第二节完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分；满分30分） Have you ever seen a movie in which a building was burnt down

第二节 完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分；满分30分）
Have you ever seen a movie in which a building was burnt down or a bridge was destroyed? Have you seen films in which a train crashed or a ship     36     into the ocean? If so, you may have wondered how these things could happen without     37    the people in the film.
The man who knows the     38     is the “special-effects” man. He has one of the most important jobs in the film     39    . He may be     40     to create a flood or to make a battlefield explode. But he may also be told to create a     41     effect which is much less exciting, though just as important to the success of the film. In a     42     for one movie there was a big glass bowl     43    with water in which small fish     44     swimming. The director of the movie    45     the fish to stop swimming suddenly     46     they seemed to stare at(盯着) an actor. Then the director wanted the fish to stop staring and swim away. But fish suddenly     47     be ordered to do anything. It was quite a     48    .
The special-effects man     49     about this problem for a long time. The result was an idea for     50     the fish with a harmless use of electricity.     51    he applied electricity to the fish bowl causing the fish to be totally still(静止的). Then he rapidly reduced the     52     of electricity allowing the fish to be free.      53     he got the humorous effect the director wanted.
    54    in other parts of movie making there are those who have developed     55     skill in creating certain kinds of effects. Jim White, who has been a special-effects man for thirty-two years, is best known for work with ships and airplanes.
36. A. burned             B. sank               C. fell                 D. dropped
37. A. telling                 B. harming             C. protecting        D. organizing
38. A. reply                   B. question      C. message           D. secret
39. A. factory            B. making           C. field                       D. pany
40. A. forced                 B. ordered           C. allowed           D. chosen
41. A. terrible            B. ill                  C. good               D. special
42. A. scene                   B. step            C. stage               D. room
43. A. covered                  B. asked              C. filled               D. fitted
44. A. liked                   B. enjoyed      C. was                 D. were
45. A. hoped                  B. wanted           C. decided            D. designed
46. A. while                   B. since              C. so that             D. as long as
47. A. mustn’t            B. may not      C. shouldn’t                D. can’t
48. A. question               B. failure            C. problem           D. disappointment
49. A. talked                  B. set                  C. quarreled                D. thought
50. A. controlling       B. operating           C. driving        D. lighting
51. A. As a result            B. Immediately   C. First               D. Above all
52. A. price                   B. number           C. amount                 D. speed
53. A. Even                   B. Thus               C. Finally                 D. Actually
54. A. Like                    B. So                  C. As                        D. Yet
55. A. certain             B. particular               C. advanced                     D. careful36---55   BBDBB   DACDB   CDCDA   CCBCB