The Colonel asks Ashenden a good many questions and then suggested that he had particular qualifications for the Secret Service. Ashenden knew several European languages and the fact that he was a writer provided excellent cover: on the pretext that he was writing a book he could, without attracting attention, visit any neutral country.
It was while they were discussing this point that the Colonel said, "You know you might get material that would be very useful to you in your work. I'll tell you an incident that occurred only recently. Very dramatic. A foreign government minister went down to a Mediterranean resort to recover from a cold and he had some very important documents with him that he kept in a dispatch case(公文箱). A day or two after he arrived, he picked up a beautiful blonde at some restaurant or other, and he got very friendly with her. He took her back to his hotel, and when he came to himself in the morning, the lady and the dispatch-case had disappeared. They had one or two drinks up in his room and his theory is that when his back was turned the woman slipped a drug in his glass.
"Do you mean to say that happened the other day?" said Ashenden.
"The week before last."
"Impossible," cried Ashenden. "Why! We've been putting that incident on the stage for sixty years, we've written it in a thousand novels. Do you mean to say that life has only just caught up with us?"
"Well, I can guarantee the truth of the story." said the Colonel, "And believe me, the government has been put to no end of trouble by the loss of the documents."
"Well sir, if you can't do better than that in the Secret Service," sighed Ashenden, " I'm afraid that as a source of inspiration to the writer of fiction, it's washout."
51． How did the Colonel suggest that Ashenden's being a writer would relate to his work as a spy?
A. It would make traveling abroad more possible.
B. It would make it easier for him to meet people.
C. It would enable him to avoid arousing suspicion.
D. It would enable him to use the languages he knew.
52．The reason for the Minister's trip was ________ .
A. to fetch some documents B. to get over an illness
C. to meet a spy D. to deliver some papers
53．According to the Colonel the incident happened _______ .
A. a few days before B. a few weeks before
C. two weeks before D. sixty years before
54．Ashenden cried 'Impossible' after hearing the Colonel's story because he thought ______ .
A. it could not possibly happen B. it was too embarrassing
C. it was too close to fiction D. it was too recent
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When Colonel Harland Sanders retired at the age of 65, he had little to show for himself, except an old Caddie roadster, a $105 monthly pension check ,and a recipe for chicken.
Knowing he couldn’t live on his pension, he took his chicken recipe in hand, got behind the wheel of his van (货车),and set out to make his fortune. His first plan was to sell his chicken recipe to restaurant owners, who would in turn give him a residual (酬金)for every piece of chicken they sold—5 cents per chicken. The first restaurateur he called on turned him down.
So did the second.
So did the third.
In fact, the first 1,008 sales calls Colonel Sanders made ended in rejection. Still, he continued to call on owners as he traveled across the USA, sleeping in his car to save money. Prospect number 1,009 gave him first “yes”.
After two years of making daily sales he had signed up a total of five restaurants. Still the Colonel pressed on , knowing that he had a great chicken recipe and that someday the idea would catch on .
Of course, you know how the story ends. The idea did catch on. By 1963 the Colonel had 600 restaurants across the country selling his secret recipe of Kentucky Fried Chicken (with ll herbs and spices ).
In 1964 he was bought out by future Kentucky governor John Brown.Even though the sale made him a multi-millionaire, he continued to represent and promote KFC until his death in 1990.
Which of the following statements about Colonel Sanders is wrong according to the passage?
A. He received a pension of a little more than $100 every month after he retired.
B. He couldn’t live on his pension because he had a chicken recipe in hand.
C. He didn’t succeed in selling his recipe until he tried 1,009 times.
D. He lived a hard life when he stared the business.
The underlined phrase“catch on ”in Paragraph 6 probably means .
A. be accepted B. be grasped C. be popular D. be rejected
The sentence “Of course, you know how the story ends” means .
A. you are sure to know the result of Colonel Sanders’ business
B. You are sure to know Colonel Sanders had finished his story
C. It is certain Colonel Sanders ended his business
D. It is certain Colonel Sanders knew how to end his story
Colonel Sanders’ story teaches us an important lesson:
A. It’s never too late to make a change in your life .
B. The early bird catches the worm.
C. Live and learn. Life can teach you a lot of lessons.
D. Constant dripping wears away a stone.
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The big screen is never short of films about World WarⅡ. When Nazi Germany is featured in these films, cruel Nazi officers and brutal concentration（集中营） camps most often represent it. But the new Hollywood movie Valkyrie tells a different story, “a chapter of German history which is little known abroad”, according to the German Cultural Minister Bernd Neumann.
Valkyrie is based on a true incident that took place in 1944. Colonel(陆军上校) Stauffenberg had been a loyal soldier for his entire military career. However, after losing an eye, a hand, and three fingers in an Allied bombing, he reached breaking point. The destruction that his country had brought to its European neighbors had become too terrible for the colonel to bear in silence. He hoped that someone would find a way to stop Adolf Hitler, one of the most evil tyrants（暴君） the world has ever known. Realizing that time was running out, he decided that he must take action himself and joined the German resistance. These men drew up Operation Valkyrie, a plot to assassinate(刺杀) Hitler and to overthrow his Nazi government from the inside. This plot is what the film is named after and focuses on.
The Hollywood star Tom Cruise plays the lead role. “This was a very challenging film to make. We carried a huge responsibility to correctly portray history,” Cruise said.
However, the production has drawn criticism for lacking depth and for simplifying the motives behind the plot.
65. The passage tells us that Valkyrie is _____.
A. a story written by Bernd Neuman
B. a chapter in a German history book
C. a movie about Nazi concentration camps
D. a movie about a plan to assassinate Hitler
66. What does the sentence “he reached breaking point” probably mean?
A. He narrowly escaped being killed.
B. He couldn’t reach out his arm for anything.
C. He was rewarded for his brave attempts.
D. He decided to make a historic change in life.
67. Why did Tom Cruise say the film was challenging for him?
A. Because he never acted in such kind of film before.
B. Because he knew little about this episode of history.
C. Because he felt it a heavy task to present the real history.
D. Because he was afraid that the film might draw criticism.
68. The following passage will probably talk about _____.
A. the reason why the film is named after Valkyrie
B. the comments from the movie critics on Valkyrie
C. the praises from audience after watching Valkyrie
D. the importance of the role Cruise plays in Valkyrie
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