If you are in charge of a project, the key to success is getting everyone to want to help you. As a director, I point, I suggest. I gently push the actors in the direction I want them to go. In the 1986 movie“Nothing in Common”, Jackie Gleason’s character, Max Basner, gets fired from his job as a clothing salesman. The scene, shot on a boat, shows Max’s despair about being out of work. I was looking for some gesture that would allow Max to show his feelings.

Jackie had far more experience at everything than I did, and at first I was frightened. What could I possibly tell “The Great One” about acting? Finally I decided to direct by suggestion, and sat down with Gleason to talk about the scene. “So Max is sad, right?” I said.Gleason nodded.“And he’s probably still carrying his pens with name on them—the ones he used to hand out to his customers, right?”Gleason nodded.“So what would you want to do with the pens after you were fired?”He was silent for a moment. “Why don’t I throw them overboard?”I stood up and turned up and turned toward the crew. “Hey, everybody, Jackie has a wonderful idea. Let’s shoot it.”

After filming the scene, Gleason called me over and said with a smile. “Garry, what kind of wonderful idea am I going to have tomorrow?”

You and your team can discover the answers to problems together. When there are no prizes or gold stars for who gets the solution first, you’ll all benefit when everything turns out right.

According to the writer, to succeed in a project you are in charge of , you     should______.

    A. make everyone work for you           B. get everyone willing to help 

   C. let people know you have the idea        D. keep talking to them

“The Great One” in Paragraph 2 refers to______.

   A. Gleason     B. the director himself    C. Max    D. Max’s boss

After filming the scene, Gleason called the director over and smiled at him. That’s  because Gleason________.

   A. thought the director gave him a good idea 

   B. formed the habit of thinking of ideas while talking

   C. was not confident about his acting

   D. appreciated the director’s directing skill

The most suitable title for the passage is “_______”.

   A. Directing a Film                  B. The Key to Success

   C. A Wonderful Experience            D. Working with Film  

One day my math teacher asked me to help him save back-up copies of his work in the computer. I then realized I was able to  36 the grades for all of his classes. I showed him how to copy files from one disk to another and he  37 me.
A few days later be asked me to help him again, because he   38 how to do it. when I began to show this to him, some students in my class   39 and began to talk among themselves   40 . Later that day, at lunch time, I was   41 by several of them.
“Hey, could you help us change our grades in math? We’ll  42 you…”
I could not believe what I was hearing.I could get paid for something very   43 ." All right.I'll do it." The next day my math teacher   44 me to help him out.When he was not paying attention, I began to change their grades from F's to A's.
I soon became very   45  among my friends.They began to treat me like a god with a magical  46 .I began to change the grades of students.Word   47  quickly and I became very rich.
Everything was going fine   48  I was called into the headmaster's office.When I got there, my teacher was mad, and the headmaster had an angry   49  in his eyes.  "I have known you for three years now.I don't want to  50  what your teacher said, but I'm afraid that I must.He has too much  51  , " he said." Do you have anything to say   52  yourself?" he asked.
"No." I said finally.I did not realize how serious my actions had been.I had violated the     53 of my teacher, and the headmaster.And there was no way   54 .I was forced to leave my school.
That was a good   55 for me.

【小题1】
A.accessB.assessC.changeD.mark
【小题2】
A.guidedB.supportedC.thankedD.accepted
【小题3】
A.doubtedB.remembered C.remindedD.forgot
【小题4】
A.hidB.noticedC.complainedD.agreed
【小题5】
A.disappointedlyB.quietlyC.freelyD.angrily
【小题6】
A.appointedB.approvedC.approachedD.appreciated
【小题7】
A.payB.praiseC.followD.inspire
【小题8】
A.familiarB.simpleC.interestingD.pleasant
【小题9】
A.forcedB.advisedC.encouragedD.got
【小题10】
A.optimisticB.popularC.sensitiveD.grateful
【小题11】
A.energyB.strengthC.rightD.power
【小题12】
A.escapedB.slippedC.spreadD.fled
【小题13】
A.untilB.sinceC.asD.after
【小题14】
A.sightB.lookC.lightD.feeling
【小题15】
A.believeB.ignoreC.opposeD.influence
【小题16】
A.experienceB.pressureC.confidenceD.evidence
【小题17】
A.toB.byC.forD.of
【小题18】
A.intentionB.honorC.promiseD.trust
【小题19】
A.onB.inC.backD.down
【小题20】
A.lessonB.skillC.storyD.example

I have this old clock that belonged to my mom. My dad gave it to me years ago after mom passed away.
I have mixed feelings about having the clock. I love it because it was my mom’s, but it also holds some bad memories.
You see, it chimes. It counts out the hour and rings once on the half hour. Or at least it used to. Now you never know what number it will ring.
When my mother was at home dying from cancer, she asked for the clock to be unplugged. Hearing the hours count down really angered and frightened her.
Mom passed away. I decided I wanted to get the clock fixed so I could remember the good hours we had with her.
I took it to a local clock shop the other day.
“I know this has no particular value as a clock, but it was my mom’s and I need to get it fixed,” I said to the shop owner.
I went on to describe the problem.
“We get a lot of these in,” he told me. “Here’s what I do. We remove the clock works (机件) and replace it with a battery-operated movement (机芯) that chimes electronically,” he told me.
“You can’t fix this?”
“No, we don’t have the time nor the parts.”
I thanked him and went home. I called a few other places and was told the same thing.
“How incredibly sad,” I told the last one disappointedly.
How incredibly sad that we have become a society that replaces craftsmanship with convenience and easy fixes. We copy the original instead of creating something new. We duplicate (复制); we don’t originate (发明).
Sadly, the same goes for our attitude to life itself.
Each of us is an original, one of a kind. But we find it so much easier to copy another style than to develop our own.
We are wannabes (崇拜别人的人) rather than hey-world-look-at-mes.
We fail to see the real value in who we are, so we spend our lives trying to be someone else.
【小题1】 Why did the author decide to get the clock fixed?

A.Because it was a really old and valuable clock.
B.Because it was the only thing that her mother had left her.
C.Because it brought her memories of being with her mother.
D.Because it left the author with mixed feelings.
【小题2】 What did the clock shop owners tell the author?
A.The parts that the clock needed were electronic.
B.It would cost a lot to repair the clock.
C.They had never repaired a clock like this before.
D.They could only make the clock electronic.
【小题3】 The author intends to ________.
A.criticize the irresponsible clock shop owners
B.criticize people who do not value things with a history
C.criticize people who do not have a creative attitude toward life
D.criticize people’s ignorance of traditional craftsmanship

Mistakes are a part of life. To err is human. Failure is also a part of life, not the end of life. Be happy facing life’s challenges. When you make the effort to be happy and to improve your life, you are actually rewarded along the way.

Life is like a game and maybe you can award points for every effort that has been a success for you. Try it. Add ten points for every achievement. And when you have reached 50 points, just yell, “Hey, I’ve won!” and give yourself a reward. If you happen to have missed your points for whatever reason, tell yourself, “Well, I tried!” which is better than not trying at all. Don’t let it be said you didn’t try.

What is it that you want to make yourself happy? Actually happiness means different things to different people. For example, an athlete will be happy winning his first race. For a new mother happiness would be seeing her baby’s first steps. Happiness for a poor person would mean having a meal just for today. So happiness for you is really something simple that you want for yourself.

It really doesn’t have to be big. As a matter of fact, you should be always realistic(现实的). Make the best out of every given situation. If you expect a certain result from a situation and it does not happen, don’t get despondent. This just means trying harder next time. We all have in us the power to succeed. Don’t let “give up” be a part of your vocabulary.

1.By saying “To err is human”, the author means that____________.

A.human beings should try to avoid making mistakes

B.no one is perfect and everyone makes mistakes

C.mistakes and failures make up our life

D.human beings make mistakes easily

2.What’s the main idea of Paragraph 2?

A.Try to reach 50 points.                   B.Try to get as many points as you can.

C.Award yourself for your success            D.Don’t be afraid of missing your points.

3.The author proves his idea in Paragraph 3 through____________.

A.examples         B.numbers          C.experiments       D.stories

4.The underlined word “despondent” in the last paragraph means____________.

A.frightened         B.disappointed       C.surprised          D.excited

 

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