Over three years ago, the French director Jean—Pierre Jeunet and actress Audery Tautou won people's hearts with their popular comedy "Amelie". The fairytale-like film tells the story of a single waitress who helps lonely people find love.

Now, the pair are back with another film. "A Very Long Engagement" is a film about World War I. It received 12 nominations（提名）from France's Cesar Awards last week, including best film, best director and best actress.

Mathilde （Audrey Tautou） is a young woman who becomes disabled after suffering from a disease as a chilD．She lives on a farm with her aunt Benedicte （Chantal Neuwith） and uncle Sylvain （Dominique Pinon）. She receives a regular income from the wealth left to her by parents. She has a fierce and loyal love for Manech （Gaspard Ulliel）, her childhood boyfriend and fiance‘（未婚夫）. He is the son of a lighthouse keeper. When he goes off to the battle fields of World War I, she is lonely, but confident he will return. Early on in the film, five French soldiers are sentenced to death because of intentionally hurting them??selves to escape duty. They are pushed into the German's line of fire. They are made to protect themselves without guns. One of them is Manech. Mathilde firmly believes that Manech is alive. She is determined to find him. She hires a private detective to find out what really happened to those French soldiers. Through letters, photographs, interviews with people who remain alive after the war, and wartime papers, Mathilde discovers how cruel the war is. She also sees the heroism of ordinary men, trying to stay alive on the battle field.

It's funny, sweet and sometimes sad to watch. Jeunet gives a realistic portrait of warfare. Tautou remains the emotional center of the film. She shines as Mathilde, a woman who suffers one failure after another, but refuses to give up her seek for her lover. It's a film for all romantic people who are in search of true love.

How many actors and actresses are mentioned in the passage?

       A．2      B．5       C．4       5．6

The underlined phrase “the pair” refers to ___________.

       A．Pierre Jeunet; Audery Tautou B．Pierre Jeunet; Dominique Pinon

       C．Audery Tautou; Chantal Neuwith   D．Audery Tautou; Gaspard Ulliel

What do we learn about Mathilde from the passage?

       A．She becomes disabled after a car accident.

       B．She was a strong-willed woman.

       C．She lives on a farm with her parents.

       D．She has a fierce and loyal love for Gaspard Ulliel.

According to the passage, why are the soldiers made to protect themselves without guns?

       A．Because they are very strong and needn’t call for guns.

       B．Because they don’t know how to use guns.

       C．Because their guns have been lost.

       D．Because they are punished for trying to escape duty.

“Watch me dive off the high board, Dad,” my ten-year-old son called me out. I looked    36    to the ten-foot-high diving board and waited as he stood at the edge. He had    37    off the high board many times before, but now his courage seemed to    3 8   as he considered jumping through the air headfirst.

There were no other swimmers now, so he could take his    39    . “You can do it, Robby,” I encouraged. But he couldn’t. For 20 minutes he    40    to gather the courage to make the plunge (跳水 ), and he finally    41   up when the pool closed for the night.

  “I feel    42   , ”Robby said on the way home. “I know I can do it, though. I know I can.”

  He    43    me to take him to the swimming pool again the next evening. Like the night before, we happened to be the only ­   44   . “I’m going to do it this time,” he said    45  . “Watch me !”

He climbed the ladder and walked to the    46    of the board as I watched.   47    I encouraged him, but he   48   . It seemed that he would    49    defeat his fear.

The lifeguard on duty helped me cheer him on. “You can do it, Robby, ” we all shouted. “Just do it! Don’t think about it. Just do it!”

For 30 minutes we    50    him. For 30 minutes he started and stopped, he leaned and straightened and    51    the fear that held him back.

And then it happened. He extended his    52   , bent over the edge and fell headfirst into the    53   ! He appeared to the sounds of    54    and congratulations. He did it!

Robby not only learned something about facing his fear that evening,   55    learned that some things need full devotion.

Over three years ago, the French director Jean—Pierre Jeunet and actress Audery Tautou won people's hearts with their popular comedy "Amelie". The fairytale-like film tells the story of a single waitress who helps lonely people find love.
Now, the pair are back with another film. "A Very Long Engagement" is a film about World War I. It received 12 nominations（提名）from France's Cesar Awards last week, including best film, best director and best actress.
Mathilde （Audrey Tautou） is a young woman who becomes disabled after suffering from a disease as a chilD.She lives on a farm with her aunt Benedicte （Chantal Neuwith） and uncle Sylvain （Dominique Pinon）. She receives a regular income from the wealth left to her by parents. She has a fierce and loyal love for Manech （Gaspard Ulliel）, her childhood boyfriend and fiance‘（未婚夫）. He is the son of a lighthouse keeper. When he goes off to the battle fields of World War I, she is lonely, but confident he will return. Early on in the film, five French soldiers are sentenced to death because of intentionally hurting them­selves to escape duty. They are pushed into the German's line of fire. They are made to protect themselves without guns. One of them is Manech. Mathilde firmly believes that Manech is alive. She is determined to find him. She hires a private detective to find out what really happened to those French soldiers. Through letters, photographs, interviews with people who remain alive after the war, and wartime papers, Mathilde discovers how cruel the war is. She also sees the heroism of ordinary men, trying to stay alive on the battle field.
It's funny, sweet and sometimes sad to watch. Jeunet gives a realistic portrait of warfare. Tautou remains the emotional center of the film. She shines as Mathilde, a woman who suffers one failure after another, but refuses to give up her seek for her lover. It's a film for all romantic people who are in search of true love.

1. 1.

   How many actors and actresses are mentioned in the passage?
   

   1. A.
      2                       
   2. B.
      5                       
   3. C.
      4                        5.6
2. 2.

   The underlined phrase “the pair” refers to ___________.

   1. A.
      Pierre Jeunet; Audery Tautou
   2. B.
      Pierre Jeunet; Dominique Pinon
   3. C.
      Audery Tautou; Chantal Neuwith
   4. D.
      Audery Tautou; Gaspard Ulliel
3. 3.

   What do we learn about Mathilde from the passage?

   1. A.
      She becomes disabled after a car accident.
   2. B.
      She was a strong-willed woman.
   3. C.
      She lives on a farm with her parents.
   4. D.
      She has a fierce and loyal love for Gaspard Ulliel.
4. 4.

   According to the passage, why are the soldiers made to protect themselves without guns?

   1. A.
      Because they are very strong and needn’t call for guns.
   2. B.
      Because they don’t know how to use guns.
   3. C.
      Because their guns have been lost.
   4. D.
      Because they are punished for trying to escape duty.

All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports help to keep people healthy and happy, and to live longer.
  【小題1】   They buy tickets or turn on their TVs to watch the games. Often they get very excited when their player or team wins.
  【小題2】   Football, for example, has spread around the world. Swimming is popular in all countries near the sea or in those with many rivers. What fun it is to jump into a pool or lake, whether in China, Egypt or Italy!    【小題3】   Think how many lovers to skate or ski in Japan, Norway or Canada.
Some sports or game go back thousands of years, like running or jumping. Chinese wushu, for example, has a very long history. But basketball and volleyball are rather new. Neither one is a hundred years old yet.   【小題4】  Water-skiing is one of the newest in the family of sports.
People from different countries may not be able to understand each other, but after a game together they often become good friends.   【小題5】   One learns to fight hard but fight fair, to win without pride and to lose with grace.

All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports help to keep people healthy and happy, and to live longer.

 1.    They buy tickets or turn on their TVs to watch the games. Often they get very excited when their player or team wins.

 2.    Football, for example, has spread around the world. Swimming is popular in all countries near the sea or in those with many rivers. What fun it is to jump into a pool or lake, whether in China, Egypt or Italy!    3.    Think how many lovers to skate or ski in Japan, Norway or Canada.

Some sports or game go back thousands of years, like running or jumping. Chinese wushu, for example, has a very long history. But basketball and volleyball are rather new. Neither one is a hundred years old yet.   4.  Water-skiing is one of the newest in the family of sports.

People from different countries may not be able to understand each other, but after a game together they often become good friends.   5.   One learns to fight hard but fight fair, to win without pride and to lose with grace.

A. And think of people in cold countries.

B. Sports help to train a person’s character.

C. Not a few people participate in different sports competitions themselves.

D. Many people like to watch others play games.

E. People aren’t inventing new sports or games.

F. Some sports are so interesting that people everywhere take part in them.

G. People are inventing new sports or games all the time.