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I’ve written 14 movies. My characters smoke in many of them, and they look cool and glamorous doing it. Smoking was an integral(必需的) part of many of my screenplays because I was a heavy smoker. It was part of a bad-boy image I’d cultivated for a long time— smoking, drinking, partying, rock ’n’ roll.
Smoking, I once believed, was every person’s right. The second-hand smoke was non-existent problem invented by professional do-gooders. I put all these views into my plays.
Remembering all this, I find it hard to forgive myself. I have been an accomplice (帮凶) to the murders of untold numbers of human beings. I am admitting this only because I have made a deal with God. Spare me, I said, and I will try to stop others from committing the same crimes I did.
Eighteen months ago I was diagnosed with throat cancer, the result of a lifetime of smoking. I am alive but disabled. Much of my larynx (喉) is gone. I have some difficulty speaking; others have some difficulty understanding me.
I haven’t smoked or drunk for 18 months now, though I still take it day by day and pray for help. I believe in prayer and exercise. I have walked five miles a day for a year, without missing even one day. Quitting smoking and drinking has taught me the hardest lesson I’ve ever learned about my own weakness; it has also given me the greatest affection and empathy(同感) for those still addicted.
I don’t think smoking is every person’s right anymore. I think smoking should be as illegal as heroin. I’m no longer such a bad boy. I go to church on Sunday. I’m desperate to see my four boys grow up. I want to do everything I can to undo the damage I have done with my own big-screen words and images.
Screen writers know, too, that some movie stars are more likely to play a part if they can smoke —because they are so addicted to smoking that they have difficulty stopping even during the shooting of a scene.
My hands are bloody; so are Hollywood’s. My cancer has caused me to attempt to cleanse me. I don’t wish my fate upon anyone in Hollywood, but I beg that Hollywood should stop putting it upon millions of others.
1. The main idea of this passage probably is _________.
A. the writer is ashamed of the bad effects his screenplays have had on human beings
B. the writer’s smoking experience nearly killed himself
C. the bad effects that Hollywood screenplay have brought to children
D. the determination of the writer to overcome his illness
2. How do you think the writer has realized his mistake?
A. So many people have found the habit of smoking due to his plays.
B. His plays have brought great harm to teenagers.
C. He himself suffered greatly from smoking.
D. His screenplays have been doing more and more harm to human beings.
3. What is the writer determined to do in future?
A. He has made up his mind to give up smoking forever.
B. He will try his best to prevent others from writing screen plays encouraging smoking.
C. He will try his best to bring up his four children.
D. He has decided to write his screenplays without smoking scenes.
4. It can be inferred from the passage that _______.
A. the writer will soon be recovered from his illness thanks to his exercise
B. the writer will soon die because of his deadly disease
C. smoking will be got rid of in all Hollywood films
D. smoking in Hollywood films is still doing great harm to human beings

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Without lifting his eyes from his plate, Coolidge said not very clearly, “Well, a man has to eat somewhere.
Later, when he was president and once again at a dinner party, Collidge was seated next to an outstanding society woman, one of those busybodies, who seemed to take delight in trying to change the lives of everyone they met. “Oh, Mr. President,” she spoke with too much enthusiasm, “you are always so quiet. I made a bet (打赌) today that I could get more than two words out of you.”
President Collidge considered those people as being unworthy of respect .

A.who liked to talk about the affairs of others
B.who never talked about anything serious
C.who often spoke insincerely
D.who talked much but did little

The hostesses thought Collidge was unfriendly because in her eyes.

A.he treated women coldly and rudely
B.he paid no attention to conversational skills
C.he was too serious to please any women
D.he was pretty easy and quick to get angry

Mrs. Longworth got shamed and angry because .

A.the vice president took part in too many dinner parties
B.the vice president didn’t lift his eyes from his plate
C.the vice president didn’t speak exactly and clearly
D.the vice president didn’t react to all her efforts

The underlined sentence “Well, a man has to eat somewhere” probably means .

A.Mr. Coolidge didn’t want to talk with Mrs. Longworth at all
B.Mr. Coolidge had really got tired of so many social dinners
C.Mr. Coolidge was unhappy with the dinner he was eating that day
D.Mr. Coolidge was really hungry and had to find something to eat

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* To choose a bus line to take from home or your hotel, look at the buses that arrive at the closest Metro stations.
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A.looking at the buses that arrive at the closest Metro station from your hotel
B.checking the red section at the bottom of the sign with a “metro bus” logo
C.checking electronic screens on the front, side and back of the bus
D.checking the machines located by the escalators taking you to the platforms

The underlined word “terminates” probably means .

A.stops B.decides C.starts D.passes

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A.At a platform. B.At a post office.
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D.Attendance is required in all classes.

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A.register at 7:00 a.m. B.sit in on the class anyway
C.register for a backup course D.get help from the professor

Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A.Course Registration Made Easy B.How to Find the Right Courses
C.Classes and After-class Activities D.How to Pick the Perfect Schedule

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A.playing games, shopping and making telephone calls
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A.Computers will Replace Shops and Books B.Computers will be Used a lot in the Future
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A.Computers will replace everything completely in our daily life in the future.
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SHEFFIELD
LINCOLN COLLEGE OF ENGLISH
Classes for foreign students at all levels
3 months, 6 months, 9 months and one year course
Open all year
Small class (at most 12 students )
Library, language laboratory and listening center
Accommodation(膳食供应) with selected families
25 minutes from London
Course fees for English for one year are 1, 38 (with reduction for shorter periods of study)

Lincoln College of English _______.

A.is at the centre of London
B.accepts students only at the beginning of the year
C.takes in foreign students, from beginners to the advanced
D.lies far away from London

While you stay there, _______ will take care of you.

A.the school where you study B.the family you have chosen
C.your classmates D.your own parents

If you go there for a one-term course, you will pay _______ for it.

A.£1, 380 B.over £1, 380 C.much less than £1, 380 D.nothing

According to the introduction above, which is NOT mentioned(提到)?

A.Course fees B.Accommodation C.The size of class D.Teachers’ work

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