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1、参考答案：dbbcb ddbcd bacdc bccbd acbac dccabPassage 1Making a film takes a long time and is a very hard work. Writing the story for the film may take many weeks. Filming the story being acted or shooting the film, as it is called, often takes at least six months. Actors and cameramen work from very earl

2、y in the morning until late at night. Each scene has to be acted and reacted, filmed and re-filmed, until it is just right. Sometimes the same scene may have to be acted twenty or thirty times. The film studio is like a large factory, and the indoor stages are very big indeed. Scenery of all kinds i

3、s made in the studio: churches, houses, castles, and forests are all built of wood and by actors and actresses. The director of the film, however, is the most important person In a film studio, he decides now the scene should be filmed and how the scene should be arranged. Most people go to see a fi

4、lm because they know the film stars in it. Sometimes the film may be very poor. It is best to choose a film made by a good director. Some famous directors make their films very real. People feel that they themselves are among the people in the film.61. Making a film usually involves_.A) writing a st

5、ory B) film studioC) shooting the film D) all of the above62. The sentence “sometimes the same scene may have to be acted twenty or thirty times” means_A) every scene must be acted at least twenty or thirty times before it is a success.B) on occasion the same scene has to be acted again and again be

6、fore it is a success.C) every scene has to be acted again and again in order to make it perfect.D) not all films are made smoothly.63. It is implied but not stated in the passage that_.A) every famous director can make his film realB) not all famous directors can make their films realC) every direct

7、or is a good directorD) most famous directors can make their films real64. The most important person in making a film is _.A)an actor or actress B)a cameraman C) a directorD)a writer of the story65.Which of the following statements is true as far as the making of a film is concerned?A) It is an easy

8、 job and usually takes a long time.B) It is a difficult job and usually takes a long time.C) It is a fun when actors or actresses can act freely.D) Very often each scene can just be acted once.Passage 2 No author in American literature is better known or more loved than Samuel Langhome Clemens. Born

9、 in Missouri in 1835, he grew up on the banks of the Mississippi River and became a river boat pilot when he was 21 years old. So he adopted the pen name of “Mark Twain”, which was derived from a phrase meaning “two fathoms deep” used by the boatmen on the Mississippi as they measured the depth of t

10、he river. The river environment inspired the two novels which brought him his greatest name : “Tom Sawyer” and “Huckleberry Finn”. Another book ,“Life on the Mississippi”, told of his adventures on the river boats of that period.It was during the Civil War that Mark Twains life as a writer started.

11、At that time he was working as a newspaper man in Nevada and California. His short story “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaberas County” was an immediate success and his new career began ,“A Million Pound Note” written in 1893 was another well-known short story.In 1870, Mark Twain married Olivia L

12、angdon. He had fallen in love with her picture even before he met her. According to his biographers, his wife had a great influence on Twains later books. Mark Twain was also a very successful lecturer. His travels around the country giving talks on a variety of subjects helped make him famous and i

13、ncreased the sale of his books.“Tom Sawyer” and “Huckleberry Finn” are considered Twains best works. They are marked by humor and salty and provide his readers with an excellent picture of his era. His last book was finished before his death. He was then 74 years old.66.Samuel Langhome Clemens adopt

14、ed the pen name of “Mark Twain” _.A) when he was 21 years old.B) after he wrote the novel “Life on the Mississippi”.C) from a phrase used by the boatmen on the Mississippi.D) because the boatmen called him “Mark Twain” when he worked as a riverboat pilot.67.Mark Twains career as a writer began when_

15、. A) he wrote “A Million Pound Note” B) he was working on the Mississippi C) the Civil War broke out D) he was working as a newspaper man68.According to this passage , which of the following books was most probably written under the influence of Olivia Langdon?A) “The celebrated Jumping Frog of Cala

16、beras County”. B) “A Million Pound Note”.C) “Life on the Mississippi”. D) “Tom Sawyer”.69.What helped Mark Twain become famous and made better sale of his books?A) His humorous style in writing.B) His experience on the Mississippi.C) His talks on a variety of subjects during his travels around the c

17、ountry.D) His wifes influence on his works.70.Which of the following statement is not true about Mark Twain?A) He is considered the best author in American literature.B) He fell in love with Olivia Langdon when he saw her picture.C) He was a successful lecturer as well as famous writer.D) He complet

18、ed his last work when he was 74 years old.Passage 3Long before the white man came to the America, the land belonged to the American Indian nations. The nation of the Cherokees ( 柴罗基部落) lived in what is now the southeastern part of the United States.After the white man came, the Cherokees copied many

19、 of their ways. One Cherokees name Sequoyah saw how important reading and writing was to the white man. He decided to invent a way to write down the spoken Cherokee language. He began by making word pictures. For each word he drew a picture. But that proved impossible-there were just too many words.

20、 Then he took the 85 sounds that made up the language. Using his own imagination and an English spelling book, Sequoyah invented a sign for each sound. His alphabet proved amazingly easy to learn. Before long, many Cherokees knew how to read and write in their own language. By 1828, they were even p

21、rinting their own newspaper.In 1830, the U.S. Congress passed a law. It allowed the government to remove Indians from the homes. The Cherokees refused to go. They had lived on their lands for centuries. It belonged to them. Why should they go to a strange land far beyond the Mississippi River?The ar

22、my was sent to drive the Cherokees out. Soldiers surrounded their villages and marched them at gunpoint into the western territory. The sick, the old and the small children went in carts, along with their belongings. The rest of the people marched on foot or rode on horseback.It was November, yet ma

23、ny of them still wore their summer clothes. Cold and hungry, the Cherokees were quickly exhausted by the hardships of the journey. Many dropped dead and were buried by the roadside. When the last group arrived in their new home in March 1839, more than 4,000 had died. It was indeed a march of death.

24、71. The Cherokees Nation used to live _.A) on the American continent. B) in the southeastern part of the U.S.C) beyond the Mississippi River. D) in the western territory.72. One of the ways Sequoyah invented aimed at _. A) writing down the spoken language B) making word pictures C) teaching his peop

25、le reading D) printing their own newspaper73. A law was passed in 1830 to_.A) allow the Cherokees to stay where they wereB) sent the army to help the CherokeesC) force the Cherokees to move westward D) forbid the Cherokees to read their newspaper74. When the Cherokees began to leave their lands,_. A

26、) they went in carts B) they went on horseback C) they marched on foot D) all of the above75. Many Cherokees died on their way to their new home mainly because_.A) they were not willing to go thereB) The government did not provide transportationC) They did not have enough food and clothesD) The jour

27、ney was long and boringPassage One Questions 1to 5 are based on the following passage:A forger(伪造者)is a person who makes an imitation or copy of money or a document. A forger usually sells his works to people who dont have much knowledge in the field.Robert Spring, a 19th century forger, was so good

28、 at his profession that he was able to make his living for 15 years by selling false signatures of famous Americans. At first he succeeded in selling his small but genuine collection of early U.S. autographs (亲笔签名). Discovering his ability at copying handwriting, he began imitating signatures of Geo

29、rge Washington and Ben Franklin and writing them on the title pages of old books. To lessen the chance of detection, he sent his forgeries to England and Canada for sale.In Springs time, right after the Civil War, Britain was still fond of the Southern states, so Spring invented a Miss Fanny whose f

30、inancial problems forced her to sell a great number of letters and manuscripts belonging to her famous father. Spring had to work very hard to satisfy the demand. All this activity did not prevent Spring from dying in poverty, leaving sharp-eyed experts the difficult task of separating his forgeries

31、 from the originals.1. Why did Spring sell his false autographs in England and Canada?A. There was a greater demand there than in America.B. There was less chance of being detected there.C. Britain was Springs birthplace.D. The prices were higher in England and Canada.2. After the Civil War, there w

32、as a great demand in Britain for_.A. Southern moneyB. Signatures of George Washington and Ben FranklinC. Southern manuscripts and lettersD. Civil War battle plans3. Robert Spring spent 15 years_.A. running a bookstore in PhiladelphiaB. corresponding with Miss Fanny JacksonC. as a forgerD. as a respe

33、ctable dealer4. According to the passage, forgeries are usually sold to _.A. sharp-eyed experts B. persons who arent expertsC. book dealersD. owners of old books5. Who was Miss Fanny Jackson?A. The only daughter of General “Stonewall Jackson”.B. A little-known girl who sold her fathers papers to Rob

34、ert Spring.C. Robert Springs daughter.D. An imaginary person created by Spring.Passage TwoQuestions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:Obviously it is meaningless in increasing your w.p.m. rate if you do not understand what you are reading. When you are consciously trying to increase your re

35、ading speed, stop after every chapter if you are reading a novel, or stop every section or group of ten or twelve pages if it is a textbook, and ask yourself a few questions about what you have been reading. If you find you have lost the clue of the story or you cannot remember clearly the details o

36、f what was said re-read the section or chapter.Try this from time to time. Take four or five pages of the general interest book you happen to be reading at the time. Read them as fast as you possibly can. Do not worry about whether you understand or not. Now go back and read them at what you feel to

37、 be your normal w.p.m. rate, the rate at which you can comfortably understand. After a lightning speed read through (probably about 600 w.p.m.) you will usually find that your technique that players use when they habitually run further in training than they will have to on the day of the big race.6.

38、 When you are reading a novel, the passage advises you to pause to check the content_.A. every chapter B. every hour C. every three or four pagesD. after every page7. The purpose of pausing so often is to _.A. rest the eyesB. make sure you have not missed any pages C. make sure you really understand

39、 what you have readD. prevent brain fatigue8. If you have lost the clue of the story you are reading, the passage suggests_.A. choosing an easier bookB. glancing back over the chapter you have just readC. asking a friend to help you with the difficult wordsD. learning the previous chapter9. The purp

40、ose of the lightning speed exercise is to _.A. increase your normal speed by practicing at a very high rateB. get through the book in half the time so that you can go on to with the nextC. help you understand more of the content of the bookD. enable you to win reading races against your friends10. T

41、he word “interest” in Paragraph 2 means .A. attractiveB. easyC. interestingD. importantPassage ThreeQuestions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:Sports and games make our bodies strong: prevent us from getting too fat, and keep us healthy. But these are not their only use. They give us valu

42、able practice in making eyes, brain and muscles work together. In tennis, our eyes see the ball coming, judge its speed and direction and pass this information on to the brain. The brain has to decide what to do, and to send its orders to the muscles of the arms, legs and so on, so that the ball is

43、met and hit back where it ought to go. All this must happen with very great speed; and only those who have had a lot of practice at tennis can carry out this complicated chain of events successfully. For those who work with their brains most of the day, the practice of such skills is especially usef

44、ul.Sports and games are also very useful for charactertraining. In their lessons at school, boys and girls may learn about such virtues as unselfishness, courage, discipline and love of ones country, but what is learned in books cannot have the same deep effect on a childs character as what is learned by experience. The ordinary daysc