You are watching a film in which two men are having a fight. At first they hit each other hard. But soon they begin knocking the other’s head with chairs. And so it goes on until one of the men crashes through a window－and falls thirty feet down to the ground below. He is dead!

    Of course he isn’t 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 onto hard ground but onto 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 serious injured－ and sometimes killed. A Norwegian stuntman, for example, skied over the edge of a cliff a thousand feet high. His parachute（降落伞）failed to open－and he was killed.

In spite of all the risks, this is no longer a profession for “man only”. Men no longer dress up as women when actresses have to perform some dangerous action. For nowadays there are “stuntgirls” too!

67. Stuntmen do this kind of wok in order to ____________.

   A. attract people’s attention              B. earn a living

   C. enjoy themselves                    D. pretend to be actors

68. When they jump from a high building, stuntmen _______________.

   A. have parachutes                     B. are covered with a mattress

   C. have to risk their lives                D. fall in something soft

69. In order to do their job well stuntmen have to be _______________.

   A. absolutely strong                    B. precisely on time

   C. especially accurate                  D. unusually serious

70. Which of the following CAN NOT be implied from the passage?

   A. There used to be no stuntwomen.

   B. In love stories, stuntmen are not necessary.

   C. Stuntmen’s performance will improve the image of a movie.

   D. As a stuntman, he needs perfect skills as well as courage.

When he was asked suddenly about the matter ,he couldn’t_____an answer at once.

A. come up with         B. look for  C. put up with      D. answer for

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It all began with ...

Orlando Bloom was not a “good” student in school. Because of dyslexia, a reading and writing disorder (障碍), he struggled in many courses.

But Bloom says the dyslexia gave him the encouragement to overcome (克服) his difficulties.

In an interview with the Telegraph, the 32-year-old said the condition turned him into an ambitious person. “Because of the dyslexia, I always thought I had to work twice as hard as everyone else just to go the same distance,” he said. “That gave me a real kick as a kid and a lot of encouragement later on. In one sense, I guess that I'm grateful (感激的).”

Bloom is always preparing it thoroughly(充分地) when it comes to an audition (试镜) for a part. Perhaps this is what won him his role in the Lord of the Rings, a highly successful film trilogy (三部曲). “I really prepared it thoroughly for the audition and it's paid off,” he said.

It was the beginning of a fame that led to even greater success as a movie actor. But unlike some young people who aim for fame and fortune, Bloom believed an acting career “has been fulfilling (实现) his childhood fantasies”.

“Aged 9, I had this girlfriend and we used to have running races in the park to see who would be her boyfriend for the day. I wanted to be like Superman and fly in and rescue her. Once I realized Superman was an actor, I thought, ‘That's for me''.”

Bloom has always played special characters, like a knight (骑士) and a prince. It's difficult to picture him in everyman roles.

In October, Bloom was named Goodwill Ambassador (亲善大使) for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). His first task will be to film a documentary about the importance of clean water supplies.

In fact, Bloom started work for the UNICEF in 2007. On his first visit to Nepal, he was asked by students to take a small part in a play they were performing on local radio.

Personal record of Orlando Bloom
When he was nine years old	He wanted to be like Superman and fly in and _____ (1) his girlfriend. That's why he became an _____ (2).
When he was a student at school	_____ (3) of dyslexia, Bloom _____ (4) in many courses, which _____ (5) him to work twice as hard as everyone else. In a sense, dyslexia _____ (6) him overcome his difficulties.
When he chose to be an actor	Bloom is always well _____ (7) for auditions. Perhaps this is _____ (8) won him his role in the Lord of the Rings.
In 2007	Bloom started work for the UNICEF.
In this October	Bloom was _____ (9) Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF. His first task will be to _____ (10) a documentary about the importance of clean water supplies.

A man was selling medicine at a fair（集市）．At first he sold bottles of a cure（药剂）for colds（感冒）for just a dollar a bottle．

Many people wanted to buy it and the man's young assistant moved quickly through the crowd collecting money and handing out bottles of the cure．

Then，when he had a big crowd， the man held up a very small bottle．

“And now，ladies and gentlemen，he shouted，“Here is the medicine you have been waiting for．The cure for old age．Drink just one bottle of this and you will live forever．?

“And，ladies and gentlemen，the man continued，“I'm not going to charge（向……要价……）you a hundred dollars a bottle for this wonderful medicine．I'm not going to charge you fifty dollars a bottle．I'm not going to charge you twenty-five dollars a bottle．Now，ladies and gentlemen，I'm going to charge you just ten dollars a bottle． Think，my friends，for ten dollars you can live forever．?

Most of the people in the crowd did not believe this．

One person shouted，“If it can make you live forever，why don't you drink it？?

Then an other person cried，“Yes， you look as if you're at least sixty years old．?

“Thank you，sir，thank you，the man answered，“I'm so glad you said that． My real age is three hundred and twenty-nine．?

The crowd laughed at this but there were still some people who wanted to believe the man ．One of them spoke to the man's assistant as she passed by ，“Is that true？?he asked．“Is he three hundred and twenty-nine？?

“Don't ask me，?the assistant said，“I've only worked for him for a hundred and fifty years．?

What did the man sell at first at the fair？

   A．a cure for colds  

   B．bottles   

C．a cure for old age

D．a medicine that made people live forever 

How much did the man charge for the cure for old age？

   A．one dollar a bottle        B．twenty-five dollars a bottle

   C．ten dollars a bottle        D．fifty dollars a bottle

What does the word “assistant” mean in this passage？

       A．仆人  B．朋友  C．同伴  D．助手

What does this passage really mean？

       A．The cure for old age is very useful and not so expensive．

       B．The man is not honest，and so is his assistant．

       C．The cheaper the medicine is，the more people will buy．

       D．The two men are very honest，and they would like to help people live forever．

One Sunday morning, Li Ming and his grandpa are  1. ________

feeding the bird in the cage. The bird was unhappy          2. ________

because it had enough food and water. Li Ming.did not       3. ________

know why not. The next morning on his way to school,      4. ________       

Li Ming saw some birds flew in the sky. Then he thought    5. ________    

about the lonely bird in the cage. He decided to persuade his  6. ________    

grandpa to set the bird free. When he got to home, he said    7. ________     

to his Grandpa,“Birds also need friends!” To his delighted , his 8. ________        

grandpa agreed.The bird set free. Grandpa and the children   9. ________

were very happy to see the bird flying away in the sky.      10. ________