Section Ⅲ Developing ideas

單詞填空 用所給詞的適當形式填空。

1.Mr Wang gave his workers a full this morning， but he just spoke to his daughter Emma" "on the phone. （brief）

2.This is such an" "design which aims" "to all ages and social groups. （appeal）

3.People here still have their" "custom， which has its" "in Sichuan. （origin）

4.That driver is" "for the traffic accident. He must know it is his" "to follow the traffic rules strictly all the time. （responsible）

5.The party" "by Alice quickly and everyone in attendance liked the" ". （arrange）

6.I have a preference for serious novels to popular" "， most of which features" "characters. （fiction）

7.Those students tried their best to be always full of" "by doing" "exercise regularly. （energy）

8.Jason was" "from the history lesson this morning and he was punished for repeated" "this term. （absence）

9.The students were bitterly" "at the result of the soccer game， but they tried their best to face such a" ". （disappoint）

10.The waiters" "very politely toward their guests， and the guests really appreciated their" ". （behave）

單句表達 根據括號內提示翻譯句子。

1. 我已經告訴Amy這個答案幾次了，但我不知道她是否能理解。（現在分詞短語作時間狀語）

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2. 我只是希望你擔負起你的責任。（live up to）

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3. 在某種程度上，我們都只記住美好的時光，忘掉不愉快的日子。（to some extent）

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4. 眾所周知，Eric憑借自己的實力成了如此成功的科學家。（in one’s own right）

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5. 據說她要去一所著名的大學讀書了。如果是那樣的話，我真的為她感到自豪。（if so 省略句型）

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提示寫作

選用所給詞匯或句型造句，并組成一段連貫的短文（80詞左右）。

behave disappoint base… on result in live up to with… in mind if so be not… but rather…

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閱讀理解

A

As a successful American businessman and inspiring speaker， Chris Gardner used to struggle with homelessness while raising a son. His autobiography （自傳）， The Pursuit （追尋） of Happyness， was a bestseller that has been translated into over 40 languages. This book was also made into a movie of the same name in 2006， which has won many awards.

In this movie Chris Gardner， a struggling salesman， is running short of money but is full of ambition （雄心）. The film set in San Francisco， Gardner is stuck in a dead-end job. He is an intelligent， successful workman by day， and a helpless father living in a train station at night.

You will be emotionally tired as you see this hard-working， loving father become more and more hopeless. To make matters worse， he is left to raise his five-year-old son alone after Christopher’s mother leaves them to live in New York. All he wants to do is protect his son， but being a single father is difficult， and being broke only makes it worse. The lines are excellent; but even without dialogue， the actor’s expressions in the movie capture the panic of a father， who is afraid of failing and losing his son.

Throughout the movie， you are hoping Gardner will succeed， and his positive attitude in the face of such difficulties is truly inspiring. Even though the movie is based on a true story， some critics （評論員） have said that The Pursuit of Happyness does not reflect reality because Gardner never seems to tire or lose hope in his dream to be successful even when he is homeless. Despite this criticism， the ending leaves you with a warm feeling and the actor does an excellent job of making us believe that anything is possible if you put your mind to it.

1. What can we learn about Chris Gardner from the first paragraph？

A. He is a full-time writer. B. He is an influential person.

C. He once acted in a movie. D. He has won many awards for his book.

2. What words can best describe the life of Gardner in the movie？

A. Struggling but successful. B. Adventurous but organized.

C. Hopeless but romantic. D. Eventful but interesting.

3. What does the last paragraph focus on about the movie？

A. Final ending. B. Memorable scenes. C. Comments. D. Main plot.

4. What can be the best title of the text？

A. Happiness Leads to Success B. The Right to Seek Happiness

C. The Warmth During Cold Moments D. Determination Promises Happiness

B

Avi Bendahan and Shijia Jiang are unlikely cooperators.

Jiang is a classically trained performer of Peking Opera， or Jingju. Bendahan is a local actor， dancer in Canada. He and Jiang together are the core （核心） of Jingju Canada， a theater company that adapts the ancient Chinese art in Montreal and across Canada.

“I really want people in the West to know Peking Opera，” says Jiang. The two are， in a sense， building an audience for the art form in and outside of the city’s Chinese community.

“Peking Opera is very strict， and hard to understand. They don’t speak standard Chinese. No， they speak the Peking Opera dialect （方言），” Meng Rong， the leader of the Confucius Institute in Quebec says.

One of Jingju Canada’s approaches to that problem is to translate.

Their first show was 2011’s Crossroads.

“It was the first time Jingju Canada translated a Chinese opera show into English，” says Bendahan. “And it was the first time we created newish characters.”

Bendahan handles the translations. “The language is very hard for me，” says Jiang， referring to English. Jiang’s strong point in performance is combat—she trained in China as a wudan， a fighting woman.

But change， of course， presents challenges.

“They don’t want to lose the core things from Peking Opera，” says Rong. That’s where Jiang’s other speciality （專長）， besides combat， comes in. She was among the first in China to study the new-for-Jingju program of directing. “We learned new ways of directing，” she says. “We used music， dance， movies， and then put them together with Peking Opera.”

“Crossroads was very successful，” says Rong. “The audiences really loved it. And I think for every culture， if the nice part can be shown to the public， and everybody understands and everybody enjoys it， why don’t we do it？”

5. Why does Jiang work with Bendahan on Jingju Canada？

A. To help Bendahan study Chinese.

B. To develop her friendship with Bendahan.

C. To help foreigners know about Peking Opera.

D. To perform Peking Opera in Chinese communities.

6. What makes Peking Opera less popular according to Rong？

A. Its boring settings. B. Its outdated music. C. Its unique language. D. Its special characters.

7. What did Jiang do when preparing for Crossroads？

A. She used a new method of directing. B. She gave up her directing program.

C. She trained other performers. D. She translated the text.

8. How does Rong feel about Jiang and Bendahan’s work？

A. Shocked. B. Satisfied. C. Doubtful. D. Thankful.

完形填空

About the year 1900， a small， dark-haired boy was often seen waiting outside the back entrance of London theaters. His name was Charlie Chaplin. He looked thin and hungry but his blue eyes were 1 . He was hoping to get work in show business.

When Chaplin couldn’t get a（n） 2 ， he wandered about （徘徊） the city 3 . He found food and shelter whenever he could. Sometimes he was 4 to a home for children who had no 5 . He was cold and 6 there and the children were beaten for the 7 fault.

By the time he was thirty， Chaplin was the greatest， best-known and best-loved 8 in the world. Chaplin’s films have 9 a large audience in various 10 . Even people who don’t understand English can 11 Chaplin’s films because they are mostly 12 . It isn’t what he says that makes us laugh. It depends upon little 13 that mean the same 14 to people all over the world.

Having lived in America for forty years， Chaplin 15 to Switzerland， where he died on Christmas Day， 1977. He once 16 himself as a citizen of the 17 ， rather than of any particular country.

He once wrote， “You have to believe in yourself. That’s the 18 of success. Even when I was in the children’s home， when I was 19 about the streets trying to find enough food to eat to 20 alive， even then I thought of myself as the greatest actor in the world.”

1. A. determined B. designed C. disappointed D. dissatisfied

2. A. offer B. opportunity C. job D. task

3. A. shops B. streets C. factories D. homes

4. A. sent away B. given up C. called for D. carried off

5. A. classmates B. friends C. parents D. teachers

6. A. relaxed B. special C. different D. uncomfortable

7. A. coldest B. highest C. least D. slightest

8. A. comedian B. painter C. director D. artist

9. A. attacked B. attracted C. educated D. helped

10. A. operas B. countries C. theaters D. films

11. A. hear B. know C. enjoy D. value

12. A. silent B. noisy C. colorful D. unique

13. A. voices B. words C. activities D. actions

14. A. expression B. thing C. opinion D. language

15. A. led B. hurried C. moved D. adapted

16. A. described B. instructed C. called D. served

17. A. city B. world C. town D. campus

18. A. truth B. matter C. reason D. secret

19. A. marching B. traveling C. wandering D. running

20. A. come B. feel C. act D. keep