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1、1Peoplewilldoanythingtoseeafreeshow----evenifitisabadone.WhenweheardthatacomedyshowwouldbeheldatourlocalcinemabytheBirdSeedCompany,weallrushedtoseeit.Wehadtowaitinqueueforhourstogetinandtheremustbeseveralhundredpeoplepresentjustbeforetheshowbegan.Unlucki
2、ly,theshowwasoneoftheworstthatwehadeverseen.Thosewhofailedtogetinneedn'tfeeldisappointedbecausemanyoftheartistswhoshouldappeardidn'tcome.Theonlyfunnythingsweheardthateveningcamefromthehostatthebeginningoftheprogramme.Hewasobviouslyverynervousandstoodawkw
3、ardly(尷尬地)forsomeminutesbeforethemicrophone.Assoonasheopenedhismouth,everyonecouldn'thelplaughing.Weallknowwhatthepoormanwouldsay,butwhatheactuallysaidwas:"ThisistheSeedBirdCompany.Goodladies,eveningandgentlemen!"1.Alotofpeoplewenttoseetheshowbecause____
4、____.A.theshowwasveryfunnyB.thereweremanyfamousartistsintheshowC.theshowwaspresentedbytheBirdSeedCompanyD.theydidn'thavetopayforit.2.Theaudience(觀眾)enjoyed________.A.theperformancebytheartistsB.theshowC.theadvertisementsD.thehost'sopeningwords3.Thewriter
5、thoughttheshowwasoneoftheworstbecause________.A.manypeoplefailedtogetinB.manyoftheartistswhoshouldappeardidnotcomeC.theadvertiserwasawkwardD.theopeningwordsbythehostwaswrong4.Fromthepassage,wecanlearnthatpeople________.A.likedtoseeashowwithoutfamousartis
6、ts.B.likedtoseefreeshows.C.likedtoseetheshowbytheBirdSeedCompanyD.likedtoseetheshowbytheSeedBirdCompany2Filmstarsmaycomeandgo.butPaulNewman'scareerislong－lasting.Newmanhasworkedinfilmsfor40years.HismostrecentoneopenedinDecember.ThefilmiscalledNobody'sfoo
7、l.Newmanplaysa60-year-oldconstructionworker(建筑工人)namedSully.Tosomepeople,Sullyseemstobealoser(失敗者).Buthehasalotofcharm."I'veplayedalotofcharactersandthecharacterIplayinNobody'sFoolisclosertomethananyotherroleI'vedone,"saidNewman.Newmanwas70yearsoldonJanu
8、ary26,1998.Nobody'sFoolishis52ndfilm.HehaswontwoOscarsinhiscareer.Newmansucceededinotheraspects(方面)ofhislife.Hehasbeenmarriedfor36years.Hetookpartincarracingattheageof40andwonprizes.Twelveyearsago,hestartedafoodcompanycall
