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　　The thin monk stood there in his purple robes, grinning at me. Then I recognized him. I couldn't believe my eyes! “Ben!” I said. “What are you…I mean…why…?”

　　Ben said nothing, but quickly put his finger to his lips to tell me be quiet. Then he led me to a car that was waiting outside the airport. We got in, spoke to the driver in Nepali, and we drove off.

　　“Would you mind telling me what's going on?” I asked. At the same time, I noticed that we were driving out of the city towards the mountains. “And where are we going?” I said.

　　“I'm sorry, Ed,” said Ben. “I know this must seem very strange. Let me explain. For the past few months I have been traveling around Nepali disguised as a monk. I speak Nepali fluently, and when I'm dressed like this no one can tell that I'm a foreigner.”

　　“Yes,” I said. “But why do you need to travel in disguise. Who are you chasing or hiding from?” “Art thieves.” said Ben. “International criminals who steal ancient works of art from poor countries like Nepali, and then sell them to rich collectors.” He pulled something out of his monk's robs. “Look at this: a gold statue of the Buddha. It's almost one thousand and five hundred years old. Foreign collectors would pay one million dollars for a piece like this. It was in a Buddhist monastery in a place called Mastong. Then two months ago, it disappeared. I found it last week in a box that fell out of the back of a lorry. The lorry was full of stolen objects that were about to be smuggled out of the country.”

　　“Why don't you tell the police,” I asked.

　　“You'll meet the boss in a minute,” said Ben. “She'll explain the rest.”

　　We were driving through the back streets of the old city, passed buildings with beautifully carved wooden windows. But the streets were dirty, and the air was heavy with smog. I had heard about Kathmandu's pollution problem, but this was worse than I had expected. “Ugh!” I exclaimed. “This is awful! I can hardly breathe!”

1．When “I” recognized the thin monk, “I” was ________.

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2．When he met “I”, Ben was ________.

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A．amazed to see “me”

B．talking to the driver of his car

C．worried that people might hear their conversation

D．waiting outside the airport

3．Ben was wearing monk's clothes ________.

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A．because they were more comfortable for traveling

B．so that people could not tell that he was a foreigner

C．to help him hide from the police

D．because he thought they seemed strange to others.

4．Ben is chasing ________.

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A．people who steal old works of art

B．foreigner art collectors

C．a gold statue of the Buddha

D．Buddhist monks

5．The word “This” in the passage refers to ________.

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One afternoon Mrs. Green's husband wanted to catch the 3：30 flight to London to have an important meeting．She was very surprised when he telephoned her at 5 o’clock and said that he was still at the airport．

‘'What happened to you?” asked Mrs. Green．

“Well,” said Mr. Green，”Everything was going fine．I got my ticket，checked my luggage and waited in line at the gate．I walked across the runway to the airplane and I saw my friend Jack Scott, who was an airplane engineer．I shouted to him and a policeman caught me?”

      “Why did he catch you?’’

“I don't know．” said Mr. Green．”As soon as he heard my shout, he ran towards me and caught me?”

“What did you shout to your friend?”

“All I said was ‘Hi．Jack’．You know that's the usual way we say hello to our friends?”

    “But you don't know the sentence ‘Hi，Jack’ also means to take control of a plane by force（武力）．”

1．How was Mr. Green going to London?

2．Why was Mrs. Green surprised?

3．Who did Mr. Green meet when he walked across the runway to the airplane?

4．‘Hi．Jack’ is often used to say hello to somebody, but it also has another meaning．What is it?

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 out one evening to film the sunset for him.

The next morning he said to the men,“Have you provided me with that sunset?”

“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 bridge 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 gave it to him. He was very pleased.

They all went into the studio. “All right,” the director, “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 crew to stop.

The birds in the film were flying backwards, and the waves on the sea were going away from the beach.

46. One evening, the director sent his camera crew out        .

 A. to film a scene on the sea            B. to find an actor and an actress

 C. to watch a beautiful sunset           D. to meet the audience

47. 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 he wanted to get a scene of sunset.

 D. Because it was his secretary’s suggestion.

48. The director wanted to film a sunset over the ocean because       .

 A. it went 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 beautiful at sunset

49. After the “sunset” began, the director suddenly put his face in his hands     .

 A. because he was moved to teas       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

50. 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 coat is the place to go.

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

 D. The director order his crew to stop filming the “sunset”.