How to Train Your Dragon 2

Cast(演员表): Jay Baruchel (voice)    Cate Blanchett (voice)

Djimon Hounsou (voice)

Language: English

Running time: 1 hour and 45 minutes

Price: Weekdays – ￥55      ￥30 (Children under 10)

Weekends – ￥85     ￥50 (Children under 10)

Movie Review

How to Train Your Dragon 2 is probably one of my favorite films of this year because it was like medicine. It didn’t taste great at first but in the end it made me feel better.

–Mark

Excellent movie！I brought my three kids, 8, 5, and 4 last weekend. They all liked it although the 4-year-old boy was a little scared of the Dragon and the fighting in the movie, not scared enough to want to leave, though.www.21-cn-jy.com

–Brad

I was pleasantly surprised that the story was better than I expected. This is a great movie for the whole family and there is plenty of action in the movie. It shows us the great power of love and friendship.

–Ben

1. From the poster, we can tell that ____________ is spoken in the movie.

A. English   B. Chinese  C. Japanese       D. French

2.Brad and his kids spent ______________ watching the movie on Sunday.

A. ￥120      B. ￥145     C. ￥200         D.￥235

3.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The movie lasts one hour.

B.  Mark enjoyed the movie.

C. Ben found the movie meaningless.

D.  Brad’ s kids were not afraid of the movie.

完形填空

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。

I was the tallest girl in my class when I started school. It made me feel ____ and I believed that I looked very fat and ugly. The small girls were seen as smarter, so they were more popular and got more _____ from teachers. I began to hate myself ____ not being small when I was seven years old, and by adulthood, I felt sad about my appearance.

I didn’t dare to look into the mirror ____ one day my friend pulled me to the mirror to let me see that I had a good figure. It’s true that I was in good shape. Then I did something kind for ____—I bought a beautiful dress for myself. I felt very happy! Happiness wasn’t a part of my life as I was too busy ____ others. I always thought following others could make me more popular. But it’s hard to be happy when you don’t see your own ____.

Each small kindness to me made me ____ myself more. I’d do something loving and feel happier, which made me want to do ____. That focus on myself ____ deep self-love.

Today my self-love is very ____ .It has helped me develop self-confidence and led me to ____ myself from an unhappy school teacher to a popular writer. Now I see myself ____ a very beautiful woman. I have a wonderful body without ____.

Please join me in taking steps to develop self-love. Every little loving act you do for yourself helps you build ____.

1.A. happy      B. bad           C. good         D. hungry

2.A. attention  B. homework      C. stress      D. help

3.A. of        B. to            C. for          D. with

4.A. after      B. unless      C. while        D. until

5.A. her        B. him           C. you          D. myself

6.A. hating     B. pleasing      C. believing    D. fooling com

7.A. clothes    B. fears         C. needs        D. shoesm

8.A. doubt      B. hate         C. worry       D. love

9.A. more      B. less         C. nothing      D. little

10.A. grew into B. divided into C. looked into  D. made into

11.A. weak      B. little       C. strong       D. strange

12.A. teach    B. change      C. enjoy      D. leave

13.A. for       B. as           C. like         D. with

14.A. doing exerciseB. doing homework C. losing weight   D. spending money

15.A. health   B. self-love    C. dream        D. shape

书面表达

假如你是林思，要去澳大利亚Melbourne High留学，需要在当地找一个寄宿家庭（host family）请 按要求写一封100词左右的电子邮件给寄宿家庭中介公司的经理 Mr. Porter.

内容包括：（1）简单介绍自己的个人情况，如语言、爱好等；

（2）提出自己对寄宿家庭的要求（如下表所示）：

注意：（1）邮件需涵盖以上所有要点，可适当发挥；开头和结尾已给出（不计入总词数）；

（2）文中不能出现真实的人名和校名等相关信息。

Dear Mr. Porter,

My name is Lin Si.__________________________________________________

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Looking forward to your early reply.

Best wishes,

Lin Si

任务型阅读

请阅读第1-5题目中关于杭州几个博物馆的简介及即位游客的相关信息，并按求药匹配信息，为他们选择合适的博物馆

（   ）1.Anna is from Great Britain. She has often heard of the amazing fan which is worldwide famous. She hopes to get some more information about it.

（   ）2.Punk is a person who is very interested in history of the West Lake Expo because of its fantastic sights and amazing history stories. He expects to get more details about it.

（   ）3.Edmund is from Italy .He shows great interest in tea, Especially Hangzhou Longjing as well as Chinese traditional building and houses .If it's possible he'd like to have a cup of tea there.

（   ）4.Malcolm is a Junior Middle School student who is in favor of wild lives, especially the ones living on wetlands, their conditions and threats to them that influence their lives.

（   ）5.Alexander is a college Student who shows love to science. He would like to pay a visit to the museum which can inform him a lot about science.

语法填空

You want to know about my staying in America right? Well, to tell you the1._________ (true), it is really an eye-opening experience to study here.

In China, I had English classes five times a week since 2._________(five) grade, However, I didn’t know how different textbook English could be from everyday English3.___________ I came to Hotchkiss School, Conmecticut.

When I first 4. ___________ (study) English ,I was told to say ,“I am fine.” when people say “How are you?” But in the US, I found that people say, “I am good ,” or “I am tired.”

One day, someone greeted me5.___________ “What’s up?” It made me6. ___________ (confuse). I thought for a moment and then smiled because I didn’t   know what to say.

7.___________ then, I have discovered more and more differences between Chinese and US cultures. To my surprise, US girls spend a lot of time in the burning sun to get a tan. However, in China, girls try every possible way to get their skin paler, or “whiter.”

I also surprised by how hard -working US students are, In China, schoolwork is almost everything ,so we study 8. ___________. But here ,a “good” student 9.___________（get）good grades, does a lot for the public and plays sports or music. The kids here are so talented. I am starting to be sorry that I gave up playing the piano at an early age and that I have never thought 10. ___________ sports.

根据文章内容和所给中文提示，在横线上填出单词的正确形式。

Tina and I are good friends. We like 1._____________(聊天) and doing the same things together. For example, we like to go to movies on weekends. Last Sunday, we saw a film that was about how scientists2.________(发现) the dinosaurs. We both like science and history, so we usually visit the3.___________(博物馆), in which we can learn about science and history. But in some ways we are different. She likes playing the 4.__________(钢琴) very much, and she plays it well. Every 5._________(年) she takes part in the school6.__________(音乐) festival and her performance is always 7._________(成功的). However, I’m afraid of performing in front of so many people. I am so 8._________(害羞的) that my face turns red easily. So I like staying at home and 9._________(甚至) living alone. As for food, she likes eating fruit, especially 10._________(梨), but I don’t like fruit or vegetables, I like meat. Do you have a friend who is different you?

用方框所给的单词的适当形式填空。每词限用一次

1.Tim cried because he was knocked ________by another boy.

2.They were still _________where to go when I got there.

3.Peter didn’t go to school because he has a high__________.

4.Put your books in the bookcase rather than on the__________.

5.Look at the ________boy, He is Mr. Wang’s son.

Imagine the situation. You are driving along a desert or on a mountain. You have no idea where you are. You passed the last house two hours ago, Then your car breaks down. It is night and it is cold. You have no mobile phone. What do you do? Well, next time take a GPS with you. This invention may be able to help you .It is a device（装置）which uses satellite（卫星）to find the user’s position（位置）.It can find your position to within 20 meters. A GPS cannot start your car, but at least you will know where you are.

GPS, which means Global Positioning System, is a small radio receiver. It looks like a mobile phone, You can hold it in your hand, or put your pocket. It is sometimes put into a watch or a telephone, We also find GPS devices in cars, planes, or boats. Some of these device have electronic maps, so you know where you are. For example, in a city they can tell you the name of the street.

There are three parts to the Global Positioning System. The first part is the receiver. You can hold it in your hand, or have it fixed into your car, plane, etc. The second part is a group of satellites orbiting the Earth. The receiver contacts at least four of the satellites and calculates（计算）its position. The third part of the system is a network of group stations. They are all over the world. They control the satellites and make sure they are working well.

Some people think that in the future the GPS will be as common as the mobile. They are becoming cheaper and more and more accurate （精确的）. There are also new uses for the GPS. Perhaps they will become like watches. Everyone will have one and you will never be lost again.

1.According to the passage，with the help of GPS, people ___________.

A. can’t be lost in a new city

B. can’t find their way in different countries

C. can learn about the culture of an unknown place

D. can spend the least time getting to another place

2.We can learn from the passage that_____________.

A. there are three parts to the GPS

B. a GPS can’t be put into a watch

C. a GPS can help you start your car

D. the GPS are becoming more and more expensive

3.The underlined word “They” in paragraph 3 means “__________”

A. Receivers    B.GPS devices

C. Satellites   D. Ground stations

4.The passage is mainly about ____________.

A. The history of the GPS

B. The introduction of the GPS

C. The shape of the GPS

D. The three parts of the GPS

A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms, though my teacher emphasized the importance again and again. But soon, the importance of English idioms was shown in an amusing experience.

One day, I happened to meet an Englishman on the road, and soon we began to talk. As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner seemed to be astonished, gently shaking his head, shrugging his shoulders, saying , “You don’t say!” I was puzzled, I thought, perhaps this is not a proper topic. “Well, I’d better change the topic” So I said to him, “Well shall we talk about the Great Wall? By the way, have you ever been there?” “Certainly, everyone back home will laugh at me if I leave China without seeing it. It was magnificent.” He was deep in thought when I began to talk like a tourist guide, “The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world, We are very proud of it.” Soon I was interrupted again by his order “You don’t say!”I couldn’t help asking, “Why do you ask me not to talk about is?” “Well, I didn’t request you to do so,” he answered, greatly surprised .I said , “Didn’t you say you don’t say?” Hearing this, the Englishman laughed into tears .He began to explain, “You don’t say actually means really? It is an expression of surprise .Perhaps you don’t pay attention to English idioms.”

Only then did I know I had made a fool of myself. Since then I have been more careful with idiomatic expressions

1.A year ago, the writer paid no attention to English idioms because ______________.

A. English idioms were too difficult to master

B. He cared little about the teacher’s emphasis

C. His teacher didn’t emphasize the importance

D. He had no interest in English learning

2.The write happened to meet an Englishman____________.

A. some day       B. everyday

C. every day      D. yesterday

3.When the writer first heard “You don’t say!” he thought _____________.

A. the Englishman was not interested in his English studies

B. The Englishman was only interested in the Great Wall

C. He has talked too much

D. He had to stop talking at once

4.The underlined word “amusing” means _________.

A. interesting   B. important   C. terrible    D. lucky

Some people like to collect stamps. Others prefer posters or coins. But Pinky Bhutia is different. She collects children. In her mountain village, in Sikkim, she is known as the wonderful young woman who adopts(领养) all the children she can.

Pinky was 14 when she adopted her first child, a Nepali baby girl, whose parents passed away. Pinky’s parents did not mind. Pinky left school and started working fulltime because she had a baby to feed. Today, she has twelve adopted children, and two sons from her marriage.

Pinky is about 30 years old and she comes from a common family. If you passed her on the street, you wouldn’t give her a second look. She lives in a brown mud-washed(泥刷的) house. There is a vegetable garden outside. Red hens with noisy chicks run all over the garden looking for food.

If you ask her why she provides a home to so many kids, she smiles shyly. But her eyes are serious. “I know what it is to be poor and hungry.” As a child, her only dream was to eat a full meal, and her favourite amusement was watching people with shoes and imagining what it felt like. By adopting poor and homeless children she is making sure that they never feel that hopeless.

Pinky feels very proud when she sees her children happy and bright. Her oldest baby, Sarita Rai, is now 20 years old. Then, there is 19-year-old Nimbhe who came to Pinky because her mother was unable to look after her. She started to work in a government office two years ago. Ten-year-old Bhim and 14-year-old Kumar came to Pinky five years ago, after their father’s death. They started living on a patch of land given by Pinky and grew vegetables for sale.

1.After Pinky adopted her child, she ________.

A. began to raise some chickens

B. didn’t go to school anymore

C. asked her parents foe help

D. left her mountain village

2.By adopting those poor and homeless children, Pinky wants to ________.

A. teach them to grow vegetables

B. offer them good jobs

C. make sure they live in hope

D. help them become rich

3.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Pinky likes collecting coins and posters.

B. Bhim and Kumar are from the same family.

C. People in Pinky’s village have no shoes to wear.

D. Sarita Rai works in a government office.

4. We can infer(推断) from the passage that Pinky is a ________ person.

A. kind     B. strict     C. bright     D. careful