Having spent most of her life in the worlds of Finland and toughened herself with half her teen years’ harsh training as a killer, she decides that she is ready to enter society. Her first mission is to kill Marissa, her mother’s killer. The plan goes much as expected, except the “Marissa” is an imposter. Hanna becomes the prey in a cat-and-mouse game with the real Marissa, causing tension and misery.
Blu is a domesticated macaw from the jungles of South America. If Linda, his owner, brings him to Rio, the bird can mate the last female blue macaw and re-start the species. Blu’s encounter with his bride-to-be, Jewel, doesn’t go well, but the two aren’t given much time to get to know each other before a gang of bird-hunters spirits them away. Now it’s up to Blu and Jewel to escape the criminals.
Perhaps surprisingly, it works reasonably well until the jokes get in the way, testifying to how durable fantasy clichés are. Yet, considering the talent involved on both sides of the camera, audiences may be expecting more. Even though it emerges from an uncrowded genre in which the competition is sparse, Your Highness is forgettable and it likely won’t take long before it is forgotten.
The film begins with the heroine at age 13, already a champion surfer who has been winning trophies since she was 9. On an idyllic Hawaii day, she is practicing for next competition when a shark strikes, biting off her left arm. She makes a quick physical recovery and is back on her surfboard after several weeks, but her spiritual recovery is more complicated as she struggle to believe she can — and should — keep surfing. She goes out their and shows the world she can be a beacon for human soul.
The Ghost Face Killer has chosen this year to emerge from the winter long sleep, and his targets appear to be Sidney and those few remaining family members. Scream 4 offers little more than a group of familiar characters wandering around a horror movie setting and uttering self-referential one-liners as the body count mounts. The story is thin and belabored ─ more an excuse to encounter old friends and revel in new gore than tha “revision” promised by the promotional material.
【写作指导】本题材料所给的信息较多,要求又比较严格,只要五句话包含所有信息,因此要先注意审题,分清内容要点,并注意对要点的编排,恰当地使用好主从复合句,独立结构,并列结构等较复杂的句式,但要注意的是句子结构的完整,切忌使用“半句话”或“言之无物”。 范文: A newly-published book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, written by an American-Chinese Amy Chau in 2010, has been sold in China from the beginning of 2011. Ms. Amy, who is the professor in Yale University, deals with the stories of her educating her two daughters in the Traditional Chinese ways. Her elder daughter has been admitted by both the Yale and Harvard universities. This book caused heated discussion on the differences between the Chinese and American ways in educating Children successfully. The majority of Chinese mothers disapprove of Ms. Amy’s idea.
第二节:读写任务 阅读下面短文,然后按要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文 When Sam first got to his boarding school with his parents, he was very happy. He thought he would be able to go home every weekend. When he was told he would not, he started crying because the thought of not seeing his parents was driving him crazy. He was given uniforms and all other things that he would need for the term. He started crying when it was time for his parents to leave. He was then taken to the dorm, where he saw other children happy. He tried as much as he could to fit in but could not because his mind was at home. He started feeling homesick (想家) 安定wanted to go homes as soon as possible. He got sick soon because he could not eat the school food. He could not concentrate in the classroom. All he could think was being at home with his family. He had no mobile phone or other means to get in touch with his parents. He was angry and felt lonely. He thought his parents hated him and that was why they left him in a boarding school. [写作内容] 1、 以约30个词概括上文的主要内容。 2、 以约120个词讲述一次你(或你的朋友)想家的经历,内容包括: ⑴时间、地点和起因; ⑵想家给学习和生活带来的影响; ⑶你(或你朋友)是如何应对的。 [写作要求] 1、作文中可以使用亲身经历或虚构的故事,也可以参照阅读材料的内容,但不得直接引用原文中的句子。 2、作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。 [评分标准] 概括准确,语言规范,内容何时,语句连贯。
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I. Sam didn’t adapt to the life in his new school. II. 【写作指导】本题是读写人物,考生需要先读懂所给短文的意思,即Sam刚到寄宿制学校的几天里想家的问题,读懂短文后,先完成本题的第一问——概括大意。然后根据自己的亲身经历,写一篇关于思乡的作文,问题要求是记叙文,主题人称是第一人称,主题时态是一般过去时态,写作时主语把握好奇内容要点,并注意作文的逻辑性和连贯性,以及语言,词汇运用的规范性。 I left my home to go to a senior high school three years age, which is a boarding school far from my home. I was homesick at the beginning of the new school life. I missed my parents, my relatives, and my old friends at home. At the same time, I didn’t like the foods in the new school. As the result of this, I couldn’t help being absent-minded in classes. And I felt sick then. I even had the idea to quit school. Meanwhile, I knew I have to overcome the homesickness and concentrate on my study. I began to make new friends and share their feelings. We studied and played together. After quite some time, I recovered gradually and went through the school life successfully.