TWENTY-FIVE years ago director Stephen Spielberg captured the hearts of Western audiences with his family classic E. T. Now his Hong Kong director Stephen Chow is trying to do the same trick in China.

Chow's latest movie CJ7(《長江七號(hào)》)，in cinemas now，is a heart-warming story about a poor migrant worker(外來務(wù)工者) and his son. When a strange alien enters their lives，father and son learn a lesson about the value of family. Chow hopes his movie will help to make family films more popular in China.

Family films have been the main part of the Hollywood market for the last 40 years. They have given audiences movies like E. T. , Indiana Jones and Jurassic Park. However, there are few of these movies in China, where expensive history films are more popular.

A family film is not simply a children's movie. It is a film that is not only suitable for children, but appeals to the whole family.

According to Raymound Zhou，a famous film critic，these films are rare in China because“very few families go to the cinema together”. Because of this，there is little demand for movies that attract the whole family.

However, in the West，it is common for the family to sit down and watch a movie together. Tim Bridges, from London，says：“I love it at Christmas when I sit down and watch a movie with my family. ”

All family films contain similar messages about being honest,remaining positive and learning there is more to life than money. According to the American movie reviewer，Dave Johnson, this is because“When parents watch a movie，they want their children to be learning good values”.  

Just like when the alien in Spielberg's E. T. phones home to make contact with his family, Chow will hope Chinese audiences are tuned in and ready to receive his family movie message.

63. Which of the following can replace the underlined part in the last paragraph?

    A. understand what others are thinking     B. make telephones

   C. go to the cinema                                 D. sing songs

64. What is the family film，according to the passage?

    A. A kind of film that is about history.

    B. A kind of film in which the characters are animals.

    C. A kind of film that is meant for both children and adults.

    D. A kind of film that is about families.

65. What is implied but not stated directly in the passage?

    A. Families in China should go to the cinema at Christmas.

    B. It's good for children to watch family films.

    C. Chinese families don't like family films.

    D. The movie CJ7 has nothing in common with E. T.

66. It can be inferred that in the future          .

    A. Chinese families will go to the cinema together

    B. there may be more family films in China

    C. making family films in China is not easy

    D. family films are about love

Seven Chinese sailors are missing after a Chinese cargo ship sank in Russian waters near Japan on Saturday, the Foreign Ministry said yesterday. “Some of the 10 Chinese sailors on board were saved but seven are still missing after the ship sank off the waters of Vladivostok,” said a statement on its website. The ministry didn't mention the cause of the incident, saying rescue efforts and an investigation into the incident are ongoing.

But the Global Times, a Chinese language newspaper based in Beijing, said yesterday the ship was fired on by the Russian navy before it sank. The news is first reported in a Russian newspaper. New Star, the cargo ship was sequestered(扣押) at the Russian port of Nakhodka earlier this month for alleged(被指控的，可疑的)smuggling. It left the port not far from the Sino-Russian border without permission from Russian authorities last Thursday and was chased(追) by a cruiser，the newspaper said. Later, the warship shot at least 500 rounds onto the ship and forced it to sail back toward the port in force 6 winds. However, the Chinese ship started to sink on the way According to the report，in a period of almost 24 hours，Russian navy officers and soldiers onboard the cruiser watched the sinking boat and did not make any response to the cries for help from the crewmen. In the end, 16 sailors onboard New Star got on two lifeboats.  The Russian sailors managed to save one boat carrying eight people，while the other was engulfed in the waves. Of all the sailors onboard 6 came from Indonesia.

The Russian News Agency reported the incident yesterday and said the coast guard just found an empty boat in a three-day search. It also said that bad weather was the reason behind the accident.

According to the International Maritime Organization, the owner of New Star is a shipping company of Zhejiang, while the operator is a company based in Guangzhou.

59. The passage may be found in         .

   A. magazines   B. newspapers  C. scientific fictions  D. biographies(傳記)

60. How many Chinese sailors have been saved?

   A. 10    B. 7    C. 3    D. 6

61. Why did the Russian warship shoot the cargo ship?

    A. To force it to sink                           B. To force it to go back to China

    C. To force it to sail back to Russia       C. To kill the sailors on the ship

62. It can be inferred that         .

    A. the other 8 sailors may have died

    B. the Russian navy officers and soldiers were willing to help the sailors

    C. the Russian port was far from China

    D. the Chinese ship was not very good

Ticket price increases at HK Disney

Source：Xinhua | 02―05―2009 11：39

Hong Kong Disneyland announced on Tuesday it will raise weekday admission prices for mainland and overseas tourists by about 19 percent. But Hong Kong residents and tourists who purchase tickets through travel agents can still enjoy the old prices until June 30.

A one-day admission will cost HK $350($45)for adults and HK $250 for children aged up to 11 from Monday, the previous charges for weekends. Adults were previously admitted for HK $295 and children HK $210.

A Hong Kong Disneyland spokesman said the park does not expect the new pricing structure to have an immediate impact on attendances, as research shows guests choose when to visit the attraction based on time available rather than ticket prices. But the hikes(the rise of prices)drew immediate criticism from the industry. The greater tourism industry fears it may harm mainlanders willingness to visit Hong Kong.

       Joseph Tung Yao-chung, executive director of Travel Industry Council of Hong Kong, said the decision was unwise in the current financial climate. He also urged the company to rethink its decision, during an interview with Southern Metropolis Daily.

56. On September 10 of 2009(weekday), Hong Kong residents and tourists will have to spend           buying three children tickets.

   A. HK $360    B. $360    C. HK $750  D. HK $885

57. There is a family with five people, John，his father，mother，grandfather and grandmother. They are from America, John is eleven years old. If they visit the place on June 30 2009(weekday)，they will spend about         in total.

   A. $212    B. $1650    C. HK $1400  D. $1390

58. What can we infer from the passage?

    A. Joseph Tung Yao-chung disagreed about the ticket price increase at HK Disney.

    B. Hong Kong Disneyland will make a lot of money by raising weekday admission prices for mainland tourists.

    C. The Hong Kong Disneyland spokesman didn't like the new pricing structure.

    D. Only tourists from mainland visit Hong Kong Disneyland.

       Familiar stories can be told differently or extended in interesting and humorous ways.  The 36  of the famous fable of “The Tortoise and the Hare” is well known to all: the tortoise wins the race against the hare.  The moral lesson is that  37   wins the race.  We all have grown up with this popular  38 , but the same fable can be extended with different twists.  At the  39   of the hare, a second race is arranged and this time, the hare runs without taking a  40  and wins.  The moral lesson is that fast and  41   will always beat slow and steady.  Then it is the tortoise that 42  the hare to a third race along a different route in which there is a river just before the final 43 .  This time, the tortoise wins the race because the hare cannot  44 .  The moral lesson is “First identify  your  45  , and then change the playing field to suit them. ” But the story continues.   46   competitors know their own drawbacks and limitations very well;  47  , they jointly decide to have one last race― 48  to decide who the winner or loser is, but just for their own pleasure and satisfaction.  The two cooperate as a  49 .  Firstly, the hare carries the tortoise on its back to the river.   50  , the tortoise carries the hare and swims to the   51   bank of the river.  Lastly, the hare carries the tortoise  52  on its back.  Thus they reach the  53  line together.  Overall, many moral lessons from the last match are highlighted.  The most obvious one is the importance of   54  .  Another moral which also means a great deal is “competition against situations  55  against rivals(對(duì)手). ”

Whether ways will be found to help China _______ the current world financial crisis is just _______ worries the public.

A.  prevent ;that           B.  survive ;what      C.  forbid;that                    D.  quit ;what

Liu Qian, a magician from Taiwan, ______audience of thousands on the CCTV Spring Festival Show.

A.  appealed to        B.  applied for               C.  approved of         D.  appointed with

 ____for the people’s savement，the strong pig in the Wenchuan earthquake         till now.

A. If it is not；can’t live                                B. Were it not：couldn’t live

C. Had it not been；couldn’t have lived           D.  If they were not；couldn’t live

What a shame! When we got to the cinema，the movie Mei Lanfang          ，so we saw only the end of it.

A. had just finished                          B. was finishing   

C. would finish                               D. just finished

The song You And Me _________ on the radio interests everyone.

A.  playing               B.  played                      C.  is played              D.  has been played

Hefei’s people have built a monument ______ those who devoted themselves to the development of New Hefei.

A.  in honour of       B.  in favor of         C.  in search of            D.  in need of