Some years ago, Wang Baoqiang was a nobody to most Chinese people. However, he is now a household film star in China.

Wang is the youngest child of a poor family in Hebei Province. Dreaming of becoming an actor, he left home at the age of 8 to study kung fu at Shaolin Temple, since kung-fu actors seemed to appear most often on the big screen.

At 14, he moved to Beijing for his acting career for the first time, with little money in his pocket. He worked at a construction site（建筑工地）for 20 to 25 yuan per day, and spent his free time standing in front of the Beijing Film Studio, eager to be chosen as temporary（臨時的）actors. This was the hardest time for the boy. His opportunity finally came one day after he went for a role in the movie “Blind Shaft”（盲井）. He was chosen to play a young coal miner. The movie won him three prizes in Thailand, France and Taiwan. But his success didn`t make any difference to his life.

That year, he went home for the Spring Festival. He gave his family his earnings from the movie, around $ 250 and then returned to Beijing with 500 yuan, the same amount he had when he first came to the city. His life was as simple as before.

Thanks to his natural performance in “Blind Shaft”, he was invited by the famous director Feng Xiaogang to act in the film “A World Without Thieves” in 2004, which made him famous immediately. People called him “Shagen”, the name of his character in the movie.

Wang’s work, “Soldiers Sortie” has made him the most popular actor on the Chinese mainland. For the actor, it’s a dream coming true.

“Dreams come true. I think my life is exactly a course of pursuing dreams. No matter how tough one thing is,I can make it as long as I put great effort into it. ”he said.

1.Why does Wang Baoqiang leave for Shaolin Temple at his early age?

A. To study kung fu to build up his strength

B. Because he has seen through the human society

C. To realize his childhood dream to be an actor

D. To make money in support of his family

2.Which of the following films made him win three prizes?

A. A World Without Thieves

B. Soldiers Sortie

C. Plot Against

D. Blind Shaft

3.How much money did he take with him the first time he came to Beijing?

A. ¥500 B. $250 C. ¥50 D. ¥1750

4.What would be the best title for this passage?

A. The Movies about Wang Baoqiang

B. Pursuing Dreams

C. How to Become Famous

D. Overnight Well-known

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The Open Hand — a Universal Sign

When meeting people at the airport, 1. We know that a smile is usually a sign that people feel friendly and happy, but what if we don’t know who the new person is? 2. What if we are meeting a stranger in an unfamiliar place? Sometimes people are dangerous and humans have to find ways to protect themselves. We have to make sure we can trust people we do not know, 3. Showing our hands means that we are not armed（武裝）. In many cultures today, the Western custom of shaking hands is used. We use our right hand, which is usually stronger than the left one. If we are using our hand this way, it cannot be holding a knife or a gun. It shows that we trust the other person, 4.

Not all cultures use the handshake, 5. Japanese people might cover one hand with the other and, depending on whom they are greeting, bow slightly or quite low. In India, Hindu people join their hands in front of their faces and bow their heads. A Muslim will touch his heart, mouth and forehead（前額）to show respect. Even young people in the West now give each other the “high five”, when they slap（拍）each other’s hands high in the air. They are all keeping their hands busy. In almost all cultures, to smile and show an open right hand means, “Welcome, you are safe with me.”

A. What if I want to show that I am bored?

B. most people smile and shake hands with people they meet.

C. and that the other person can trust us.

D. What if we are not introduced by a friend?

E. and people in many Asian cultures do not always touch another person.

F. and we have to show that we are not dangerous.

G. nor are they comfortable in the same way with touching or distance between people.

書面表達

根據(jù)下面提示寫一篇英語短文介紹肢體語言。

?肢體語言的作用（如傳遞信息等）；

?明白在不同文化中肢體語言的重要性；

?你對肢體語言的看法。

注意：1. 詞數(shù)100左右,標題已給出；

2. 可以適當增加細節(jié)，以使內(nèi)容充實、行文連貫；

3. 短文中不能出現(xiàn)與本人相關(guān)的信息。

Body Language

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The law requires equal treatment for all, ________race, sex or origin.

A. regardless of B. instead of

C. in spite of D. thanks to

Is this museum ________ you visited a few days ago?

A. where B. the one C. that D. on which

I feel it is your husband who _________ for the spoiled child.

A. is to blame B. is going to blame

C. is to be blamed D. should blame

It ___________last night, for the ground is wet outside.

A.would be raining B. would have rained

C. must rain D. must have rained

Most shoplifters (商店扒手)agree that the January sales offer wonderful opportunities for the hard-working thief. With the shops so crowded and the staff so busy, it does not require any extraordinary talent to help you to take one or two little things and escape unnoticed. It is known, in the business, as "hoisting".

But the hoisting game is not what it used to be. Even at the height of the sales, shoplifters today never know if they are being watched by one of those evil little balls（攝像頭）that hang from the ceilings of so many department stores above the most desirable goods.

As if that was not trouble enough for them, they can now be filmed at work and forced to attend a showing of their performance in court.

Selfridges was the first big London store to install videotape equipment to watch its sales floors. In October last year the store won its first court case for shoplifting using an evidence a videotape clearly showing a couple stealing dresses. It was an important test case which encouraged other stores to install similar equipment.

When the balls first make an appearance in shops, it was widely believed that their only function was to frighten shoplifters. Their somewhat ridiculous appearances, the curious holes and red lights going on and off, certainly make the theory believable.

It did not take long, however, for serious shoplifters to start showing suitable respect. Soon after the equipment was in operation at Selfridges, store detective Brian Chadwick was sitting in the control room watching a woman secretly putting bottles of perfume（香水）into her bag.

"As she turned to go," Chadwick recalled, "she suddenly looked up at the 'balls' and stopped. She could not possibly have seen that the camera was trained on her because it is completely hidden, but she must have had a feeling that I was looking at her."

"For a moment she paused, but then she returned to counter and started putting everything back. When she had finished, she opened her bag towards the camera to show it was empty and hurried out of the store."

1. January is a good month for shoplifters because ________.

A they don't need to wait for staff to serve them

B they don't need any previous experience as thieves

C there are so many people in the store

D January sales offer wonderful opportunities for them

2.The case last October was important because ________ .

A. the store got the dresses back

B .the equipment was able to frighten shoplifters

C. other shops found out about the equipment

D. the kind of evidence supplied was accepted by court

3.The woman stealing perfume ________.

A. guessed that the detective had seen her

B. was frightened by its shape

C. could see the camera filming

D. knew that the balls were for her

4. The woman's action before leaving the store shows that she ________.

A. was sorry for what she had done

B. was afraid she would be arrested

C. decided she didn't want what she had picked up

D. wanted to prove she had not intended to steal anything

Many years ago, when I was fresh out of school and working in Denver, I was driving to my parents’ home in Missouri for Christmas. I stopped at a gas station about 50 miles from Oklahoma City, where I was planning to stop and visit a friend. While I was standing in line at the cash register (收款臺), I said hello to an older couple who were also paying for gas.

I took off, but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car. I stopped and wondered what I should do. A car pulled up behind me. It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station. They said they would take me to my friend’s. We chatted on the way into the city, and when I got out of the car, the husband gave me his business card.

I wrote him and his wife a thank?you note for helping me. Soon afterward, I received a Christmas present from them. Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holidays meaningful.

Years later, I drove to a meeting in a nearby town in the morning. In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I’d left the lights on all day, and the battery (電池) was dead. Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford dealership—a shop selling cars—was right next door. I walked over and found two salesmen in the showroom.

“Just how friendly is Friendly Ford?” I asked and explained my trouble. They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it. They would accept no payment, so when I got home, I wrote them a note to say thanks. I received a letter back from one of the salesmen. No one had ever taken the time to write him and say thank you, and it meant a lot, he said.

“Thank you” — two powerful words. They’re easy to say and mean so much.

1. What happened when the author found smoke coming out of his car?

A．He had it pulled back to the gas station.

B．The couple sent him a business card.

C．The couple offered to help him.

D．He called his friend for help.

2.The battery of the author’s car was dead because ________.

A．something went wrong with the lights

B．the meeting lasted a whole day

C．he forgot to turn off the lights

D．he drove too long a distance

3.By telling his own experiences, the author tries to show ________.

A．how to write a thank?you letter

B．how to deal with car problems

C．the kind?heartedness of older people

D．the importance of expressing thanks

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項，選項中有兩項為多余選項。(選 E 涂AB, 選 F 涂CD，選G涂AC)

Being a Volunteer

What can you do to help people? The answer is -- to be a volunteer! 1.

● Help yourself by helping others

When you volunteer to help others, you are helping yourself. 2. Lots of people really enjoy volunteering. Doing volunteer work means one important thing: You make a difference in the world. So where do you start? 3.

● Things to do with family members

Volunteering is a great way to have fun with your family. Talk to your parents, brothers, or sisters and see what they might be interested in. Find something you all agree on. Here are some ideas for things you can do as a family like cleaning up a park and planting trees or flowers in your local community.

● Invent your own opportunity

4. You can make and sell products, and donate the money to charity. Volunteering gives kids a taste of responsibility, Volunteering can also help kids learn important things about themselves — like what kinds of things they’re best at. A volunteer job can even help some kids decide what they want to do when they grow up. 5. Make a plan to start volunteering today!

A. School is a good place to start if you are looking for volunteer ideas. Ask a teacher for ideas.

B. Volunteering means to spend time helping others,

C. If you are upset, doing something can be a great way to calm yourself down,

D. Why not come?

E. So what are you waiting for?

F. Kids can come up with their own ways to raise money or provide needed services,

G. Clean up a school or other public buildings.