Question

You are seeing a film in which two men are having a fight. They hit one another over the heads with chairs. And so it goes on until one of the men crashes through a window 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.

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 onto hard ground but onto empty cardboard boxes covered with a mattress. 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 tricks 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 sometimes get seriously injured, and even killed. A Norwegian stuntman, for example, skied over the edge of a cliff 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 to perform some dangerous actions. For nowadays there are stunt girls , too.

1.What can be inferred from the author’s example of the Norwegian stuntman?

A. Sometimes an accident can happen to a stuntman.

B. The percentage of serious accidents is high.

C. Parachutes must be of good quality.

D. The cliff was too high.

2.Stuntmen are those who __________________.

A. often dress up as actors.

B. like to lead dangerous lives.

C. often perform seemingly dangerous actions.

D. often fight each other for their lives.

3.When a stuntman falls from a high building, ______________

A. he needs little protection. B. he will be covered with a mattress.

C. his life is in danger.D. his safety is generally all right.

4.Which of the following is the main factor of a successful performance?

A. Strength B. Speed C. Exactness D. Carefulness

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要介紹了特技演員這個職業(yè)，特技演員是個高危行業(yè)，需要技巧，更需把握時機。目前，特技演員行業(yè)也有女性從事了。

1.。故選B。

2.文中特技演員從事的表演都是從高樓上跳下來，或是從飛馳的火車上跳下來等的危險動作，因此可知特技演員要經常做一些危險動作。故選C。

3.第三段中“However, they do not fall onto hard ground but onto empty cardboard boxes covered with a mattress.”然而，他們沒有落到硬地面上而是落到空箱子上的墊子上，可知他的安全是有保證的。故選D。

4.在第四段中“Often a stuntman’s success depends on careful timing”

通常一個特技人的勝利取決于小心的調速，即在正確的時機做動作。 A. Strength力量，B. Speed速度；C. Exactness精確；D. Carefulness小心。故選C。

考點：考查日常生活類短文