1) Ang Lee 2) wuxia stories 3)Yu Xiulian and Li Mubai's relationship

　　4) Xiu lian's sword 5) Zhang ZiYi 6) Chow Yun-Fat

Step 4. Reading Practice

　　Read the following passage within 5 minutes and make a better choice to each problem.

　　They were just an ordinary pair of jeans bought in a second-hand shop. But when four girls discover that the jeans look good on all of them, despite their different figures and heights, they realize"these are magical trousers"!

　　The four girls－Carmen, Tibby, Lena and Bridget－have been best friends all their lives. They live in the same small American town and usually spend every moment of their long summer holidays together.

　　This year they all turn 16. It is the first time they have had separate plans for the summer, but the girls are determined to keep in touch. They hit upon a wonderful plan of sharing the jeans throughout the holiday by sending them on to the next friend when they feel the time is right.

　　When they meet up at the end of the summer, they will record their favorite adventures on the trouser legs.

　　Based on American writer Ann Brashares' best-selling novel, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants tells the story of the girls' summer trips. It will be released on June 1 in the United States.

　　Beautiful Kena is going to Greece to be with her grandparents; strong, athletic Bridget is off to a football camp in Mexico; hot-tempered Carmen plans to have her divorced(离婚的) father all to herself in South Carolina; Tibby, the rebel will be left at home to work hard for little money.

　　Over the summer the jeans come to represent friendship and growing up. Lena finds ways to communicate with her grandpa, which she once thought was boring; Bridget falls in love with an older camp coach; Carmen finds out her father is engaged to a woman with two children; Tibby makes friends with a 12-year-old who is dying of cancer.

　　Even though the four girls miss each other, being apart takes each of them on their own adventures of love, courage and forgiveness. They grow and begin to understand the world and themselves.

　　1. Why do the four girls realize "these are magical trousers"?

A. The jeans are just an ordinary pair of pants.

B. The jeans were bought in a second-hand shop.

C. They find the jeans were made out of special material.

D. Any one of them looks smart when they put on the jeans.

2. Which of the following statements about the four girls is NOT true according to the passage?

A. They are of the same age.

B. They have been best friend all their lives.

C. They live in the same small American town.

D. They always spend their long summer holidays together.

　　3. The reason why the four girls make a plan of sharing the jeans throughout the holiday is that_____.

A. they want to record their favorite adventures

B. they want to keep in touch in their summer holidays

the activity was arranged by their teachers and parents