Reading Comprehension

　　Having spent five years searching for her older brother, Miss Lund was unbelievable to think she had been working in the same building for five months．

　　Mr．Philips, 33, and Miss Lund last saw each other almost twenty years ago after their father, also called Stephen, 56, lost contact with his son from a previous relationship．Miss Lund, only five at that time, moved to India with her father and mother Rose, while Steven lived with his mother in Wolverhapton．

　　By the time Miss Lund and her parents returned to Leeds, the family had lost all contact with Mr, Philips．On turning 18, Lund started to track down her long-lost half brother, even asking customers at the shop where she worked．But despite checking on Internet sites such as Friends Reunited and MySpace, it wasn't until the pair started working together at Loop Customer Management where she went on asking everyone if they knew a Stephen Philips that she tracked him down in March, 2007．

　　She couldn't believe it when she was told someone by that name worked there．After she checked on the Internet database, it suggested he wasn't her brother as his name Steven instead of Stephen．Then a friend came up to her and said Steven's surely her brother．They checked parents' names and it turned out they were related．She wanted to scream but they were at work so they just hugged and chatted．

　　Mr．Philips, a father of four children, said he was delighted, adding：“I never thought we would meet again．I can't wait to get to know my sister．We have so much to know．”

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阅读理解

　　Joey is loyal, encouraging and self-sacrificing, always putting others’ interests ahead of his own．He is a hard worker, who also loves to run and play．In short, he’s an ideal friend and a heroic character．

　　Here is the thing： Joey is a horse, who appears as the main character in Steven Spielberg’s new film War Horse．

　　It is based on Michael Morpurgo’s 1982 novel, which also caused the same-titled Tony Awards winning play．

　　The film follows the saga of Joey, a racehorse that’s trained for farm work under the loving care of Albert(Jeremy Irvine)after Albert’s drunk father Ted(Peter Mullan)overpays for the animal at auction(拍卖会)．

　　Then the World War I tears Albert and Joey apart．Joey is sold into the war effort for the British and starts his episodic adventures in Europe．

　　Splendidly staged, the battle plots in the film are visually astounding and impressive．

　　And with Spielberg’s unique, top-notch direction and storytelling skills, War Horse cannot escape its episodic nature, calling to mind another Spielberg film about the horrors of war and its effects upon soldiers and civilians-Saving Private Ryan．

　　While that film shocked with horrific scenes of bleeding, it relied on a company of easily-described characters and a focused storyline to present heroic themes．

　　Like Saving Private Ryan, War Horse clings to a series of characters, not only Albert, but also British officers, French civilians and German soldiers, who display courage in the face of danger．Everyone who comes in contact with Joey is either already in touch with their inner angel or is quickly moved to become more humane．

　　Although none of this covers the fact that we’ve seen this stuff elsewhere before, the lovely sentiment will steal your heart．

　　And the emotional signature of Spielberg can be felt as he establishes the relationship between the boy and the horse and the mood of the piece-there will be tears．

　　Therefore, calling this beautiful, dramatically incomplete film “ Saving Private Joey”, is entirely justifiable．

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