Because of good service, there are usually a lot of c_________ in the shop.

She is so fat that she has made up her mind to go on a b_________ diet to lose weight.

 Under the lead of our Party, we finally got i_________ from the other countries.

I don’t mind a____________ to others if I make a mistake.

If you're 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(绝望) 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? Out of fear I decided to direct by suggestion, and I 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 his 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 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.

56. The author tells us that to succeed in a project you are in charge of, you should __________.

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

C. let people know you have the final say     D. keep sending out orders to them

57. It can be inferred that ________.

A. Jackie Gleason is the director of the film Nothing in common

B. Jackie Gleason is very angry when he is fired from his job

C. Max, a character in a film, is in very low spirits when he loses his job

D. Jackie Gleason is the writer of the film Nothing in common

58. “The Great One” in paragraph 3 refers to _______.

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

59. Why did Gleason call the director over and smile at him? That’s because Gleason _________.

A. thought his wonderful idea was accepted by the latter

B. succeeded in hitting upon a wonderful idea

C. was confident about his work the next day

D. appreciated the latter's way of directing films

60. 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 Stars

When we see well, we do not think about our eyes very often. It is only when we cannot see perfectly that we realize how important our eyes are.

People who are near-sighted can only see things that are very close to their eyes, Everything else seems blurry(=unclear). Many people who do a lot of work, such as writing, reading and sewing become near―sighted. Then people who are far-sighted suffer from just the opposite problem. They can see things that are far away, but they have difficulty in reading a book unless they hold it at arm’s length. If they want to do much reading, they must get glasses, too.

Other people do not see clearly because their eyes are not exactly the right shape. They have what is called astigmatism (散光). This, too, can be corrected by glasses. Some people’s eyes become cloudy because of cataracts (白内障). Long ago these people often became blind. Now, however, it is possible to operate on the cataracts and remove them.

Having two good eyes is important for judging distances. Each eye sees things from a slightly different angle (角度). To prove this to yourself, look at an object out of one eye; then look at the same object out of your other eye. You will find the object’s relation to the background and other things around it has changed. The difference between these two different eye views helps us to judge how far away an object is. People who have only one eye cannot judge distance as people with two eyes.

51. We should take good care of our eyes ________.

A. only when we can see well                 B. only when we cannot see perfectly

C. even if we can see well                       D. only when we realize how important our eyes are

52. When things far away seem indistinct(模糊不清) , one is probably _________.

A. near-sighted                                      B. far-sighted

C. astigmatic                                         D. suffering from cataracts

53. The underlined word suffer from in the second paragraph probably means __________.

A. experience      B. imagine              C. feel pain               D. are affected with

54. People who suffer from astigmatism have __________.

A. one eye bigger than the other

B. eyes that are not exactly the right shape

C. a difficulty that can be corrected by an operation

D. an eye difficulty that cannot be corrected by glasses

55. Having two eyes instead of one is particularly useful for _________.

A. seeing at night                                   B. seeing objects far away

C. looking over a wide area                     D. judging distances

Mr. Parker was born in a small village. His father was so poor that he couldn’t send him to school. The boy had to help his parents to do some farming and learned English and maths by himself when he was free. Later on he was made to leave his home village and hoped to find a job in a city. And as soon as war broke out, he joined the army. He couldn’t forget his terrible past and fought with the enemies bravely. So he became a general when he was fifty. He was honest and friendly to his soldiers and often punished those who tried to pocket a portion of the soldiers’ pay(克扣军饷). And his soldiers liked him very much.

Once Mr Parker heard from a soldier. In the letter the young man said the food in their military camp was very bad and he wished the general could go to find out the reasons, the old man went there at once, without telling anybody. He went in the kitchen and examined everything carefully and found it was very dirty. Then he went in the soldiers’ bedrooms and found there were a lot of fleas. He became angry and asked the soldiers, “What do you think of your food, young men?”

The soldiers saw their officer standing by the general and said nothing. Only a new soldier said, “Very bad, sir!”

“What did you have for lunch today?” asked Mr Parker.

“A fried chicken, some fish and pork, a cake, six eggs and I had three cups of wine.”

“Really?” Mr Parker called out in surprise. “It’s the King’s lunch, I think!”

“So do I, General,” said the young man. “But it’s my birthday today. I paid three hundred dollars for them all in the restaurant!”

46. Mr Parker became a general because      .

A. he was born in a poor family              B. he didn’t forget his terrible past

C. he fought with the enemies bravely     D. the soldiers listened to him

47. Mr Parker was respected because       .

A. he was strict with the officers           B. he cared about his soldiers

C. he was friendly to everybody             D. he paid attention to the soldiers letters

48. Mr Parker went to the military camp to       .

A. look for the soldier who wrote to him  B. punish the cooks

C. inspect the kitchens                           D. find out if the matter in the letter was true

49. The soldiers didn’t say anything because      .

A. they were afraid of the general                                      B. they thought their foods were good

C. the officer followed the general                                      D. the general didn’t agree with them

50. Which of the following is true?

A. Mr Parker found nothing in the military camp.

B. The new soldier had a birthday dinner in the restaurant.

C. The officer wanted to frighten the soldiers.

D. The general no longer believed the soldiers.

If David carries on working like this, he will ______ sooner or later.

A. break down           B. break away from   C. break up           D. break in

Henry can't attend the party ______ at Tom's house at present because he is preparing for the speech at the party ______ at Marie's house tomorrow.

A. held; being held        B. held; to be held     C. being held; to be held    D. being held; held

The president, together with his bodyguard, ______ to the nuclear station _______ there was an accident 20 minutes ago.

A. have come; where     B. came; which     C. has come; where        D. has come; which