(2016·上杭模拟)For many years, people around the world were crazy about a boy with blond hair. And perhaps these times have returned, as a new movie version of classic The Little Prince has been released in many countries. It came out in China on Oct. 16. Now we have an opportunity to look again at what has made this boy so popular with so many people of all ages, all over the world since the novel’s first publication in 1943.
A pilot crashes his plane in the desert. In this terrible situation he meets the Little Prince, who is a strange being from an asteroid(小行星). We learn that the Prince has been on a long journey. He left his home after an unhappy love affair. This love affair wasn't with another of the Prince's kind, but with a beautiful rose. Looking for a way to mend his broken heart, he toured planets looking for wisdom.
He met many different beings, but all were foolish and disappointed the Prince. One was a king who hated other people and lived on a planet with no other people on it. Another was a businessman who, because he could count the stars, thought that he owned them. Nothing that these men had to say to the Prince could end the sadness caused by his unhappy love affair.
Now he is on Earth, still in search of answers. In truth, this is where the story ends for the Prince. He dies in the desert. But because of his great warmth, he tells the pilot a story so that the pilot will not feel hopeless. The Prince tells him that although his body is dying, his soul will return to his asteroid.
But although the story is unhappy in this respect, the generous, self-sacrificing Prince himself sets an example to us. We all know that a great, popular book doesn’t have to be a happy one. Generally, the books that win the hearts of readers are neither simply happy nor simply sad. It will both charm you and make you cry, but you won’t quite understand why.
1.Why did the Little Prince leave his own asteroid earlier in the story?
A. He was curious to explore other planets.
B. He wanted to look for his love who was traveling around.
C. He went traveling to appreciate different types of roses.
D. He was looking for answers to mend his broken heart.
2.What happens to the Little Prince in the end?
A. He keeps a long lasting friendship with the pilot he met on Earth.
B. He dies in the desert on Earth but gives the pilot hope to move on.
C. He finds what he has been looking for and goes home with satisfaction.
D. He keeps on searching for answers on other planets after leaving Earth.
3.How will readers probably describe The Little Prince after watching it in the author’s opinion?
A. Anxious. B. Joyful.
C. Disappointed. D. Bittersweet.
4.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the article?
A. Earth is the first planet that the Little Prince has visited.
B. It took many years for the book The Little Prince to become popular.
C. The Prince was very disappointed in the humans he met.
D. The Prince charms the readers mainly with his lovely personality.
假如你是李华，是华文中学的学生会主席，为了丰富同学们的业余生活，提高同学们的英语水平，学生会组织了一个English club，请你写封邀请信，邀请同学们参加，内容应包括：
1. English club设立的目的
2. English club 要开展的活动
3. 邀请大家参加 English club
注意：开头、结尾已给出；
字数100词左右; auditorium 礼堂
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Yesterday I stepped into a restaurant for lunch. As I was waiting my order to come, I noticed the old man in a wheelchair roll himself over to a table. No one and me seemed to notice him. I got up and go over to his table and asked if that I could get him something to drink. He smiled and said,“Thank you. You are generously. I’d like any orange juice, please.”When I was getting ready to leave, I walked by the old man’s table to saying goodbye. He thanked me again and told me I had made his days, coming over and helping him out. I gave him a hug and told him he had made my day, either.
Humans like to live and work in groups. Language is the “cement(胶合剂)”1.holds these groups together. Language is part of culture. Culture, in this sense, 2. (mean) all those customs, skills, and attitudes that are part of the behavior of a 3. (particularly) group. What you think 4. what you want in life are all affected by the culture of the group in which you 5. ( raise). Groups of people live in different ways. They may have different skills, organizations, and art forms. Their family life may be completely different from yours.
Human beings are inventive animals. They can decide to change their cultures in order to meet various 6.(situation). Of all living things, human beings are the 7.(clever). They can choose 8.(live) in many environments and in a wide variety of ways. Only human beings can choose where and how they want to live and then improve the physical environment to help 9.(they)realize these choices.
Acquiring the wisdom to make wise choices 10. (be)the lasting challenge of being human.
Since my childhood, I always dreamed of becoming a full - time writer. Two years after my graduation, I ______ my job and made up my mind to realize my _______
No one could tell me ______ I would succeed or not. I rented a cold storage room in a building, set up a used desk and ______ to write. I had too many things to write and I had to write because the _______ was full of my heart.
After a year or so, however, I began to doubt myself. I found it _____ to earn my living by selling what I wrote. I can’t remember how many times my novels were _____ during that year. But I _____ to put my dream to the test—even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of _______I believed anyone with a dream must learn to struggle for the _____ .
During the most difficult period of my life, one of my classmates came to see me and tried to _____ me, “Yun, come to our company, and we will _____ you 2,000 yuan a month.” 2,000 yuan was really a big ______ at that time. It would enable me to live _______ As the money were dancing in my _____, something cleared my senses. Hadn’t I dreamed of being a writer A full - time writer.
“Thanks, but no,” I said _______ , “I’m going to stick to writing.”
Again and again, I said to myself, “I will be _______ . People will love my novels.”
Finally my first novel was ______ in 1991. I had the kind of fame and success that few writers ever __________.
Twenty years have passed, but the effect it had on my life has lasted. Now I often ___ the time working in that cold storage room. I will say, “Anyone with a dream, courage and persistence will be successful.”
1.A. attained B. quit C. paused D. seized
2.A. project B. glory C. dream D. liberty
3.A. whether B. what C. that D. when
4.A. gave away B. settled down C. put down D. took over
5.A. principle B. justice C. career D. enthusiasm
6.A. difficult B. Changeable C. permanent D. sceptical
7.A. Adjusted B. attacked C. Registered D. rejected
8.A. pretended B. determined C. waited D. agreed
9.A. anxiety B. prejudice C. failure D. opportunity
10.A. intelligence B. fantasy C. reputation D. goal
11.A. persuade B. donate C. inform D. require
12.A. sponsor B. assist C. pay D. earn
13.A. account B. money C. scale D. fortune
14.A. steadier B. handier C. better D. happier
15.A. hand B. head C. table D. wallet
16.A. doubtfully B. eagerly C. firmly D. consciously
17.A. successful B. lucky C. creative D. confident
18.A. sold B. advocated C. published D. allocated
19.A. experienced B. adopted C. associated D. deposited
20.A. understood B. recalled C. reminded D. assumed
For 26 years, the Chicago International Children’s Film Festival (CICFF) has featured (放映，上演) thoughtful, memorable, meaningful and culturally diverse children's movies. This film festival in 2009 ran from October 22 to November 1 and featured more than 200 films. It is the largest annual film festival in North America and the only Academyqualifying children's film festival in the world. Winners in the short film category go on to compete in the Oscars！The films came from more than 40 countries. More than 25,000 people attended.
TFK Kid Reporter Meghan Pfau was there. “We don't just show kids movies. We ask kids to think about what they are watching,” CICFF Director Nicole Drieske told TFK. “Five minutes before the lights go down we have a talk with everybody. We talk about what's going on in our minds when we are watching a movie,” she explains. “Movies teach us so much. If we're not paying attention to what we are watching, we aren't learning as much as we could.” Viewers vote to give their opinions at the end of each movie. The CICFF staff wants kids to feel like they are an important part of the festival.
Kids can also attend interactive (互动的) workshops led by filmmakers, media professionals and celebrities. And young talent takes part in the CICFF. Elevenyearold Shiropa Purna wrote and directed Our Boat is Our Address，which is featured in the festival. “My dad is a director and he taught me many things，”Shiropa says.
A “children's jury” meets in August to watch more than 100 movies that will appear in the festival. They rate the films based on plot, character, setting, acting and sound. The jury awards more than a dozen prizes. The awards are announced at the festival's Closing Night Award Ceremony.
1.According to the passage, the children's jury ________.
A. announces the awards at the festival's award ceremony
B. awards about twenty prizes
C. rates the films based on their own experience
D. watches more than 100 movies before the festival
2.We can learn from the passage that ________.
A. some of the films were made by kids
B. the films are from more than 200 countries
C. the CICFF in 2009 lasted half a month
D. the CICFF is held every three years
3.It can be inferred(推断) that Shiropa Purna learned a lot from ________.
A. her father B. media professionals
C. viewers D. celebrities
4.What would be the best title of the passage?
A. 100 movies in CICFF
B. A film festival for kids
C. The largest film festival in the world
D. Film festival secrets
