55. What will the library do with the money that is raised?
Passage 4
Nobody expected the film to be such a success. The actors and crew of British movies will no longer be discouraged as the losers at Oscar’s awards ceremonies. At the recent 81st Oscar’s ceremony, British actors and movies won no less than 11 awards. The list of Oscar winners is usually dominated（主宰）by American films and actors, but 2009 has seen a more international favor to the ceremony.
British actors and actresses have long awaited such global recognition. Kate Winslet was nominated(提名) six times for her brilliant performance in The Reader for an Oscar before she eventually won the Best Actress award at this year’s ceremony. Slumdog Millionaire lived up to its status as a global success and movie phenomenon. The low-budget movie won eight Oscars, including Best Director and Best Picture. The movie, which documents the life of a young Indian boy after he wins a TV game show, has definitely helped to raise the reputation of the British film industry.
Summarizing the national feeling, British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, issued a statement saying “Britain is showing it has the talent to lead the world.” A spokesman for the UK Film Council agreed with Mr. Brown’s comments but added “many of this year’s movie winners have benefited from national funding and that last night proved that government support for film can deliver success on a global range”.
Addressing the growing passion for British film, Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle has urged people to remain calm and to be realistic after his remarkable Oscar success. “You’ve got to be careful of claiming that this marks the renaissance of the British film industry. It is one film,” he said.
56. What’s the main idea of the passage?
A. Slumdog Millionaire won all the Oscars this year. B. British film made a hit at the 81st Oscar. A. Build more reading rooms. C. Purchase more books.
B. Buy more tables and chairs. D. Help more poor people.
C. Films in Britain get more national funding. D. American films will no longer dominate Oscar.
57. According to the passage we can conclude that ____________.
A. The British are proud of the success of the UK film at the 81st Oscar B. The British actors and actresses have never expected to win Oscars C. British films have never won any Oscars before D. British films become better than American films
58. Which may be a main reason for the success of British films?
A. They are produced at lower budget.
B. Many international film stars participate in the British films. C. The directors made great efforts to modify the films. D. British government is in favor of the film industry.
59. In which column can you most possibly read the passage in a newspaper?
A. Entertainment.
B. Economy.
C. Health.
D.
Politics.
60. We can learn from what Danny Boyle said that ____________.
Passage 5
The Web Way to Learn a Language
The young woman seated next to us at the restaurant had an exotic (异国的) air, her looks and style, we thought, made it likely that she was not American born. But then she spoke in perfect American English, even ending her sentences in a
A. he will never win such a success in the future B. he remain quite calm after such a great success C. his film can represent the British film industry
D. Slumdog Millionaire is only one of his remarkable films
way many young Californians do. As it turns out, however, she wasn't from these parts after all; she was born in Iran and spoke only Persian until her arrival here two years ago. How, we wondered, had she learned English so well?”I used Rosettastone, “she said. The yellow box sold at shops is an example of PC-based language learning, but it certainly isn't the only one.
With the growth of broadband networks, companies have introduced a wide range of Internet-based language learning product, both free and fee-based, that allow students to interact in real time with teachers in other countries, gain access to their lesson plans wherever they are in the world, and communicate with virtual pen pals. Learning a language sometimes seems as difficult as dieting. The solution is to figure out how to stay interested after the novelty wears off. Online language programs have introduced crossword puzzles, interactive videos and other games to reward users for making progress.
How do you choose which program to use? “Sites with human contact work best,” a language professor in Australia said, “The shows the advantage of humans compared to computers.”
One of Rosettastone’s main competitors, Tell Me More (tellmemore.com) believes it has an advantage because its software not only teaches words and phrases, but includes videos showing students how to shape their mouths to create different sounds. The British Broadcasting Corporation (bbc.com) offers varying levels of instruction for 36 languages, with features including audio and video playback and translation. Besides, simpler versions of these programs may be used on smart phones and other digital devices. All these represent a new trends in the web way of learning languages. Make use of one or more of these new programs and you will learn languages more effectively.
61.Which of the following statements is true about the young woman seated next to us at the restaurant?
A. She could speak American English as well as a young Californians. B. Her looks and style showed that she was a native American. C. She was actually from California. D. she could not speak Persian.
62. What are Rosettastone and Tell Me More?
A. They are training courses on smart phones. B. They are network companies.
C. They are branches of the British Broadcasting Corporation. D. They are internet-based language learning products. 63.
Which of the following is NOT true about internet-based language learning
products?
A.
They allow students to interact in real time with teachers all over the world.
B. They are all free.
C. Some of them are fee-based.
D. They allow students and to communicate with a virtual pen pals.
64. What online language programs have been introduced to attract the internet users and help users make progress?
A. Crossword puzzles. B. Interactive videos. C. Other games. D. All of above.
65. According to the language professor in Australia, which program do you choose to use for online learning?
A. Sites that one can interact with each other. B. Sites with human contact work least. C. Sites with games and crossword puzzles. D. Sites with many ads.
Passage 6
College Students Are Seeking Out Plastic Surgery
Surveys show alarming trends among the youth of today, who appear to be extremely eager to（渴望做某事）get under the knife to change their looks. For many young men and women, barely out of their teens, it would appear that plastic surgery has become the panacea (万能药）for their dissatisfaction with their looks.
Also, opposite to （与……不同）popular belief, it is not only the use in American who are lining up at clinics of plastic surgeons to improve their image of themselves. This change has now spread to Korea with students in their 20’s choosing cosmetic and plastic surgery to beautify their looks.
In the United Kingdom, this great lead for cosmetic and plastic surgery is also on the rise among the youth. A British association of plastic surgeons reported that the number of surgical operations has greatly increased. Furthermore, medical tourism in regards to cosmetic surgery is on the rise today in the UK with cosmetic surgery centers and plastic surgery clinics offering discounts and attractive packages.
Glamour and beauty had become the order of the day and today’s use regard pop stars, actors and celebrities(名人）as their role models. It has become a priority for people to have a beautiful face and a beautiful body, in order for them to fit in with social groups, and as a result, students and young people are under a lot of pressure to look good.
Ordinary faces have disappeared from magazines, television and even newspapers and it is only the beautiful pictures of rail thin models, with pouting(撅嘴的)lips and sculpted bodies that appear on billboards, images of these carefully selected beautiful people and the attention being given to looks today have caused many young people to grow up with a sense of inferiority.
It is said（据说）to see the 20-year-olds so eager to carry out dangerous surgeries when they will allow their faces to be cut in an attempt to（试图，尝试） become what they feel is “beautiful”. As kids they are not happy with themselves and when they grow up and go to college and are of age--- they choose plastic surgery a solution to their low self-esteem.
66.According to the passage, the need for cosmetic surgery among the youth is on the rise in these countries EXCEPT____________.
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