Module 6?Films and TV Programmes

滿分150分，時間120分鐘。

第一部分 聽力（共兩節，滿分30分）

第一節（共5小題;每小題1.5分，滿分7.5分）

聽下面5段對話。每段對話后有一個小題，從題中所給的A、B、C三個選項中選出最佳選項，并標在試卷的相應位置。聽完每段對話后，你都有10秒鐘的時間來回答有關小題和閱讀下一小題。每段對話僅讀一遍。

1. What is the probable relationship between the speakers？

A. Friends. B. Husband and wife.

C. Assistant and customer.

2. How was the basketball match？

A. Exciting. B. Just so-so. C. Boring.

3. What condition is the womans bike in？

A. Its newly-bought. B. Its very old.

C. It looks new.

4. Where is the man going？

A. To his office. B. To a meeting.C. To a supermarket.

5. When did the speakers leave？

A. 2：00. B. 2：30. C. 3：20.

第二節（共15小題;每小題1.5分，滿分22.5分）

聽下面5段對話或獨白。每段對話或獨白后有幾個小題。從題中所給的A、B、C三個選項中選出最佳選項，并標在試卷的相應位置。聽每段對話或獨白前，你將有時間閱讀各個小題，每小題5秒鐘;聽完后，各小題將給出5秒鐘的作答時間。每段對話或獨白讀兩遍。

聽第6段材料，回答第6至8題。

6. When did the woman read the advertisement？

A. This morning. B. Last week.C. Yesterday.

7. What is the woman going to do tomorrow？

A. Go to California. B. Make a phone call.C. Have an interview.

8. In what case will the woman take the job？

A. She is well paid.B. She can come back home regularly.

C. She doesnt need to go to California.

聽第7段材料，回答第9至11題。

9. What happened to Mary yesterday？

A. She failed an exam. B. She got a fever.

C. She couldnt sleep.

10. What did the professor allow Mary to do？

A. Take an exam at home. B. Take an exam later.

C. Take no exam at all.

11. Who needs more aspirin？

A. The mans wife. B. The man.

C. Mary.

聽第8段材料，回答第12至14題。

12. Whats wrong with Mr James？

A. He has a fever. B. He cant sleep. C. He always has a headache.

13. What has caused Mr Jamess problem？

A. He doesnt like his family. B. His business is bad.

C. He works too hard.

14. What will Mr James probably do？

A. Work less. B. Go to hospital. C. Find another job.

聽第9段材料，回答第15至17題。

15. When will the speakers leave for New York？

A. On Thursday evening. B. On Friday evening.

C. On Friday morning.

16. Whos going to drive？

A. The man. B. Both of the speakers. C. The woman.

17. What are the speakers going to do in New York？

A. Visit some places. B. Play games. C. See a famous film.

聽第10段材料，回答第18至20題。

18. Where did the train stop？

A. At the city center station. B. At a small station.

C. At a big place.

19. What was the boy doing then？

A. Helping the woman sell the cakes.

B. Selling something else. C. Walking by.

20. Why did the boy give back five cents to the man？

A. He bought only one cake. B. The woman told him to do so.

C. He wanted to make the man angry.

第二部分 閱讀理解（共兩節，滿分40分）

第一節 閱讀理解（共15小題;每小題2分，滿分30分）

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Movies on TV This Week

Dec. 14 Rosewater

Jon Stewarts strong directorial debut dramatizes the true story of an Iranian-born journalist who risked his life when he returned to Tehran. With Gael García Bernal. （2014） 5：45 pm， Showtime

Dec. 15 The Debt

Helen Mirren， Ciarán Hinds， and Tom Wilkinson co-star in a thriller about Mossad agents harboring a secret about their Nazi-hunting heroics. （2010） 10：05 pm， the Movie Channel

Dec. 16 Oceans 11

Frank Sinatra leads his Rat Pack workmates in the film about a big theft （盜竊） on the Las Vegas Strip. （1960） 8 pm， TCM

Dec. 17 Hoosiers

Gene Hackman， Dennis Hopper， and a bunch of teenagers team up for an unlikely run at a state championship in a sports drama that justifies Indianas love of basketball. （1986） 8 pm， Epix

Dec. 18 Nighthawks

Sylvester Stallone and Billy Dee Williams are New York police officers tasked with taking out a European terrorist. （1981） 10：35 pm， Starz Encore

Dec. 19 The Shape of Water

A voiceless cleaning lady falls in love with a merman （人魚） held inside a government lab in the story that won 2018s Best Picture Oscar. Sally Hawkins and Michael Shannon co-star. （2017） 8 pm， HBO

Dec. 20 Far From the Madding Crowd

Julie Christie plays an heiress loved by three men in a standout adaptation of Thomas Hardys 1874 novel. （1967） 5 pm， TCM

21. What do we know about Rosewater？

A. It stars Helen Mirren.

B. It was produced ten years ago.

C. It is based on a reporters experience.

D. It will be shown on the Movie Channel.

22. Which film is a good choice for people interested in basketball？

A. The Debt. B. Hoosiers.

C. Oceans 11. D. Nighthawks.

23. On which day can you see an Oscar-winning film？

A. Dec. 16. B. Dec. 17.

C. Dec. 18. D. Dec. 19.

B

It was one of those terribly hot days in Baltimore. Needless to say， it was too hot to do anything outside. But it was also scorching （酷熱的） in our apartment. This was 1962， and I would not live in a place with an air conditioner for another ten years. So my brother and I decided to leave the apartment to find someplace indoors. He suggested we could see a movie. It was a brilliant plan.

Movie theaters were one of the few places you could sit all day and—most importantly—sit in air conditioning. In those days， you could buy one ticket and sit through two movies. Then， the theater would show the same two movies again. If you wanted to， you could sit through them twice. Most people did not do that， but the manager at our theater， Mr Bellow did not mind if you did.

That particular day， my brother and I sat through both movies twice， trying to escape the heat. We bought three bags of popcorn and three sodas each. Then， we sat and watched The Music Man followed by The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. Wed already seen the second movie once before. It had been at the theater since January， because Mr Bellow loved anything with John Wayne in it.

We left the theater around 8， just before the evening shows began. But we returned the next day and saw the same two movies again， twice more. And we did it the next day too. Finally， on the fourth day， the heat wave broke.

Still， to this day I can sing half the songs in The Music Man and recite half of John Wayne and Jimmy Stewarts dialogue from The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance！ Those memories are some of the few I have of the heat wave of 1962. Theyre really memories of the screen， not memories of my life.

24. When did the author first live in a place with an air conditioner？

A. In 1952.B. In 1962. C. In 1972.D. In 1982.

25. What does the underlined word “It” in Paragraph 3 refer to？

A. The heat.

B. The theater.

C. The Music Man.

D. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.

26. What can we know about Mr Bellow？

A. He loved children very much.

B. He was a fan of John Wayne.

C. He sold air conditioners.

D. He was a movie star.

27. What can we learn about the author from the last paragraph？

A. He turned out to be a great singer.

B. He enjoyed the heat wave of 1962.

C. His life has been changed by the two movies.

D. His experience at the theater is unforgettable.

C

On October 23， 2018， scientists came across a white octopus with “wings” that looked more like a ghost from outer space than the eight-legged ones we are used to seeing.

The octopus scientific name is Grimpoteuthis. However， thanks to the two ear-like fins on the sides of its body， it is better known as a dumbo octopus， after Disneys animated elephant. The sea creature also has eight legs connected to its body by a web of skin， which are used to increase the pace when faced with natural enemies like sharks. Dumbo octopuses can also move across the seafloor using their tentacles （觸須）.

While the one caught on tape was mostly white， dumbo octopuses， like other octopuses， can change their skin colors in different environments. They， however， do not produce ink often used as a weapon by other octopuses. Instead， some dumbo octopuses have developed something sharp on their tentacles.

There are more than a dozen known species of dumbo octopuses. While most are small， measuring between 8 and 12 inches long， some can reach over 6 feet in length. Though octopuses have huge eyes， they can hardly see. However， although dumbo octopuses live in the deepest and darkest parts of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans， where nothing can be seen， the lack of sight does not affect them. Instead， they have learned to use the suckers （吸盤） on their tentacles to feel their surroundings.

Their deep-sea environment makes these octopuses difficult to spot， which is why any sighting of the unusual creatures is met with such joy. The latest one， caught on camera by Hercules， an unmanned robot， was discovered two miles underwater around the Davidson Seamount， a volcano in California.

28. What can we learn about the white octopus from the text？

A. It looks strange. B. It has no legs.

C. It can fly out of water. D. It is common in the sea.

29. What are dumbo octopuses good at？

A. Taking on different colors.

B. Seeing in darkness with big eyes.

C. Protecting themselves with wings.

D. Fighting against the enemies with ink.

30.What is the main use of the suckers on dumbo octopuses

tentacles？

A. To keep balance. B. To increase speed.

C. To take in necessary food. D. To sense the environment.

31. What can be the best title for the text？

A. The Octopuses Studied by Scientists

B. The Dumbo Octopus Found off California Coast

C. The Elephant-like Dumbo Octopuses Spotted by Robots

D. A New Species Noticed Around the Davidson Seamount

D

Technology is threatening many jobs， but heres one you might not expect： actors. Technology in the entertainment business is on course to create digital actors who compete with live ones.

Theres a scene in the film Blade Runner 2049 thats a miracle of modern technology. Harrison Ford plays a character named Deckard， who has aged normally since 1982s Blade Runner. Deckard reunites with a character named Rachael. In the earlier film， she was played by Sean Young， 58 now. But with the special effects she hadnt aged a bit.

Fink， who has spent a long time doing special effects， says the film has made progress in replacing real actors with digital ones. It really started with extras （臨時演員）. In the film Superman Returns， Superman has to land a plane in a baseball stadium. “We had 200 extras， which was what we needed，” Fink says. “But there were 50，000 people in the baseball stadium—everybody else was digital.” This advance in technology is saving film makers money but it hasnt been good for extras， who make hundreds of dollars a day.

Film makers are getting closer to being able to create full performances of actors who are no longer alive. Darren Hendler， a manager from one filming company， says some big-name actors are preparing for a day when their life as performers will continue after their death. Handler says some performers spend millions digitally preserving themselves in the companys archive （檔案庫）. Hendler and other experts say we are a long way from being able to get a great performance from a dead actor.

But do audiences really want to watch dead actors？ “All of us will leave the world and thats OK.” Fink says. “Let the new actors be seen. Dont hang on to something that no longer exists.”

32. What do we know about the film Blade Runner 2049？

A. It hires two famous but old actors.

B. It tells about the effect of technology.

C. It has won awards for its special effects.

D. It creates a much younger image of an actress.

33. What is Paragraph 3 mainly about？

A. Effects of technology on extras.

B. The increasing demand for extras.

C. Ways of making big scenes in films.

D. Changes film makers are experiencing.

34. What can we learn from Paragraph 4？

A. Actors performance skills are no longer important.

B. Movie stars may be performing even after their death.

C. Special effects make the quality of films improve a lot.

D. Actors will lose their jobs because of advanced technology.

35.What does Fink think of the actors preserving themselves digitally？

A. It is unnecessary. B. It is worthwhile.

C. It is reasonable. D. It is strange.

第二節 閱讀七選五（共5小題;每小題2分，滿分10分）

Why Do We Find It Hard to Say “No”？

As we all know， saying “no” to others is not easy at all. But sometimes we have to learn to say “no”.? Below are common reasons why people find it hard to say “no”：

●? You are a kind soul at heart. You dont want to turn the person away and you want to help when possible， even if it may eat into your time.

● Afraid of being rude. I was brought up under the idea that saying “no”， especially to people who are older， is rude. This thinking is common in Asian culture， where face saving is important.

● Wanting to be agreeable. You dont want to alienate （疏遠） yourself from the group because youre not in agreement. So you agree to others requests.

● Fear of conflict （沖突）.? This might lead to an ugly confrontation. Even if there isnt， there might be disagreement which might lead to bad effects in the future.

●? Perhaps you are worried that saying “no” means closing doors. For example， one of my friends wives was asked to work in another department in her company. Since she liked her team， she didnt want to go. However， she didnt want to say “no” as she felt it would affect her promotion （晉升） chances in the future.

A. Fear of losing chances.

B. Wanting to help others.

C. Wanting to keep a good relationship.

D. I slowly realized I needed to learn to say “no”.

E. It means not making others look bad or lose face.

F.You are afraid the person might be angry if you refuse him/her.

G.To learn to say “no”， we have to first understand whats stopping us from it.

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第三部分 語言知識運用（共兩節，滿分45分）

第一節 完形填空（共20小題;每小題1.5分，滿分30分）

One morning I wasted nearly an hour watching a tiny ant carry a huge feather （羽毛）. Several times， it? several obstacles （障礙物） in its path. And after a momentary pause it would take the necessary longer route. At one ， the ant had to cross a crack （裂縫） about 10 mm wide. After some? thoughts， the ant laid the feather over the crack，? across it and picked up the feather on the other side， then continued on its way. I was? by the cleverness of this ant. It was only a small insect， lacking in size yet? with a brain to reason， explore， discover and overcome. ， this ant， like the other two-legged creatures living on the earth， also shares human .

After some time the ant? reached its destination—a flower bed and a small hole that was the entrance to its? home. It was there that the ant? its match. How could that large feather possibly? such a small hole？ Of course， it couldnt. So the ant， after all this? and using great brightness， overcoming problems all along the way， just gave up the? and went home. The ant had not thought the problem through before it? its journey and in the end the feather was nothing more than a . Isnt our? like that？

We worry about our families; we worry about the? of money; and we worry about all kinds of things. These are all burdens （負擔）—the things we pick up along lifes ， and drag them around the obstacles and over the cracks that life will bring， only to find that at the destination they are? and we cant take them with us.

41. A. passed by B. went up C. came across D. put up

42. A. point B. period C. place D. side

43. A. brave B. tiring C. magic D. short

44. A. walked B. jumped C. climbed D. looked

45. A. frightened B. attracted C. annoyed D. cheered

46. A. equipped B. compared C. supplied D. connected

47. A. Therefore B. However C. Moreover D. Besides

48. A. ideas B. advantages C. failings D. experiences

49. A. probably B. suddenly C. easily D. eventually

50. A. adjustable B. uncovered C. comfortable D. underground

51. A. found B. met C. saved D. chose

52. A. fit B. fix C. suit D. fill

53. A. decision B. pleasure C. trouble D. matter

54. A. insect B. problem C. job D. feather

55. A. made B. continued C. began D. ended

56. A. burden B. lesson C. surprise D. gift

57. A. study B. aim C. dream D. life

58. A. waste B. lack C. worth D. collection

59. A. meaning B. road C. quality D. purpose

60. A. bad B. practical C. useless D. meaningful

第二節 語法填空（共10小題;每小題1.5分，滿分15分）

Whos the? （popular） cartoon character in China right now？ It might be Peppa Pig. Peppa is 6 years old. She wears a red dress. Her favorite thing? （do） is to jump in muddy puddles （泥坑）. She can spend all day doing this. Her favorite toy is a bear? （name） Teddy. Mummy Pig is a beautiful lady and she takes care of her family. Daddy Pig is an architect? is very cheerful and plays with Peppa and George a lot. Peppa often makes fun of his big belly （肚子）. They are? main characters on the British TV show Peppa Pig.

The show has been on TV in 40 languages in more than 180 countries and regions. Its about the everyday lives of the Peppa Pig family members. The show is? （main） for preschoolers. But many older kids and even adults have become fans of the show? well.

“I think? （it） popularity is partly because of it? ?（be） ageless，” Richard Ridings， a voice actor plays Peppas dad， told the Mirror.

The shows stories are simple， but its humor is not too childish. Both kids and adults? （make） to laugh as soon as they see Peppa.

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第四部分 寫作（共兩節，滿分35分）

第一節 短文改錯（共10小題;每小題1分，滿分10分）

Last week I saw a moved movie， which was about a mother and her sons. When the child was young， his mother was such poor that she has to send him to a rich family who had no child. The boy received a good education and twenty years late， he became a doctor. One day he had a patient， an old lady. He didnt care much of the old lady， for he could hardly afford the medical care. One evening， the lady died quietly and on her bed， the doctor found a letter， in that he discovered truth that she was his mother. He had wanted to call her mother， but it was too late.

第二節? 書面表達（滿分25分）

假定你是李華。本周日下午在體育館有一場音樂會，你想邀請外教Jack一同前往。請用英語給他寫一封電子郵件，內容包括：

1.音樂會相關信息;

2.發出邀請;

3.見面時間、地點等。

注意：

1.詞數100左右;

2.可以適當增加細節，以使行文連貫。