Miss Liu wanted to encourage ______________students to read famous books, so she showed them a humorous story.
A.her B.my C.their D.his
After making the ______________, the two businessmen shook hands.
A.trouble B.mistake C.deal D.mess
When people refer to Britain, they often use different names such as Britain, Great Britain, England, the Britain Isles, the United Kingdom or the UK. Do they m1. the same thing?
Strictly speaking, they are all geographical names. The British Isles are made up of two large islands and h2. of small ones. The two large islands are Great Britain and Ireland. Great Britain is the larger of these two islands. It forms the United Kingdom with Northern Ireland — the northern p3. of Ireland. So the o4. name of the UK is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
There are three political divisions on the island of Great Britain: England, S5. and Wales. England is the largest, the most popular and g6. speaking, it's the richest section. So people tend to use "England" and "English" when they meet the people from Britain. This-sometimes makes the Scots or the Welsh u7..
They don't regard themselves as English and they have a culture and even a l8. of their own.
Britain has been one of the most important c9. in the world. About a hundred years ago, Britain ruled an empire (帝国) that had one fourth of the world's people and one fourth of the world's l10. area.
As a child - and as an adult as well - Bill Gates was untidy. His mother made weekly clothing plans to help him. On Monday he might go to school in blue, on Tuesday in green, on W1. in brown, on Thursday in black, and so on. Bill Gates hated wasting time, both at work and during his spare time. Every year, he and his friends would go to summer camp. Bill liked soccer and other sports. One of his friends at summer camp said, "We all know that Bill is c2. than us. Even when he was nine or ten years old, he talked like an adult and could express himself in ways that none of us understood."
Bill Gates did also better in math and science. His parents sent him to an all-boys' school for top students. In 1968, he started to have computer lessons at school. Bill and his best friends, Kent Evans and Paul Allen, got interested in it i3.. Whenever they had free time, they would run over to the computer room to use the computers.
At the age of 14, Bill Gates started to write short programs for the computer. Why was Bill so good a4. programming? One of the reasons is because it was about math. What's more, Bill and Paul enjoyed reading m5. like 'Popular Electronics', and Bill also read business newspapers. At last, the two men made up their mind to set themselves up as a company.
Cartoon films have very few limits (限制). If you can draw something, you can make it _______ on the cinema screen. The use of new ideas and modem computer programs means that cartoons are becoming exciting again for people of _______ages.
By 1970, the cinema world had decided that cartoons were _______ for children.
But soon after that, one of two film makers had some new ideas. They proved that it was _______ to make films which both adults and children could enjoy.
However, not every cartoon film was successful. The Black Cauldron, for example, failed, mainly because it was too _______ for children and too childish for adults. Film makers learnt from this mistake, and then cartoons were welcomed by both children and adults. The film companies began to make large amounts of money again.
Choose the best answer
1.A.arrive B.stay C.stand D.move
2.A.some B.either C.all D.both
3.A.never B.only C.still D.already
4.A.possible B.difficult C.complete D.interesting
5.A.interesting B.popular C.relaxing D.scary
Who was the man?
The big red American car was too wide for an English country road. When Jack saw it coming toward him, he stopped his own car at the side of the road to make room for it to pass. The American car went slowly past, so close that he could see the driver's face quite clearly.
‘Where have I seen that face before?’ he thought, ‘Wait a minute! I remember now. It was in the newspaper!’ He took out the newspaper from his bag, turned quickly to the middle page. There was a picture of the face in it. Yes, it had a large mouth and small ears, and his eyes were behind dark glasses.
‘Wanted by the police,’ read by Jack. ‘The City Bank will give a lot of money to anyone who helps the police to catch this man.’
‘Call the police at once,’ he said to himself. But a few minutes later, he was sad. ‘This man was caught this morning,’ answered the police.
Answer the questions
1.In which country did the story happen?
It happened _____________________________.
2.Why did Jack stop his car?
He stopped his car to _____________________________________.
3.What did Jack do after he read the newspaper again?
He _____________________________________.
4.What could he/she get if someone helped the police to catch the man wanted in the newspaper?
He/ She could get ____________________ if someone helped the police to catch the man wanted in the newspaper.
5.The man in the big red American car was wanted by the police, wasn't he?
_________________, _____________________.
