You are watching a film in which two men are having a fight. They hit one another hard. At the start they only fight with their hands. But soon they begin hitting one another over the heads with chairs. And so it goes on until one of the men crashes (撞擊) through a window and falls thirty feet to the ground below. He is dead！Of course he isn't really dead. With any luck he isn't even hurt. Why? Because the men who fall out of high windows or jump from fast moving trains, who crash cars of even catch fire, are well trained. They do this for a living. These men are called stuntmen. That is to say, they perform tricks (花招，手段). Here are two sides to their work. They do most of the things you see on the screen. For example, they fall from a high building. However, they do not fall on to hard ground but on to empty cardboard boxes covered with a mattress (床墊). Again, when they hit one another with chairs, the chairs are made of soft wood and when they crash through windows, the glass is made of sugar! But although their work depends on trick of this sort, it also requires a high degree of skill and training. Often a stuntmen’s success depends on careful timing. For example, when he is "blown up" in a battle scene, he has to jump out of the way of the explosion just at the right moment.
Naturally stuntmen are well paid for their work, but they lead dangerous lives. They often get seriously hurt, and sometimes killed. A Norwegian stuntman, for example, flew over the edge of a cliff (懸崖) a thousand feet high. His parachute (降落傘) failed to open, and he was killed. Although it is full of deadly dangers, this is no longer the work for men only. Men no longer dress up as women when actresses have to perform some dangerous actions. For nowadays there are stuntwomen too！ (357)
小題1:Stuntmen are those who ______.

A．often dress up as famous actors

B．prefer to lead dangerous lives

C．often perform dangerous actions

D．often fight each other for their lives

小題2:What’s the meaning of the underlined sentences in the first paragraph?
A stuntman should _______.

A．crash bravely though a window made of sugar

B．do the well-planned activity at a very moment

C．open his parachute when he jumps down the cliff

D．have got a high degree of skill and training

小題3:Which could probably the best title of this passage?

A．Fights in the Movies.	B．Crashing Out of the Window.
C．Exciting Films Today.	D．Most Dangerous Work.

There are seven continents﹙洲﹚in the world. Among them, Antarctica﹙南極洲﹚is the most special one. It is a world of snow and ice all year round. China has sent many scientists there. They try to find resources﹙資源﹚under the icy land and study climate change and sea biology.
What do they eat?
Scientists don’t have many choices on what they eat. About 60% their food is frozen food. It is easy to heat﹙加熱﹚。Meat is common on the menu, while vegetables are not usual. Fresh vegetables are hard to grow in the cold weather. Therefore, people often eat dried and canned vegetables.
How do they sleep?
In Antarctica, summer lasts from November to March. During this time, Antarctica faces the sun and gets sunlight 24 hours of the day. In order to get some sleep,scientists cover the window with black cloth to make “night”.
How do they work?
People can wear warm clothes to be against the cold weather, but they can do little with the strong wind. Sometimes, the wind is even stronger than a typhoon. It can easily blow people away.
So there are ropes﹙繩索﹚that connect some research stations. People can hold these ropes to keep balance in strong winds.
How do they keep in touch with others?
There are no cables or Internet on the frozen continent. So mobiles and computers don’t work there. Scientists usually use two-way radios to communicate at work. If they want to say hello to family and friends, they can use the satellite phones.
小題1:What do scientists do in Antarctica?

A．They mostly study on the animals and plants there.

B．They mostly find resources and study climate change and sea biology.

C．They mostly find different kinds of lives under the ice and study them.

D．They mostly study on the ice and geography.

小題2:What kind of vegetables do they usually eat?

A．Fresh vegetables

B．Green vegetables only

C．Dried and canned vegetables

D．They go down the ice to work.

小題3:What do they do when the day lasts for 24 hours?

A．They work all day long.

B．They find a way to make “night”.

C．They stop working on those days.

D．They go down the ice to work.

小題4:How do the scientists work on the terrible windy days?

A．They use ropes to help themselves.

B．They just stay in the houses.

C．They use cars and ships to help.

D．They don’t think the wind brings trouble.

小題5:If scientist wants to say “I love you”to her daughter, what can she use?

A．Mobile phones

B．Tow-way radios

C．Satellite phones

D．Iphones and Ipods.

---Are those cars?
--- Yes ,________.

A．these are

B．those are

C．they are

D．they’re