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An aunt of mine kept a hat by her front door

，

and whenever the

doorbell

rang

，

she

would

put

it

on.

If

it

was

someone

she

wished to see,she would remark how lucky it was that she had

just come in. If it was someone ahe wanted to avoid .she would

say how sorry she was

，

but she was just going out.

One

day,

a father and

his little son were

going

home.

At

this age, the boy was

interested

in

all

kinds

of

things

and

was

always

asking

questions. Now, he

asked,

the

meaning

of

the

word

'Drunk',

dad?

father replied,

regard the two

policemen as four then I am drunk.

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.

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“Well, sir,” one of the men answered, “we?re on the east coast h

ere, 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.

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?ve loved my mother?s desk since I was just tall enough to sit above the top of it.

Mother sat writing letters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens, and

white paper, I decided that the act of writing must be a most wonderful thing in the

world.

Years later, during her final illness, Mother kept different things for my sister and

brother. “But the desk,” she said again, “is for Elizabeth.”

I

never

saw

her

angry,

never

saw

her

cry.

I

knew

she

loved

me;

she

showed

in

action. But as a young girl. I wanted to have heart-to-heart talks between mother and

daughter.

They never happened. And a gulf

opened between us. I was “too emotional (

易动

感情的

)”. But she lived “on

the surface (

表面

)”.

As years passed and I had my own family. I loved my mother and thanked her for

our happy family. I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any

way she chose that she did forgive me.

My

hope

turned

to

disappointment,

then

little

interest

and,

finally,

peace

–

it

seemed

that

nothing

happened.

I

couldn?t

be

sure

that

the

letter

had

even

got

to

Mother.

I

only

knew

that

I

had

written

it,

and

I

could

stop

trying

to

make

her

into

someone she was not.

But

the

present

of

her

desk

told

me,

as

she?d

never

been

able

to,

that

she

was

pleased

that

writing

was

my

chosen

work.

I

cleaned

the

desk

carefully

and

found

some papers inside

–

a photo of my father and a one-paper letter, folded and refolded

many times. It was my letter.

“In

any way you choose, Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than

words.”

1

．

The writer began to love her mother?s desk________.

A

．

after Mother died

C

．

when she was a child

2

．

The passage shows that_________.

A

．

Mother was cold on the surface but kind in her heart to her daughter

B

．

Mother was too serious about her daughter in words

C

．

Mother wrote to her daughter in careful words

D

．

Mother wrote to her daughter in careless words

B

．

before she became a writer

D

．

when Mother gave it to her

3

．

The underlined word “gulf” in the passage means_______.

A

．

deep understanding between the old and the young

B

．

different ideas between mother and daughter

C

．

free talks between mother and daughter

D

．

part of the sea going far in land

4

．

What

did Mother do with her daughter?s letter asking for forgiveness?

A

．

She had never received the letter.

B

．

For years, she often talked about the letter.

C

．

She didn?t forgive her daughter at all in all her life.

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