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The very wealthy English Baron Fitzgerald had only one child, a son, who understandably was the apple of his eye. His wife died when the child was in his early teens. So Fitzgerald devoted himself to fathering the kid. Unfortunately the son died in his late teens.

Meanwhile, Fitzgerald’s wealth greatly increased. He spent a lot on art works of the masters. Later Fitzgerald himself because seriously ill. Before his death, he had carefully prepared his will as to how his wealth would be settled—to sell his entire collection at an auction (拍卖).

Because of the large quantity and high quality of his collection, a huge crowd of possible buyers gathered for the auction. Many of them were museum directors and private collectors eager to bid (出价).Before the auction, the art works were shown, among which was a painting of Fitzgerald’s son by an unknown artist. Because of its poor quality, it received little attention.

When it was time for the auction, the auctioneer gaveled (敲槌) the crowd to attention. First the lawyer read from Fitzgerald’s will that the first art work to be auctioned was the painting of his son.

The poor-quality painting didn’t receive and bidders...except one—the old servant who had served the son and loved him, and who for emotional reasons offered the only bid.

As soon as the servant bought the painting for less than one English pound, the auctioneer stopped the bidding and asked the lawyer to read again from the will. The crowd became quiet, and the lawyer read from the will:“Whoever buys the painting of my son gets all my collection.”Then the auction was over.

小题1:The English Baron Fitzgerald was ______.

A.a museum director

B.a master of art

C.an art collector

D.an art dealer小题2:Why did the old servant bid for the painting of Fitzgerald’s son?

A.He was devoted to the family.

B.He saw that no one bid for it.

C.He knew the content of the will.

D.He found it cheap for him to buy.小题3:Fitzgerald’s will showed ______.

A his desire to fool the bidders                  B. his invaluable love for his son

C. his sadness at the death of his son             D. his regret of having no children to take over his wealth

答案

小题1:C

小题2:A

小题3:B

小题1:推断题。根据第二段“He spent a lot on art works of the masters.”和第三段的“Because of the large quantity and high quality of his collection,”可以推断出Fitzgerald是个收藏家。

小题2:推断题。根据倒数第二段“...except one—the old servant who had served the son and loved him,and who for emotional reasons offered the only bid.”可知老佣人曾为富翁的儿子服务,出于情感的考虑拍下了这幅画。

小题3:推理题。根据最后一段,拍下他儿子画像的人将得到所有藏品,说明了他对儿子的爱是无法衡量的。

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The famous director of a big and expensive movie planned to film a beautiful sunset over the ocean, so that the audience 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 camera team 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,” one of the men answered, “we are 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 team and said, “Tomorrow morning I want you to get me a beautiful sunrise over the sea.”

The camera team went out early the next morning and filmed a bright sunrise over the beach in the middle of a beautiful bay. Then at nine o’clock they took it to the director. “Here it is, Sir,” they said, and give it to him. He was very pleased.

They all went into the studio. “All right,” the director explained, “now our hero and heroine are going to say goodbye. 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 team to stop. The birds in the film were flying backwards away from the beach.

小题1:One evening, the director sent his camera team 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.小题2:Why did the director want to send his team to the west coast?

A.Because he changed his mind about getting a sunset

B.Because he was angry about his team

C.Because it was his secretary’s suggestion

D.Because he wanted to get a scene of sunset小题3:Which of the following is NOT true?

A.The team followed the secretary’s advice.

B.If you want to see a sunrise, the east coast is a place to go to.

C.The camera team wasn’t able to film the scene the first day.

D.The director ordered his team to stop filming the “sunset”小题4:The director wanted to film a sunset over the ocean because _____.  

A.it went well with the separation of the hero and 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 than a sunrise小题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 the heroine

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