The famous director(导演)of a bib and expensive film decided to film a beautiful sunset 1 the sea, so that people could see the man and the woman players in front of 2 at the end of the film as they said goodbye to each other．So, one day he 3 a group of men out one evening to film the sunset for him．
The next morning he said to the men, “Have you got the sunset for me?”
“No, sir,” one man answered, “We’re on the 4 coast(海岸线)here, and the sun sets in the west．We can get you a sunrise, but not a sunset．”
“But I want a sunset!” the director said 5 , “Go to the airport, take the next 6 to the west coast, and get one．”
But then one of them had an idea, “Why don’t we film a sunrise and then put it 7 Projector(放映机)backwards?Then it’ll 8 a sunset．
“That’s a 9 idea!” the director said．Then he 10 to the other men and said, “Tomorrow morning I want you to get me a sunrise．”
The group of men went out early the next morning and filmed a bright sunrise．Then at nine o’clock they 11 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(摄影棚)．“All right,” the director said, “Now our players are going to say goodbye．Run the film backwards through the projector so that we can 12 the ‘sunset’ behind them．”
The “sunset” began, 13 after a quarter of a minute, the director suddenly put his face in his hands and shouted to the man to stop．
The birds in the film were flying backwards, and the waves on the sea were 14 the beach．
Jack is a twenty-year-old young man．Two years ago, when he finished middle school, he found work in a shop．Usually he works until ten o’clock in the evening．He is very tired when he gets home．After a quick supper he goes to bed and soon falls asleep．His grandma who lives downstairs is pleased with him．
One day, on his way home, he met his friend Mary．They were both happy．He asked the girl to his house, and she agreed happily．He bought some fruit and drinks for her．And they talked about their school, teachers, classmates and their future．They talked for a long time．
“Have a look at your watch, please,”said the girl．“What time is it now?”
“Sorry, something is wrong with my watch,”said Jack．“Where’s yours?”
“I left it at home．”
Jack thought for a moment and found a way．He began to stamp his foot on the floor, “Bang! Bang! Bang!”
The sound woke his grandma up．The old woman shouted downstairs, “It’s twelve o’clock in the night, Jack．Why are you still jumping upstairs?”
(1)
Jack was ________ when he finished middle school．
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A．
sixteen
B．
eighteen
C．
twenty
D．
fifteen
(2)
The old woman is satisfied with Jack because ________．
[ ]
A．
he’s her grandson
B．
he’s clever
C．
he can keep quiet
D．
he gets home on time
(3)
From the story, we can know that Mary is Jack’s ________．
[ ]
A．
classmate
B．
colleague (同事)
C．
aunt
D．
wife
(4)
The word “stamp” in the story means ________ in Chinese．
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A．
盖印
B．
跺
C．
贴邮票
D．
承认
(5)
Jack stamped his foot on the floor inorderto (为了)________．
Are we on time?
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