問題詳情
IV. Reading comprehension: 12% [A] They fall out of planes, trains, cars, and stagecoaches. They tumble off cliffs, window ledges, andhorses. They get blown up, knocked down, trampled, and run over. They get smashed, bashed, andbattered. And they come back for more. They are the stunt performers--men and women who do the action scenes for films and television.Skillful and daring, stunt people have been around for as long as films have been made. In early films the bigstars often performed their own stunts, but nowadays most dangerous scenes are acted out by stand-ins. To reduce the risk of serious injury, the studios devised “breakaway” properties that would shattereasily without really hurting people. The walls that the cars or comedians crashed through were built of soft,light-weight balsa wood. Bottles and lamps were baked from bread dough that would easily break over acomedian’s head. Nowadays foam plastic is the basic material of most breakaways, from collapsing violinsto artificial boulders. A stunt person’s earnings depend on the stunts he or she is required to do and the risks that he or sheinvolves. Rolling a car is worth more than being dragged by a horse, which is worth more than being involved in an explosion. Does it make sense to earn your living by risking your neck this way? Some peopleevidently think so, or there wouldn’t be any stunt performers.
【題組】36. The main purpose of the first paragraph is _____.
(A) to promote stunt performance by highlighting how skillfully and daringly stunt performers work
(B) to convince readers how adventurous stunt performers are by providing concrete evidence
(C) to inform readers of a new kind of profession created by very ingenious performing artists
(D) to introduce the idea that stunt performers repeatedly perform many dangerous actions
參考答案
答案：D
難度：適中0.5
統計：A(0),B(0),C(0),D(0),E(0)