Leonardo DiCaprio was born in Hollywood. His parents met while ______ (attend) college and then moved to Los Angeles. He was n____ Leonardo because his pregnant mother was looking at a Leonardo da Vinci painting in a museum _____ DiCaprio first kicked. He dropped out of high school following his t____ year, eventually_____ (earn) his general equivalency diploma. DiCaprio made his big screen breakthrough in 1992, ______ he was c_____ by Robert De Niro out of 400 young actors to play the lead role in This Boy's Life. In 1997, DiCaprio starred in James Cameron's Titanic (1997) a___ twenty-year-old Jack Dawson. The film became the highest-grossing film to d_____, and his face appeared on the covers of at least fourteen magazines. DiCaprio was also a dedicated environmentalist. In November 2010, DiCaprio d____ $1 million to the Wildlife Conservation Society at Russia's tiger summit. DiCaprio's persistence in r_____ the event after encountering two plane delays caused Prime Minister Vladimir Putin ______ (describe) him as a \"real man\". At the 2016 Oscar ceremony, DiCaprio’s ______ (win) the award for Best Actor impressed all the audience p_____. He expressed his appreciation and worry for the environment when he said: Climate change is r____, and it is happening right now. It is the most urgent threat ______ (face) our entire species, and we need to work collectively together and stop procrastinating（拖延）. We need to support leaders a_____ the world who do not speak for the big polluters, but who speak for all of humanity, for the indigenous people of the world, for the billions and billions of underprivileged people out there who would be m___ affected by this, for our children’s children, and for those people out there _______ voices have been drowned out by the politics of greed.
Data suggests the majority of women who smoke ______ (try) to quit if they find out they’re pregnant, but it’s unclear whether they keep it up after they’ve g____ birth. A new study adds to the evidence, ______ (show) that nearly half of women who kick the habit while pregnant will become smokers once again. The new report, _____ (publish) Tuesday in the journal Addiction, looked at 27 different trials that attempted to help pregnant women q___ smoking. The researchers took a closer look at (28) ______ these women stayed non-smokers six months after giving birth. They found that among the women who w____ offered some sort of smoking cessation intervention, 13% were able to quit sometime during the pregnancy and remain abstinent when they delivered.
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The o____ 87% of women either tried to quit and were not able to do so, ______ they did not attempt to kick the habit. Of ______ 13% that did quit, the researchers found that 43% started smoking again by six months. “Most pregnant smokers do not a____ abstinence from smoking while they are pregnant, and among those that do, most______ re-start smoking within 6 months of childbirth,” the study authors write. “This would suggest that______ large amounts of health-care expenditure on smoking cessation, few women and their offspring gain the maximum benefits of cessation.”
New statistics have been released today that show gang crimes are on the increase in the UK. They also s____ that there has been a rise in teenagers _____ (arrest) for crimes such as burglary and shoplifting. Many people feel that, ______ nothing is done soon, this problem is l___ to get worse. More and more children are turning to gangs because they don’t know anything different. These children are often from broken families ______ _____ there is no father figure. Our idea involves ______ (identify) children between the ages of five and eleven who we feel are at risk. We then assign these children to police officers who a___ as mentors. The officers meet up with the children once a week to do the normal things that most children of their age do. We know that children as young as seven have been used by gangs______ (carry) their weapons. One of the biggest p____ is peer pressure. A lot of these children feel that, because all their friends are in gangs, they should be too. If we can show these children that there are other options, we hope they _____ (not persuade) to join the gangs. We’ve been experimenting with the scheme for six months in the London a___ and the results are very ______ (encourage). We will probably take the idea to other cities throughout the UK next year. If we are successful, then we will see (40) _____ (few) young children turning to crime and these neighbourhoods will be made s____ for everyone.
Nowadays, the food that you buy c____ from many different countries．Have a look in your fridge, cupboard, and fruit bowl and c____ the origins of the food．Perhaps there are apples from California, lamb from New Zealand, or potatoes from Egypt? You will probably be surprised how_____ food travels to get to your plate．This journey, from “field to plate”, is called “food miles”．A food mile is the d_____ that food travels from the farmer’s field to the person who buys
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the food．Nowadays, food o____ travels thousands of miles to get to the consumer．Why is this, and what are the effects of these long distances? T_______, farmers sold their food in the local market so the food didn’t have to travel very far．The consumers also did not travel very far, because they went to their local market to buy the food．This was a good s____ for farmers and consumers．However, there were some ______. For example, consumers could only buy food that farmers produced locally．In addition, they could only get food that was in s_____．Now, because of modern technology, food comes from all over the world．We do not have to wait for spring or summer to buy strawberries or tomatoes．They are______in winter if we want. Some countries have to import most of their food．This is because they have difficult c____．The United Arab Emirates(UAE), for example, gets 85% of its food from other countries．______food made in the UAE often uses imported materials. What’s wrong with “food miles”? Is this not a good way of i______ international trade? I believe these miles are ______for a number of reasons．First of all, because food travels such long distances．We need more planes, lorries, and ships to move the food. This m____ we use more oil or petrol, so there is more pollution and more global warming．______, food that travels a long way is not fresh and usually not very tasty．Tomatoes, for example, are picked early and s___ for their long journey．For this reason, they are usually tasteless when they get to the consumer. Local food has a b_____ taste, and it also reduces the amount of global pollution. We need to buy more local food.
1. A.early; B. interesting; C. far; D. accurate; 2. A. disadvantage; B. results; C. methods; D .links
3. A.delicious; B.dramatic; C. colourful; D.available 4. A.Yet; B.Even; C.Still; D.Again
5. A.worrying; B. affecting; C. encouraging; D.changing
6. A.For the time being B.on average C.In addition D.In return
Dario and his mother loved their new apartment. The living room was l____ enough for their
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piano. That night, the two of them sat side by side at the piano. They played jazz music to c____ their new home. The loud music filled the room and made them feel very happy. The next morning, however, their happiness disappeared. Someone had left a n___ under their door during the night. One of their n_____ had written to complain(抱怨) about the sound of the piano. Dario’s mother asked the building superintendent(管理员) if he knew a_____ about it. But he said that they were all nice people and he couldn’t i____ any of them had done that. Later that morning, Dario suggested that they write a letter to their neighbors and apologize for their playing.
“Maybe we could go and visit everyone in p_____.” his mother said.
“What if we invited them to come here for a party i_____? Dario asked.
They both loved the idea. Over the next f___ days, they sent out invitations and prepared desserts for their guests. They d____ the apartment with streamers and party lights. Finally, the day of the party arrived. Some guests brought presents. Others brought flowers. Some even brought desserts to s___. One woman, Mrs. Gilbert, gave Dario’s mother with a book of piano music by Chopin. “I heard you playing the o____ night,” she said. “The sounds woke me out of bed. I was afraid that you m____ play like this every night. So I wrote a short note. I hope you don’t think I disliked the playing.” Dario’s mother smiled at Mrs. Gilbert. “I think maybe we should a______ to you.” she said. “I didn’t realize how late it was when we were playing. Maybe we should play some q_____ music at night. “You play, you play!” Mrs. Gilbert said. “I like what you play! Just not so loud at night.” She p_____to the book she had given them. “These songs are not such loud music.”
“These songs are beautiful music.” Dario’s mother said. “We will be happy to play them in the evening.”
“And we won’t play so loud or late!” Dario said. He was already looking forward to p_____
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the new music. More than that, however, he was happy to see the big smile on his mother’s face. It gave him a feeling of w____ and made him feel that they were home at last. 1. How was the jazz music Dario and his mother played one night ?
2. Did Dario and his mother visit their neighbors or write a letter to their neighbors?
3. What did Dario and his mother do to their neighbor later?
4. Who wrote a short note to Dario and his mother?
5. Why did Mrs Gillbert send them a book of piano music by Chopin?
6. What can you learn from the story? Please give a proper tittle to the passage .(In less than six words)
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