初中英语任务型阅读(3)

适合初中学生

16. has been greatly changed/ is different from before/ is changing

17. Communicate/ share their feelings and emotions

18. a long / much/ too much time.

19. sorry

20. popular/ welcome/ fashionable.

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One of the most well-know directors of out tome is Stephen Spielberg. He was

born in Cincinnati on 18 December 1946. His father was an electric engineer and his

mother was a performing pianist. His sister, Anne Spielberg, became a screenwriter

who wrote the stories for many famous films.

Stephen had always wanted to be a director ever since he was a young boy. When

he was just 13 years old, he made a 40-minute film. It won a local competition. Three

years later, he produced a film called Firelight, which made one hundred dollar’s

profit at the cinema in his hometown. Many of the ideas from this film were later

used for one of his most famous films called close encounters of the Third kind.

When he was 18 years old, he wanted to go to film school so that he could

improve his skills and become an even better director. Unluckily, he was unsuccessful

in getting a place at this school so he went to a university in California to study

English. Even though he had failed to get into the school he wanted to go to, he

didn’t let this stop him following his dream to become a great director.

Stephen Spielberg has directed many films since his first major film in 1976. He

Answer:

21. was born

22. 40-minute; won

23. Firelight; ideas;

24. 1964 ; failed

25. directed/made/produced; first