With long brown hair， deep blue eyes， a tall and thin figure， Brad Pitt seems to be a born actor． He made his

　1　　appearance in a film in 1990． Though he　　2　 in the film for only 14 minutes，people flooded the cinema to see him． In his next　　3　 ， Pitt played the role of a fisherman． To make the film　　4　 ， he learned the skill of fishing from a fisherman．

Pitt，caring　 5　 about roles than money，has a special favour for the "hard" roles． After　　6　 the screenplay of "Legends of the Fall"， he was attracted by the　　7　 character． He asked for a lower　　8 　 from the shooting team and was　 9 　 to work in hard conditions in the Rocky Mountains for six months． "The film　 10　 the chance to know life． I shall　　11　 remember the time when we were 　 12　 the film，"Pitt said after completing it fully．

Pitt started his　 13　 of art when he was in university．　　14 　 born in an ordinary family in 1964， he showed his　　15 　 in film at an early age． After leaving high school， he went to university to　 16　 law． Because he loved film more than law， shortly before he could graduate， he　　17　 out for a life of his own，with only 325 dollars in　 18 　 ， sometimes as a porter 　 19　 a waiter．Thanks to his hard work， he　　20　 opened up a new field of his own．

1． A． last B． first C． second D． other

2． A． was B． worked C． stayed D． appeared

3． A． part B． cinema C． film D． appearance

4． A． earlier B． later C． better D． cheaper

5． A． more B． less C． nothing D． much

6． A． seeing B． writing C． reading D． hearing

7． A． leading B． active C． small D． shy

8． A． price B． pay C． money D． degree

9． A． sad B． worried C． anxious D． willing

10． A． finds B． leaves C． gives D． misses

11． A． always B． never C． ever D． hardly

12． A． playing B． making C． seeing D． directing

13． A． work B． job C． dream D． show

14． A． Because B． When C． Since D． Though

15． A． hope B． interest C． success D． feelings

16． A． break B． teach C． introduce D． study

17． A． fled B． stopped C． dropped D． ran

18． A． hand B． book C． head D． bag

19． A． but B． and C． or D． otherwise

20． A． nearly B． almost C． already D． finally

阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题后所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项。

　　Jackie Chan （成龙）is 　　1　　 for different tough guy roles （硬汉角色）．He was 　　2　　 the“biggest and best movie star” in a British television show last week．

　　He is by 　　3　　 means a “lucky” actor．His life has 　　4　　 been easy 　　5　　 his success 　　6　　 suffering， bitterness and pain．Jackie's 　　7　　 was 　　8　　 “golden” when he learned acrobatics（杂技） and Chinese Wushu at Beijing Opera School， 　　9　　 he worked daily and 　　10　　 serious punishments for 　　11　　 ．

　　He started his 　　12　　 in the early 1970s．At the age of 25， he began movie acting．He himself still 　　13　　 leading roles in highly exciting films and his fame for inviting danger 　　14　　 performing 　　15　　 him one of the most 　　16　　 stars．However， the trouble 　　17　　 Chan and Hollywood is the English language．Because he received only an hour's schooling each day 　　18　　 a child， he was nearly illiterate（文盲的）． 　　19　　 this，he started learning English in 1980 and he is now a good speaker who just 　　20　　 confidence（信心）．

1．A．familiar

B．handsome

C．honest

D．famous

2．A．thought

B．named

C．considered

D．regarded

3．A．any

B．all

C．no

D．every

4．A．usually

B．always

C．never

D．actually

5．A．as

B．but

C．although

D．yet

6．A．makes up

B．leads to

C．results in

D．comes from

7．A．youth

B．childhood

C．life

D．time

8．A．full of

B．for ever

C．much too

D．far from

9．A．where

B．which

C．there

D．and which

10．A．escaped

B．avoided

C．suffered

D．suffered from

11．A．deeds

B．mistakes

C．speeches

D．manners

12．A．career

B．business

C．chance

D．education

13．A．takes

B．has

C．likes

D．acts

14．A．after

B．before

C．as

D．when

15．A．allows

B．lets

C．makes

D．permits

16．A．excited

B．admired

C．move

D．delighted

17．A．among

B．from

C．between

D．of

18．A．like

B．before

C．for

D．as

19．A．In spite of

B．In case of

C．Instead of

D．Because of

20．A．gets

B．lacks

C．has

D．owns

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 and immediately went to hospital．He was then slowly reintroduced to food, a process 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.

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

A．pleasant　　　       B．delicious　　　      C．dangerous　　 D．important

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

Which of the following can best describe David Blaine?

A．Serious　　     B．Adventurous    C．Mad　　　　　      D．Crazy

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.