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
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信息匹配（共1小题）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Winter begins in the north on December 22nd．People and animals have been doing what they always do to prepare for the colder months，Sqzeirrels，for example，have been busy gathering nuts from trees．_____1._____
They examined differences between red squirrels and gray squirrels in the American state of Indiana．The scientists wanted to know how these differences could affect the growth of black walnut(黑胡桃）trees．_____2._____The black walnut tree is also a central part of some hardwood forests．
Rob Swihart of Purdue University did the study with Jake Goheen，a former Purdue student nowat the University of New Mexico．The two researchers estimate that several times as many walnuts grow when gathered by gray squirrels as compared to red squirrels．Gray squirrels and red squirrels do not store nuts and seeds in the same way．Gray squirrels bury nuts one at a time in a number of places．____3.____So some nuts remain in the ground．Conditions are right for them to develop and grow the following spring．Red squirrels，however，store large groups of nuts above ground．
____4.____But Professor Swihart says their numbers began to decrease as more forests were cut for agriculture．Red squirrels began to spread through the state during the past century．The researchers say red squirrels are native to forests that stay green all year，unlike walnut trees．They say the cleaning of forest land for agriculture has helped red squirrels invade（涌入）Indiana．____5._____
A．Gray squirrels are native to Indiana．
B．But they seldom remember where they buried every nut．
C．Red squirrels bury nuts in a different way．
D．The black walnut is the nut of choice for both kinds of squirrels．
E．Jake Goheen calls them a sign of an environmental problem more than a cause．
F．Scientists are worried that they will drive away the gray squirrels．
G．Well，scientists have been busy gathering information about what the squirrels do with the food they collect．
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—Hi，Tom．The new iPad6 only cost me 150 dollars．
—Really？It was a real ______．
A．changeB．bargain
C．tradeD．business
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Hot ______ the night air was, we slept soundly after the long tiring journey.
A. although B. as C. while D. however
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Let us suppose it is now about A.D. 2060. let’s make believe it is about fifty years from now. of course, things have changed and life is very different.
Voyages to the moon are being made every day. It is as easy to take a holiday on the moon today as it was for the people in 1960 to take a holiday in Europe. At a number of scenic spots on the moon, many hotels have been built. The hotels are air-conditioned, naturally. In order that everyone can enjoy the beautiful scenery on the moon, every room has at least one picture window. Everything imaginable is provided for entertainment of young and old.
What are people eating now? People are still eating food. They haven’t yet started to take on heir(继承) supply of energy directly as electrical current or as nuclear power. They may some day. But many foods now come in pill form, and the food that goes into the pill continues to come mainly from green plants.
Since there are several times as many people in the world today as there were a hundred years ago, most of our planet’s surface has to be filled. The deserts are irrigated(灌溉) with water and crops are no longer destroyed by pests. The harvest is always good.
Farming, of course, is very highly developed. Very few people have to work on the farm. It is possible to run the farm by just pushing a few buttons now and then.
People are now largely vegetarians(素食者). You see, as the number of people increases, the number of animal decreases. Therefore, the people have to be vegetarians and we are healthier both in our bodies and in our minds, and we know the causes and cure of disease and pain, and it is possible to get rid of diseases. No one has to be ill any more.
Such would be our life in 2060.
1. According to the text, what will be on the moon in about A.D.2060?
A. Many other animals. B. Many tourists.
C. Many plants. D. A sea.
2. What will people eat in 2060 according to the text?
A. Foods in pill form. B. Foods in gas form.
C. Biscuits in pill form. D. Foods in water form.
3.Why are people largely vegetarians in 2060?
A. There are fewer animals existing on earth.
B. People don’t like to eat meat.
C. People no longer need food.
D. People are healthy enough.
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The film brought the hours back to me _____ I was taken good care of in that far-away village.
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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Today I’m here to tell you about the survival course I and all other scientists have to go through when we arrive in the Antarctic , and this is 1. they call field training .
The first day’s training was the construction of snow shelters . We 2. ( divide ) into three teams 3. four persons in each team . Each team went for a different type of shelter . The Canadian 4. ( choose ) the snow shelter type ; the New Zealanders dug through a pile of snow and we decided to dig a hole in the ground . We 5. ( foolish ) thought it would be the easiest . So we set to work and after 6. ( dig ) for a couple of hours , it was beautiful , deep and long 7. unfortunately far too wide . 8. else succeeded with their efforts but we had to announce 9. ( fail ) , for we couldn’t get enough snow 10. ( build ) a roof . So in the end all we had was a deep hole and that’s how we came to sleep outside at night in one of the coldest places in the world .
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Does handwriting matter? Not very much, according to many educators. However, scientists say it is far too soon to declare handwriting is not important. New evidence suggests that the link between handwriting and educational development is deep.
Children not only learn to read more quickly when they first learn to write by hand, but they are also better able to create ideas and remember information. In other words, it’s not only what we write that matters—but how.
A study led by Karin James, a psychologist （心理学家）at Indiana University, gave support to that view. A group of children, who had not learned to read and write, were offered a letter or a shape on a card and asked to copy it in one of three ways: draw the image on a page but with a dotted outline (虚线) , draw it on a piece of blank white paper, or type it on a computer. Then the researchers put the children in a brain scanner and showed them the image again.
It was found that when children had drawn a letter freehand without a dotted outline or a computer, the activity in three areas of the brain was increased. These three areas work actively in adults when they read and write. On the contrary, children who chose the other two ways showed no such effect. Dr. James attributes the differences to the process of free handwriting: Not only must we first plan and take action in a way but we are also likely to produce a result that is variable. Those are not necessary when we have an outline.
It’s time for educators to change their minds and pay more attention to children’s handwriting.
1.What do scientists mean by saying “it is far too soon to declare handwriting is not important”?
A. Handwriting is not very important to children.
B. Handwriting has nothing to do with education.
C. Handwriting can not be learned in a short time.
D. Handwriting should not be ignored at present.
2.What does “that view” in Para. 3 refer to?
A. Children read quickly when they write by hand.
B. Children create ideas and remember information.
C. How we write is as important as what we write.
D. A group of students should know what to write.
3.Which is NOT the children’s task in the experiment?
A. Put a brain scanner and show the image again.
B. Draw the image on a piece of blank white paper.
C. Type the image directly on a computer.
D. Copy the image on a page but with a dotted outline.
4.According to the passage, the author obviously giving up handwriting.
A. is for B. is against
C. is responsible for D. doesn’t care about
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The government in China plans to end its one-child per family policy and instead let families have two children.
The plan was announced Thursday after high-level political meetings in Beijing. The official Xinhua news agency says the country’s top legislature must approve the proposal before it becomes law.
A Chinese Communist Party statement gave a number of reasons for the change in policy. The statement said the change is meant to balance population development. It said the move also attempts to stop a declining birth rate and strengthen the country’s work force.
China, the world's most populous country, launched the one-child policy in 1980. But the government permitted only a small number of couples to have two children. For example, some rural families were given approval to have two children. A total of 19 rural provinces have a partial two-child policy. That policy states if the first-born is a girl, a second child is permitted.
In 2013, the Chinese government gave other couples a chance to have two children. Families could have two if one parent was an only child.
A teacher and population expert, Jiang Quanbao, explained how Chinese families will react to the policy. “Too many young people in the cities are probably no longer interested in having a second child,”he said. “People in rural farming villages may be more interested. But again, some of them are already allowed to have two children.”
At the end of 2014, China had a population of 1.37 billion people. A total of 800 million of them are employed. But that job market population is expected to drop by 2050. With the two-child policy, an increase in births will ease the labor shortage, starting in 20 years.
1.Which of the following is NOT the reason for the two-child policy?
A. To ease the present labor shortage.
B. To balance population development.
C. To strengthen the country’s work force.
D. To stop a declining birth rate.
2.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. In the 1980s rural families could have two children if the first-born was a girl.
B. Due to the boom in population, by 2050 more young people will become unemployed.
C. Chinese government changes its population policy to greet the new situation in social development.
D. Few young people in the cities show much interest in the new policy because of financial pressure.
3.The writer writes this passage ________.
A. To educate. B. To inform.
C. To advertise. D. To analyze.
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