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 professional. They do this for a living. These men are called “stuntmen”（特技演员）. 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 tricks of this sort, it also requires a high degree of skill and training. Often a stuntman’s success depends on precise 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 precipice (悬崖峭壁) a thousand feet high. His parachute (降落伞)failed to open—and he was killed.
41. According to the passage, stuntmen are people who ______. A. are skilled in sports such as skiing and skating B. often do things which are really dangerous C. are good at pretending to die on the spot D. only pretend to do dangerous things
42. Stuntmen do this kind of work in order to ______. A. earn money B. enjoy themselves C. have good luck D. fool the audience 43. When they jump from a high building, stuntmen ______. A. have parachutes B. are covered with a mattress C. fall on something soft D. stand on hard ground 44. In order to do their job well stuntmen have to be especially ______. A. strong B. punctual C. accurate D. intelligent 45. The Norwegian stuntman got killed because ______. A. he forgot to open his parachute B. of an unexpected accident C. of inadequate training
D. he did not ski well on the mountain edge
Part III. Cloze 10 %
If we look at the process of innovation, we will see 46 technology feeds on itself, 47 the pace of technology advance in our own times. Technological innovation 48 three stages: invention, application and diffusion. One of the most important characteristics of advanced technology today 49 the fantastic speed that occurs between 50 of these stages. For example, nowadays the time it takes to put ideas 51 work has been greatly reduced. The progress in transportation is 52 in point. Likewise, the time between the application and
diffusion stages has been radically 53 . This 54 the acceleration of present-day technology. And this, 55 , generates more feasible ideas. 46. A. how B. what C. which D. that 47. A. step up B. to step up C. stepping up D. to stepping up 48. A. is composed of B. composes of C. made up of D. is consisted of 49. A. are B. was C. is D. were 50. A. any B. everyone C. more D. each 51. A. with B. for C. by D. to 52. A. case B. a case C. in case D. cases 53. A. lengthened B. shortened C. brightened D. enlarged 54. A. accounts for B. accounts on C. accounts to D. accounts with 55. A. in general B. in detail C. in turn D. in brief
Part IV. Complete the following sentences with the word or expressions given. Change the
form If necessary: 10 %
apply for with intent to keen on consist of
turn down, on end call in, armed with
at a loss in trouble with contribute to cope with
56. When the reporter asked him if he had any comments, he was _____ what to say.
57. They would spend their days and nights in the same neighborhood for months __________. 58. Jim was arrested on a charge of having broken into a building __________ steal. 59. They have done pretty well in _________ the shortage of fuel.
60. We are talking business here. Would you ________ your radio a bit?
61. They decided to _________ the doctor again because the their child became worse after
leaving the hospital .
62. ___________ all kinds of witnesses, we went to the court that Monday morning. 63. I don’t think anyone is _________ your idea though it sounds good..
64. If you _______ a job, you should be ready for an interview in which you often have to
answer some difficult questions.
65. Technological innovation __________ three stages. V. Translate the following into Chinese 20 %
66. If what researchers are saying is true, a life lived without fantasies and daydreams isn’t as rich and rewarding as life can be.
67. I wanted to conduct my own defence in court, but as soon as my father found what had happened, he hired a very good solicitor.
68. Some of the covey lit in trees, but most of them scattered into brush piles and it was necessary to jump on the ice-coated mounds of brush several times before they would flush.
69. I went up to him and found him in exactly the position I had left him, white-faced, but with the tops of his cheeks flushed by the fever, staring still, as he had stared, at the foot of the bed.
70. He instructed Mrs. Junge, one of his secretaries, to destroy the remaining papers in his files, and he sent out word that no one in the bunker was to go to bed until further orders.
71. But it was not until long after midnight, at about 2:30 AM of April 30, as several witnesses recall, that the Fuehrer emerged from his private quarters and appeared in the general dining
passage where some 20 persons, mostly the women members of his group of associates, were assembled.
72. The old symbols of technology are even more misleading today, when the most advanced technological processes are carried out far from assembly lines or blast furnaces.
73. It has been pointed out, for example, that in 6000 BC the fastest transportation available to man over long distances was the camel caravan, averaging eight miles per hour (mph).
74. Thus it is not merely true, as frequently noted, that 90 percent of all the scientists who ever lived are now alive, and that new scientific discoveries are being made every day.
75. My shock and embarrassment at finding Mother in tears on Wednesday was a perfect index of how little I understood the pressures on her.
Part VI. Translate the following into English: 15 %
76. 如果有机会，王明也许早已成为一名杰出的工程师了。(given) 77. 兑现支票时，大多数银行要求提供身份证明。（cash a check）
78. 他在世界各地周游了三年，但无论走到哪里，他都眷恋着自己的国家。（travel around） 79. 在西方，人们常常邮购商品，这可以节省许多时间。(send away for) 80. 既然黄教授答应出席会议，我们想请他演讲。（request）
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