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When we think of Hollywood, we think of movies and famous movie stars. They are part of Hollywood’s history. Today people make movies in other places too. Not all famous movie stars live in Hollywood. But Hollywood is still a very special city in Los Angeles, California.
You can easily see where Hollywood is in Los Angeles. There is a big sign on the hills. It says “HOLLYWOOD”. The white letters are fifty feet tall. You can see the sign from far away. The Hollywood sign is a famous landmark in Los Angeles. Many postcards show this famous Hollywood landmark.
In the hills of Hollywood, there is also the Hollywood Bowl. This is an open-air theatre. It is one of the largest open-air theatres in the world. It has seventeen thousand seats and a very special stage. The stage was designed by the great American architect（建筑师） Frank Lloyd Wright. You can listen to all kinds of concerts at the Hollywood Bowl.Today Hollywood is _______.
| A．a special city in Los Angeles | B．a place where all the movie stars live |
| C．a place where they make all the movies | D．the biggest city in California |
You can see where Hollywood is in Los Angeles because _______.
| A．it is a hill | B．postcards show you |
| C．there is a big sign on the hills | D．local people will tell you |
The Hollywood Bowl is _______.
| A．a place where you see movies | B．one of the largest open-air theatres in the world |
| C．a hill in Hollywood | D．a big sign in Los Angeles |
Which is not mentioned about the Hollywood Bowl?
| A．Seats. | B．Size. | C．Stage. | D．Designer. |
What special things can we see in Hollywood?
A. The Hollywood hills. B. The Hollywood landmark.
C. The Hollywood Bowl. D. Both B and C.
Mark is a waiter. He doesn’t like his job. He has to work in the evenings. He sometimes has to work on weekends. He is always busy. Sometimes he has no time to eat dinner. His job is hard, and it isn’t fun. Mark likes to work, and he likes to meet people. But he doesn’t want to work in a restaurant. He wants to work in a bank. He wants to be a bank clerk.
Lisa is a nurse. She wears a white uniform. She works in a hospital. She helps doctors. She sometimes works at night. Usually she works in the day, and she gets up at six o’clock every morning. Lisa’s job is difficult and busy, but she doesn’t want to do anything else. She loves it.
根据短文内容，判断正（T）误（F）。Mark likes to work in a restaurant.
Mark wants to be a bank clerk.
Mark doesn’t need to work on weekends.
Lisa sometimes works late.
Lisa wants a different kind of job.
My name is Kumiko. I come from Tokyo. I can speak a little English. But I can’t speak Chinese. I usually get up at 6:30 and go to school at 7:30 in the morning. I think art is interesting. I don’t like math. I think it is boring. I want to visit China and Canada.
My name is Mario. I am twelve years old. I go to school at 7:50 and I go home at 4:20. It takes me about 20 minutes to get home. I have lunch at school. I usually have fish, vegetables, and soup for lunch. My favorite subject is music and I can sing English songs. I don’t like P.E. I usually do my homework at 7 o’clock and I go to bed at 10 o’clock.
I am Alice. I am from Canada. I like math and P.E. And I am good at swimming and running. I don’t like biology. I think it’s difficult. I get up at 6:30 and then I run on the playground. My good friend is Sam. He knows Chinese. He likes Chinese food and he can cook Chinese food.
根据短文内容，判断正（T）误（F）。Kumiko can speak English and she thinks math is interesting.
Mario never eats vegetables for lunch at school.
Alice is a Japanese girl and she can swim and run well.
Mario often gets home at about 4:40.
Sam, a friend of Alice, likes Chinese food.
Making a film takes a long time and is very hard work. Writing the story for the film may take many weeks. Filming the story is also called shooting the film.It often takes at least six months. Actors and cameramen work from very early in the morning till late at night. Each scene has to be acted and reacted, filmed and refilmed, until it is just right. Sometimes the same scene may have to be acted twenty or thirty times. The film studio(电影制片厂) is like a large factory, and their door stages are very big indeed. Scenery of all kinds is made in the studio, churches， houses, castles and forests are all built of wood and cardboard（纸板盒）. Seven hundred people work together to make one film. Some of these people are actors and actresses. The director of the film, however, is the most important person in a film studio. He decides how the scenes should be filmed and how the actors should act.
Most people go to see a film because they know the film stars in it. Sometimes the film may be very boring. It’s best to choose a film made by a good director. Some famous directors make their films very real. People feel that they themselves are among the people in the film.
| A．A good director may make a film real. |
| B．People like to see a film when they know the actors and actress in the film. |
| C．When the director is not famous, the film he made is boring. |
| D．We should choose to see a film that is made by a good director |
| A．is made by a director they know |
| B．seems to be real |
| C．takes a long time and a lot of people to make |
| D．has the famous actors and actresses they know. |
| A．it takes time to make a film. |
| B．it is difficult to make them real. |
| C．it is not easy to make them good enough |
| D．several hundred people work together. |
A 导演 B.拍摄 C.制作 D.编剧
| A．Making a film is a very interesting job. |
| B．Making a film is a very tiring job. |
| C．Making a film is a very good job. |
| D．Making a film is a very poor job. |
Michael Jackson was one of the world’s best singers. He was born in the middle west of the city of Gary, Indiana, in 1958. He began singing with his four brothers. They called the group “ The Jackson Five”. The group became very popular after appearing on a television program. In 1970 the group made their first record with the name of I Want You Back. It was very popular. One of their hit records was Never Say Goodbye.
Michael was good at dancing as well as singing, for example, his dance moves and moon walking. He was asked to act in a film in 1978 for the first time, and in the same year he made a record on his own, which sold eight million copies all over the world.
Michael nearly didn’t go out because he was too famous. Once his fans went off in a faint (晕倒) when they saw him at the concert. No one can do it by now. He lived in a large house and kept lots of animals. He never ate meat. He often raised money for charity. This made him win the Guinness World Records(吉尼斯世界纪录)in2006. He died on June 25th,2009. but he would live in our hearts forever.
| A．Three | B．Five | C．Four | D．Six |
| A．Never Say Goodbye. | B．See You,See Me. |
| C．I Want You Back | D．On the World |
| A．抄写 | B．张//份 | C．复制 | D．模仿 |
| A．rock music | B．street dance | C．playing the piano | D．moon walking |
| A．Because he was too famous |
| B．Because he often felt lonely |
| C．Because he had no friends |
| D．Because his company told him to do so. |
| New books this month |
| The Long Night This is David Reilly’s first book. David became a writer after teaching English for several years. Maha is a nurse in northern Australia. She works in a hospital. One day a baby is so ill that Maha has to drive all night to get her to the nearest big city. They have a lot of problems getting there and… |
| Hard Work Hard Work is about Sombat. He works with his father, a carpenter, in Thailand. They work long, hard hours making tables and chairs, but they do not have any money. Then one day a man dressed all in black buys the most beautiful table in the shop… |
| Hospital or Cinema Marcie Jacome, who studies English in London, wrote this story earlier this year. Tina is a young Indian woman whose dream is to become a doctor. She goes to London to study English and medicine, but one day, she meets a man who asks her to go to the USA with him to become a film star…What will Tina do? |
| A．David Reilly | B．Maha | C．Joanna | D．Marcie Jacome |
| A．Australia | B．Thailand | C．India | D．England |
| A．a doctor | B．a film star | C．a writer | D．a student |
| A．Hospital or Cinema | B．Hard Work | C．The Long Night | D．Harry Potter |
| A．an ad.(广告) | B．a story | C．a novel | D．a diary |
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