Directions: Read the following passages.
Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For
each of them there are four choices marked (A) (B) (C) and (D). Choose the one
that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just
read.
A
In October 1978, Spiderman ＂climbed＂ up the Connaught Centre, which was
then the tallest building in Hong Kong. The Connaught Centre has fifty storeies
and is about 600 feet high, so it was chosen as part of the plot in a Spiderman
film for American television.
In the film, Spiderman has to climb six
floors up the outside of the Connaught Centre. The American television station
used an experienced stunt man(替身演员), Mr. Fred Waugh, who had climbed up much taller buildings in the
U. S. A. For his Hong Kong adventure, Mr. Waugh was put in a special bag with
two cables attached(系) to it . The bag could carry a weight of more than 2000 pounds, so
there was no chance that it would break. However, the climb was difficult
because the cables were 400 feet long and it was not easy for Mr. Waugh to
control his movements.
A crowd of people on the ground were
astonished when they saw a tiny figure appear from a window in the eighteenth
floor and climb slowly upwards. When they saw the cameramen taking a film of
Mr. Waugh, they guessed what was happening.
After he finished his climb, Mr. Waugh said
that it was one of the most difficult jobs he had ever done. ＂But,＂ he said, ＂I'll do it again if necessary. It is just part of my job.＂
71. The cables holding Mr. Waugh's bag most
probably came from the _______.
(A) eighteenth floor
(B) twenty-fourth floor
(C) top of the building (D) bottom
of the building
72. We would expect a stunt man to
________.
(A) do dangerous things
(B) speak many languages
(C) be an experienced
cameraman (D) be silent
73. If Mr. Waugh slipped when he was
climbing up the building, ______.
(A) the bag would fall to
the ground with him
(B) the cables would prevent
him from falling
(C) he would hit the people
watching below
(D) there would be no more
Spiderman
74. It is possible that in the film on
television, _______.
(A) people will not see the
Connaught Centre
(B) the cables will break
and Spiderman will fall
(C) this scene will not be
shown
(D) the bag and cables will
be invisible