A modern-day love story of a man spotting the girl of his dreams across a New York subway train and tracking her down over the Internet has failed to have a fairytale ending with the relationship over.
For Web designer Patrick Moberg, then 21, from Brooklyn, it was love at first sight when he spotted a woman on a Manthttan train last November. But he lost her in the crowd so he set up a website with a sketch picture to find her—www.Nygirlofmydreams.com.
Unbelievably in a city of 8 million people, it only took Moberg 48 hours to track down the woman, with his phone ringing non-stop and email box overflowing. New Yorkers took sympathy on the subway Romeo and joined his hunt.
The mysterious girl was named as Camille Hayton, from Melbourne, Australia, who was working at the magazine Black Book and also lived in Brooklyn. One of her friends spotted the sketched picture on the Web site and recognized her.
But after finding each other, appearing on TV and getting international press, the couple took their romance out of the public eye, with Moberg closing down the Web site and with both refusing to make any more comments—until now.
Hayton told Australian newspaper The Sunday Telegraph that she dated Moberg for about two months but it just didn’t work out.
“I say we dated for a while but now we’re just friends,” Hayton, now 23, told the newspaper. Hayton said she is still recognized about three times a week on the streets of Manhattan as “that girl” and the question is always the same: “So what happened?”
“I think the situation was so intense that it linked us,” she said, adding, “it linked us in a way that you could mistake, I guess, for being more romantic than it was. I don’t know. But I wanted to give it a go so didn’t wonder what if, what if?”
Hayton told The Sunday Telegraph that she is enjoying single life in New York, keeping busy with acting classes, working in two clothing stores. Last week she had a small role as a waitress in the long-running daytime soap As the World Turns.
“I just can’t believe it happened. It feels like a long time ago,” said Hayton. Moberg, however, was still refusing to comment on the relationship.
小題1:After Moborg lost the girl in the crowd he set up a website with       .
A．a(chǎn) pretty notice to find herB．a(chǎn) rough drawing to discover her
C．a(chǎn)n exciting program to attract herD．a(chǎn)n inspiring story to move her
小題2: Moberg found the girl in a short time because        .
A．he phoned everybody in the cityB．he e-mailed everybody in the city
C．he continued his hunt day and nightD．he got help from the net citizens
小題3: What has happened to Hayton after the subway romance?
A．She has become a superstar in the city.
B．She has become a journalist in Australia.
C．She still gets noticed in the streets in New York.
D．She is out of work and is looking for a new job.
小題4:The best title for this passage may be        .
A．NY subway romance hits end
B．NY subway romance causes debate(爭論)
C．NY—a romantic city for the young couple
D．NY—a heartbreaking city for the young couple

小題1:B
小題1:D
小題1:C
小題1:A
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Sometimes  51  a dreamer can be brought back to earth． 52  words from a teacher can usually bring a day-dreaming student down-to-earth.
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 54  we have both our feet on-the-ground, when we are down-to-earth, we act  55  and openly toward others．Our lives are like the ground below us, solid and strong.
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A．common B．sadC．pleasant D．surprising
小題2:
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37. A. When   B .After  C. Before       D. As soon as
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49. A. sometime     B. sometimes  C. some time  D. some times
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51. A. for       B. but     C. so       D. therefore
52. A. But      B. However    C . So     D. And
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