Survival is an art. Survivors are artists. The best acting is done in daily life, not on the stage. My late uncle Sir Alexander Korda, the motion__picture producer who could charm money out of an empty safe, was a gifted survivor.
Once, a group of investors called him in to complain that he had lost 5 000 000 of their money. Most men would have tried to defend themselves. Alex did not. You are right, he said quietly, I have been wasteful, and careless. I have chosen the wrong scripts, paid too little attention to the budgets. I am too old for this business. I will retire. I only hope you will forgive me.
Within an hour, the investors were busy encouraging Alex, cheering him up. It was out of the question for him to resign; they wouldn’t hear it. And by lunchtime, Alex had 2 000 000 more of their money and was back in the action again. When I asked him if he was happy about it, he said, No. They would have put up three or four million, I think. Still, it’s a good lesson for you to learn. Always settle for less than you could get. It doesn’t hurt to have a re
putation as a gentleman.
1. According to the author, Sir Alexander Korda is an excellent artist because __.
A. he is a motion__picture producer
B. he knows well about how to survive
C. he had a gift to act in the movie
D. he can get large amounts of money from investors.
2. The phrase to charm money out of an empty safe in the context means .
A. to put all your money to your savings account
B. to draw your money back if it is not in a safe place
C. to avoid wasting money if you have an empty pocket
D. to be able to get money even if it looks impossible.
3. What would most probably have happened if Sir Alexander Korda had defended himself?
A. He would resign and live miserably.
B. He would be considered a gentleman.
C. The investors would not forgive him.
D. The investors would give him more money.
4. Alex did not defend himself because .
A. he hoped to have a happier life
B. his nature prevented him from doing so
C. he wanted to test if he could give the best acting
D. he knew the way to cope with the investors
5. Alex was not happy with the settlement because .
A. he thought he could have got more from the investor.
B. he didn’t teach the author a good lesson
C. he didn’t like the way he behave.
D. he lost his reputation as a gentleman
答案：1-5 BDCDA
Time is the biggest problem of most students. It becomes particularly difficult when you have to do library research for a term paper or report. Finding information in the library can take so much time that many students avoid it until the last possible minute.
Library research does not have to be time consuming. If you learn to use a library efficiently, you can save yourself a great deal of time. The exercises in this section are designed to familiarize you with the library so that y阿ou can find the information you nee
d quickly.
The first and the most important thing to know about a library is that when you cannot find something, ask a librarian for help. The librarians are paid not just to shelve books, but to provide information and assistance. The most helpful librarians are usually those who work in the reference room. They will help you get started on a term paper and even help you find material. There are two basic places to begin looking for information, the card catalog and the various periodical indexes. The card catalog is a list of all the books in the library. A periodical index is a list of all the magazine and journal articles written on any subject.
1. According to the author, finding information in the library needs a lot of time, so students should __.
A. avoid it until the last possible minute
B. do library research
C. learn how to use it efficiently
D. save a great deal of time
2. It is the librarians’ duty to do all the following things except__.
A. arranging and lending books
B. helping students locate the needed books
C. helping students find needed materials
D. helping students write their term paper
3. In what way could a student get familiarized with the library while reading this section?
A. By doing the exercises provided.
B. By asking the librarians.
C. By looking into the catalog part.
D. By reading in the reference room.
4. If you need to find a magazine article in the library, the best way for you to do is to __.
A. look in the card catalog
B. look in the periodical indexes
2021年英语四级成绩查询 C. search through the bookshelves
D. go to the reference room
5. The passage is taken from an introduction of a chapter, and the title of the chapter is probably __.
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