Geena David knew she wanted to be a movie
star when she was very young．She was not sure what gave her the idea, but she wanted to look like
a movie star．“I
have a lot of pictures from my childhood of me wearing sunglasses,” she says．“I used to wear them to watch
TV．”
Early
movie actors started wearing sunglasses not because they looked good, but
because their eyes hurt．The lights used on movie sets were extremely bright and could cause
a painful problem known as “Klieg eyes”．It was named after the Klieg brothers who invented the lights．Actors wore sunglasses to give
their eyes a rest．But
when movie stars began wearing their sunglasses in public, they quickly became
a must．
Eventually
actors started wearing sunglasses in their movies as well as on the street．Audrey Hephburn wore ultra-cool
Ray-Ban sunglasses in the 1961 movie, Breakfast at Tiffany’s．As a result, Ray-Ban sunglasses started to appear
more and more in the movies．In 1979, Ray-Ban “Wayfarers” were worn by Jake and Elwoo d in The Blue Brothers．Tom Cruise wore Ray-Ban “Aviator” sunglasses in the 1986 hit,
Top Gun．Then in
1997, Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones made Ray-Ban “Predator” sunglasses famous in Men in
Black．
Of
course sunglasses aren’t just a fashion statement．The main reason to wear sunglasses is to protect our eyes against UV
radiation．UV
radiation can damage our eyes, so people now choose their sunglasses carefully．But you don’t have to give up style for
safety．The choice
of frames and lenses available these days is huge．So you can protect your eyes and still be the
coolest person on the beach．
1.What is mainly discussed in this passage?
A．The use of sunglasses． B．The history of sunglasses．
C．The sunglasses wearing． D．Why movie stars like to wear
sunglasses．
2.Why did Geena David like to wear
sunglasses?
A．She was a movie star．
B．She wanted to follow a movie
star．
C．Wearing sunglasses was good for
her eyes．
D．It was good to wear sunglasses
when watching TV．
3.Early actors’ eyes hurt because ______．
A．they wore sunglasses B．they went out in the sun too much
C．the lights on movie sets were
too bright D．their
scripts were written in very small writing
4.We may know from this passage that ______．
A．Audrey Hephburn was a famous
film star
B．Ray-Ban is the name of
sunglasses maker
C．Sunglasses made Top Gun the hit
in 1986
D．Men in Black must be an
advertisement of sunglasses
5.Now people wear sunglasses ______．
A．just to protect their eyes B．for fashion and to protect
their eyes
C．because of bright lights D．because movie stars wear them
ights used on movie sets were extremely bright and could cause a painful
problem known as “Klieg eyes”. It was named after the Klieg brothers who invented the lights. Actors wore sunglasses to give their eyes a rest. But when movie stars began wearing their sunglasses in public, they quickly became a must.
tching TV
.