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 forever. He sent his camera crew 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 sun 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."
     "That's a very good idea!" the director said. Then he turned to the camera crew and said, "Tomorrow
morning I want you to get me a beautiful sunrise over the sea."
     The camera crew went out early the next morning and filmed a bright sunrise over the beach in the
middle of a beautiful bay. 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. "All right," the director explained, "now our hero and heroine are going
to say goodbye. 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.

1. One evening, the director sent his camera crew out _____.

A. to film a scene on the sea
B. to find an actor and an actress
C. to watch a beautiful sunset
D. to meet the audience

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 was angry with his crew.
C. Because he wanted to get a scene of sunset.
D. Because it was his secretary's suggestion.

3. The director wanted to film a sunset over the ocean because _____.

A. it went well with the separation of the hero and 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

4. 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

5. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. The crew had to follow the secretary's advice (忠告).
B. If you want to see a sunrise, the east coat is the place to go.
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".

     I shook hands with my father in the truck, and for a long time he looked straight ahead and didn't say a
word. But I knew he was going to say a little to me. "I can't tell anything," he finally said. "I never went to
college, and none of your brothers went to college. I can't say 'don't do this and do that', because everything
is different and I don't know what is going to come up. I can't help much with money either, but I think
things will work out."
     He gave me a new check-book. "If things get pushing, write a small check. But when you write one,
send me a letter and let me know how much. There are some things we can always sell." In four years all
the checks I wrote were less than a thousand dollars. My part-time jobs such as reading to the blind student
and sitting with the teachers' kids filled in the financial gaps.
     "You know what you want to be, and they'll tell you what to take," my father went on. "When you get a
job, be sure it's honest, and work hard." I knew that soon I would be alone in the big town, and I would be
missing the cool winds and a life where your thinking was done for you.
     Then my dad reached down beside his seat and brought the old, broken Bible that he had read so often,
the one he used when he wanted to look something up in a friendly quarrel with one of the neighbours. I
knew he would miss it. I knew, though, that I must take it.
     He didn't say, "Read this every morning." He just said, "This can help you if you will let it."
     Did it help? I got through college without being a burden on the family. I have been able to make money
since.

1. What is the writer's main purpose (目的) in writing this passage?

A. To tell the readers his life story.
B. To tell people what kind of person his father was.
C. To let people know how poor he was.
D. To tell the readers what present he got from his father.

2. Why did the father not ask his son not to do this and do that?

A. Because he felt quite confident of him.
B. Because he was born from a poor family.
C. Because he was a man of few words.
D. Because he didn't want to be much too strict with him.

3. What would you learn from this passage?

A. How to live by oneself.
B. How to stand on one's own feet.
C. What a good father should do.
D. What the self-important is like.

4. What may be the proper Chinese meaning for the underlined part in the passage?

A. 閑暇時(shí)光
B. 學(xué)費(fèi)
C. 經(jīng)濟(jì)不足
D. 精神空虛

5. What kind of book did the Bible seem to be to the writer's father?

A. It was a book which told you how you should get on well with others.
B. There were many good examples for you to copy in it.
C. It was a book that told you how to get a good job and a good future.
D. It was a good book that could help you when you were in trouble.

                                                                   Secret Santas
     On Christmas morning, Linda wakes up, and tries to imagine the wide-eyed surprise of children in another
household as they unwrap the presents she carefully chose for them. Linda has never met the children, but
that's all part of the joy of giving as secret Santas, she says.
     "It's an amazing feeling to buy gifts on an anonymous (匿名的)basis," says Linda. "It brings a whole new
meaning to the holidays."
     Linda and Tony are an American couple living in Toronto, Canada, and Linda did charitable work as a
member of the American Women's Club of Toronto. As the name suggests, members are U.S. citizens living
in Toronto, who join together for fellowship and commumty service.
     To find her "adopted" family, Linda goes to the local schools and requests a wish list for a family that's
struggling to survive. Last year she helped a single mother with three children. The mother works as a cleaning
lady in a nursing home.
     "The list is always heartbreaking: They have an opportunity to ask for anything and do just the opposite,
asking for basic clothes or simple toys," she says. "We always buy the kids a new winter coat, hats, and
gloves." She also buys gifts for the parents.
     Last year Linda asked the mother for a second wish list-one that didn't include the basics. "Every child
should have a Christmas that sticks with them for a lifetime." She purchased iPods for the two older children
and a video game system for the youngest. "I have learned a very valuable lesson in all of this," says Linda.
"Pay attention to what's going on in your own backyard-no matter where you live."
     The joy of giving as secret Santas is much sweeter when the gift is anonymous.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，回答問題。
1. What reaction does Linda imagine the children will have? (No more than 5 words)
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2. Why did Linda join the American Women's Club of Toronto? (No more than 10 words)
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3. Why did Linda ask for a second wish list? (No more than 15 words)
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4. What kind of people does "secret Santas" in the passage refer to? (No more than 12 words)
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     I got my first driver's license in 1953 by taking driver education in my first year at Central High School
in charlotte, North Carolina. Four years later when it was time to renew my license I was a married woman
Henry and I were living in Batimore, Maryland Two weeks before my 20th birthday. Henry drove me to the
motor vehicle office on a hot July afternoon. When I got to the office and showed to the man behind the
counter my North Catroina driver's license ready to renew, the man told me that I was under age by Maryland
law since I was not yet 21. "Mr Henry Smith your husband to sign for you," he said.
     I argued, pointing to a very large belly of mine, "I am married. I am having a baby. Why shoud I have to
have someone sign for me to drive? He answered coldly, "it's the law, madam?"
     Henry encouraged me to calm down, just go ahead and get the license and be done with it.
     "No" I said. I refused to have him sign for me. So I left without a Maryland license.
     I called the North Carolina Motor Whice Office and renewed my NC license by mail-using my name Susan
Brown And thus it was for the next twelve years. Since Henry was in the army I could drive under my home
state licene. By the time Henry left the army we were once again liviing in Maryland and I had to take the
Maryland driver's exam Since then I just go in and renew every four years-sign the name Susan Brown have
my new picture taken, and walk out with a license to drive.

1. Susan got her first driver's license _____.

A. before she got married to Henry
B. when she was twenty years old
C. after she finished high school
D. when she just moved to Maryland

2. Susan failed to renew her license the first time in Maryland because _____.

A. she was forbidden to drive by Maryland law
B. she lacked driving experience in Maryland
C. she was to give birth to a baby soon
D. she insisted on signing for herself

3. We can infer from the text that in the U.S. _____.

A. American males should serve in the army
B. different states my have different laws
C. people have to renew their licenses in their home states
D. women should adopt their husbands' family names after marriage

     Most dog owners feel that their dogs are their best friends. Almost everyone likes dogs because they try
hard to please their owners. One of my favorite stories is about a dog who wanted his owner to please him.
     One of my friends has a large German shepherd (牧羊狗) named Jack. Every Sunday afternoon, my friend
takes Jack for a walk in the park. Jack likes these long walks very much.
     One Sunday afternoon, a young man came to visit my friend. He stayed a long time, and he talked and
talked. Soon it was time for my friend to take Jack for his walk, but the visitor didn't leave. Jack became very
worried about his walk in the park. He walked around the room several times and then sat down directly in
front of the visitor and looked at him. But the visitor paid no attention. He continued talking. Finally, Jack could
n't stand it any longer. He went out of the room and came back a few minutes later. He sat down again in front
of the visitor, but this time he held the man's hat in his mouth.
     German shepherds aren't the only intelligent dogs. Another intelligent dog is a Seeing Eye dog. This is a
special dog which helps blind people walk along the streets and do many other things. We call these dogs
Seeing Eye dogs because they are the "eye" of the blind people and they help them to "see". Seeing Eye dogs
generally go to special schools for several years to learn to help blind people.

1. The writer tells the story about the dog Jack to show that _____.

A. it, like many other dogs, always tried to please its master
B. it, unlike many other dogs, always wanted its master to please it
C. it was more intelligent than many other dogs
D. it was the most faithful dog of his friend's

2. Jack came to sit in front of the visitor in order to _____.

A. please him
B. be pleased
C. ask him to leave immediately
D. invite him for a walk

3. The sentence "Finally, Jack couldn't stand it any longer." means _____.

A. Jack could no longer put up with the visitor
B. Jack could no longer stand but he might sit down
C. Jack was very tired and wanted a rest
D. Jack was very angry with the visitor

4. Which of the following titles would be the best for the passage?

A. Dogs-A Great Help to People
B. Dogs-Our Faithful Companions
C. An Introduction to Dogs
D. Famous Dogs in Germany