Unit 5 Meeting your ancestors课时作业

Language points

第一节 阅读理解 (共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分)

　　阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　A

　　The 15­year­old actor Reese Hartwig stars in this summer's newest movie, Earth to Echo. Recently Jack and Jill interviewed this kid actor.

　　JJ：How did you get started in acting?

　　Reese：My family and I moved from Arizona to California because my dad worked for a company that provides cars for movies like Transformers. He was already in the business. When we came to California, I decided to give_acting_a_shot.

　　JJ：How was your first audition (试演)?

　　Reese：My brother Ryan and I auditioned in the same building and on his birthday. Our agent said, "Why don't you each try out for both parts？" I ended up booking the part he went in for, and he booked mine. That's how it started.

　　JJ：Is acting your dream job?

　　Reese：I've always wanted to be a plastic surgeon (整形外科医生), but I will need money from acting to get through college and medical school. Acting has been really fun, but you need a backup plan just in case.

　　JJ：Tell us about your new movie Earth to Echo.

　　Reese：The movie's about three friends who live in a neighborhood that's being torn down to build a freeway. Soon, the friends begin receiving strange messages on their cell phones. It turns out they find an alien, Echo, and try to help the alien and save the neighborhood.

　　JJ：How was this - your first big acting role - different from other projects you've done?

　　Reese：Very different. The movie was filmed as if we, the characters, were holding the cameras and filming the scenes. It was interesting shooting scenes with the alien, Echo, because you acted with an inanimate (无生命的) object, and then the technical staff developed the character on the computer.

1．What does the underlined part"give acting a shot" mean?

　　A．Give up acting.

　　B．Think about acting.

　　C．Try to do some acting.

D．Choose acting as a lifelong career.