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(摄制组) 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 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 very 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 went out early the next morning and filmed a bright sunrise over the beach in the middle of a beautiful bay(海湾). 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(摄影棚).“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."

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 scene on the sea           D. to meet the audience 

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 was angry with his crew.

C. Because it was his secretary's suggestion.

D. Because he wanted to get a scene of sunset. 

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". 

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 

5. After the“sunset" began, the director suddenly put his face in his hands ________ .

A. because he was moved to tears

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

In order to meet the deadline, Professor Smith along with his assistants       the project day and night.

A．work on          B．works at           C．is working on       D．are working on

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第II卷

第四部分 写作（共35分）

第一节单词拼写(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)

根据所给汉语,写出单词的正确形式。

1.It’s ______(荒唐的) of him to say that the ban on smoking in public places will be removed.

2.Do you have any ______(以前的) experience of this type of work?

3.The book explores the relationship between religion and ______(文明).

4.This hotel can ______(为…提供住处, 容纳) up to 5,000 guests.

5.It’s many years since Mount Vesuvius last ______(爆发).

6.It is ________(绝对地) impossible for them to finish the task in just one day’s time.

7.Between Italy and France, there is a mountain______(山脉) called the Alps.

8.The report called for ______(紧急的) action to reduce lead in petrol.

9. She is one of the most ______(有影响的) figures in local politics.

10.In order to meet the increasing demands of electricity, the local government has determined to make a reservoir to ______(发电) electricity.

Professor Smith ,along with his assistants ,      on the project day and night to meet the deadline .

       A．work                  B．working              C．is working           D．are working

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