EddieRedmaynepickeduptheOscarforBestActorforplayingProfessorStephenHawkinginTheTheoryofEverything(《万物理论》).Thefreckle-faced(脸长雀斑的)actorwasexcitedandnervouswhenhegottheopportun

Question

    Eddie Redmayne picked up the Oscar for Best Actor for playing Professor Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything (《万物理论》) .

    The freckle-faced (脸长雀斑的) actor was excited and nervous when he got the opportunity to play Hawking. However to play a great thinker is challenging for any actor. Playing Hawking requires even more guts (胆量) because the world famous physicist was diagnosed (诊断) with ALS (肌萎 缩侧索硬化症) ，a muscle disease with no cure at age 21.

He spent four months studying Hawking's life and watched every documentary he could find on the scientist. He also met with more than 30 ____ patients to understand how ALS affected Haviikffiig. He lost 15 pounds for the role and grew long fiil ails after Jearning this was Hawking's habit.

   Upon wiring the Best Actor award Redmayne also won the audience^ feearts. His emotions were on full display as he walked up stage before announcing " This Oscar belongs to all of those people around the world battling ALS."

    The humble (谦逊的) actor had a message for Stephen Hawking M Thank you for reminding me of the power of love and the will to live every second of our life as fully as possible."

46. What does Eddie Redmayne do?____

   A. A scientist. B. A teacher.

   C. An actor. D. A physicist.

47. Playing Hawking requires even more____ .

   A. acting skills   B. guts

   C. time   D. experience

48. How many things did Redmayne do to play Hawking well?____

   A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.

49. Which of the following is TRUE about Redmayne according to the passage?____

   A. He won the Oscar for Best Director.

   B. He was diagnosed with ALS.

   C. He spent three months studying Hawking's life.

   D. He is a humble actor.

Answer 1

46. C 47. B 48. D 49. D [阅读B篇短文大意]本文介绍了演员Eddie Redmayne。 他在电影《万物理论》中扮演物理学家Stephen Hawking 并且凭此角色夺得了奥斯卡最佳男演员奖46. C根据文章第一段可知Eddie Re (imayne是一名演员，故选C.47. B 根据文章第二段中的"Playing Hawking requires even more guts (胆量) ...”可知答案选 B.48. D根据文章第5段的内容可知，为7"扮演好Hawking Eddie Redmayne做了5件事情。49. D根据文章最后一段中的"The humble (谦逊的) actor had a message for Stephen Hawking.可知选项 D 符合题意。