With long brown hair, deep blue eyes, a tall and thin figure(身軀) Brad Pitt seems to be a born actor.He made his first appearance in a film in 1990.Though he was in the film for only 14 minutes, people flooded the cinema to see him.In his next film Pitt played the role of a fisherman.To make the film better, he learned the skill of fishing from a fisherman.

Pitt, caring more about roles than money, has a special favor for the “hard” roles.After reading the screenplay(劇本) of “Legends of the Fall”, he was attracted by the leading character.He asked for a lower pay from the shooting team and was willing to work in hard conditions in the Rocky Mountains for six months.“The film gives the chance to know life.I shall always remember the time when we were making the film,” Pitt said after completing it fully.

Pitt started his dream of art when he was in university.Though born in a common family in 1964, he showed his interest in film at an early age.After leaving high school, he went to university to study law.Because he loved film more than law, shortly before he could graduate, he dropped out for a life of his own, with only 325 dollars in hand, sometimes as a porter or a waiter.Thanks to his hard work, he finally opened up a new field of his own.

1.Pitt acted his first film at the age of        .

A．6                B．14               C．26               D．36

2.The underlined expression “a born actor” means        .

A．he was born in an actor family

B．he became an actor soon after he was born

C．he was an actor when he was born

D．he has a strong natural ability to be an actor

3.From the passage we know        .

A．Pitt became known as an actor at an early age.

B．To achieve his goal, Pitt suffered a lot before success

C．it was wrong of Pitt not to finish his university education

D．In order to develop his interest, Pitt failed to enter university

4.Which of the following words can best describe the character of Pitt?

A．Devoted.          B．Generous.         C．Selfish.           D．Mean.

 

【答案】

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.A

【解析】

試題分析：本文介紹了著名的電影明星Brad Pitt的成名之路。

1.C 計算題。根據(jù)Though born in a common family in 1964, 和He made his first appearance in a film in 1990.可知他是在26歲的時候開始拍電影的，故C正確。

2.D 推理題。根據(jù)本句With long brown hair, deep blue eyes, a tall and thin figure(身軀) Brad Pitt seems to be a born actor.可知他的外形很適合演電影。故D正確。

3.B 推理題。根據(jù)第二段2,3,4行After reading the screenplay(劇本) of “Legends of the Fall”, he was attracted by the leading character.He asked for a lower pay from the shooting team and was willing to work in hard conditions in the Rocky Mountains for six months.“可知他為了成功付出了很多很多。故B正確。

4.A 推理題。根據(jù)文章2,3段He asked for a lower pay from the shooting team and was willing to work in hard conditions in the Rocky Mountains for six months.“The film gives the chance to know life.I shall always remember the time when we were making the film,” Pitt said after completing it fully.和Pitt started his dream of art when he was in university.Though born in a common family in 1964, he showed his interest in film at an early age.After leaving high school, he went to university to study law.Because he loved film more than law, shortly before he could graduate, he dropped out for a life of his own, with only 325 dollars in hand, sometimes as a porter or a waiter.Thanks to his hard work, he finally opened up a new field of his own.

說明他為了自己的電影事業(yè)奉獻了很多，說明他很熱愛電影，故A正確，

考點：考查人物傳記類短文閱讀

點評：本文介紹了著名的電影明星Brad Pitt的成名之路。這篇文章非常簡單，先看問題，再帶著問題仔細閱讀短文，理解了全文內容，很容易選出正確答案。閱讀短文時，常常會遇到一些生詞。這時，要沉著，冷靜，細心思考。首先要把整段、整篇文章看完。通過對全篇短文的理解，就很有可能猜測出生詞的大意。另外，還可以從含有生詞句子的上下文，以及句子和段落之間的關系來判斷、理解生詞以求獲得其真正含義。

 

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