Peter Owen has been making wigs (假发) since the 1980s. He has made wigs for the stars of more than seventy movies, including Tom Hanks in Philadelphia, Johnny Depp in Sleepy Hollow, and Nicole Kidman in The Others. One of his biggest jobs so far has been designing the hair and make-up(化妆) for the three Lord of the Rings movies. He had just six weeks to design and make more than a hundred wigs, each one a different style, colour, shape and length.
The hair and make-up in a movie are just as important as the costumes(戏装) or the sets. Over the years, Peter has made actors look older, younger, healthy and sick. For one movie he even made a female actor look like a man!“What people don’t realize about wigs is that we are not always making people more beautiful,” he says. “Often we are covering up beauty and making them look ordinary.”
All Peter’s wigs are hand-made using human hair, so they look as real as possible. This also makes them very expensive―between US$4,500 and US$12,500 each! He knows he’s done a good job when people don’t realize the star of the movie is wearing a wig. So he was pleased when one newspaper said that Nicole Kidman had dyed（染色） her hair dark brown for a movie. “It was a wig and no one knew that,” he says.
1.What is Peter Owen’s job?
A. An actor B. A director
C. A wig maker D. A manager
2. How many wigs did Peter make for the three Lord of the Rings movies?
A. More than one hundred. B. Seventy.
C. Sixty. D. Three hundred.
3.What special feature（特点）about wigs does Peter mention?
A. They can make people more beautiful.
B. They can change people’s hair styles.
C. They can cover up beauty and make people look ordinary.
D. They can make people look younger.
4.Why are Peter’s wigs so expensive?
A. They are made in foreign countries.
B. Peter makes the best wigs.
C. They are only made for rich film makers.
D. They are hand-made using human hair.
5.Which statement is NOT TRUE about Peter?
A. Peter Owen has made wigs for lots of movies.
B. Designing and making the wigs for The Lord of the Rings was a huge job.
C. If people know the star is wearing a wig, Peter will be happy.
D. Peter can make actors look quite different from their real looks.
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Two brothers decided to dig a deep hole behind their house. As they were working, a couple of older boys to watch.
“What are you doing?” asked one of the .
“We plan to dig a hole all the way through Earth!” one of the brothers answered .
The older boys began to laugh, telling the younger ones that digging a hole all through Earth was .
After a long silence, one of the diggers a jar full of spiders, worms and a wide types of insects. He removed the lid (盖子) and the wonderful things to the visitors.
Then he said quietly and , “Even if we don’t dig all the way through Earth, look at what we’ve found along the way!”
Their goal was far too ambitious (有雄心的), but it did cause them . And that is what a goal is — to cause us to move in the direction we have chosen.
But not every goal will be fully . Not every job will end . Not every hope will come to pass. Not every love will last. Not every will be realized.
But you fall short of aim(达不到目标), perhaps you can say, “Yes, but look at what I’ve found along the way! Look at the things which have come into my life because I tried to do something!”
It is in the digging that is lived. And I believe it is joy in the journey, and in the end that truly matters.
1.A. went B. ran C. stopped D. followed
2.A. visitors B. workers C. brothers D. diggers
3.A. angrily B. excitedly C. slowly D. luckily
4.A. difficult B. harmful C. useless D. impossible
5.A. dealt with B. picked up C. worked out D. showed off
6.A. showed B. threw C. gave D. offered
7.A. comfortably B. wildly C. normally D. confidently
8.A. to dig B. digging C. doing D. to do
9.A. against B. for C. with D. at
10.A. changed B. achieved C. told D. stated
11.A. easily B. obviously C. healthily D. successfully
12.A. dream B. mistake C. advice D. step
13.A. how B. where C. why D. when
14.A. terrible B. sad C. romantic D. wonderful
15.A. lie B. life C. Earth D. trouble
---Would you mind taking the underground to the theatre tonight?
--- .it will take less time than driving a car.
A. Certainly B. You’re welcome
C. you’d better not D. Of course not
--- I wonder if I park my car here.
--- Of course it does. You need to find a safer place.
A. when it minds B. whether it matters
C. how it matters D. if it works
last week, our sports meeting our parents and they thought of us.
A. was open to; high B. was open to; highly
C. was open for; high D. was open for; highly
After such a long way, he is .
A. walk; tired off B. walks; tired out
C. walking; tired out D. walking; tired away
