With long brown hair，deep blue eyes，a tall and thin figure，Brad Pitt seems to be a born actor.He made his   26    appearance in a film in 1990.Though he    27   in the film for only 14 minutes，people flooded the cinema to see him.In his next    28  ,Pitt played the role of a fisherman.To make the film    29   ，he learned the skill of fishing from a fisherman．
Pitt，caring    30   about roles than money，has a special favour for the "hard" roles.After reading the screenplay of "Legends of the Fall"，he was attracted by the  leading character. He asked for a lower    31   from the shooting team and was  willing to work in hard conditions in the Rocky Mountains for six months. "The film    32   the chance to know life, I shall    33   remember the time when we were    34   the film，"Pitt said after completing it fully．
Pitt started his    35    of art when he was in university．    36   born in an ordinary family in 1964,he showed his    37  in film at an early age.After leaving high school,he went to university to  study law． Because he loved film more than law， shortly before he could graduate， he    38   out of school for a life of his own，with only 325 dollars in    39  ,sometimes as a porter    40   a waiter.Thanks to his hard work,he  finally opened up a new field of his own． 

With long brown hair，deep blue eyes，a tall and thin figure，Brad Pitt seems to be a born actor.He made his   26    appearance in a film in 1990.Though he    27    in the film for only 14 minutes，people flooded the cinema to see him.In his next    28   ,Pitt played the role of a fisherman.To make the film    29    ，he learned the skill of fishing from a fisherman．

Pitt，caring    30    about roles than money，has a special favour for the "hard" roles.After reading the screenplay of "Legends of the Fall"，he was attracted by the  leading character. He asked for a lower    31    from the shooting team and was  willing to work in hard conditions in the Rocky Mountains for six months. "The film    32    the chance to know life, I shall    33    remember the time when we were    34    the film，"Pitt said after completing it fully．

Pitt started his    35    of art when he was in university．    36    born in an ordinary family in 1964,he showed his    37   in film at an early age.After leaving high school,he went to university to  study law． Because he loved film more than law， shortly before he could graduate， he    38    out of school for a life of his own，with only 325 dollars in    39   ,sometimes as a porter    40    a waiter.Thanks to his hard work,he  finally opened up a new field of his own． 

1.A． last    B． first   C． second   D． other

2.A． was    B． worked C． stayed   D． appeared

3.A． part    B． cinema  C． film    D． appearance

4.A． earlier  B． later    C． better   D． cheaper

5.A． more   B． less    C． nothing  D． much

6.A． price   B． pay    C． money   D． degree

7.A． finds   B． leaves   C． gives   D． misses

8.A． always  B． never   C． ever    D． hardly

9.A． playing  B． making  C． seeing  D． directing

10.A． work   B． job     C． dream   D． show

11.A． Because  B． When  C． Since   D． Though

12.A． hope    B． interest  C． success  D． feelings

13.A． fled    B． stopped   C． dropped D． ran

14.A． hand   B． book     C． head    D． bag

15.A． but    B． and       C． or      D． so

A passenger（乘客）told an air hostess（空姐）that he needed a cup of water to take medicine when the plane just took off. She told him that she would bring him the   26 soon.
Twenty minutes   27 , when the passenger's ring for service sounded, the air hostess realized it at once. She was kept so busy that she   28  to bring him the water. Therefore, the passenger was held up（延迟）to take his medicine. She hurried over to him with a cup of water, but he  29 it．
In the following hours on the flight,   30 time the air hostess passed the passenger, she would ask him with a smile  31 he needed help or not. But the passenger never    32 her words.
When he was going to get off the  33 ，the passenger asked the air hostess to hand him  the passengers' booklet（意见簿）．She was very  34 . She knew that he would write down  sharp (刻薄的) words, which might make her  35 the job.  36   with a smile she handed it to him.
Off the plane, she   37  the booklet and smiled, for the passenger put it, "On the flight, you asked me if I needed help for twelve times  38 . How can I refuse   39  twelve sincere (真诚的) smiles?"
That's right! It was the twelve smiles of the air hostess that touched（感动）the passenger  40  and of course she wouldn't lose her job!