() 1.Do you know when the organization was ______?
A.set off
B.set up
C.built up
D.let off

() 2.The house built in the 19th century cost ______ more than expected.
A.far
B.quite
C.very
D.also

() 3.— I don’t know where to go this summer vacation.
— Why not ______ visiting Xiamen? It’s neither too hot nor too cold now.

A.consider
B.wonder
C.suggest
D.order

() 4.— I was voted to be the monitor (班长) by my classmates.
— Great! Make yourself valuable ______ they can always trust you.

A.so that
B.unless
C.or
D.although

( ) 5. Jake ______ his mother likes pop songs, and they often sing together.
A.Not only; but also
B.Neither; nor
C.Either; or
D.Both; and

() 6.— Mike, do you enjoy your present job? — ______. I just do it for a living.
A.Of course
B.Not really
C.Not likely
D.Not a little

二、信息还原
What Makes a Movie a Hit?
1. ____________
Some stars have fans who will go and see any movie they are in. However, not all movies that have big stars in them are successful, and using famous actors can be expensive!
Use a story or characters people like.
2. ____________ Just think of Harry Potter, Wonder Woman, X-Men, Star Wars, etc. People already love these, so they can’t wait to see the movies.
Make a movie that people will write or talk about.
Before people go and see a movie, they often check to see what others write or talk about it in the newspapers or on the websites. 3. ____________
4. ____________
This is really important. As well as posters, most big movies will now have a website that gives extra information about the movie. Also, when a new movie comes out, the stars of the movie usually travel around the world and give interviews to get people interested in the movie.
5. ____________
Awards like the Oscars and the Golden Globes let people know which movies are good to watch. A movie that gets an award often becomes much more popular than before.
A. Advertise the movie well. B. Use actors who are really famous.
C. Make a movie with high technology (科技). D. Make a movie that might win a prize.
E. The movie is so popular that everyone goes to watch it.
F. Also, people who love a movie will tell their friends how good it is.
G. There are lots of movies which come from books, comics, computer games or TV shows.

三、阅读下面的短文并用英语回答问题
Ten years after The Grandmaster (《一代宗师》), Wong Kar-wai is finally returning. This time, the Hong Kong film director tried a “small screen” production. His first television series, Blossoms Shanghai (《繁花》), began airing on December 27, 2023.
The 30-episode drama is based on a 2012 novel of the same name. It was written by Jin Yucheng. The story is set in Shanghai in the 1990s. It centres around A Bao (played by Hu Ge), a Shanghainese man. Over ten years, he rises from humble (低微的) beginnings to become a successful entrepreneur (企业家).
Jin wrote Blossoms Shanghai in the hope that it would help readers understand the city and its culture. “The novel has been the perfect one to share my love for my hometown,” said Wong. “With the series, I would like to invite the audience to see Shanghai in the early 1990s. It was an exciting time that paved the way for (为……铺平道路) the prosperity (繁荣) of modern Shanghai.”
The TV series stays true to the novel’s local colour. The leads were all born and raised in Shanghai. A lot of the dialogue is in Shanghainese. Much effort was also made to recreate the look and feel of Shanghai in the 1990s. The television crew even posted a newspaper notice looking for everyday objects from that time.
The show had been six years in the making. The filming took three years to complete. The director is well-known for being very particular (挑剔的) about each and every shot (镜头). He often requires actors to perform a scene more than ten times.
The director made some challenging choices with this work too. He has released Blossoms Shanghai in two versions (版本): Mandarin (普通话) and Shanghainese.
The Shanghainese version is very popular among viewers. “I prefer the Shanghainese version, although I don’t understand the dialect,” a girl said. “I really like the local features.”
1. What is the TV series based upon?

2. What is the difference between the two versions of this TV series?

3. Have you seen the TV series? How do you like it?