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阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

　　The famous director (导演) of a big and expensive film decided to film a beautiful sunset 1 the sea, so that people could see the man and woman players in front of 2 at the end of the film as they said goodbye to each other. He 3 a group of men out one evening to film the sunset for him.

　　The next morning he said to the men, “Have you 4 the sunset for me?”

　　“No, sir,” one man answered. “We're on the 5 coast (海岸线) here, and the sun sets in the west. We can get you a sunrise, but not a sunset.”

　　“But I want a sunset!” the director said 6 . Go to the airport (a place where planes land and take off), take the next 7 to the west coast, and get one.

　　But then one of them had an idea. “Why don't we film a sunrise and then put it 8 the projector (放映机) backwards? Then it'll 9 a sunset.”

　　“That's a 10 idea!” the director said. Then he 11 to the other men and said, “Tomorrow morning I want you to get me a beautiful sunrise.”

　　The group of men went out early the next morning and filmed a bright sunrise. Then at nine o'clock they 12 it to the director, “Here it is, sir,” they said, and showed it to him. He liked it very much.

　　They all went into the studio (摄影棚). “All right,” the director said, “Now our players are going to say goodbye. Run the film backwards through the projector so that we can 13 the ‘sunset’ behind them.”

　　The “sunset” began, 14 after a quarter of a minute, the director suddenly put his face in his hands and shouted to the men to stop. The birds in the film were flying backwards, and the waves on the sea were 15 the beach.

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A young American doctor was sleeping when suddenly his doorbell began to ring. It was already midnight, but what could the doctor do? He had to get up, put on his coat and go downstairs.

When he opened the door, he saw a man standing with a hat in his had． “How do you do?”said the man.“Can you come at once to a place out of town? It's quite far but you have a car and I can show you the way.”“Certainly,”said the doctor. “I'm quite ready. I can come at once.”After a few minutes the car was standing at the door, the man got into the doctor's car,and they drove off.

They drove on for a long time. Then the man sad．“Here you are. This is my home. Now I can pay you and you can go back to town.”“I must see the patient (病人) ,”the doctor sad．“How can I go back without seeing the patient?” “There is no patient,”explained the man.“Nobody is ill. I live here, you see, and one must get home from a town, mustn't he? There are no taxi this time of the night. But a doctor often makes night calls, so excuse me. Here is your money. Thank you,

doctor. Good night.”

1．The doctor ________ when the doorbell started to ring. (　)

A．was sleeping upstairs

B．was sleeping downstairs

C．was working upstairs

D．was working downstairs

2．The man asked the doctor ________. (　)

A．to go out for a walk with him

B．to go to a place out of town

C．to see a patient

D．to go his house

3．They left ________. (　)

A．on foot

B．by bike

C．at once

D．after a few minutes

4．What the man wanted to do was only ________. (　)

A．to fool the doctor

B．to give the doctor money

C．to get home in the doctor's car

D．to play a joke(开玩笑) on the doctor

5．The doctor would be ________ when he heard the man's words. (　)

A．happy

B．angry

C．sad

D．sorry

 

Yesterday evening, when I went to town 1 my mother, we met a strange old man.

It was raining 2 and we had no umbrella. We were trying to 3 a taxi when he came up to us. He was carrying a nice umbrella and he said that he would give 4 for only a pound. He had forgotten his wallet, he said he needed taxi to go back home. My mother didn’t believe what he had said at first, and 5 him a lot of questions. But she finally believed the man and gave him the pound. She was happy to 6 a good umbrella for so little. But the old man didn’t get into a taxi. We walked 7 him and found he went into a pub and bought himself a glass of 8 with the pound. After he drank it, he 9 his hat and took up one of the many wet umbrellas there and went off with the new one.

Soon after that, he 10 it again.

1. A. in　　　　　　 B. near　　　　  C. with　　    D. by

2. A. hard　　　　   B. big　　　　   C. heavy　　   D. small

3. A. get out of　　   B. get into　　   C. get up　　   D. get off

4. A. it us　　　　   B. it to us　　    C. us it　　    D. us to it

5. A. showed　　    B. asked　　　　 C. lent　　　　 D. borrowed

6. A. have　　　　  B. buy　　　　   C. see　　　　 D. make

7. A. with　　　　  B. for　　　　    C. before　　   D. after

8. A. orange　　    B. tea　　　　    C. coffee　　   D. whiskey

9. A. put on　　    B. took off　　    C. put up　　   D. put down

10. A. lost　　　　 B. dropped　　    C. sold　　　　 D. wore