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 for ever. 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 are 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 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 were 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. "Her 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 minute, the director suddenly put his face in the 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.
B. to find an actor and an actress
C. to film a scene on the sea
D. to meet the audience
B. Because he was angry with his crew
C. Because it was his secretary"s suggestion
D. Because he wanted to get a scene of sunset
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
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]
B. If you want to see a sunrise. The east coast is the place to go to
C. The camera crew wasn"t able to film the scene the first day
D. The director ordered his crew to stop filming the sunrise
group of girls, 1 laughed at how foolish the farmer was to have an ass and 2 (walk), so the
farmer put his son 3 the ass.
Further down the road, they passed some old people who scolded the farmer for allowing his young
son to ride 4 said that he should be riding himself .
Further along the road, they passed some travelers who said that if he wanted to sell the ass the two
of them should carry him 5 the ass would be exhausted and worthless. So the farmer and his son
bound the ass"s legs to a pole and carried him.
When they approached the town, people there laughed at the sight of them. The noise was so loud
6 the ass was frightened to 7 (die). He kicked out and 8 (fall) off a bridge into the river
and drowned.
The 9 (embarrass) farmer and son went home with nothing, except the lesson that you will
achieve nothing by trying to please 10 .
DeLuca about his plans for the future. "I"m going to college, but I need a way to pay for it," DeLuca
recalls saying. "Buck said, "You should open a sandwich shop.""
That afternoon, they agreed to be partners. And they set a goal: to open 32 stores in ten years.
After doing some research, Buck wrote a check for $1000. DeLuca rented a storefront (店面) in
Connecticut, and when they couldn"t cover their start-up costs, Buck kicked in another $1000.
But business didn"t go smoothly as they expected. DeLuca says, "After six months, we were doing
poorly, but we didn"t know how badly, because we didn"t have any financial controls." All he and Buck
knew was that their sales were lower than their costs.
DeLuca was managing the store and going to the University of Bridgeport at the same time. Buck
was working at his day job as a nuclear physicist in New York. They"d meet Monday evenings and
brainstorm ideas for keeping the business running. "We convinced ourselves to open a second store.
We figured we could tell the public, "We are so successful, we are opening a second store." And they
did-in the spring of 1966. Still, it was a lot of learning by trial and error.
But the partners" learn-as-you-go approach turned out to be their greatest
strength. Every Friday, DeLuca would drive around and hand-deliver the checks to pay their suppliers. "It probably took me
two and a half hours and it wasn"
t necessary, but as a result, the suppliers got to know me very well, and the personal relationships established really helped out," DeLuca says.
And having a goal was also important. "There are so many problems that can get you down. You
just have to keep working toward your goal," DeLuca adds.
DeLuca ended up founding Subway Sandwich, the multimillion-dollar restaurant chain.
B. pay for his college education
C. help his partner expand business
D. do some research
B. He was a professor of business administration.
C. He was studying at the University of Bridgeport.
D. He rented a storefront for DeLuca.
B. It lowered the prices to promote sales.
C. It made no profits due to poor management
D. It lacked control over the quality of sandwiches
B. had succeeded in their business
C. wished to meet the increasing demand of customers
D. wanted to make people believe that they were successful
B. Making friends with suppliers.
C. Finding a good partner.
D. Opening chain stores
A newly-wedded couple on a four-month honeymoon were hit by six natural disasters, including
the Australian floods, Christchurch earthquake and Japanese tsunami (海啸).
Stefan and Erika Svanstrom left Stockholm, Sweden, on December 6 and were immediately
stranded (搁浅) in Munich, Germany, due to one of Europe"s worst snowstorms.
Travelling with their baby daughter, they flew on to Cairns in Australia which was then struck by
one of the most violent cyclones in the nation"s history.
From there, the couple, in their 20s, were forced to shelter for 24 hours on the cement (水泥)
floor of a shopping centre with 2,500 others.
"Trees were being knocked over and big branches were put down across the streets," Mr. Svanstrom
told Sweden"s Expressen newspaper. "We escaped by the skin of our teeth."
Mr. Svanstrom said they then headed south to Brisbane but the city was experiencing massive
flooding, so they crossed the country to Perth where they narrowly escaped burning bush fires.
The couple then flew to Christchurch, New Zealand, arriving just after a massive magnitude (震级)
6.3 earthquake attacked the city on February 22.
Mrs. Svanstrom said, "When we got there the whole town was a war zone. We could not visit the
city since it was completely blocked off, so instead we travelled around before going to Japan."
But days after the Svanstroms arrived, Tokyo was rocked by Japan"s largest earthquake since
records began.
"The trembling was horrible and we saw roof tiles fly off the buildings," Mr. Svanstrom said. "It was
like the buildings were swaying back and forth."
The family returned to Stockholm on March 29 after a much calmer visit to their last destination China.
But Mr. Svanstrom -- who also survived the devastating (毁灭性的) Boxing Day tsunami that hit
southeast Asia in 2004 -- said the marriage was still going strong.
He added, "I know marriages have to experience some difficulties, but I think we have been through
most of them. We"ve certainly experienced more than our fair share of disasters, but the most important
thing is that we"re together and happy."
A. Meeting Disasters During Honeymoon
B. Six Natural Disasters
C. Newly-wed Couple Met Australian Floods
D. Japanese Tsunami
2.Why were Stefan and Erika Svanstrom stopped in Munich?
B. Because of Europe"s worst snowstorm.
C. The plane was damaged.
D. The trains broke down.
3.Which of the following statements is NOT true?
B.The earthquake the Svanstroms experienced in Tokyo was the largest one since records began in Japan.
C.During their stay in New Zealand, they also visited a war zone in the town.
D.The Svanstroms didn"t experience any disaster in China.
4. The Svanstroms thought that Christchurch of New Zealand was _____________.
B. interesting
C. beautiful
D. shaking
5. In Svanstrom"s opinion, a marriage ________________.
B. has to experience many disasters at the beginning
C. must always allow the couple be together and happy
D. should experience difficulties to make it steady
1685 was a very good year for German composers. Within the space of a month, two of the
greatest were born: Johann Sebastian Bach and Oeorge Frideric Handel.
Handel"s father was a barber and a surgeon, which sounds like a strange combination today, but
back then those occupations went hand in hanD．Even though Handel was very interested in music,
his father didn"t think that was a good way to earn a living, so he wanted his son to be a lawyer. The
story goes that Handel smuggled a quiet piano into the house so that he could practice in secret.
One day, Handel went along when his father went to shave a duke. While his father was working,
Handel sat down and played the duke"s organ. The duke was so impressed that he convinced Handel"s
father to let his son study music, and Handel finally got to learn how to compose.
Handel soon discovered that what he liked most was operA．In fact, he was so passionate about
opera that he even fought a duel (决斗) over it with one of his friends. Since Italy was the place to learn
about opera composing, Handel went off to Italy to study. When he got home, he got a job as court
composer for a German prince.
Having landed such a wonderful job, Handel immediately asked his boss for time off. He wanted to
go to England, where he"d heard that there weren"t nearly enough composers to satisfy the British taste
for Italian operA．
After great success writing opera in London, Handel came back to Germany. Then fate played a
funny trick on Handel and his boss. The Queen of England died, and it just so happened that the prince
Handel worked for was next in line to the British throne. When he arrived in London as King George,
followed Handel, his court composer in Germany.
In addition to serving the King, Handel became one of the most successful opera composers of his
time. And he also produced them and traveled all over Europe to hire the best singers. There are stories
of battles with rival opera producers and of fights between rival singers. Handel apparently had quite a
temper.
If you ever go to London, look for Handel"s grave in Westminster Abbey, where there"s a wonderful
monument to him.
1.How did Handel begin to learn to compose?
A．His father was sure of his future success.
B．His performance impressed a duke.
C．He begged his father to send him to Italy.
D．He practiced hard and taught himself music.
A．bought secretly
B．took secretly
C．carried in advance
D．possessed personally
B．Because he enjoyed greater fame in London.
C. Became his boss became King of Britain and brought him along,.
D. Because London was a wonderful place to learn about opera.
B．talented
C．enthusiastic
D．optimistic
B．Many people worked both as a barber and a surgeon.
C．Handel quit his job to learn about opera in Italy.
D．Handel was buried in London and was built a monument.
Maureen. With a checklist of criteria in hand, the Dallas family looked around the country visiting
half a dozen schools. They sought a university that offered the teenager"s intended major, one located
near a large city, and a campus where their daughter would be safe.
"The safety issue is a big one," says Joe Mahoney, who quickly discovered he wasn"t alone in his
worries. On campus tours other parents voiced similar concerns, and the same question was always
asked: what about crime? But when college officials always gave the same answer, "That"s not a
problem here," --Mahoney began to feel uneasy.
"No crime whatsoever?" comments Mahoney today. "I just don"t buy it." Nor should he: in 1999
the U.S. Department of education had reports of nearly 400,000 serious crimes on or around our
campuses. "Parents need to understand that times have changed since they went to college," says
David Nichols, author of Creating a Safe Campus. "Campus crime mirrors the rest of the nation."
But getting accurate information isn"t easy. Colleges must report crime statistics by law, but some
hold back for fear of bad publicity, leaving the honest ones looking dangerous. "The truth may not
always be serious," warms S. Daniel Carter of Security on Campus, InC．, the nation"s leading
campus safety watchdog group.
To help concerned parents, Carter promised to visit campuses and talk to experts around the
country to find out major crime issues and effective solutions.
B．to choose a right one for their daughter
C．to check the cost of college education
D．to find a right one near a large city
B．mirror the rest of the nation
C．hide the truth of campus crime
D．have too many watchdog groups
B．admit
C．believe
D．expect
refers to colleges _________.
B．that report campus crimes by law
C．that are free from campus crime
D．that enjoy very good publicity
A．Exact campus crime statistics
B．Crimes on or around campuses
C．Effective solutions to campus crime
D．Concerns about kids" campus safety
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