Question

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 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 of even catching 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．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 a thousand feet high．His parachute 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 stuntwomen too.

Answer 1

【小题1】C
【小题1】B
【小题1】D
【小题1】B

解析【小题1】根据He is dead! Of course he isn’t really dead．…… are professionals．They do this for a living．These men are called stuntmen．这段描述可知这些人只是做一些看起来危险的动作，故选C。
【小题1】根据That is to say, they perform tricks．他们表演技巧，可知选B，出卖他们特殊的技能。
【小题1】根据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．可知他不会受伤，故选D，他的安全一般都没事。
【小题1】根据Often a stuntman’s success depends on careful timing．特技演员的成功常常依靠对事件的认真把握上。及下文描述可知选B。