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He was no scholar, and his classmates teased him.Rather than reading, the kid really preferred running around with an 8mm camera, shooting homemade movies of wrecks of his Lionel train set(which he showed to friends for a small fee)

In his second year of high school he dropped out.But when his parents persuaded him to return, he was mistakenly placed in a learning-disabled class, he lasted one month.Only when his family moved to another town did he land in a more suitable high school where he graduated eventually.

After being denied entrance into a traditional filmmaking school, Steven Spielberg enrolled  in English at California State University at Long Beach .Then in 1965 he recalls ,in one of those casual moments, his life took a complete turn.Visiting Universal Studios ,  he met Chuck Silvers, an executive in the editorial department.Silvers liked the kid who made 8mm films and invited him back sometime to visit.

He appeared the next day.Without a job or a security clearance ,   Spielberg(dressed in a dark suit and tie, carrying his father’s briefcase with nothing inside but “a sandwich and candy bars’’)walked confidently up to the guard at the gate of Universal Studios and gave him a casual wave.The guard waved back.He was in.

“For the entire summer,” Spielberg remembers,” I dressed in my suit and hung out with the directors and writes including Silvers, who knew the kid was not a studio employee, but winked at the deception) I even found an office that was not being used ,and became a squatter.I bought some plastic tiles and put my name in the building directory: Steven  Spielberg, Room 23C〞

It paid off for everyone.Ten years later the 28-year-old Spielberg directed Jaws, which took in $470 million, then the highest-grossing movie of all time.Dozens of films and awards have followed because Steven Spielberg knew what his teachers didn’t---talent is in the eyes of the filmmaker.

1.What is the text mainly about?

A.Dream is more important than knowledge

B.How Spielberg made his first famous film Jaws

C.Spielberg has a gift for filming

D.How Spielberg became a famous director

2.From the 4th and 5th paragraph we can know ___

A.he was confident and this won others’ admiration

B.he worked hard and got his own office

C.usually people can not come into Universal Studios freely

D.he had been accepted as a member of the company

3.What does the underlined word〝 winked〞mean?

A.shown great concern              B.became angry

C.had to be silent            D.pretended not to notice

4.Silvers helped Spielberg probably because__________

A.he was Spielberg’s father’s friend

B.Spielberg’s talent and passion for filming moved him

C.he hoped to find a good employee for Universal Studios

D.he was sure Spielberg would become a great director

答案

小题1:D

小题2:C

小题3:D

小题4:B

填空题

徐霞客是中国古代伟大的地理学家。他小时候,有一天,江边发生了一件怪事, (71) ,却怎么也找不着。原来,十多年前,江岸边有座寺庙,寺庙前面有座石狮子,有一年河岸塌了,石狮子掉到了江里。现在要重修寺庙,大家就想把石狮子从水里捞上来。打捞的人都觉得过了那么多年了, (72) 。他们几次潜入水里,把下游找了个遍,都没找到石狮子。大家正在纳闷,小徐霞客站出来说:“ (73) 。”在现场指挥的地方官看了看这个小孩子,十分怀疑地问道:“你真的知道石狮子在哪里吗 ”小徐霞客自信地说:“石狮子掉进江中已经有十年了, (74) 。你带人到上游找找看吧。”地方官一听,哈哈大笑起来:“难道石狮子有腿吗 怎么会往上游跑呢 ”徐霞客说:“我想石狮子落水后对水流形成了阻碍,使周围的水流得更快,阻碍水的那一侧泥沙会被水冲走,那个地方就空了。时间长了,石狮就会倒向迎着水流的方向,跑到上游去了。”地方官听了觉得有道理,就派人去上游寻找,没多久, (75) 。大家都称赞徐霞客是个聪明的孩子。

A.我知道石狮子会在什么地方

B.石狮子肯定被冲到下游去了

C.人们果然在上游找到了石狮

D.很多人在打捞落水的石狮子

E.当然不会在原来落水的地方

 

地方官听了觉得有道理,就派人去上游寻找,没多久()。

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