2007年成人高考英语模拟试题(三)(3)

2007年成人高考英语模拟试题(三)

36. A. homeless B. curious C. shocked D. mad

四、阅读理解（共15小题；每题3分，共45分。）

阅读下面短文，然后根据短文的内容从每小题的四个选择项中选出最佳的一项。

A

A bar (酒吧) owner locked up the door of his bar at two a.m. and went home to sleep. He had been in bed only a few minutes when the phone rang. “What time do you open up in the morning?” he heard an obviously drunken man (醉汉) ask.

The owner was so angry that he put down the receiver and went back to bed. A few minutes later there was another call and he heard the same voice ask the same question. “Listen”, the owner shouted. “There is no sense in asking about what time I open because I wouldn t let a person in your condition in...”

“I don t want to get in,” the caller interrupted (打断), “I want to get out.”

36. The business ended at two o clock.

A. before midnight B. after noon

C. after midnight D. in the afternoon

37. The caller made two phone calls to the bar owner was .

A. at a phone box (电话亭) B. inside the bar

C. at home D. in a hotel

38. The drunken man telephoned the bar owner .

A. in the afternoon B. at noon

C. in the evening D. early in the morning

B

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 (男女英雄) in front of it at the end of the film as they said goodbye to each other forever. He sent his camera crew (摄制组) 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 man answered.

The director was angry. “Why not?” he asked.

“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 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 bright sunrise over the beach in the middle of a beautiful bay (海湾). 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 explained, “now our hero and heroine are going to say goodbye. Run the film backwards so that we can see the

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