Question

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 Elwood 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. Why movie stars like to wear sunglasses.

D. The sunglasses wearing.

2.Why did Geena David like to wear sunglasses?

A. She wanted to follow a movie star.

B. She was a movie star.

C. Wearing sunglasses was good to 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. their scripts were written in very small writing

D. the lights on movie sets were too bright

4.We may know from this passage that ______.

A. Ray-Ban is the name of sunglasses maker

B. Audrey Hephburn was a famous film star

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. for fashion and to protect their eyes

B. just to protect their eyes

C. because of bright lights

D. because movie stars wear them

Answer 1

1.D

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：早期的电影演员戴太阳眼镜不是为了好看，而是为了保护他们的眼睛。现代人戴太阳眼镜是为了时尚，也是为了保护眼睛不受紫外线的伤害。

1.Early movie actors started wearing sunglasses...Eventually actors started wearing sunglasses in their movies...Of course sunglasses aren’t just a fashion statement.”可知，文章主要讲的是佩戴太阳眼镜；文章没有提到太阳眼镜是从何时开始出现的，排除B；C项过于片面，故选D。

2.but she wanted to look like a movie star”可知，Geena David戴太阳眼镜是为了看起来像电影明星，说明她是在模仿电影明星，故选A。

3.but because their eyes hurt. The lights used on movie sets were extremely bright and could cause a painful problem known as “Klieg eyes”.”可知，早期的演员戴太阳眼镜的原因是拍摄现场的灯光太刺眼，强光会让演员的眼睛变得疼痛，故选D。

4.Eventually actors started wearing sunglasses in their movies as well as on the street.”可知，本段讲的是演员开始在拍电影和日常生活中戴太阳眼镜，根据“Audrey Hephburn wore ultra-cool Ray-Ban sunglasses in the 1961 movie...Tom Cruise...Will Smith”可知，第三段列举了一些著名的电影演员来说明太阳眼镜的使用变得越来越普遍，而这都是从Audrey Hephburn开始的，说明Audrey Hephburn是一位电影演员，故选B。

5.Of course sunglasses aren’t just a fashion statement. The main reason to wear sunglasses is to protect our eyes against UV radiation.”可知，现代人戴太阳眼镜既是为了时尚，也是为了保护眼睛，故选A。

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