One of the most well-known directors of our time is Stephen Spielberg. He was born in
Cincinnati on 18 December 1946. His father was an electric engineer and his mother was a
performing pianist. His sister, Anne Spielberg, became a screenwriter who wrote the stories
for many famous films.
Stephen had always wanted to be a director ever since he was a young boy. When he was
just 13 years old, he made a 40-minute film. It won a local competition. Three years later, he
produced a film called Firelight, which made one hundred dollars" profit at the cinema in his
hometown. Many of the ideas from this film were later used for one of his most famous films
called Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
When he was 18 years old, he wanted to go to film school so that he could improve his skills
and become an even better director. Unluckily, he was unsuccessful in getting a place at this
school so he went to a university in California to study English. Even though he had failed to
get into the school he wanted to go to, he didn"t let this stop him following his dream to become
a great director.
Stephen Spielberg has directed many films since his first major film in 1976. He now owns
many different businesses, most of which are involved in the film industry. |
| Year | What happened | | 1946 | 1. Stephen Spielberg _____ _____ in Cincinnati. | | 1959 | 2. Stephen Spielberg made a _____ film and it _____ a local competition. | | 1962 | 3. Stephen Spielberg produced a film called _____, from which many
were later used for Close Encounters of the Third Kind. | | 4. _____ | Though he _____ to get into the film school he wanted to go to, Stephen
Spielberg didn"t give up his dream to become a great director. | | 1976 | 5. Stephen Spielberg _____ his _____ major film. |
1. was born
2. 40-minute; won
3. Firelight; ideas
4. 1964; failed |
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| 完形填空。 | Liu Qian is a magician (魔术师) from Taiwan. For the CCTV Spring Festival Gala (春晚) he put on
two magic shows. They were very 1 . Now everyone is mad about magic. We all want to know 2 a
trick! Liu didn"t go to any magic school. He learned 3 . He worked hard at it. Now he is a great 4 .
When Liu was seven, he saw a coin trick in a big store. At that 5 , Liu decided to learn magic.
Liu practiced hard 6 his skills. Then one day he was able to put on a show for his class.
"I saw the 7 on everyone"s face. It was cool."
Liu still practices hard today. He may spend three years 8 on a new show.
Many people fell in love 9 magic after Liu"s two shows. They"re studying how Liu"s tricks work. I
hear that one boy can do the tricks in Liu"s show. He is a top student in my class. Everyone likes him. I
can"t wait 10 his shows!
Sun Wei from Xi" an loved magic when he was younger. He spends lots of time studying how to play
tricks. Now he could do card tricks really well. | ( )1. A. successful
( )2. A. what to do
( )3. A. for himself
( )4. A. magician
( )5. A. minute
( )6. A. improving
( )7. A. joy
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B. to see | C. terrible
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D. working
D. for
D. for seeing | | 完形填空。 | Maxim Gorky (高尔基) was born in a carpenter"s (木匠) family. When he was five, he 1 his
father. He 2 his childhood in his grandfather"s home. 3 the age of ten, his mother 4 of illness.
His grandfather 5 him look for a job by himself. For ten years, young Gorky 6 about in the street.
He did whatever kinds of jobs he 7 , and he lived such 8 life.
The dog"s life in the ten years made him deeply understand the hardship of the 9 people and
deeply hate the old system (制度). During that time he read all kinds of books which 10 him a lot
of materials for works later on. | ( )1. A. lived with
( )2. A. made
( )3. A. On
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| C. lost
C. lived
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C. had
C. made
C. walked
C. looked after
C. a happy
C. rich
C. helped
| D. learned from
D. spent
D. For
D. had a
D. heard
D. worked
D. wanted
D. an interesting
D. working
D. lent
| | 请阅读以下对五位体育健将的介绍，并选择相应的照片。 | | Resumé (简历) | | 1. | He is a Chinese hurdling athlete and Olympic gold medalist who holds the present world
record in the 110 meter hurdles with a time of 12.88 seconds. He is also the world junior indoor record holder in the 60 meter hurdles with a time of 7.55 seconds. Besides a longer race he also set the world junior indoor record in the 50 meter hurdles with a time of 6.52 seconds. These
records are not officially recognized by the IAAF (国际业余田径联合会). | | 2. | He is a popular professional Chinese basketball player. He plays center for the Houston
Rockets in the National Basketball Association at present. He is the 4th tallest player in NBA
basketball history at a height of 2.30 m. He played well in the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics. | | 3. | She was born in Beijing in 1981. She was ranked No. 1 in the International Table Tennis
Federation rankings in 2005, in both women"s singles and women"s doubles. She took part in
the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and won gold medals in both singles and doubles with
her partner. | | 4. | He is the most popular Chinese diving prince and Olympic champion. He has won two
Olympic golds, three world titles and 15 World Cups in his career, but he took part in too
many commercial (商业的) and social activities after the Athens Games in August, 2004. | | 5. | She is from Zhejiang Province. She won the women"s 50 and 100 meter breaststroke
events at both 2001 and 2003 world championships. She got the 50m title at the Athens
Olympics in 2004, which was China"s first Olympic swimming gold in eight years. | | 完形填空。 | Daniel wakes up in the morning and collects his post. There"s a letter 1 him with a picture of a 2
horse. It"s from a charity, 3 him to give money to help save the animals. At this time the doorbell 4 and
there is an old woman on Daniel"s doorstep. She is asking for money to help old people. When he 5 the TV,
he hears sad music and sees a picture of a weak child 6 is dying of hunger in Africa. He knows those poor
children need money. He is always ready to help those 7 trouble.
In May, Yao Ming, a basketball star, held a TV show in Shanghai and he 8 300,000 to help scientists
with the medical research. "We must do something to help our country at this difficult time," he said.
People, 9 Danial and Yao Ming, feel 10 to help others. | ( )1. A. to
( )2. A. strong
( )3. A. ask
( )4. A. sounds
( )5. A. turns off
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C. where
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| D. about
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D. asked
D. cries
D. turns down
D. who
D. for
D. achieved
D. such like
D. energetic
| | 阅读短文，根据文章的内容选择最佳答案。 | 
Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng, the two astronauts on China"s second manned space
mission, are both selected air force pilots (飞行员), like the first astronaut Yang Liwei.
Fei, 40, is from Kunshan, East China"s Jiangsu Province. He was selected as one of
the five astronaut candidates (候选人) for China"s first manned space flight, Shenzhou V. |
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