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    　　American magician David Blaine left the glass box in which he had lived for 44 days without food on October 19, 2003．Hundreds of people came to watch the end of his starvation experiment, which has become one of London’s main tourist attractions．

    　　Looking thinner and darker, 30 year-old Blaine was taken out of his box over the River Thames(泰晤士河)and immediately went to hospital．He was then slowly reintroduced to food, a process(过程)doctors say could be life threatening．He had been drinking only water since September 5．

    　　A native of Brooklyn, New York, Blaine first became known as a street magician in the early 1990s．He soon found himself doing magic tricks in bars for the likes of American actor Leonardo DiCaprio and his super model friends．

    　　Over the last decade Blaine has become famous with a combination of breathtaking magic and clever tricks aimed at getting a lot of attention．

    　　In 1999, he was buried in a coffin(棺材)for one week and, in 2000, he spent 62 hours in a giant block of ice．Last year he stood on top of a 25-meter pillar(柱子)in the center of New York for 35 hours before jumping into a pile of boxes．

    　　“I think a lot of people are unable to accept that they’re able to do what they can do,”he said．“They don’t realize we can survive．The human being is an amazing creation．”

    　　But he seems to have suffered from spending so long in the glass box．He said that at times he was unable to see, had serious back pains and lost his sense of taste．

    (1)

    It is ________ for David Blaine to eat food after such a long starvation．

    [　　]

    A．

    pleasant

    B．

    delicious

    C．

    dangerous

    D．

    important

    (2)

    Having spent such a long time in the glass box, he suffered the following EXCEPT that ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    he had become blind

    B．

    he had serious back pains

    C．

    he lost his sense of taste

    D．

    he was in weak health

    (3)

    Which of the following can best describe David Blaine?

    [　　]

    A．

    Serious

    B．

    Adventurous

    C．

    Mad

    D．

    Crazy

    (4)

    Which of the following is NOT true of David Blaine?

    [　　]

    A．

    Blaine immediately went to hospital after he was taken out of his box．

    B．

    Blaine was born and brought up in England．

    C．

    In Blaine’s opinion, people can create a wonder．

    D．

    Blaine didn’t have any food for 44 days．

    答案：1．C;2．A;3．B;4．B;
    解析：

    (1)

    根据He was then slowly reintroduced to food, a process doctors say could be life threatening可知，进食对他来说是个威胁生命的过程。

    (2)

    文中说at times he was unable to see，是说他有时看不见东西，但并不等于说他的眼睛瞎了。故A项的说法不符合事实。

    (3)

    根据buried in a coffin for one week…spent 62 hours in a giant block of ice…stood on top of a 25-meter pillar in the center of New York for 35 hours before jumping into a pile of boxes等细节描写，我们可以得出这个结论：David Blaine喜欢冒险。

    (4)

    根据A native of Brooklyn, New York我们可以知道Blaine是地地道道美国人。


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    　　stick

    　　verb(stuck, stuck)

    　　push sth in

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    　　[VN ＋adv．/prep．](informal)to put sth in a place, especially quickly or carelessly：Stick your bags down there．◆ He stuck his hands in his pockets and strolled off．◆ Can you stick this on the noticeboard? ◆ Peter stuck his head around the door and said, 'Coffee, anyone?' ◆(spoken)Stick 'em up!(＝put your hands above your head-I have a gun)

    　　become fixed

    　　[V]～(in sth)to become fixed in one position and impossible to move：The key has stuck in the lock．◆ This drawer keeps sticking．

    　　difficult situation

    　　(BrE, informal)(usually used in negative sentences and questions)to accept a difficult or unpleasant situation or person：[VN] I don't know how you stick that job．◆ They're always arguing-I can't stick it any longer．◆ The problem is, my mother can't stick my boyfriend．◆ [V -ing] John can't stick living with his parents．

    　　become accepted

    　　[V] to become accepted：The police couldn't make the charges stick(＝show them to be true)．◆ His friends called him Bart and the name has stuck(＝has become the name that everyone calls him)．

    　　[V] to not take any more cards

    　　Idioms：stick in your mind(of a memory, an image, etc．)to be remembered for a long time：One of his paintings in particular sticks in my mind．

    　　stick in your throat/craw(informal)

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    　　Phrasal Verbs：stick around(informal)to stay in a place, waiting for sth to happen or for sb to arrive：Stick around; we'll need you to help us later．

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    [　　]

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    [　　]

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    B．

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