1. I’d rather (be) an English teacher.
2. He spent all his life (help) poor children in different parts of the world.
3. Bill always feels sleepy while (see) films.
4. Eddie insists that he (become) world-famous some day.
5. you ever (not dream) of running your own business?
6. Zhang Yimou is (know) to everyone as an excellent director.
7. Before becoming a professor, he (work) as a director in Beijing.
8. Three students (choose) to play the major roles in that play yesterday.

1. I yesterday evening.
2. He has in .
3. That film was and she soon .
4. The script . It was than the novel.
5. marked her acting career.

( ) 1. What does the underlined phrase “the father of science fiction” mean?
A. The father who has several children.
B. The man who loves science and inventions.
C. The writer whose father wrote science fiction.
D. The man who first started writing science fiction successfully.
( ) 2. What encouraged Jules Verne to write more stories?
A. The plays he wrote for the theatre.
B. His father’s words.
C. The success of Five Weeks in a Balloon.
D. The scientific subjects in his stories.
( ) 3. Why were Jules Verne’s books very popular in the 19th century?
A. Because his books made him rich and famous.
B. Because he wrote many plays for the theatre at that time.
C. Because many movies were based upon his books.
D. Because many people were interested in science and inventions.
( ) 4. Which of the following has the main character called Phileas Fogg?
A. Five Weeks in a Balloon.
B. Around the World in Eighty Days.
C. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth.
D. From the Earth to the Moon.
( ) 5. According to the article, which of the following is true?
A. Jules Verne only wrote plays in the 19th century.
B. Many of the predictions in Verne’s stories came true.
C. The main characters in Verne’s books are always on time.
D. 20,000 Leagues under the Sea was the first successful film made by Disney.