Unit3TheMillionPoundBankNoteⅠ.阅读理解(2018·陕西西安中学第四次检测)DickieMoore,achildstarofthe1930s,whoappearedintheOurGangcomediesandwasfeaturedinmanymajorHollywoodproductions,hasdied.Hewas89.WhilenotasfamousasShirleyTempleorMickeyRooney,successfulchildactorsinthehistoryoffilm,Moorewasaveteran(经验丰富的人)ofdozensoffilms,manyofwhichweredirectedbysuchgreatsasCecilB.DeMille,ErnstLubitschandJosefvonSternberg.Healsowroteabookaboutthechildstarbusiness.HewasamemberofproducerHalRoach’sOurGangtroupe(团队)in1932and1933,playingalongsideSpankyMcFarland,StymieBeardandotherOurGangstarsinsuchshortfilmsasFreeWheeling,HookandLadderandMushandMilk.ButunlikeSpankyandotherOurGangstars,Moorewasn’tlimitedtoRoach’scomedies.ThehandsomeactorwasMarleneDietrich’slittleboyinher1932filmBlondeVenus.Herecalledheras“warmandfriendly”,butsaiditmadehimuncomfortablewhenshegavehimabath.Thatsameyearheplayedtheleadinglady’slittlebrotherinMillionDollarLegs,andinthefollowingyearhegotthetitleroleinaversionofOliverTwist.HewasalsothewarheroAlvinYork’sbrotherinSgt.York,theboythatLouisPasteurcuredofrabies(狂犬病)inTheStoryofLouisPasteurandheroineBarbaraStanwyck’syoungsoninSoBig.In1942,towardtheendofhischildstarcareer,hegaveShirleyTemplehisfirstonscreenkissinMissAnnieRooney.Asayoungman,hehadaroleinthe1947classicfilmOutofthePast,whichstarredKirkDouglasandRobertMitchum.Hestoppedactingbythe1950s.Inthelate1960s,hefoundedhisownpublicrelationsfirm,DickMooreAssociates,inNewYork.1.WhatdidDickieMoore,ShirleyTempleandMickeyRooneyhaveincommon?A.Theyallwrotebooks.B.Theywereallchildstars.C.TheyalllaterfoundedfirmsD.TheyallstarredinOurGang.2.DifferentfromotherOurGangstars,DickieMoore.A.hadagiftforplayingcomediesB.reallylovedthechildstarbusinessC.appearedinotherproducers’filmsD.knewwhatkindofroleshewanted3.InwhichfilmdidDickieMooreplaytheleadingroleaccordingtothetext?A.OliverTwist.B.BlondeVenus.C.OutofthePast.D.MissAnnieRooney.导学号〚23280056〛Ⅱ.完形填空(2018·山东枣庄八中期中检测)Myyoungfriend,David,hasaproblem.Hisparents1whenhewaslittle.HeandhisbrotherlivedwithhismotherinKenya,wheresheworkedhardto2them,withlittlehelpfromtheirfather.Butrecently,David’sfatherhasre-enteredtheir3.“Nowhesaysheissorrythathe4us,”Davidsaid.“Hewantstobewithus.”Davidisnow25,andisstill5forsomethingtodotoearnsomemoney.Hisfatherwantstotakehimintohisthriving(兴旺发达的)business.Afteralifetimeof6,David’sfatherholdsouttohimaglimmerofhopefora7future.“Heseemstobesincereinhis8tomakethingsrightwithus,”Davidsays.“Tohavea(n)9,tohaveafather—itis10.”ButperhapsitisnotsotoDavid’smother.It’sclearthatshe’s11angrywithherex-husband.Davidfeelsthathehastomakeachoicebetweenloyaltytohismotherand12forhisfather.“Iaskyoufor13,”hewrote.“Idon’twishto14mymother.Butmyreligionteachesmetoforgiveallmen—includingmyfather.”Loyaltyorforgiveness—whichisthegreater15?Itseemstomethatlife’smostdifficultchoicesarenotbetweenrightandwrong.Forthemostpart,thosedecisionsareprettyeasytomake.But16betweencherishedvirtuesputsoursoulsontrial.We’vehadtomakesomesacrifices,andtherehavebeensome17times.Butthingshaveawayof18whenyoumakevalue-baseddecisions.I19David,“Trustyourinstincts(本能).You’llknowwhichchoiceis20.”Evensometimesbothchoicesareright.1.A.quarreledB.complainedC.divorcedD.fought2.A.protectB.giveC.teachD.support3.A.livesB.heartsC.livingD.marriage4.A.ignoredB.l...
