    

                                                                                     

                                                                                    

                                                                                    

                                                                                     

                                                                                    

                                                                              

Yours Sincerely:

Li Ming