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Passage One

 The famous director of a big and expensive film 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 good-by to each other for ever. He sent his camera crew (摄制人员) 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 put it through the projector (放映机) 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 showed it to him. He liked it very much.

    They all went into the studio. "All right," the director explained, "now our hero and heroine are going to say good-bye. Run the film backwards through the projector 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.

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1. One evening, the director sent his camera crew out ______. ( D )

(a) to film a beautiful sunrise for him

(b) to film his hero and heroine on the beach

(c) to film birds and waves on the sea

(d) to film a beautiful sunset over the ocean　

2. As his men failed to get him the sunset, ________.( D )

(a) the director sent them to the west coast

(b) the director fired them

(c) the director asked his secretary to do it instead

(d) his secretary suggested getting a sunrise instead

3. Which of the following is true? ( A )

(a) The director liked his secretary's idea.

(b) If you put a sunrise through the projector backwards, it'll look like a sunset.

(c) His camera crew failed to get him a beautiful sunset.

(d) He was happy when his camera crew came back and showed him the film.

4.When they were showing the "sunset", the director suddenly put his face in his hands because ________. ( B )

(a) he was deeply moved by the hero and the heroine

(b) besides the sun, all the other things in the film were going backwards

(c) the sunrise looked not as beautiful as he had imagined

(d) he realised it was not a good idea to use the sunset as background for his story　

5. The director insisted on filming a sunset over the ocean for ____________.( C )

(a) it would fit in with the departure of the hero and the heroine

(b) it would be suitable for the reunion of the hero and the heroine

(c) it would fit the ending of the film

(d) it was easier for them to do

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Passage Two

Sam was an old farmer. He was born on his farm and had lived on it all his life. He had married his neighbour's daughter, and they grew fruit and vegetables.

    Sam got up at five o'clock every morning to gather them and take a load of them to market in his old truck.

    There were very few vehicles on the country roads at that time of the morning, and Sam knew how to get to the market very well, so as he was going along, he was always thinking about everything except his driving.

    One morning he was thinking about what crops to plant for the next year's harvest, and whether to try something else. A lot of other farmers were planting the same things which he produced, so the prices in the market were coming down and he was getting less money.

    After a few kilometres, Sam came to a place where the small road which went in the direction of the market crossed a bigger one, and he continued over it without stopping. He always crossed the big road like that, because there was never any traffic on it at that time of the morning, so there was no fear of having an accident, and anyway he was always in a hurry, because he wanted to get to the market in time for its opening.

    But this morning a young policeman whom he had never seen before signaled to him to stop a hundred metres beyond the crossroads.

Sam stopped beside the policeman, and the policeman said to him, "Didn't you know that there is a sign telling you to stop at the crossroads before going over the main road?"

    "Oh, yes," answered Sam, "I knew that there was a sign at that point, because I go to the market along this road every morning. But what I unfortunately didn't know was that you were here."

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  6. Sam lived on a farm and ______. ( C )

(a) he had one daughter

(b) he always planted the same crops

(c) he grew fruit and vegetables

(d) now he planned to sell his farm as he was making less money

7. Which of the following is true? ( B )

(a) Someone came to collect Sam's crops every morning.

(b) Every morning Sam drove his truck to the market to sell his crops.

(c) People came to his farm from different places to buy his crops.

(d) Sam didn't quite know the way to the market.

8. From the passage we can see that ______. ( A )

(a) Sam would decide what to plant next according to the market

(b) Sam had a good harvest this year

(c) Sam was so disappointed that he might not plant any crops next year

(d) Sam made a good fortune from his crops

9. Sam was supposed to stop at the crossroads, but he didn't as _______. ( D )

(a) he thought there was never any traffic on the road early in the morning

(b) this was his usual practice

(c) he wanted to get to the market before it opened

(d) all of the above

10. That morning, on the way to the market Sam ______. ( B )

(a) came across an old friend

(b) was stopped by a policeman

(c) had an accident

(d) had to stop because his crops fell onto the road

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Passage Three

Peter was ten years old and he went to the City School. He was very good at football, so he was in his school team. He always played very well and bravely in practice games and in matches, and he scored plenty of goals.

    Peter's grandfather and grandmother usually came to see him when there was a match, and they were always happy when other people said, "Your grandson plays very well, doesn't he?"

    Then one day Peter said to his grandmother, "We're practising for our big match next Saturday. Our school's going to play against the Garden School. They have the best team in our city, so perhaps they'll beat us. Can you come and see the match?"

    "Oh, yes," his grandmother answered, "your grandfather and I will be there－and I'm certain that you'll beat the Garden School."

    "Well, I hope we will," Peter answered.

    The match was in the park, and it began at half past two on Saturday. The Garden School team wore orange shirts, light blue shorts and orange socks, and Peter's team wore dark blue and white shirts, white shorts and dark blue socks.

    In the first two minutes of the match, the Garden School boys came very close to the City School's goal, but then the goalkeeper kicked the ball to Peter in the middle of the field, and Peter ran with it and kicked it straight into the goal. All the City School boys as well as their families were very happy to see it.

    After they had scored once, Peter scored twice again before half time. Then in the second half of the match he nearly scored another goal, but he hardly touched the ball with his foot, and the goalkeeper caught it easily and threw it out again.

    After the match, Peter's grandfather said to him, "You missed a good chance to score a fourth goal then, Peter. If you'd kicked the ball hard, you'd have got a goal easily. Why did you kick it weakly?"

"Because there were tears in the goalkeeper's eyes," Peter answered.

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11. Peter was good at football and _______________. ( D )

(a) he was also good at his study

(b) as a result he didn't need to play in practice games

(c) his parents were worried about his study

(d) he was in his school team

12. Peter's grandparents ______.                  ( B )

(a) worried that his team might lose in the coming match

(b) were very proud of him

(c) didn't like him to play football

(d) didn't often go and see him play in matches

13. Which of the following is true? ( C )

(a) The colour of shirts and socks are the same in both teams.

(b) The colour of shorts and socks are the same in both teams.

(c) The shirts and socks of the two teams are different in colour.

(d) Peter wore a dark blue shirt, white shorts and dark blue socks.

14. Peter scored _______ goals in this match. ( C )

(a) one

(b) two

(c) three

(d) four

15. In the second half of the match, Peter missed a good chance to score another goal as ________. ( D )

(a) he felt very weak at that moment

(b) he slipped on the field

(c) he wanted to give this chance to the other boys in his team

(d) he was sorry for the goalkeeper

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