du Soleil,a Canadian entertainment company. His mother was calm and cool and tried to control herself as she said,"Give me your bank card."
Now,six years later,Murray says his parents are his biggest fans,proud of him for not only his acrobatic skills,but also for using his talents to pay his bills.Murray has started to play in "Kurios:Cabinet of Curiosities",an extremely entertaining Cirque du Soleil show,since 2013.Cirque du Soleil asked him to try out an experimental act in which he would jump higher than he ever had.They call it the AcroNet,a 30by30foot net that sends performers four stories in the air.
"It was a big experiment for the engineers,the artists and the creators," Murray said.And on the first day of practice,the net broke."That gave us an idea of what the risks were," he said.Eventually,the coaches and a team of eight acrobats from seven countries worked things out.Every trick in the AcroNet act can be done by at least three people.Murray is the only one who can jump to a fellow acrobat who is hanging from a ladder near the ceiling,with a few movements in between.
Although he dropped out of the University of Maryland before finishing his degree,Murray said the university made him sure of his career goals.As a member of the university's Gymkana Team,he learned new skills and showed off his gymnastics skills just for claps,not for judges.Murray said,"When I discovered the circus performance,then there was finally a direction for all my energy."
【语篇解读】 本文是记叙文。本文讲述了Ryan Shinji Murray从大学辍学成为一名杂技演员的故事。
1.What was Murray's mother's reaction to his decision according to Paragraph 1?
A.She was frightened.
B.She supported him.
C.She wasn't satisfied.
D.She showed interest.
C [推理判断题。由第一段中的"His mother was calm and cool and tried to control herself as she said,'Give me your bank card.'"可知,Murray的妈妈对他的决定不满意。]