1、Member:25.1. In which movie do fish memorize things well?A.Jaws.C. FindingNemo.2. Who helps a whale return to his home?Ariel.B.Jesse.C.D.Steven.3. Who will most likely be interested in the passage?A. A scientist onfarming.B. A director of warmovies.C. A teenager liking oceanlife.D. A farmer hating c
2、ruelanimals. B Many experts say that Billy Wilder changed the history of Americanmovies. He is often called the best movie maker Hollywood has everhad. He was known for making movies that offered sharp socialcomment. Wilder was one of the first directors to dothis. Billy Wilder was born in 1906 in t
3、he former Austro-HungarianEmpire. Billy Wilder started law school in Vienna,Austria. However, he began reporting for a Vienna newspaper aftergraduation. By the 1920s, he was writing movies inGermany. However, the Nazis had risen to power in thenation. Wider was Jewish, and he recognized that he had
4、no future in NaziGermany. In 1933, he went toParis. There he directed a movie for the firsttime. It was called “The Bad Seed”. Then he received word that producers in the United States had accepted one of hisscripts. Billy Wilder left Europe forAmerica. In America he formed a writing team with Charl
5、esBrackett. The two writers created many filmstogether. Wilder and Brackett wrote several successfulmovies. One was the nineteen thirty-nine movie, “Ninotchka”, starring GretaGarbo. Ernst Lubitsch directed thefilm. Wilder always praised this man as a friend and teacher whose humor and expert directi
6、on greatly influenced hisworks. In 1954, Billy Wilder became an independentproducer. The nest year, Wilder s first movie asB. FreeWilly.D. The Little Mermaidan independent filmmaker was a hugesuccess. It was “The Seven Year Itch”. In 1959, Wilder made a funny movie that was verypopular.I.A.L. Diamon
7、d joined Wilder in writing “Some Like It Hot”. By the 1980s, Wilder no longer was considered the most unusual, creative movie-maker inHollywood. In recent years, however, Billy Wilder received many more awards andhonors. Critics praised his gifts to moviemaking. In 1987, the Academy of Motion Pictur
8、e Arts and Sciences gave him the IrvingG. Thalberg MemorialAward. It is the highest award a producer canreceive.4. Which is Wilders first successful movie as an independent filmmaker?Ninotchka.B. The BadSeed.C. Some Like ItHot.D. The Seven YearItch.5. What can we know about Wilder according to the t
9、ext?A. He intended to be a lawyer atfirst.B. He starred a movie for the first time inParis.C. He is the first director to make realisticD. He has been accepted as the most creative movie-maker.6. Why did Wilder leave Germany?A. He was Jewish and couldnt developthere.B. The Nazis were searching for h
10、imeverywhere.C. He was invited to produce his script inAmerica.D. He expected to go to Paris to form a writingteam.7. What would be the best title for the text?A. The Maker of History of American MoviesB. Billy Wilder a Best Movie MakerC. An Autobiography of a DirectorD. The Best Director and Produc
11、er C The sixth mass extinction of life on the Earth is unfolding more quickly than feared, scientists havewarned. More than 30 percent of animals with a backbone fish, birds, amphibians, reptiles and mammals are declining in both range and population, according to the first comprehensiveanalysis of
12、thesetrends. Around a decade ago, experts feared that a new range wipeout of species wasappearing. Today, most agree that it is underway but the new study suggests that the die-out is already growingfast. The loss of biodiversity has recentlyaccelerated. Several species of mammals that were relative
13、ly safe one or two decades ago are now endangered, including cheetahs, lions and giraffes, the studyshowed. There is no mystery as towhy: our own ever-expanding species which has more than doubled in number since 1960 to 7.4 billion is eating, crowding and polluting its planetary cohabitants out ofe
14、xistence. By comparison, there are as few as 20,000 lions left in the wild, less than 7,000 cheetahs, 500 to 1,000 giantpandas. The main drivers of wildlife decline are habitat loss, over-consumption, pollution, other species, disease, as well as hunting in the case of tigers, elephants, rhinos and
15、other large animals prized for their bodyparts. Climate change is thought to become a major threat in the coming decades, with some animals most famously polar bears already in decline due to rising temperatures and changing weatherpatterns.8. What does the underlined word “accelerated” in Paragraph
16、 3 mean?A. Madeup.C. Sped9. Why has the loss of biodiversity sped up?A. The mankinds population is growingfast.B. The air pollution is toosevere.C. There are fewer species in largerareas.D. Man causes wider waterpollution.10. Which is not the main driver of wildlife decline?A. Outsideanimals.B. Loss
17、 of livingC. Variousillnesses.D. Lack ofwater.B. PutD. Used up.11. How is the future of polar bears?Uncertain.Hopeful. D When your child lies to you, ithurts. As parents, it makes us angry and we take itpersonally. We feel like we can never trust our childagain. Why does lying cause such anger, pain
18、 and worry for parents?Parents are understandably very afraid of their children getting hurt and getting into trouble, but they have very little protection against these things as they send their kids out into theword. Kids learn from other kids and from external media, and this makes parents feel u
19、nsafe because they cant control the information and ideas that their children are exposedto. When your kid lies, you start to see him as “sneaky （卑鄙的）”, especially if he continues to lie toyou. You feel that hes going behind yourback. You begin to think that your kids are “bad”. Because, certainly,
20、if lying is bad, liars arebad. Its just thatsimple. Parents need to make their kids responsible forlying. But the mistake parents make is that they start to blame the kid forlying. Its considered immoral tolie. But when you look at your kid like hes a sneak, its a slippery slope （滑坡谬误）that starts wi
21、th “You lie” and ends up at “Youre a bad person”. Kids know lying isforbidden. But they dont see it ashurtful. So a kid will say, “I know its wrong that l eat a sugar snack when Im not supposedto. But who does it hurt?”“I know its wrong that I trade my dried fruit for aTwinkie. But it doesnt really
22、hurtanybody. I can handleit. Whats the big deal?” Thats what the kidsees. So I think that parents have to assume that kids are going to tell them lies, because theyre immature and they dont understand how hurtful these thingsare. Theyre all drawn to excitement, and theyll all have a tendency to dist
23、ort（歪曲）the truth because theyrekids.12. Why do parents worry about their kids and feel unsafe?A. Nobody trusts their kids in the world because oflying.B. Lying always causes their kids to get hurt or get intotrouble.C. Their kids are exposed to outside world without theircontrol.D. They cant protect
24、 their kids from other kids and externalmedia.13. Whats the author s attitude towards parents seeing kids as bad if they lie?Immoral.Negative.Supportive.Different.Doubtful.D. Unsatisfying.14. The underlined word “they” really refers to _.A. parentsB. their childrenC. other kidsD. bad things15. How d
25、o parents react to kids lying?A. Taking no notice of itB. Blaming themimmediately.C. Pretending to be angry and educatethem.D. Accept it but make them responsible forit. 第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Health care is regarded as an important way to improve the health and well-being of peo
