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16.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 (撞击) 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.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 (床垫).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 (悬崖) 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 stuntgirls,too.
68.Stuntmen are those whoC
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 
69.Stuntmen earn their living byB
A.selling their special skills 
B.playing their dirty tricks 
C.jumping out of high windows 
D.jumping from fast moving trains 
70.When a stuntman falls from a high building,D.
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 
71.Which of the following is the main factor (因素) of a successful performance?B
A.Strength.B.Exactness.C.Speed.D.Carefulness.

分析 这篇文章主要介绍了特技替身演员.他们使用花招和手段.通常他们的成功依赖精确的时间计算.他们的报酬很高,但是特技表演也有危险.他们常常受伤,有时有会死亡.

解答 CBDB
68    C   细节理解题:根据第一段You are watching a film in which two men are having a fight…Of course he isn't really dead.可知,特技演员经常表演一些危险的动作.故选C.
69     B  细节理解题:根据文章最后一段Naturally stuntmen are well paid for their work可知,特技演员考出卖自己的特殊技能谋生.故选B.
70     D   推理判断题:根据文章第一段However,they do not fall on to hard ground but on to empty cardboard boxes covered with a mattress (床垫)…the glass is made of sugar!可知,当特技演员从高楼上跳下来时,他的安全基本是有保障的.故选D.
71      B  推理判断题:根据文章第一段最后一句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.后面解释了特技演员并不是仅仅依靠trick(伎俩、把戏)来完成工作,还有技能和训练.可知,一个特技演员的表演成功主要取决于精确性.故选B.

点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.

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