It is a beautiful evening in May.The lights shine and float across the surface of the water.The yachts are like floating nightclubs moving to the sound of the music, the laughter, and joyous mood of the parties.If it's May in Cannes, then it must be the Cannes Film Festival. The Hollywood Oscars are the most famous film awards in the world.They receive the most publicity and they are the awards of which the public is most aware.However, they occur on one night of the year.and no films are shown.The Cannes Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all.genres from around the world.It lasts for almost two weeks, shows many films and is regarded by many who work in the film industry as the most important film.festival in the world. In the 1930s, the French minister for education put forward the idea for an international film festival.In 1947, the festival was held in Cannes with sixteen countries taking part and the Cannes Festival, as we know it today, was born.A committee chooses films from countries all over the world.During the festival, a panel of judges chooses the best films in many different categories, for example best film, best short film or best film made by a student. The setting for the festival adds to its beauty.Cannes is located on the French Riviera, which enjoys an average of 12 hours of sunshine a day in May and has mild winters.The festival benefits from the weather and all the usual attractions can be seen.at the festival.Cannes is also famous for its luxury restaurants and shops.It's not unusual to be sitting in a restaurant and to look across at the next table and see film stars and directors with their friends. In what way is the Cannes Film Festival different from the Hollywood Oscars? A) It's more popular to the public. B) Films will be shown during it. C) It has a much earlier origin. D) It's held every other year.
B
Susan Sontag (1933 ------ 2004) was one of the most noticeable figures in the world of literature. For more than 40 years she made it morally necessary to know everything----- to read every book worth reading, to see every movie worth seeing. When she was still in her early 30s, publishing essays in such important magazines as Partisan Review, she appeared as the symbol of American culture life, trying hard to follow every new development in literature, film and art. With great effort and serious judgment, Sontag walked at the latest edges of world culture. Seriousness was one of Sontag's lifelong watchwords , but at a time when the barriers between the well-educated and the poorly-educated were obvious, she argued for a true openness to the pleasure of pop culture. In Notes Camp, the 1964 essay that first made her name, she explained what was then a little-known set of difficult understandings, through which she could not have been more famous. Notes on Camp, she wrote, represents "a victory of 'form' over 'content', 'beauty' over 'morals'". By conviction she was a sensualist , but by nature she was a moralist, and in the works she published in the 1970s and 1980s, it was the latter side of her that came forward. In Illness as Metaphor ------published in 1978, after she suffered cancer ------ she argued against the idea that cancer was somehow a special problem of repressed personalities, a concept that effectively blamed the victim for the disease. In fact, re-examining old positions was her lifelong habit. In America, her story of a 19thcentury Polish actress who set up a perfect society in California, won the National Book Award in 2000. But it was as a tireless, all-purpose cultural view that she made her lasting fame. "Sometimes," she once said, "I feel that, in the end, all I am really defending... is the idea of seriousness, of true seriousness." And in the end, she made us take it seriously too. What is the passage mainly about? A) A lifelong watchword: seriousness B) Susan Sontag is the symbol of American culture C) How Susan Sontag became famous D) An introduction to Susan Sontag and her watchword
D
Q: We arranged that Kissinger would fly to Vietnam early in July and then stop in Pakistan on the way back. There he would develop a stomachache that would require him to stay in bed and not be seen by the press. Then, with President Yapha's help, he would be taken to the airport where a Pakistani jet would fly him over the mountains to China. Kissinger's trip was given the name Polo after Marco Polo, another Western traveler who made history by journey in China. Everything went quite smoothly. His slight illness in Islamabad received only small attention from reporters covering him. They accepted the story that he would be kept shut up for at least a few days and began making arrangements for their own activities. Because of the need for complete secrecy and the lack of any direct communication facilities between Beijing and Washington, I knew that we would have no word from Kissinger while he was in China. Even after he had returned to Pakistan, it would still be important to keep it secret, so before Kissinger left, we agreed on a single code word - Eureka - which he would use if his missions were successful and the presidential trip had been arranged. On July 11, Al Haig, who knew our code work, phoned to say that a cable from Kissinger had arrived. "What's the message?" I asked. "Eureka". he replied. Kissinger stopped in Pakistan because _ . A) he had a stomachache B) he needed President Yapha's help in carrying out a secret plan C) he did not want to be seen by the press D) he would like to take a Pakistani jet on his way back
A: B
An 8-year-old girl was dragged about 900 feet by a school bus today in Livingston County. According to State Police, the incident occurred about 2:40 pm on State Route 436 in the town of Ossian after three sisters were dropped off the bus. As the last sister was leaving the bus, driver John Coley, 62 , of Wayland, Steuben County, told the police that he was not paying attention when he closed the door and trapped her backpack inside. Coley then continued 900 feet before he realized the girl was being dragged, State Police said. The girl was hurt and was transported to Nicholas H Noyes Memorial Hospital in Dansville,Livingston County, by Dansville Ambulance. Another 8-year-old child on the bus said he hit his head on the seat in front of him when the bus came to a sudden stop, causing an earache. *Conservation staff in New Zealand have put down 33 stranded whales after several attempts to refloat them failed. The whales were shot on Farewell Spit on the South Island. Department of Conservation area manager John Mason says staff and hundreds of volunteers had tried all week to get the whales refloated. He says they thought they were successful on Wednesday when they got the whales into deep water----but were saddened on Thursday to find that they had swum back ashore. He says the condition of the whales had significantly become worse. As well as the 33 whales that were shot,36 had died naturally since Monday and 17 were successfully refloated. 13 remain unknown. The last sister was dragged by the bus because _ . A) she stood too close to the bus when getting off B) the bus driver stopped the bus suddenly C) something was wrong with the bus door D) her backpack was stuck in the closed door
D