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Britain's Buckingham Palace has opened its doors, giving tourists the chance to visit the inside of Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ's official residence(住所).Each year when the Queen is on holiday in Scotland，thousands of visitors go to the palace in the heart of London to admire the impressive beauty of the State Rooms and the Royal Collection Exhibition.

This year，tourists get to see the largest-ever show of the Queen's evening dresses and personal jewellery.To mark her 80th birthday in April,80 dresses dating from the 1940s to the present day are on show，filling the Ball Supper Room with bright colours.

The brightly shining dresses，made for occasions such as banquets，state visits and family events，give_an_insight_into how the changing fashions have influenced on Queen Elizabeth's style through the years.They include a silver full-length dress decorated with sequins，beads，pearls and artificial diamonds.It was worn during the 1972 state visit to France.

Among the priceless jewellery on display are private gifts to the Queen from members of her family，and famous pieces such as the Cambridge Emerald Necklace, made for Queen Mary's coronation(加冕)in 1911.

Queen Elizabeth and members of the royal family are on a cruise around the Western Isles of Scotland before heading to Balmoral Castle，which was purchased by Queen Victoria and remains the royals' favourite British place for summer holidays.

1. The author writes the passage mainly to ________.

A. introduce the Royal Collection Exhibition

B. stress the importance of the famous palace

C. persuade you to visit the beautiful palace

D. tell you the story of the royal family

2. The tourists can see the following in Buckingham Palace this year EXCEPT ________.

A. the beauty of the State Rooms

B. the Royal Collection Exhibition

C. Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ

D. the Queen's evening dresses

3. The underlined part “give an insight into”in Paragraph 3 can be best replaced by “________”.

A. widen B. remove C. reflect D. weaken

4. What has a great effect on Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ's dressing style?

A. The changing popular styles.

B. The private gifts.

C. The visitors' different opinions.

D. State requirements.

5. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The Royal Collection Exhibition is held in winter.

B. The oldest dress on show was made over 60 years.

C. The jewellery was all bought to match the Queen's dresses.

D. People can visit the Queen's living room in summer.

B (2010•滨州高三检测)

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Gu Changwei was the first Chinese cinematographer to be nominated(提名)for an Oscar, and he is regarded by Zhang Yimou as the best cinematographer in China. Gu was behind the camera for many of Zhang Yimou's famous films including the one that rocketed Zhang to fame: “Red Sorghum(高粱)”. And now this master of the visual has taken on his first directing role with the film “Peacock”. So Gu Changwei has come out from behind the camera into the spotlight(聚光灯).

Gu Changwei is very serious about his directing “Peacock”. To get the authentic atmosphere, Gu took his film crew to the city of Anyang in central China's Henan Province where the story took place, to shoot the film. He chose all new actors because he didn't want “stars” appeal to weaken the power of the story, and he also had his actors trained in the local dialect. For this film Gu has been able to get out from behind the camera to manage every aspect of the film, and to realize his own ideals in movie-making.

“Peacock” is about the life of an average family in a small town in Henan Province in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Gu chose this story for his first movie because he grew up during this same period and it struck a chord with him.

“Peacock” wrapped up production in June, 2004. It's aimed at the foreign film market and will be entered in February's Berlin Film Festival, and released in China at the same time. But at the end of last October, Gu took “Peacock” to his Alma Mater, the Beijing Film Academy, one of the most famous film colleges in China, to hold a preview. The film was warmly received by both teachers and students.

6. The underlined word “cinematographer” in the first paragraph refers to a person who ________.

A. has been nominated for an Oscar

B. uses a camera to shoot films

C. directs first-class films

D. arranges for cinema shows

7. Gu didn't employ “stars” in his film because ________.

A. the stars usually stick to their own acting styles

B. the stars may not be able to speak the local dialect

C. the stars may share the audience's attention with the story

D. it was not easy for him, a fresh hand, to invite stars to join him

8. Gu chose such a story for his first movie because ________.

A. he was born in the early 1970s

B. he grew up in Henan province

C. he was popular in Henan province

D. the story had something to do with his own experience

9. From the passage we can learn that “Peacock” ________.

A. is the film for which Gu is likely to win an Oscar prize

B. has already become popular both at home and abroad

C. has its production started last summer

D. will be publicly shown in spring, 2005

10. What would be the BEST title for the passage?

A. From behind the camera into the spotlight

B. Chinese cinematographer to be nominated for Oscar

C. New faces to appear in “Peacock”

D. “Peacock” to enter foreign film market

Ⅲ. 短文改错

下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写上该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线()划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。

注意：每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。

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I still remember my middle school life in Tianjin yet. I was then in a school for students from Tibet. As we were all left home at early age, we met lots of problems in our daily life. We had to do the washing, cleaning and shopping by us. However, we seldom felt lonely or helplessly. We enjoyed our happy life. At weekends, we would play basketball, swimming in the pool or go for a picnic. We were living in a big family. We treat each other as brothers and sisters. If any one of us have any difficulty in our life and study, the other would help him out. It has been five years when we graduated, but those memories are as sweet as ever before.

课后能力测评(1-2)

Ⅰ.1. 解析：选C。根据文章第二段第一句可推知，应是给公司里的人造成很多压力。

2. 解析：选C。根据“I even doubted if I had the ability to take this challenging work”可知，作者觉得这项工作压力太大，因此这里应选“糟糕的”。

3. 解析：选B。由文意可知，此处表示这里的工作压力太大，所以作者想在别处找一个轻松些的工作。

4. 解析：选D。联系上下文可知，这位“年轻的女士”的行为是对作者的鼓励，因而也改变了作者之前的想法和认识。

5. 解析：选B。根据上文“I am so appreciative of this young lady”可知，应选B。

6. 解析：选A。第一段提到作者是team leader，因此他在工作隔间顶上放上灯塔，以方便队员有急事找他。

7. 解析：选B。根据“I came into the office”及段末的“the rest of the day”可知，作者是“开始”一天的工作，而非“结束”工作。

8. 解析：选D。根据下文的“...buy me anything”可知，应选D。

9. 解析：选B。由文意可知，作者不清楚Crystal为什么突然送自己礼物，因此感到很“迷惑”。

10. 解析：选D。would在此表示意愿。

11. 解析：选A。作者在这之前从未跟Crystal说过话。

12. 解析：选B。根据该段第一句“That day I came in to the office”可知，应选B。

13. 解析：选A。根据上文的“see your lighthouses”可知，灯柱让这个女士看到了光明。

14. 解析：选C。根据上下文可知，这位女士买这个礼物是为了送给作者。

15. 解析：选D。作者的灯塔给了这位女士鼓励，她希望她的礼物也可以对作者产生相同的效果。

16. 解析：选B。根据上文中的“I am so appreciative of this young lady”及后文的“I don’t think she knows how much that small act...”可推知作者对这位女士心怀感激。

17. 解析：选C。这位女士送给作者礼物以鼓励作者，是一种善意的举动。

18. 解析：选B。第二段提到作者感到沮丧，再根据上文的“changed my day”可知，选B。

19. 解析：选C。善良的举动，无论多么微小，都可以对其他人产生影响。这种举动不一定就是送礼物，因此排除A项;gesture与上文的act对应。

20. 解析：选C。根据句意“……你可以改变他人的一天，或者甚至是他对生活的看法”可知，选C。

Ⅱ. 1. 解析：选A。推理判断题。文章主要介绍了英国女王在度假期间，白金汉宫举行女王的晚礼服和首饰等的展览。

生了共鸣。

9. 解析:选D。细节理解题。根据最后-段第一、二句可知，D项正确。

10. 解析:选A。主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本文讲述了著名摄影师顾长卫由摄影转向导演的故事，并且介Ⅲ. I still remember my middle school life in Tianjin yet. I was then in a school for students from Tibet. As we were all left home at ∧ early age, we met lots of problems in our daily life. We had