Have you ever seen a movie in which a building was burned
or a bridge was destroyed? Have you seen films in which
a train crashed or a ship 1 into
the ocean? If 2 , you
may have wondered 3 these
things could happen without harming the people in the film.
The man who knows the 4 is
the“special effects”man. He has one of the most important
jobs in the film 5 . He may
be ordered to create a flood or to make a battlefield explode.
But he may be asked to make a special effect which is much 6 exciting,
though just as important on the 7 of
the film.
In a scene for one 8 there
was a big glass filled with water in which small fish were
swimming. The director of the movie 9 the
fish to stop swimming suddenly while they seemed to stare
at 10 performing. Then the
director wanted the fish to stop staring 11 swim
away. But the fish can’t be ordered to do anything. It
was 12 a problem.
The “special effects”man 13 about
this problem for a long time. The result was an 14 of
controlling the fish with a 15 use
of electricity. First he 16 electricity
to the fish bowl so as to cause the fish to be 17 .
Then he rapidly 18 the amount
of electricity, 19 the fish
to swim away. Thus he got the best effect that the director
had 20 .
1．A．dived B．drowned C．sank D．broke
2．A．that B．so C．possible D．necessary
3．A．where B．when C．why D．how
4．A．reason B．way C．fact D．answer
5．A．industry B．market C．show D．school
6．A．less B．more C．too D．really
7．A．purpose B．production C．director D．success
8．A．stage B．play C．reason D．movie
9．A．demanded B．requested C．wanted D．asked
10．A．the director B．each other
C．an actor D．the photographer
11．A．and B．but C．then D．or
12．A．not B．such C．quite D．just
13．A．asked B．knew C．quarrelled D．thought
14．A．order B．idea C．effort D．opinion
15．A．frequent B．full C．harmless D．general
16．A．connected B．gave C．tied D．offered
17．A quiet B．silent C．calm D．still
18．A．got B．increased C．reduced D．saved
19．A．forbidding B．promising
C．allowing D．avoiding
20．A．asked B．received C．expected D．had
答案与提示：
1．C sank into the ocean意为“沉没到海洋中”。drowned是“淹死”的意思。
2．B so是代词，代替上文的内容。if so是比较常见的说法，意思是“如果是这样的话”。
3．D 你对特技师如何工作感到疑惑。
4．D 上面是一系列问题，这儿自然是“答案”了。
5．A industry有“工业，行业”的意思，这里指电影制造业。
6．A 特技师也有可能被要求制作不那么令人激动的场景。
7．D 但是这种场景也是影片成功的一个方面。
8．D 从上下文看，这里应该指电影。
9．C 这里表示电影导演的主观想法。
10．C 让鱼儿看似在盯着演员表演。
11．A and连接两个并列的动名词短语，表顺承。
12．C quite放在a或an之前，修饰中心名词。
13．D think about sth.是“考虑某事”的意思。
14．B 思考的结果是用电流电击鱼，从而达到控制鱼的目的。
15．C 用一种无害的电击方式控制鱼。
16．A connect…to…为“把……和……连接起来”。
17．D still在此是形容词作表语，表示鱼受电击后静止不动。
18．C 特技师很快减弱电流。
19．C allow sb. /sth. to do sth.意为“允许某人或某物做某事”。此处是现在分词短语作结果状语。
20．C 用这种方法就达到了导演所期待的最佳效果。
