Hi!  I'm Eric. I have some good friends. They are Alice, Helen, Frank and Bill. We all love seeing movies, and we often go to movies on weekends. But we like different(不同的) kinds of movies. Helen likes comedies, because they are funny. She loves My Father's Birthday. It's her favorite actor Paul Jackson's new movie. Frank likes action movies. He thinks they are exciting. He really likes the movie Shaolin Temple, because his favorite actor Jet Li is in the movie. Alice likes Beijing Opera. She thinks it's interesting, and she can learn about Chinese history. She often goes to see Beijing Opera with her grandfather. What about Bill? Oh, he likes thrillers. But he doesn't like documentaries. Black September is his favorite movie. He likes the actor Rick Smith, too. But I think it's boring. I love comedies and actions movies. I like Jackie Chan best. He is a great actor. I really like his exciting action movie Rush Hour. Let's go to see it this weekend.

1. Eric talks about(談論) _________ movies in the article.

  A. Six.              B. Four.             C. Five.                 D. Three.

2. Shaolin Temple is __   . It's exciting.

  A. a documentary      B. a comedy           C. a thriller             D. an action movie

3. Who loves the movie Black September?

A. Eric.               B. Frank.              C. Helen.               D. Bill.

4. Alice likes Beijing Opera __      

A. because she can learn about Chinese history 

B. because she thinks it's exciting

  C. because she thinks it's boring

  D. because she can go to see it with his grandfather

5. Paul Jackson is          favorite actor.

  A. Eric's             B. Helen's              C. Bill's                 D. Frank's

用括號內所給單詞的適當形式填空。

1．Gina’s mother is a teacher, and _______ father is a teacher, too. (she)

2．How much ___________ (be) these pants?

3．School Day is on September ____________ (seven).

4．We all like ____________ (comedy). They are funny.

5．Paul often ____________ (get) up at 6:15．

About the year 1 900，a small dark-haired boy named Charlie Chaplin was often seen waiting

outside the back entrances of London theatres．He1  thin and hungry．He was hoping to get work in show business．He could sing and dance．and above all，he knew how to2  people laugh．But he couldn’t get work and walked up and down in the city．Sometimes he was sent away to a home for children who had no parents．

    But twenty years later，this same Chaplin became the greatest best-known and best loved comedian（喜劇演員）in the world．Any visitor to the cinema3  some of Charlie Chaplin’s films．People everywhere4  while seeing them until the tears ran down their faces．Even people who don’t understand English can enjoy Chaplin’s film because they are mostly5 ．His words in．the films can’t be heard at all，6 his comedy doesn’t depend on（依靠）words or languages．It depends on actions which mean the 7  thing to people all over the world．Performance without words：plays an important part in the dances and plays in many countries．It’s a kind of world language．People in China．Also love his films very much，8  today．We can see some short films on TV acted by Charlie Chaplin．

    Chaplin9  most of his life in America and died in Switzerland on Christmas Day 1 977 at the age of eighty-eight．The whole world was full of sadness at the news of his10 ．

1．A felt                    B．looked              C．looked like          D． liked

2．A．speak                B． tell                C． allow             D． make

3．A． must have seen       B． must see           C． must be seeing    D． must seeing

4．A． saw                 B． smiled             C． cried             D．laughed

5．A． loud          B． quiet              C． noisy             D．silent

6．A． though               B． so                C． but              D．when

7．A． same                B． different           C． funny             D．difficult

8．A． even if                B． even              C． even though       D．though

9．A． spent                B．took               C． paid              D．used

10．A．dead               B．dying              C．death              D．die