You are watching a film in which two men are having a fight. They hit one another hard. At the start they only fight with their fists. But soon they begin hitting one another over the heads with chairs. And so it goes on until one of the men crashes (撞擊) through a wind and falls thirty feet to the ground below. He is dead!Of course he isn't really dead. With any luck he isn't even hurt. Why? Because the men who fall out of high windows or jump from fast moving trains, who crash cars or even catch fire, are professionals. They do this for a living. These men are called stuntmen. That is to say, they perform tricks. There are two sides to their work. They actually do most of the things you see on the screen. For example, they fall from a high building. However, they do not fall on to hard ground but on to empty cardboard boxes covered with a mattress (床墊). Again, when they hit one another with chairs, the chairs are made of soft wood and when they crash through windows, the glass is made of sugar! But although their work depends on trick of this sort, it also requires a high degree of skill and training. Often a stuntman' s success depends on careful timing. For example, when he is "blown up" in a battle scene, he has to jump out of the way of the explosion just at the right moment.
Naturally stuntmen are well paid for their work, but they lead dangerous lives. They often get seriously injured, and sometimes killed. A Norwegian stuntman, for example, skied over the edge of a cliff (懸崖) a thousand feet high. His parachute (降落傘) failed to open, and he was killed. In spite of all the risks, this is no longer a profession for men only. Men no longer dress up as women when actresses have to perform some dangerous action. For nowadays there are stuntgirls too.
【小題1】Stuntmen are those who ______.
A.often dress up as actors |
B.prefer to lead dangerous lives |
C.often perform seemingly dangerous actions |
D.often fight each other for their lives |
A.playing their dirty tricks |
B.selling their special skills |
C.jumping out of high windows |
D.jumping from fast moving trains |
A.Strength. | B.Exactness. |
C.Speed. | D.Carefulness. |
【小題1】C
【小題2】D
【小題3】B
【小題4】A
解析試題分析:本文告訴我們在電影里的一些危險(xiǎn)的鏡頭或者動作都是由替身演員來完成的,同時(shí)告訴我們替身演員的一些情況以及他們在工作中可能遇見的危險(xiǎn),并舉例進(jìn)行了說明。
【小題1】推理題。根據(jù)文章第二段Because the men who fall out of high windows or jump from fast moving trains, who crash cars of even catch fire, are professionals(專業(yè)人士). They do this for a living. These men are called stuntmen(替身演員). That is to say, they perform tricks.可知替身演員通常都在做一些很危險(xiǎn)的動作。故C正確。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)題:根據(jù)文章第二段2,3行Because the men who fall out of high windows or jump from fast moving trains, who crash cars of even catch fire, are professionals(專業(yè)人士). They do this for a living.可知替身演員是通過從移動的火車上跳下謀生的,所以選D。
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)題:從第4段關(guān)鍵轉(zhuǎn)折詞: BUT。后面解釋了特技演員并不是僅僅依靠trick(伎倆、把戲)來完成工作,還有技能和訓(xùn)練。以及一個(gè)關(guān)鍵短語depend on直指答案的出現(xiàn)為careful timing,仔細(xì)謹(jǐn)慎的(把握)時(shí)機(jī),與B選項(xiàng)Exactness(精準(zhǔn))相符。
【小題4】推理題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段Naturally stuntmen are well paid for their work, but they lead dangerous lives. They often get seriously injured, and sometimes killed.可知這樣的工作也總是充滿危險(xiǎn),有時(shí)候也會發(fā)生事故。故A正確。
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