The famous director of a big and expensive movie 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 goodbye to each other for ever . He sent his camera crew（攝制組）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 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 . ”
The camera crew went out early the next morning and filmed a bright sunrise over the beach in the middle of a beautiful bay（海灣）. Then at nine o’clock they took it to the director . “ Here it is sir . ” they said , and gave it to him . He was very pleased .
They all went into the studio（攝影棚）. “ All right . ” the director explained . “ now our hero and heroine are going to say good-bye . Run the film backwards 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 .
小題1:One evening, the director sent his camera crew out       .
A．to watch a beautiful sunset
B．to find an actor and an actress
C．to film a sunset scene on the sea
D．to meet the audience
小題2:Why did the director want to send his crew to the west coast ?
A．Because he changed his mind about getting a sunset .
B．Because he wanted to get a scene of sunset .
C．Because it was his secretary’s suggestion .
D．Because he was angry with his crew .
小題3:Which of the following is NOT true ?
A．The crew had to follow the secretary’s advice .
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 “ sunset ” .
小題4:The director wanted to film a sunset over the ocean because       .
A．it went well with the separation of the hero and the heroine
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
小題5:After the “ sunset ” began , the director suddenly put his face in his hands       .
A．because he was moved to tears
B．a(chǎn)s he saw everything in the film moving backwards
C．a(chǎn)s the sunrise did not look as beautiful as he had imagined
D．because he was disappointed with the performance of the hero and heroine

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:D
小題4:A
小題5:B

小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段最后一句. He sent his camera crew（攝制組）out one evening to film the sunset for him . 可知C正確。
小題2:推理題。根據(jù)文章第六段可知他拍員工去西海岸是為了拍日落。
小題3:推理題。根據(jù)文章可知導(dǎo)演并沒有停止拍攝日落。
小題4:推理題。根據(jù)文章第一段2,3行可知日落和分手的寓意相同的。
小題5:細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章最后一段可知影片里的所有物品都倒過去了。
練習(xí)冊系列答案
相關(guān)習(xí)題

科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：完形填空

Patti discovered the meaning of running when she was 23. At that time she was smoking two packs of cigarettes a day and had   36  over 50 pounds. “I decided to   37 ,” she says. She took a clock and started   38  what she did every day, and then she   39  an hour a day as a “be nice to Patti” hour. “I started having bubble（泡沫）baths with a candle   40 , because Cosmopolitan Magazine   41  that this would be good for me. But I got   42  of that soon,” Patti remembers. She wanted to do something really pleasant. She found that the   43  times in her life were times when she was physically active. So she took up   44 .
She decided to start   45  the next day. She ran for an hour,   46  a total of 7 miles on her first run. “I couldn’t walk for 2 weeks   47  I felt painful all over!” Patti recalls. “But I felt so wonderful!” Patti wasn’t crazy about running yet, but she was in   48  with the after effects of it.
Within seven months, Patti had run her first marathon, qualified for the Boston Marathon, and placed 25th in the world for   49  distance runners. Over the next years, she   50  records and set standards for women in the sport. She was the first American woman to run a marathon   51 than 2 hours 30 minutes, and then broke another two records   52  an 8-month period.
Patti believes that, if we can   53  standards for ourselves, we can pull ourselves out of the most difficult   54  and come out on top. “Everybody has to be a/an   55  and everybody has that in them.”
小題1:
A．lostB．gainedC．earnedD．reduced
小題2:
A．changeB．moveC．walkD．cry
小題3:
A．rememberingB．collectingC．sharingD．recording
小題4:
A．set outB．set upC．set asideD．set about
小題5:
A．litB．swungC．surroundedD．burnt
小題6:
A．spokeB．saidC．wrote D．went
小題7:
A．a(chǎn)fraidB．fondC．tiredD．a(chǎn)shamed
小題8:
A．happiestB．saddestC．loneliestD．luckiest
小題9:
A．smokingB．bathingC．dietingD．running
小題10:
A．onlyB．rightC．evenD．a(chǎn)gain
小題11:
A．overcomingB．spreadingC．passingD．covering
小題12:
A．butB．a(chǎn)lthoughC．sinceD．because
小題13:
A．peaceB．lineC．loveD．touch
小題14:
A．menB．womenC．a(chǎn)dultD．children
小題15:
A．keptB．heldC．brokeD．cleared
小題16:
A．fasterB．moreC．slowerD．rather
小題17:
A．forB．overC．a(chǎn)tD．on
小題18:
A．setB．followC．requireD．seek
小題19:
A．pleasuresB．pitiesC．challengesD．purposes
小題20:
A．expertB．runnerC．a(chǎn)thleteD．champion

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

A few days ago I got a call from my old college friend whom I haven’t seen for a very long time. The topic, which was about all the good old times that we had changed to a touching story when he started talking about his father.　　
His father’s declining health made him stay at the hospital. Because of his illness, his father suffered from insomnia (失眠) and often talked to himself. My friend, who had not been able to sleep for a few days as he had to keep watching his father’s condition, became irritated and told his father to keep silent and try to get some sleep. His father said that he really wanted to sleep well because he was very tired and told my friend to leave him alone in the hospital if he did not want to keep him company.　　
After his father finished talking, he fell unconscious (失去知覺). My friend was very sorry for speaking the ill words towards his father. My friend, whom I knew as a tough person, cried as a baby on the other end of the telephone. He said that from that moment on, he prayed every day, asking God to let his father wake up from his coma. He promised himself that whatever words came out from his father’s mouth after he regained his consciousness, he would gladly take them. His only hope for God was to give him a chance to rectify his past mistake.　　
Often, we complain when we have to accompany or watch over our parents for years, months, days, hours or even minutes. But do we realize that our parents keep us company and watch over us for as long as we (or they) live? From the day we were born to our adulthood, and even when deaths come to us, they are always at our side.
Imagine how sad our parents will be when they hear a seemingly innocent word of “no” come out from our mouths. We can make promises to ourselves that from now on there will be no more complaints that come out from our mouths when we have to watch over or accompany our parents. No more complaints come out from our mouths when we feel that our parents have treated us like little children. There are so many unlucky ones who have neither fathers nor mothers. They long to have the things that we most complain about, but never have them.
Actually, it takes only a second to think and light the lamp that will bring us to a place where peace is dwelling.
小題1:Which of the following word can be used to describe the writer’s friend?
A．SadB．SorryC．RegretfulD．Pitiful
小題2:What does the underlined word “rectify” mean in Para. 3?
A．put…rightB．recite…by heart C．realizeD．recognize
小題3:What does the writer want to tell us in the passage?
A．Your parents will keep talking to themselves when they are old.
B．Be good to your parents when you still have the chance.
C．You will regret in your life if you don’t show your kindness to your parents.
D．It is not easy to take good care of sick old parents.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

At exactly eleven Sir Percival knocked and entered, with anxiety and worry in every line of his face. This meeting would decide his future life, and he obviously knew it.
“You may wonder, Sir Percival,” said Laura calmly, “if I am going to ask to be released（免除）from my promise to marry you. I am not going to ask this. I respect my father’s wishes too much.”
His face relaxed a little, but one of his feet kept beating the carpet.
“No, if we are going to withdraw（退出）from our planned marriage, it will be because of your wish, not mine. ”
“Mine?” he said in great surprise. “What reason could I have for withdrawing?”
“A reason that is very hard to tell you,” she answered. “There is a change in me.”
His face went so pale that even his lips lost their color. He turned his head to one side.
“What change?” he asked, trying to appear calm.
“When the promise was made two years ago”, she said, “my love did not belong to anyone. Will you forgive me, Sir Percival, if I tell you that it now belongs to another person?”
“I wish you to understand”, Laura continued, “that I will never see this person again, and that if you leave me, you only allow me to remain a single woman for the rest of my life. All I ask is that you forgive me and keep my secret.”
“I will do both those things,” he said. Then he looked at Laura, as if he was waiting to hear more.
“I think I have said enough to give you reason to withdraw from our marriage,” she added quietly.
“No. You have said enough to make it the dearest wish of my life to marry you,” he said.
小題1:How did Percival feel during his meeting with Laura?
A．Angry. B．Calm. C．Excited. D．Nervous.
小題2:We can learn from the passage that ______.
A．Laura’s father wished to end her marriage
B．Laura had once promised to marry Percival
C．Percival had been married to Laura for two years
D．Percival asked to be released from the marriage
小題3:What do you think is the ending of the story?
A．Laura was married to Percival.
B．Laura was married to another man.
C．Percival was married to another woman.
D．Both Percival and Laura remained single for the rest of their lives.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：完形填空

One cold night, I was growing sick of my life in San Francisco．There I was walking home around one o’clock in the morning after a   31  practice at the theatre. With the opening night only a week away, I was still learning my lines by heart. I was having   32  handling my part-time job at the bank in the daytime and my acting at night at the same time. As I walked, I thought seriously about  33  both acting and San Francisco. I had  34  too much of city life.
As I walked down the  35  streets under the tall buildings, I felt very small and cold, so I began  36  both to keep warm and to keep away from any possible robbers. Very few people were still out  37  a few homeless people under blankets.
About a block from my  38 , I heard a sound behind me. I   39  quickly, half expecting to see someone with a knife or a gun. The street was empty. All I saw was a shining streetlight. Still, the noise had made me  40  so I started to run faster. Not until I reached my apartment building and unlocked the door did I   41  what the noise had been. It had been my wallet  42  to the sidewalk.
Suddenly I wasn’t cold or tired anymore. I ran out of the door and back to where I’d heard the noise. Although I searched the sidewalk   43  for 15 minutes, my wallet was   44  to be found.
Just as I was about to quit the  45  , I heard the garbage truck stop to the sidewalk next to  46  . When a voice came from the inside, “Alisa Camacho?” I thought I was dreaming. How could this man know my name? The door opened and out jumped a small blonde(金發(fā)碧眼的) man with an  47  look in his eyes. “Is this  48  you’re looking for?” He asked, holding up something like a wallet.
It was already 3 a.m. by the time I got into bed. I couldn’t get much sleep, but I had got my wallet back. I also had got back some  49  of city life. I realized the city couldn’t be a bad place  50  people were willing to help each other.
小題1:
A．comfortableB．seriousC．tiresomeD．fortunate
小題2:
A．comfort B．desireC．painD．trouble
小題3:
A．setting upB．giving upC．holding upD．picking up
小題4:
A．expectedB．changedC．controlledD．possessed
小題5:
A．desertedB．crowdedC．blankD．narrow
小題6:
A．runningB．jumpingC．movingD．marching
小題7:
A．towardsB．exceptC．includingD．between
小題8:
A．bankB．theatreC．a(chǎn)partmentD．office
小題9:
A．stoodB．walkedC．turnedD．left
小題10:
A．satisfiedB．confusedC．frightenedD．a(chǎn)nnoyed
小題11:
A．turn outB．figure outC．give outD．pull out
小題12:
A．belongingB．a(chǎn)ddingC．stickingD．falling
小題13:
A．gratefullyB．a(chǎn)nxiouslyC．skillfullyD．delightedly
小題14:
A．nowhereB．a(chǎn)nywhereC．everywhereD．somewhere
小題15:
A．instructionB．trainingC．searchD．a(chǎn)cting
小題16:
A．itB．himC．someoneD．me
小題17:
A．a(chǎn)musedB．unpleasantC．uneasyD．embarrassed
小題18:
A．whatB．whoC．whicheverD．whomever
小題19:
A．productionB．judgmentC．friendshipD．a(chǎn)ppreciation
小題20:
A．a(chǎn)s soon asB．a(chǎn)s long asC．a(chǎn)s far asD．a(chǎn)s well as

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

Howard Dill is a giant among giant pumpkin(南瓜) growers. He grew world champion pumpkins for four years running，from 1979 to 1982, and missed winning the fifth year by only 5 pounds. Today, his Dill Atlantic Giant seeds are sold worldwide to more than 50 seed companies. The pumpkins grown from his Dill Atlantic Giant seeds commonly weigh in at over 1,000 pounds. “I don’t have any training in genetics(遺傳學(xué)); it was all trial and error,” Dill says. He got his love of pumpkins from his father and has enjoyed growing them for years.
Dill still grows giant pumpkins, but not for competition. In the fall, visitors come to enjoy the pumpkins on his 90-acre farm in Nova Scotia, Canada. He plants ten acres of pumpkins for Halloween and two acres of giant pumpkins. One of giant pumpkins was recently baked into 442 pumpkin pies and sold at $5 each for charity.
It you want to try growing a giant pumpkin, Dill recommends starting with a soil test and then adding fertilizer(農(nóng)藥) as needed. Plant the giant pumpkin seed. A giant pumpkin can gain 15 to 20 pounds a day, so careful watering—every day or two—is necessary. You should wait about 130 days until the pumpkin matures and then you can harvest it.
Dill’s favorite pumpkin set the Guinness Book record in 1981. It weighted 493.5 pounds. “I’ve grown them larger since, but that one meant a lot,” he remembers. “I never would have imagined ten
years ago that there would be a 1,000-pounder, but there are many of them now,” says Dill. The 2006 world record holder is Larry Checkon of Pennsylvania. He grew a 1,469 pounder. Dill says, “These world champions are grown from my seeds, so I feel like a winner right along with them.”
小題1:What can we learn about the world champion pumpkin of 1983?
A．It weighed over 1,000 pounds.
B．It was missing after the competition.
C．It was 5 pounds heavier than that of 1982.
D．It was 5 pounds heavier than Dill’s biggest one that year.
小題2: One of Dill’s giant pumpkins earned              .
A．$2210B．$442C．$1000D．$1469
小題3: In the third paragraph Dill mainly tells about              .
A．how to do a soil test
B．how to plant the giant pumpkin seed
C．when to water the pumpkin
D．how to grow a giant pumpkin
小題4:Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A．Gardening Giant: Howard Dill
B．World Champion Pumpkin
C．Dill Atlantic Giant Seeds
D．How to Grow Giant Pumpkins

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

Each spring brings a new wildflower blooming in the fields along the highway I travel daily to work.

There is one particular blue flower that has always caught my eye. I've noticed that it blooms only in the morning hours. The afternoon sun is too warm for it. Every day each year for about two weeks, I see those beautiful flowers.
This spring, I started a wildflower garden in my yard. I can look out of the kitchen window while doing the dishes and see the flowers. I've often thought that those lovely blue flowers from the fields would look great in that bed alongside other wildflowers.
Every day I drove past the flowers, thinking, "I'll stop on my way home and dig them." "Gee, I don't want to get my good clothes dirty…" Whatever the reason, I never stopped to dig them. My husband even gave me a tool one year for that expressed purpose.
One day on my way home from work, I was saddened to see that the highway department had cleared up the fields and the pretty blue flowers were gone. I thought to myself, "Way to go, you waited too long. You should have done it when you first saw them blooming this spring. "
A week ago we were shocked and saddened to learn that my oldest sister-in-law has a cancer. She is 20 years older than my husband and unfortunately, because of age and distance, we haven't been as close as we all would have liked.
I couldn't help but see the connection between the pretty blue flowers and the relationship between my husband's sister and us. I do believe that God has given us some time left to plant some wonderful memories that will bloom every year for us.
And yes, if I see the blue flowers again, I'm sure I'll stop and transplant them to my wildflower garden.
小題1:How long might the blue flower bloom in spring?
A．About two weeks.B．The whole season.
C．About one week.D．The whole day.
小題2:Where did the writer want to transplant the flowers?
A．Across the fields.B．Along the highway.
C．In the garden.D．Outside the yard.
小題3:Which of the following is NOT true about the writer's sister-in-law?
A．She is seriously ill.
B．She is twenty years old.
C．She lives far away from the writer.
D．She is not in close touch with the writer.
小題4:What does the writer want to tell us?
A．Value now and don't lose chances.
B．Visit our relatives only after they get ill.
C．Refresh our wonderful moments every year.
D．Plant flowers and don't enjoy them in the field.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

Brownie and Spotty were neighbor dogs who met every day to play together. Like pairs of dogs you can find in any neighborhood, these two loved each other and played together so often that they had worn a path through the grass of the field between their houses.
One evening, Brownie’s family noticed that Brownie hadn’t returned home. They went looking for him with no success. Brownie didn’t show up the next day, and, although they made their efforts to find him, by the next week he was still missing, Curiously, Spotty showed up at Brownie’s house alone, barking and jumping. Busy with their own lives, they paid no attention to the nervous little neighbor dog.
Finally, one morning Spotty refused to take “no” for an answer. Ted, Brownie’s owner, was continuously disturbed by the angry, determined little dog. Spotty followed Ted about, barking all the time, then rushing toward a nearby empty lot and back, as if to say, “Follow me! It’s urgent!”
Eventually, Ted followed Spotty across the empty lot as Spotty stopped to race back and barked encouragingly. The little dog led the man to a deserted spot a half mile from the house. There Ted found his beloved Brownie alive, one of his legs crushed in a steel trap (圈套). Frightened, Ted now wished he had taken Spotty’s earlier appeals seriously.
Then Ted noticed something. Spotty had done something else besides leading Brownie’s human owner to his trapped friend. In a circle around the injured dog, Ted found some food remains of every meal. Brownie had been fed that week! Spotty had been visiting Brownie regularly, in the hope of keeping his friend alive. Spotty had actually stayed with Brownie to protect him from hunger and other dangers, and keep his spirits up.
Brownie’s leg was carefully treated and he soon got well again. For many years thereafter the two families watched the faithful friends chasing each other down that well-worn path between their houses.
小題1:At the very beginning, Ted paid little attention to Spotty because __________.
A．he was not free at the moment
B．he was sure Brownie would be OK
C．he didn’t like Spotty at all
D．his missing dog made him sad
小題2:After Ted was brought where Brownie was trapped, he ___________.
A．managed to free his dog at once
B．was very thankful to Spotty
C．regretted not following Spotty earlier
D．was angry with the trap-maker
小題3:The BEST title for this passage might be____________?
A．Dogs in LoveB．A Friend in Need
C．Human and dogsD．Dogs Are Communicative
小題4:We can infer from the passage that ___________.
A．humans and animals depend on each other for comfort
B．It’s not right to hunt for animals in any neighborhood
C．Ted has to take better care of his beloved dog later on
D．Brownie would have died without Spotty’s timely help

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

There are a number of special days of the year that are celebrated in different countries. The origins of most of the days are unknown. They were certainly not created by individual people. Other days, however, especially those celebrated in western countries, often owe their origins to a particular person. One of the most popular of these, even though it is fairly recent, is Mother’s Day. Mothers have always been highly regarded in all cultures. The ancient Romans had a festival known as Hilaria, during which children took presents to the temple of the “Mother of the Gods”. The Christian Church adopted this idea and called it Mothering Sunday. However, over the years this custom was gradually forgotten and almost disappeared by the end of the 19th century.
Born in 1864 in Virginia, USA, Anna Jarvis was a school teacher and believed children should show gratitude to their mothers for all their love and care. Encouraged by a friend, she wrote to thousands of important people—politicians, churchmen, doctors, city officials—and asked them to support her idea: a special day of the year for thanking mothers.
In 1910 the Governor of West Virginia introduced Mother’s Day into the state. The date chosen was May 10—the second Sunday in May, which is still observed in America today. This date was chosen because May 10 was the date on which in 1908 Anna Jarvis’s mother had died. In 1914 President Woodrow Wilson made May 10 the official date for Mother’s Day throughout the United States.
Soon there was a Mother’s Day International Association and the custom began to be adopted in many countries of the world.
Anna Jarvis, a sad and disillusioned（失望的） woman, died in 1948. The custom she had worked so hard to establish and which had become almost universal had lost its original purpose. It had been taken over by business. Like Christmas, the giving of presents and the sending of cards had become a multi-million-dollar industry.
小題1:The story is about     .
A．Mothering Sunday for Christmas
B．the origin of a special day for mothers
C．President Wilson and Anna Jarvis
D．how people celebrate Mothers Day
小題2:Anna Jarvis wanted to       .
A．thank her mother for her care
B．introduce a celebration for mothers
C．meet thousands of important people
D．make her pupils celebrate her on Mother’s Day
小題3:May 10 became the date for Mother’s Day because       .
A．May is in the American spring
B．it was the second Sunday in May in 1910
C．President Wilson liked the date
D．this was the date on which Anna Jarvis’s mother died
小題4:Unfortunately, Anna Jarvis was not happy with Mother’s Day when she died because     .
A．her mother was not there to see it
B．she had never been a mother herself
C．people were too interested in making it a business
D．no one gave any presents or cards to their mothers

查看答案和解析>>

同步練習(xí)冊答案