23. A. reply　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. question　　　　　　　　 C. message　　　　　　　 　 D. secret

22. A. telling　　　　　　　　　　　 B. harming 　　　　　　　 C. protecting　　　　　　 　 D. organizing

21. A. burned　　　　　　　　　　 B. sank　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. fell　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　 D. dropped

35. A. simply 　　　　　　　　　 B. seldom 　　　　　　　　 C. never　 　　　　　　　　 D. usually

答案　 16-20 ACDBA　　 21-25 DCBDA　　 26-30　 CDBCA　 31-35 ABCBD

Passage 11

(贵州省回龙中学2010届高三10月月考)

Have you ever seen a movie in which a building was burnt down or a bridge was destroyed? Have you seen films in which a train crashed or a ship __21_ into the ocean? If so, you may have wondered how these things could happen without __22_the people in the film.

The man who knows the __23__ is the “special-effects” man. He has one of the most important jobs in the film __24__. He may be __25__ to create a flood or to make a battlefield explode. But he may also be told to create a __26_ effect which is much less exciting, though just as important to the success of the film. In a __27__ for one movie there was a big glass bowl __28__with water in which small fish __29__ swimming. The director of the movie__30__ the fish to stop swimming suddenly __31_ they seemed to stare at(盯着)an actor. Then the director wanted the fish to stop staring and swim away. But fish suddenly __32__ be ordered to do anything. It was quite a __33_.

The special-effects man __34_ about this problem for a long time. The result was an idea for __35_ the fish with a harmless use of electricity. __36__he applied electricity to the fish bowl causing the fish to be totally still(静止的). Then he rapidly reduced the __37__ of electricity allowing the fish to be free.　 __38_ he got the humorous effect the director wanted.

__39_in other parts of movie making there are those who have developed __40__ skill in creating certain kinds of effects. Jim White, who has been a special-effects man for thirty-two years, is best known for work with ships and airplanes.

34. A. workers 　　　　　　　　 B. runners 　　　　　　　 C. competitors 　　　 D. players

33. A. likely 　　　　　　　 　　B. unbelievable 　　　 C. possible 　　　　　　　 D. impossible

32. A. after　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. before 　　　　　　　　　 C. since　 　　　　　　　　　 D. because

31. A. try 　　 　　　　　　　　　 B. realize 　　　　　　　　 C. understand 　　　　 D. judge

30. A. silly 　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. empty 　　　　　　　　　 C. reasonable　 　　　 D. terrible

29. A. start 　　　　　　　　　　　 B. help 　　　　　　　　　　　 C. stop 　　　　　　　　　　　 D. quit