Make a five-minute film and win!

Do you love the summer holidays but hate being bored? Then why don’t you enter the Film Street Summer Shorts Competition by making a short film this summer with your family and friends?

What you have to do

To enter the competition, you have to make a short film that around 5 minutes long(It can be shorter but not longer!) on a digital camera, or mobile phone.

Awards

The best short film entered into our competition will be shown in Film Street’s Cinema and you’ll win a Cineworld Cinemas pass for yourself and more for other members of your film crew. If you have a Cineworld Cinemas pass, you can watch as many films as you like for a year, for free, at any Cineworld Cinema!

Rules

●We can’t show films that tell others about either your, or any other kids’, name or address.

●We can’t show films that hurt, harm or insult(侮辱) other people.

●We can’t show films that have bad language.

Copyright Checklist

Getting permission to use someone else’s work in your film can be expensive, so check your film to make sure that:

●Your film is original and you haven’t copied someone else’s.

●There are no scenes of branding on shop signs, books, magazines or CDs.

●There are no scenes of someone else’s artwork.

Address and Date

Post your finished film on tape, CD or DVD by Monday, October1st, 2017 to:

Unit 6, Third Floor, The Bond

180-182 Fazeley Street; Birmingham

So what’s stopping you? Start making your Film Street Summer Short now!

11. From the third paragraph, we can learn that ___________.

A. the winner can watch films for free for one year at any Cineworld Cinema

B. the competition is held by Cineworld Cinemas

C. the winner’s short film can be shown in any cinema

D. the winner will be paid for his short film

12. The underlined word ＂original＂ is closest in meaning to ＂___________＂.

A. interesting enough                   B. full of exciting moments

C. good for children                        D. made by yourself

13. The passage is mainly written for ___________.

A. parents          B. students     C. teachers            D. actors

Most people know that Marie Curie was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize, and the first person to win it twice. However, few people know that she was also the mother of a Nobel Prize winner.

Born in September, 1897, Irene Curie was the first of the Curies’ two daughters. Along with nine other children whose parents were also famous scholars, Irene studied in their own school, and her mother was one of the teachers. She finished her high school education at the College of Sévigné in Paris.

Irene entered the University of Paris in 1914 to prepare for a degree in mathematics and physics. When World War I began, Irene went to help her mother, who was using X-ray facilities to help save the lives of wounded soldiers. Irene continued the work by developing X-ray facilities in military hospitals in France and Belgium. Her services were recognised in the form of a Military Medal by the French government.

In 1918, Irene became her mother’s assistant at the Curie Institute. In December 1924, Frederic Joliot joined the Institute, and Irene taught him the techniques required for his work. They soon fell in love and were married in 1926. Their daughter Helene was born in 1927 and their son Pierre five years later.

Like her mother, Irene combined family and career. Like her mother, Irene was awarded a Nobel Prize, along with her husband, in 1935. Unfortunately, also like her mother, she developed leukemia(白血病) because of her work with radioactivity (辐射能). Irene Joliot-Curie died from leukemia on March 17, 1956.

14. Why was Irene Curie awarded a Military Medal?

A. Because she received a degree in mathematics.

B. Because she contributed to saving the wounded.

C. Because she won the Nobel Prize with Frederic.

D. Because she worked as an assistant to her mother.

15. Where did Irene Curie meet her husband Frederic Joliot?

A. At the Curie Institute.                  B. At the University of Paris.

C. At a military hospital.                  D. At the College of Sévigné.

16. When was the second child of Irene Curie and Frederic Joliot born?

A. In 1932.     B. In 1927.     C. In 1897.            D. In 1926.

17. In which of the following aspects was Irene Curie different from her mother?

A. Irene worked with radioactivity.     B. Irene combined family and career.

C. Irene won the Nobel Prize once.      D. Irene died from leukemia.

I went to Arizona earlier this month to see what the college of the future might look like. What I found is an exciting new era of higher education that will help more students get a great education at an affordable price.

This future of higher education may not always include the lecture halls, football teams and other features of the traditional college. Instead, the colleges I visited are experimenting with ways for students to get their degrees online, allowing them to take courses at any place and at any time.

These ＂colleges without walls＂ are able to broaden access to higher education, especially for low-income students with full-time jobs and families. During my visit, I heard encouraging stories of students who were using this way to get higher education that could put them on paths to new careers.

One of those students was Shawn Lee. After dropping out of college years ago, he found himself in a series of low-paying, often back-breaking(艰苦繁重的) jobs. He recently decided to get his degree when he had his first child and wanted to start building a better life.

Located in an industrial park in Tempe, Rio Salado didn’t look much like a traditional college. There were no students running to class. Just a couple of glass-faced office buildings. The college had just 22 full-time faculty(全体教师) serving 60,000 students, with more than half of them attending classes online.

Several students I met during my visit said they liked learning online. One student said,＂Now I can reach my teacher with the click of a mouse.＂

After several days’ visit, I left Arizona, feeling quite optimistic about the future of higher education.

18. What does the underlined phrase ＂colleges without walls＂ in the third paragraph mean?

A. Colleges with no walls around.     B. Colleges that can be entered freely.

C. Colleges that students attend online. D. Colleges that anyone can attend for free.

19. Why did Shawn Lee return to attend college again?

A. He wanted to get a better-paid job.              B. He couldn’t find a job.

C. His wife asked him to receive a good education.   D. He had nothing to do.

20. How did the writer feel after the visit?

A. Tired.        B. Moved.      C. Doubtful.       D. Hopeful.  

21. What is the writer’s purpose by writing this passage?

A. To explain why ＂colleges without walls＂ appear.

B. To introduce a new model of education.

C. To encourage people to attend higher education.   

D. To advertise the colleges.

Think of life as a game in which you are playing with five balls in the air. You name them work, family, health, friends and spirit (精神) and you keep all of them in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce (弹跳) back.

But the other four balls, family, health, friends and spirit, are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be broken. They will never be the same. You must understand that and try to have balance in your life. How?

Don’t look down on your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different and each of us is special.

Don’t let other people set goal for you. Only you know what is best for yourself.

Don’t give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.

Don’t be afraid of difficulties. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.

Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible. The quickest way to receive love is to give it; the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly (紧紧地); the best way to keep love is to give it wings（翅膀).

Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, but also where you are going.

Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is a treasure you can always carry easily.

Don’t use time or words carelessly. You can’t get them back. Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift; that’s why we call it “the present”. Life is not a competition, but a trip, step by step.

22. The passage tells us not to _________ because everyone is special.

23. The sentence “Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.” means that  _____.

24. The best way to keep love is to ___________.

25. According to the passage, which is the best title？ ___________

Tips for cooking on a Tight Schedule

From my experience, there are three main reasons why people don’t cook more often: ability, money and time.  __26__ .  Money is a topic I’ll save for another day. So today I want to give you some wisdom about how to make the most of the time you spend in the kitchen. Here are three tips for great cooking on a tight schedule:

1. Think ahead. The moments when I think cooking is a pain are when I’m already hungry and there is nothing ready to eat. So think about of the coming week. When will you have time to cook? Do you have the right materials ready?___27___2.  Make your time worth it. When you do find time to cook a meal, make the most of it and save yourself time later on. Are you making one loaf of bread? __28___ it takes around the same amount of time to make more of something. So save yourself the effort for a future meal.

3.   ____29­__ This may surprise you, but one of the best tools for making cooking worth your time is experimentation. It gives you the chance to hit upon new ideas and recipes that can work well with your appetite and schedule. The more you learn and the more you try, the more ability you have to take control of your food and your schedule.

Hopefully that gives you a good start. ___30___ and don’t let a busy schedule discourage you from making some great changes in the way you eat and live!

A. Try new things.

B. Ability is easily improved.

C. Make three or four instead.

D. Understand your food better.

E. Cooking is a burden for many people.

F. Let cooking and living simply be a joy rather than a burden.

G. A little time planning ahead can save a lot of work later on.