Have you got any wonderful plans for your coming winter vacation? Here are some wonderful films for you to kill time.
Away We Go
With a baby on his way, a young couple,  Burt and Verona, look at their lives and are puzzled about what they really want. So they hit the road and seek a place to call home. On their journey, they visit a handful of characters and learned a lot.
It’s about taking the scenic route in life, preparing for the hope and excitement and fear of new beginnings, while never forgetting to look out of the window.
Orphan 
 Easther, a bright and well-behaved child, however, is not as innocent as she appears. Soon after being taken home, the peace of her adoptive family is completely changed…
You want a good horror film about a child from hell? Then you got one! Do not, in any cases, take children to see it.
500 Days of Summer 
Tom is in love with Summer from the moment he sees her. Can he accept that she simply likes him for now, not for forever? The movie is about Tom wrestling with that reality. Tom remembers his love, Summer, as a series of joys and bafflements(阻礙,迷惑). But Summer is just herself and he cannot have her.
Here is a rare movie that begins by telling us how it will end and is about how the hero has no idea why.
2012
The director Roland Emmerich successfully dresses a corny story with an old Mayan prediction, which is believed by many to happen in the coming 2012 and as a result, attracts millions of people into the cinema.
It’s just an entertaining Hollywood blockbuster(大片) with plenty of jokes, instead of a description of what the end of the world is really like. Don’t take it too seriously!
小題1: This passage aims to __________.
A．make comments on films for a cinemaB．introduce films for a film corporation
C．recommend several films for funD．a(chǎn)dvertise several films for a website
小題2:If you bring your seven-year-old sister to the cinema, which of the following film should you avoid?
A．Away We Go.B．Orphan.C．2012.D．500 Days of Summer.
小題3: Among all the characters mentioned in the passage, who directed films in Hollywood?
A．Roland Emmerich.B．Tom and Summer.C．Burt and Verona.D．Esther.
小題4:Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A．Orphan is a comedy about Esther adopted by a kind family.
B．500 Days of Summer is a romance with a happy ending.
C．Away We Go shows beautiful scenery on the young couple’s journey.
D．The ancient Mayan prediction is going to happen in 2012.

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James Anthony, Drummoyne
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