with; have; many; other; inbegin; permission; which; on; admissioninclude; sinceOn the north side of Trafalgar, famous for its Admiral Nelson,its fountains and its hordes of pigeons,there stands a long Jow building in classic style. This is the National Gallery. (1)_______ contains Britain's best-known collection of pictures. The collection was (2)_______ in 1824, with the purchase of thirty-eight pictures that (3)_______ Horgarth's satirical series and Titian's "Venus and Adonis”.The National Gallery is rich (4)_______ paintings by Italian masters such as Raphael and Veronese»and it contains pictures representative of ail European schools of art. Many visitors are especially attracted to Leonardo da Vinci s "Virgin of the Rocks".On sunny days,students and (5)_______ young people are often to be seen (6)_______ a sandwich lunch on the portico (门廊)of the Gallery overlooking Trafalgar Square. (7)_______ to the Gallery is free,as is the case (8)_______ other British national galleries and museums, which are maintained by money voted by Parliament. Bequests of pictures have been made to the galleries, at times (9)_______ a generous scale,by private individuals.Just behind the National Gallery stands the National Portrait Gallery, in which the visitors can see portraits of British monarchs (10)_______ the reign of Richards II ( 1377—1399), and of historical celebrities such as Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Cromwell. Many of the pictures are by well-known artists.(From London Art Gallery )(P81)

English is now the international language for airline pilots, scientists, medical experts, businessmen and many others. Consequently, more and more people are learning it. The BBC s English teaching programs are broadcast daily to four continents (1)_____. Films and video are on the air or used in institutions in over 100 countries. All this helps to add more speakers to the estimated 100 million (2)_____. The rush to learn English has reached even China. The main reason for the upsurge (上升)in interest is (3)_____.Unlike many other widely used languages, English can be correctly used in a very simple form with less than one thousand words and (4)_____. This was pointed out in the 1920's by two Cambridge scholars, Ogden and Richards, (5)_____. Another reason for the popularity of A English is that English-speaking countries are spread throughout the world. An estimated 310 g million people in Britain, the U.S.A., Canada, Australia, South Africa, etc. (6)_____. Also in former British colonial areas in Africa and Asia (7)_____, no common language has been 題 found which would make a suitable substitute for English.In Delhi, although nationalists would prefer to phase out（逐步停止)the use of English, the man from South India finds English more acceptable than Hindi, (8)_____. Turning from India to Africa, a similar problem exists. However reluctant African nations are to use English and, as it were, subject themselves to a kind of "cultural imperialism", there seems to be no alternative language which will do the job of communication effectively.The view (9)_____. Some teachers who have returned from overseas consider it creates a wider gap between those who are educated (10)_____. Nevertheless, in many parts of the world, the technical and scientific knowledge needed to develop a country's resources and improve people's living conditions, is just not available in the mother tongue. A second language opens the door to the world-wide sharing of skills and discoveries in science, engineering and medicine.(From English World-Wide) (p23l)A.and supplied to radio stations in 120 countriesB.very few grammatical rulesC.who use English as a second languageD.recent increase in China's contacts with the outside worldE.use English as their mother tongueF.who devised a system called “Basic English"G.while the northerner prefers English to any of the southern languagesH.where many local languages are spokenI.that spreading the use of English is entirely beneficial has its opponentsJ.English in one form or another will be spoken by far more peopleK.and those who have little or no educationL.it will doubtless continue to change and develop

(boom)Though financial markets are not bright, consumers, profits and losses are still buoyed (支撑)by a ______ housing market.

Hollywood suggests glamour(诱惑力),(1)______. Hollywood suggests luxurious houses with vast palm-fringed swimming pools, cocktail bars and furnishings fit for a millionaire. And the big movie stars were millionaires. Many spent their fortunes on yachts,Rolls Royces and diamonds. A few of them lost their glamour quite suddenly and were left with nothing but emptiness and colossal(巨大的)debts.Movies were first made in Hollywood before World War I. The constant sunshine and mild climate of southern California made it (2)______. Hollywood's fame and fortune reached its peak in the 1930s and 1940s,the golden days of the black and white movies. Most of the famous motion pictures corporations of those days, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Columbia and Warner Brothers are still very much in business and great stars like Greta Garbo Marlene Dietrich, Charlie Chaplin,Gary Cooper,and many others besides,have become immortal.In those days Hollywood was like a magnet, (3)______. Most of them had only their good looks to recommend them and had no acting experience——or ability—whatsoever. Occasionally they got jobs,if they were lucky enough to be noticed. Gary Cooper was one of the few who was noticed. He started as stunt(特技表演)rider・and from there rose to be one of the great stars of the early Westerners. Many of the girls got jobs in cafes or gas stations, and as they served their customers they tossed their heads and swung their hips,hoping to attract the attentions of some important person connected with the movies. Most of them hoped in vain.As for the stars themselves, they were held on a tight rein(受控)by the studio chiefs who could make or break all but the stars with really big appeal. The stars were "persuaded" to sign seven-year contracts,during which time the studios built up their images. Under their contracts (4)______. Their studios decided everything.No country in the world has developed so expertly the skill of advertising as the Americans. They advertise everything, (5)______. The Hollywood studios,by means of advertising, turned starlets into superstars. Many studio chiefs were tyrants, determined go get their own way at all costs,no matter how unscrupulous(肆无忌惮的；不计后果的)the means.Stars were often typecast and if he or she appealed to the public as a lover,then he or she always played the part of a lover. A star who was a hit (轰动——时的人物)as a cowboy or a bad guy,got the same kind of role again and again. There was little arguing. "You're the perfect dumb blond,baby,and that's how you're going to stay,"they would say. They even tried to interfere in their stars' private lives："No, sugar! You just can't marry Mel Billigan. He's too intellectual. He'd destroy your image. "Only when they ceased to be stars did some of them discover that they were also good actors! Movie stars like Bette Davis9Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy and James Mason gave distinguished performances in character parts as well as leading roles.(6)______. Most movies today are filmed on location,that is to say,in the cities.in the countryside, and in any part of the world that the script demands. The Hollywood studios are still standing,but most of them have been leased to television networks. About 80% of all American TV entertainment comes form Hollywood.Yet Hollywood has not lost all its glamour. Movie stars still live there,or in neighboring Beverley Hills,and so do many of the famous and wealthy people who have made their homes in southern California. There is also the attractive Hollywood Bowl,the huge outdoor amphitheater (7)______.Hollywood,above all,has the glamour of the past. It is a name which will always be associated with motion picture-making,and for many years to come the old Hollywood movies will be shown again and again in movie houses and on television screens all over the world.(From Hollywood)(P407)A.from ice cream to candidates for the PresidencyB.an ideal site for shooting(拍摄)motion picturesC.drawing ambitious young men and women from all over the worldD.Hollywood really is the land of dreams to its visitors who can by visiting this site Jearn all there is to know about Hollywood past and presentE.the stars did not have the right to choose their partsF.where every summer since 1922 Symphonies Under the Stars are played by America's best orchestras before packed audiencesG.Hollywood became part of greater Los Angeles in 1910, and just one year later the first motion picture studio was establishedH.Today. Hollywood is synonymous with the film industry, portraying visions of glamour and nostalgia unmatched anywhere elseI.Hollywood is no longer the heart of the world's motion picture industryJ.a place where the young star-truck teenagers could,with a bit of luck,fulfill their dreams