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Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: "There's going to be one less boy in the room!" The words rang in my ears as the criminal pointed his gun against my head. The floodgates opened and tears ran down my face. No one in the courtroom moved. Everyone was held silent with fear. A few seconds passed and the criminal put down his gun, turning his back on me. "Cut!" the director shouted with joy. One take! We had done the scene in just one take. Then all the people who acted in the film went off for lunch. I got my food and joined them, and the criminal, who had moments before been so scary, took his seat beside me and told us many funny jokes. A table of adults surrounded me, but I was never uncomfortable talking with strangers. I worked with these people and they worked with me. We talked, we laughed, we got to know each other and sometimes we became friends. At the end of the day we all went our separate ways, but we had been drawn close by working together to make this play. After the show was broadcast, my friends asked if I had been scared of the criminal. At first this sounded funny. He was, after all, a kind and intelligent man. Then I realized that they didn't see that side of him. Television and films are about creating an alternate life that appears real even if for a while. We had been successful in doing that. Even my friends, who knew the real me, were drawn in the make-believe world of our story. Acting has helped me to feel comfortable in my own skin and in communicating with others. I feel relaxed during interviews and when leadership opportunities come. Change is not threatening to me, and I am grateful for the chance to learn and to grow in knowledge and experience in my life. Question: In the film, what was the manner of the author's character when facing the criminal? - Brave and calm. - Anxious and terrified. - Shy and quiet. - Heroic and fearless.
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Anxious and terrified.

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Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: I've been asked a million times why I've chosen to put up with all the inconvenience of working the road all these years when I could have easily written songs for a living, and enjoyed a peaceful and comfortable existence.My reply is:Nobody applauds when you write a song. What else would cause a person to pack his belongings and ride away from his family in order to lead such a nomadic existence? I mean,entertainers don't cure cancer or anything. I once rode all night and half a day through a snowstorm only to arrive in a town where we were booked to perform to find our concert had been canceled because of the weather.A handful of people hadn't heard the news,however,and had managed somehow to make their way to the concert hall. We were cold, tired and hungry. But there was something in the eyes of those few fans who had shown up that told us how badly they wanted to hear the music they knew we could play if only we would. There was certainly no place else for us to go. _ Why not drink some coffee and pick a little country music? When our show was over,an elderly lady approached the stage."You don't know how much this evening has meant to me," she said."Thank you for playing and singing for such a small crowd.Today is the first time I've smiled since my husband died.Your music has helped me to forget my problems for a while." Okay,so entertainers don't cure cancer.But maybe, every once in a while, we cure some other things that are almost as important. Question: Why did the author decide to give a performance for a small crowd ? - He was impressed with the crowd's desire for music. - He tried to encourage some cancer patients. - He was moved by an elderly lady. - He wanted to earn some money.
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He was impressed with the crowd's desire for music.

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Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Want to find a job?Now read the following advertisements. FAIRMONT HOTEL Five waiters and Ten Waitresses ---Aged under 22 ---At least high school graduate ---Good looking; men at least 1.72meters tall and women 1.65 ---Those knowing foreign languages preferred ---Paid 1600-2200dollars per month One Secretary ---Aged under 30 ---Female preferred ---Good at writing and skilled at computer If interested,call 465-4768or write to:Mr.Jack Hundris Room 0825,Fairmont Hotel 567Wood Street,San Markers,78003 Fax:6954828 WILSON BOOKSTORE Accountants ---Aged between 25and 40 ---With an experience of at least two years ---With a degree and an accountant certificate ---Paid 3000-4000dollars monthly ---With a knowledge of computer Salesclerks ---Basic education of 12years or more ---Good at computer ---Paid 1800-2200dollars monthly Tel:447-4398Fax:3485269 Question: If you want to try for a job in Fairmont Hotel,you . - have to be a woman and know foreign languages - should be a university graduate - have to be taller than 1.72meters - should be younger than 30years old.
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should be younger than 30years old.