One of the most well-known directors of our time is Stephen Spielberg. He was born in Cincinnati on 18 December 1946. His father was an electric engineer and his mother was a performing pianist. His sister, Anne Spielberg, became a screenwriter who wrote the stories for many famous films.
Stephen had always wanted to be a director ever since he was a young boy. When he was just 13 years old, he made a 40-minute film. It won a local competition. Three years later, he produced a film called Firelight, which made one hundred dollars’ profit at the cinema in his hometown. Many of the ideas from this film were later used for one of his most famous films called Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
When he was 18 years old, he wanted to go to film school so that he could improve his skills and become an even better director. Unluckily, he was unsuccessful in getting a place at this school so he went to a university in California to study English. Even though he had failed to get into the school he wanted to go to, he didn’t let this stop him following his dream to become a great director.
Stephen Spielberg has directed many films since his first major film in 1976. He now owns many different businesses, most of which are involved in the film industry.
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1946 |
Stephen Spielberg 1. 2. in Cincinnati. |
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1959 |
Stephen Spielberg made a 3. film and it 4. a local competition. |
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1962 |
Stephen Spielberg produced a film called 5. , from which many 6. were later used for Close Encounters of the Third Kind. |
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Though he 8. to get into the film school he wanted to go to, Stephen Spielberg didn’t give up his dream to become a great director. |
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1976 |
Stephen Spielberg 9. his 10. major film. |
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1.This means I could get up an hour later than ________ as schools in China begin before 8 a.m.
2.I’m trying to lose weight because I’m so ________ of my body.
3. Since I’m preparing to act in a new TV play, I’m taking weight –loss pills called Fat-Less, which are quite ________ among young women here.
4.As teenagers grow, it is ________ for them to become confused with the changing world both inside and outside of them.
5.Walking and riding your bike ________, and so do school sports.
6. Things change so quickly! I’m now in hospital ________ from liver failure.
7.Anyhow, they didn’t trust me. They don’t ________ an explanation. Let them think what they want.
8.When parents come to visit the school and talk to the teacher, we often play songs sung by students, and we also give messages to ________ the parents of events such as outings and school plays.
9. In our class there were 28 students. This is about the _________ size for British schools.
10. If you eat ______ and exercise regularly, you will lose weight, keep fit and feel great.
A traveler hurried down to the hall of an American hotel and went to the cash-desk. He had just 15 minutes to pay his bill and get to the station. Suddenly he remembered that he had left something in his room.
"Look here, boy," he said to the bellboy, "run up to my room and see if I have left a parcel on the table there. Be quick about it."
The boy ran upstairs. Five minutes passed. The traveler was walking up and down the hall, looking very angry. At last the boy appeared.
"Yes, sir," he reported to the traveler," you have left the parcel there, it's right on the table in your room."
1. The traveler _______.
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A．ran down the street |
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B．came downstairs hurriedly |
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C．ran so quickly that he fell down |
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D．came into the hotel hall very quickly |
2.Which statement is true?
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A．He had to pay his bill and arrived at the station in 15 minutes . |
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B．It took him 15 minutes to go to the station from the hotel. |
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C．He could pay his bill in 15 minutes and then go to the station . |
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D．He had nothing but 15 minutes. |
3. According to the passage, a bellboy is _____.
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A．a boy whose work is to ring the bell |
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B．a boy who plays with a bell |
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C．a boy whose work in a hotel is to help guests with their bags |
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D．the hotel owner's boy |
4. The traveler asked the boy _____ .
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A．to go upstairs |
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B．to look for his parcel |
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C．to fetch the parcel he had left in his room |
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D．only to see if the parcel was on the table in his room |
5.Five minutes later, the boy ______ .
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A．ran up to the room |
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B．came downstairs |
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C．reported to the traveler in the room |
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D．came down to the hall but brought nothing back |
I have spent years of my life traveling all over the world. When I arrive in a new country or city, usually I am very 36 and go to bed early. For this 37 my first day or night in any new place is always quiet and very 38 happens. 39 my first night in Algeciras was very different. This night was very 40 and unusual.
At that time 41 in Southern Spain was a dirty and 42 looked-after city. I arrived late in the evening by 43 . As soon as I got off the boat, I went to look for a 44 . I found a small hotel not far from the boat.
This hotel looked 45 and untidy from the outside. But I was very tired and did not know my 46 around the city of Algeciras. And so I decided to stay in this 47 hotel on the quay(码头). I also decided to stay in this hotel for another 48 . The moon was full and it was a clear, 49 night. From the hotel I could 50 the sea. I could see the huge rock of Gibraltar in the bright moonlight.
The hotel had a narrow 51 and no name. When I went through this doorway, I had to climb up narrow and dark stairs to the first floor. I 52 a small cupboard with a desk in front of it. This was the hotel office.
An untidy and tired woman was sitting beside the 53 . When I said I wanted a room for the night, she took me 54 some more stairs to a room on the second floor. Inside this room the landlord was sitting playing cards with some friends. He was 55 his game of cards and I was simply a nuisance(讨厌的人). He looked at me when the woman told him that I wanted a room. Then he said, Room Five, and turned back to his game of cards.
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