The famous director of a big and expensive movie planned to film a beautiful sunset over the ocean so that the audiences could see his hero and heroine in front of it at the end of the film as they said goodbye to each other for ever . He sent his camera crew（摄制组）out one evening to film the sunset for him .
The next morning he said to the men , “ Have you provided me with that sunset ? ”
“ No , sir . ” the men answered .
The director was angry . “ Why not ? ” he asked .
“ Well , sir , ” one of the men answered . “ we’re on the east coast here , and the sets in the west . We can get you a sunrise over the sea , if necessary , but not a sunset . ”
“ But I want a sunset ! ” the director shouted . “ Go to the airport . take the next flight to the west coast , and get one . ”
But then a young secretary had an idea . “ Why don’t you photograph a sunrise . ” she suggested . “ and then play it backwards ? Then it’ll look like a sunset . ”
The camera crew went out early the next morning and filmed a bright sunrise over the beach in the middle of a beautiful bay（海湾）. Then at nine o’clock they took it to the director . “ Here it is sir . ” they said , and gave it to him . He was very pleased .
They all went into the studio（摄影棚）. “ All right . ” the director explained . “ now our hero and heroine are going to say good-bye . Run the film backwards so that we can see the ‘ sunset behind them . ’ ”
The “ sunset ” began , but after a quarter of a minute , the director suddenly put his face in his hands and shouted to the camera crew to stop .
The birds in the film were flying backwards . and the waves on the sea were going away from the beach .
小题1:One evening, the director sent his camera crew out .| A．to watch a beautiful sunset | | B．to find an actor and an actress | | C．to film a sunset scene on the sea | | D．to meet the audience |
小题2:Why did the director want to send his crew to the west coast ?| A．Because he changed his mind about getting a sunset . | | B．Because he wanted to get a scene of sunset . | | C．Because it was his secretary’s suggestion . | | D．Because he was angry with his crew . |
小题3:Which of the following is NOT true ?| A．The crew had to follow the secretary’s advice . | | B．If you want to see a sunrise , the east coast is the place to go to . | | C．The camera crew wasn’t able to film the scene the first day . | | D．The director ordered his crew to stop filming the “ sunset ” . |
小题4:The director wanted to film a sunset over the ocean because .| A．it went well with the separation of the hero and the heroine | | B．when they arrived at the beach it was already in the evening | | C．it was more moving than a sunrise | | D．the ocean looked more beautiful at sunset |
小题5:After the “ sunset ” began , the director suddenly put his face in his hands .| A．because he was moved to tears | | B．as he saw everything in the film moving backwards | | C．as the sunrise did not look as beautiful as he had imagined | | D．because he was disappointed with the performance of the hero and heroine |
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小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:A
小题5:B |
小题1:细节题。根据第一段最后一句. He sent his camera crew（摄制组）out one evening to film the sunset for him . 可知C正确。
小题2:推理题。根据文章第六段可知他拍员工去西海岸是为了拍日落。
小题3:推理题。根据文章可知导演并没有停止拍摄日落。
小题4:推理题。根据文章第一段2,3行可知日落和分手的寓意相同的。
小题5:细节题。根据文章最后一段可知影片里的所有物品都倒过去了。 |
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For thirty years, Johnson arrived at work at 9A.M. exactly. He never missed a day and was never late.
However, on one particular day, 9A.M. passed without Johnson’s arrival, it caused a sensation (轰动). All workers stopped and wait, and the boss himself looked at his watch and complained.
Finally, exactly at ten, Johnson turned up, clothes dusty and torn, his face hurt and bruised（挫伤）, his glasses bent. He limped painfully to the time clock, struck in with a strong fist, and said, knowing that all eyes were upon him, “I fell and rolled down two flights of stairs in the subway and nearly killed myself.”
But the boss said, “And to roll down two flights of stairs took you a whole hour?”
小题1:How long did Johnson work in the company?| A．9 years. | B．10 years. | C．20 years. | D．30 years. |
小题2:What did the other workers do when Johnson was late for work?| A．They were waiting for Johnson. | | B．They did their work as usual. | | C．They complained against Johnson. | | D．They were excited to see Johnson was late. |
小题3:What does the boss mean when he said “And to roll down two flights of stairs took you a whole hour?”?| A．He was worried about Johnson’s health. | | B．He was glad that Johnson was late for work. | | C．He was surprised at Johnson’s being late for work. | | D．He wanted to know more about the reason for Johnson’s being late for work. |
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With a determined(坚定的) look on his face, Chicago’s Michael McCarthy held on to the banister(扶手) and climbed to the top of the Willis Tower not long ago. The Tower stands 1,451 feet(442 meters) tall, the 21 building in the US.
As he got to the last step, McCarthy 22 fell down, but that didn’t stop him. The 14-year-old boy finally finished climbing the 2,109 steps and arrived at the top, where he 23 cheers from many people.
“I just want to show people that 24 a kid with no legs can do it, anyone can do it,” McCarthy said.
McCarthy, who was born without legs, has to wear prosthetic legs(假肢) and use a stick to walk. But McCarthy has a strong 25 . He believes having a disability(残疾) shouldn’t stop anyone 26 achieving his or her success.
He has been in a special school 27 he was four. When he decided to climb the Willis Tower, his teacher, Jeff Kohn, was 28 by his determination(决心) and offered to help train him. They 29 more than ten hours practicing climbing stairs and keeping balance with the prosthetics and sticks on the steps every day. “ 30 seems that he never knows how difficult it is. 31 I was so tired that I asked him to rest for a day,”said Kohn. “But he said he was still full of energy and wanted more 32 .”
Kohn always walked with McCarthy for the climb. “I 33 the last 10 floors, he went faster,” said Kohn. “He’s the most craven sportsman I’ve ever trained.”
McCarthy said he was 34 of himself and that the tower now holds special meaning. “When I’m older, I’ll 35 to the building and say ‘Look at this building I climbed’,” he said.
小题1:A. largest B. highest C. earliest
小题2:A. seldom B. hardly C. almost
小题3:A. enjoyed B. needed C. made
小题4:A. while B. though C. if
小题5:A. heart B. hope C. body
小题6:A. by B. for C. from
小题7:A. as B. since C. until
小题8:A. pleased B. beaten C. moved
小题9:A. used B. spent C. took
小题10:A. Here B. There C. It
小题11:A. However B. Sometimes C. Then
小题12:A. friends B. helpers C. exercise
小题13:A. tried B. saw C. did
小题14:A. thinking B. talking C. proud
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Dou Kou, a Chinese boy, is called “the youngest writer in the world”. He has written three books till now. Dou Kou was born in Jiangsu in 1994. When he was 7 months old, his parents started working in over 30 different cities, such as Xi’an and Shenzhen. This kind of life gave him things to think and write about. When he was 9 months old, he could speak and at the age of one, he could say five to six hundred words. At three, he could look up words in the dictionary. At four, his father taught him how to learn by himself. His parents like reading very much. So does he. At the age of 5, he began writing fairy tales. At the age of 6, he wrote a novel about his life in different cities with his parents. His fairy tales are all from his life. One day, he found many mice in the house. They only ate their food but also hurt his mother’s hand. So he thought, “If we give mice the stomach of cows, they will eat grass and they will be helpful to people.” This was his first fairy tales Change Stomach for Mice. Now he studies well in a middle school. He has written his third book, the novel called Eyes of Children. He says, “I am not different from other children. I just wrote several books.
小题1:How many books has Dou Kou written?| A．Three. | B．Four. | C．Five | D．Six |
小题2:Thanks to his _____, Dou Kou could write his books.| A．mother | B．father | | C．school life | D．life in different cities |
小题3:Dou Kou began to use a dictionary _____.| A．when he wrote fairy tales | | B．before his father taught him how to learn something | | C．after he went to school | | D．after his mother taught him how to learn something |
小题4:The underlined(划线的) sentences show us that Dou Kou _____.| A．is different from other children | | B．doesn’t tell the truth. | | C．is the same as other children | | D．likes his books |
小题5:Which is the best title?| A．Three Books by a child | | B．How to Write a Fairy Tales | | C．How Clever the Boy is | | D．Dou Kou, the Youngest Writer |
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A little boy invited his mother to attend his school’s first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy’s 36 , she said she would go. This would be the first time that his classmates and teacher 37 his mother and he felt 38 of her appearance. Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a severe scar that 39 nearly the entire right side of her face. The boy never wanted to 40 why or how she got the scar.
At the meeting, the people were 41 by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother
42 the scar, but the little boy was still embarrassed and 43 himself from everyone. He did, however, get within hearing of a conversation between his mother and his teacher.
The teacher asked 44 , “How did you get the scar on your face?”
The mother replied, “ 45 my son was a baby, he was in a room that 46 fire. Everyone was 47 afraid to go in because the fire was 48 , so I went in. As I was running toward his bed, I saw a long piece of wood coming down and I placed myself 49 him trying to protect him. I was knocked 50 but fortunately, a fireman came in and saved both of us. ” She 51 the burned side of her face. “This scar will be 52 , but to this day, I have never 53 what I did.”
At this point, the little boy came out running toward his mother with tears in his eyes. He 54 her in his arms and felt a great sense of the sacrifice that his mother had made for him. He held her hand 55 for the rest of the day.
| 小题1: | | A．enjoyment | B．disappointment | C．sorrow | D．joy |
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| 小题2: | | A．noticed | B．greeted | C．accepted | D．met |
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| 小题3: | | A．sick | B．ashamed | C．afraid | D．tired |
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| 小题4: | | A．included | B．passed | C．covered | D．shaded |
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| 小题5: | | A．talk about | B．think about | C．care for | D．hear about |
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| 小题6: | | A．impressed | B．surprised | C．excited | D．comforted |
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| 小题7: | | A．in sight of | B．by means of | C．by way of | D．in spite of |
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| 小题8: | | A．hid | B．protected | C．separated | D．escaped |
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| 小题9: | | A．carefully | B．seriously | C．nervously | D．anxiously |
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| 小题10: | | A．As | B．When | C．Since | D．While |
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| 小题11: | | A．caught | B．set | C．lit | D．made |
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| 小题13: | | A．out of control | B．under control | C．in control | D．over control |
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| 小题15: | | A．helpless | B．hopeless | C．senseless | D．useless |
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| 小题16: | | A．pointed | B．showed | C．wiped | D．touched |
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| 小题17: | | A．ugly | B．lasting | C．serious | D．frightening |
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| 小题18: | | A．forgot | B．recognized | C．considered | D．regretted |
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| 小题19: | | A．grasped | B．held | C．put | D．caught |
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| 小题20: | | A．quietly | B．slightly | C．tightly | D．suddenly |
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One cold night, I was growing sick of my life in San Francisco．There I was walking home around one o’clock in the morning after a 31 practice at the theatre. With the opening night only a week away, I was still learning my lines by heart. I was having 32 handling my part-time job at the bank in the daytime and my acting at night at the same time. As I walked, I thought seriously about 33 both acting and San Francisco. I had 34 too much of city life.
As I walked down the 35 streets under the tall buildings, I felt very small and cold, so I began 36 both to keep warm and to keep away from any possible robbers. Very few people were still out 37 a few homeless people under blankets.
About a block from my 38 , I heard a sound behind me. I 39 quickly, half expecting to see someone with a knife or a gun. The street was empty. All I saw was a shining streetlight. Still, the noise had made me 40 so I started to run faster. Not until I reached my apartment building and unlocked the door did I 41 what the noise had been. It had been my wallet 42 to the sidewalk.
Suddenly I wasn’t cold or tired anymore. I ran out of the door and back to where I’d heard the noise. Although I searched the sidewalk 43 for 15 minutes, my wallet was 44 to be found.
Just as I was about to quit the 45 , I heard the garbage truck stop to the sidewalk next to 46 . When a voice came from the inside, “Alisa Camacho?” I thought I was dreaming. How could this man know my name? The door opened and out jumped a small blonde(金发碧眼的) man with an 47 look in his eyes. “Is this 48 you’re looking for?” He asked, holding up something like a wallet.
It was already 3 a.m. by the time I got into bed. I couldn’t get much sleep, but I had got my wallet back. I also had got back some 49 of city life. I realized the city couldn’t be a bad place 50 people were willing to help each other.
| 小题1: | | A．comfortable | B．serious | C．tiresome | D．fortunate |
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| 小题2: | | A．comfort | B．desire | C．pain | D．trouble |
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| 小题3: | | A．setting up | B．giving up | C．holding up | D．picking up |
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| 小题4: | | A．expected | B．changed | C．controlled | D．possessed |
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| 小题5: | | A．deserted | B．crowded | C．blank | D．narrow |
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| 小题6: | | A．running | B．jumping | C．moving | D．marching |
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| 小题7: | | A．towards | B．except | C．including | D．between |
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| 小题8: | | A．bank | B．theatre | C．apartment | D．office |
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| 小题9: | | A．stood | B．walked | C．turned | D．left |
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| 小题10: | | A．satisfied | B．confused | C．frightened | D．annoyed |
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| 小题11: | | A．turn out | B．figure out | C．give out | D．pull out |
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| 小题12: | | A．belonging | B．adding | C．sticking | D．falling |
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| 小题13: | | A．gratefully | B．anxiously | C．skillfully | D．delightedly |
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| 小题14: | | A．nowhere | B．anywhere | C．everywhere | D．somewhere |
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| 小题15: | | A．instruction | B．training | C．search | D．acting |
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| 小题17: | | A．amused | B．unpleasant | C．uneasy | D．embarrassed |
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| 小题18: | | A．what | B．who | C．whichever | D．whomever |
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| 小题19: | | A．production | B．judgment | C．friendship | D．appreciation |
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| 小题20: | | A．as soon as | B．as long as | C．as far as | D．as well as |
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