I was 15 when I walked into McCarley’s Bookstore in Ashland. As I was looking at ___1___ on the shelves, the man behind the counter, ___2___, asked if I’d like ___3___. I needed to start ___4___ for college, so I said yes. I ___5___ after school and during summers for the lowest wages and the job helped pay for my freshman year of college. I would work many other jobs; I made coffee in the Students Union during college, I was a hotel maid and even made maps for the U. S. Forest Service. But selling books was one of the most ___6___. One day a woman asked me for books on cancer. She seemed fearful. I showed her almost ___7___ we had at that time ___8___ and found other books we could order. She left the store less ___9___. I’ve always remembered the ___10___ I felt in having helped her.

Years later, as a ___11___ in Los Angeles, I heard about an immigrant child who was born with his fingers connected, webline. His family could not ___12___ a corrective operation, and the boy lived in ___13___, hiding his hand in his pocket.

I ___14___ my boss to let me do the story. After my story was broadcast, a doctor and a nurse called, offering to perform the ___15___ for free.

I visited the boy in the recovery room soon after the operation. The first thing he did was to hold up his ___16___ hand and say, “Thank you.” I felt a sense of ___17___.

In the past, while I was ___18___, I always sense I was working for the customers, not the store. Today it’s the same. NBC News pays my salary, ___19___ I feel as if I work for the ___20___, helping them make sense of the world.

1. A. maps      B. titles   C. articles     D. reports

2. A. the reader      B. the college student   C. the shop owner  D. the customer

3. A. a book    B. a job   C. some tea     D. any help

4. A. planning B. saving C. preparing   D. studying

5. A. read       B. studied       C. cooked       D. worked

6. A. boring    B. surprising   C. satisfying   D. disappointing

7. A. anything B. something  C. nothing      D. everything

8. A. in need   B. in all   C. in order      D. in store

9. A. worried  B. satisfied     C. excited       D. puzzled

10. A. pride    B. failure C. regret  D. surprise

11. A. doctor   B. store owner       C. bookseller  D. TV reporter

12. A. pay      B. cost    C. afford D. spend

13. A. shame   B. honour       C. horror D. danger

14. A. advised B. forced      C. persuaded   D. permitted

15. A. action   B. program     C. treatment    D. operation

16. A. repaired       B. connected   C. injured       D. improved

17 A. pleasure B. sadness     C. interest       D. disappointment

18. A. at the TV station  B. in the Students Union

C. at the U. S. Forest Service       D. at McCarley’s Bookstore

19. A. so B. and     C. but    D. because

20. A. readers B. viewers      C. customers   D. passengers

 If you are 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 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? Finally I decided to direct by suggestion, and 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 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 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.
61.According to the writer, to succeed in a project you are in charge of , you should______.
A. make everyone work for you          B. get everyone willing to help 
C. let people know you have the idea     D. keep talking to them
62. “The Great One” in Paragraph 2 refers to______.
A. Gleason     B. the director himself    C. Max   D. Max’s boss
63. After filming the scene, Gleason called the director over and smiled at him. That’s because Gleason________.
A. thought the director gave him a good idea 
B. formed the habit of thinking of ideas while talking
C. was not confident about his acting
D. appreciated the director’s directing skill
64. 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  

For several days I saw little of Mr. Rochester. In the morning he seemed very busy with business，and in the afternoon gentlemen from the neighborhood called and sometimes stayed to dine with him. When his foot was well enough，he rode out a great deal.

During this time，all my knowledge of him was limited to occasional meetings about the house，when he would sometimes pass me coldly， and sometimes bow and smile. His changes of manner did not offend me，because I saw that I had nothing to do with the cause of them.

One evening，several days later，I was invited to talk to Mr. Rochester after dinner. He was sitting in his armchair，and looked not quite so severe，and much less gloomy. There was a smile on his lips， and his eyes were bright，probably with wine. As I was looking at him，he suddenly turned， and asked me，“Do you think I am handsome，Miss Eyre? ”

The answer somehow slipped from my tongue before I realized it: “No，sir.” “Ah，you really are unusual! You are a quiet， serious little person， but you can be almost rude.” “Sir，I'm sorry. I should have said that beauty doesn't matter，or something like that，” “No，you shouldn't! I see，you criticize my appearance，and then you stab (刺) me in the back! You have honesty and feeling. There are not many girls like you. But perhaps I go too fast. Perhaps you have awful faults to counterbalance (抵消) your few good points.”

I thought to myself that he might have too. He seemed to read my mind，and said quickly，“Yes，you're right. I have plenty of faults. I went the wrong way when I was twenty-one，and have never found the right path again. I might have been very different. I might have been as good as you， and perhaps wiser. I am not a bad man，take my word for it，but I have done wrong. It wasn't my character，but circumstances which were to blame. Why do I tell you all this? Because you're the sort of person people tell their problems and secrets to， because you're sympathetic and give them hope.”

It seemed he had quite a lot to talk to me. He didn't seem to like to finish the talk quickly，as was the case for the first time.

“Don't be afraid of me， Miss. Eyre，”he continued. “You don't relax or laugh very much，perhaps because of the effect Lowood school has had on you. But in time you will be more natural with me，and laugh， and speak freely. You're like a bird in a cage. When you get out of the cage， you'll fly very high. Good night.”

1.At the beginning Miss Eyre's impressions of Mr. Rochester were all except_________.   

A．busy             B．sociable           C．dull              D．changeable

2.The underlined sentence means___________.

A．Only by meeting him around the house sometimes did I know a little about him.

B．Only by coming to the house could I know about him.

C．I occasionally met him but my knowledge about him was poor.

D．What I knew about him was limited in the house.

3.From what Mr. Rochester told Miss Eyre，we can conclude that he wanted to ___________.   

A．tell her all his troubles

B．tell her his life experience

C．blame her for misunderstanding him

D．change his circumstances

4.At the end of the passage，Mr. Rochester sounded __________.

A．rude             B．cold              C．polite            D．encouraging

5.According to the passage，which of the following statements is WRONG? 

A．Miss Eyre was atLowoodSchoolbefore she came to Mr. Rochester’s house.

B．Miss Eyre didn’t see Mr. Rochester often.

C．Miss Eyre was honest，brave and confident.

D．Miss Eyre was brave，polite and warm-hearted.

At the age of 15，I paid my first visit to Disneyland in America. It wasn't the first time for me to be ___36___ . Like most English children I learned French ___37___school and I had often been to France，and I ___38___ speaking English to people who didn't understand ___39___ . So ___40____ I went to America，I was really looking forward to ____41___ a nice easy holiday without any ___42____problems. ___43___ wrong I was! The misunderstanding ___44___at the airport. I was looking for a ___45___ telephone to give my friend Danny a ___46____ and tell her that I had arrived. A___47___ old man saw me looking lost and asked ___48___ he could  help me.“Yes，”I said，“I want to give my friend a ring.”“Well，that's nice，”he said，“Are you getting ____49____ ? But aren't you a bit young?” “ ___50___ is talking about marriage?” I replied. “I just want to call her to tell her I've arrived. Can you tell me ___51___ there’s a phone box?” “Oh!” he said, “there's a phone downstairs.” When at last we did meet up，Danny explained the misunderstanding to me. “Don't worry，”she said to me，“I had so many ___52___ at first. There are lots of words which the Americans ___53___ differently in meaning from us British. You'll soon get used to ___54___ funny things they say. Most of the ___55___, British and American people understand each other!”

Recently divorced in my 30s, I had no job and was on my way downtown on a rainy day to go to the employment offices. I had no umbrella, for my old one had fallen apart, and I couldn’t afford another one.

I sat down in the streetcar--- there against the seat was a beautiful silk umbrella with a silver handle inlaid (镶嵌着…的) with gold and bright enamel (珐琅). I had never seen anything so lovely. I examined the handle and saw a name on it. The usual procedure would have been to turn in the umbrella to the conductor, but I decided to take it and find the owner myself.

I got off the streetcar in a downpour and carefully opened the umbrella to protect myself. Then I searched a telephone book for the name on the umbrella and found it. I called and a lady answered. Yes, she said in surprise that was her umbrella, which her parents, now dead, had given her as a birthday present, but it’d been stolen from her locker at school years before.

She was so excited that I forgot I was looking for a job and went directly to her house. She took the umbrella, her eyes filled with tears. I was only too happy to see her get back the lost umbrella, and get a job she offered me.

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