Question

Geena David knew she wanted to be a movie star when she was very young. She was not sure what gave her the idea, but she wanted to look like a movie star. “I have a lot of pictures from my childhood of me wearing sunglasses,” she says. “I used to wear them to watch TV.”

Early movie actors started wearing sunglasses not because they looked good, but because their eyes hurt. The lights used on movie sets were extremely bright and could cause a painful problem known as “Klieg eyes”. It was named after the Klieg brothers who invented the lights. Actors wore sunglasses to give their eyes a rest. But when movie stars began wearing their sunglasses in public, they quickly became a must.

Eventually actors started wearing sunglasses in their movies as well as on the street. Audrey Hephburn wore ultra-cool Ray-Ban sunglasses in the 1961 movie, Breakfast at Tiffany’s. As a result, Ray-Ban sunglasses started to appear more and more in the movies. In 1979, Ray-Ban “Wayfarers” were worn by Jake and Elwood in The Blue Brothers. Tom Cruise wore Ray-Ban “Aviator” sunglasses in the 1986 hit, Top Gun. Then in 1997, Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones made Ray-Ban “Predator” sunglasses famous in Men in Black.

Of course sunglasses aren’t just a fashion statement. The main reason to wear sunglasses is to protect our eyes against UV radiation. UV radiation can damage our eyes, so people now choose their sunglasses carefully. But you don’t have to give up style for safety. The choice of frames and lenses available these days is huge. So you can protect your eyes and still be the coolest person on the beach.

1.What is mainly discussed in this passage?

A. The use of sunglasses.

B. The history of sunglasses.

C. The sunglasses wearing.

D. Why movie stars like to wear sunglasses.

2.Why did Geena David like to wear sunglasses?

A. She was a movie star.

B. She wanted to follow a movie star.

C.Wearing sunglasses was good to her eyes.

D. It was good to wear sunglasses when watching TV.

3.Early actors’ eyes hurt because ______.

A. they wore sunglasses

B. they went out in the sun too much

C. the lights on movie sets were too bright

D. their scripts were written in very small writing

4.Now people wear sunglasses ______.

A. just to protect their eyes

B. for fashion and to protect their eyes

C. because of bright lights

D. because movie stars wear them

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.B

【解析】

试题分析：吉娜·大卫小时候想要成为一个明星，她找到了明星的一个共同特征：戴太阳镜。于是她也模仿起来。墨镜一开始并不是明星们想要“耍帅”才戴的，而是为了保护眼睛。而现在，在时尚时尚最时尚的墨镜上，还能发现新的用处——防紫外线。

1.主旨大意体。文章主要讲了明星们戴墨镜以及为什么戴墨镜。因此选C。

2.细节理解题。根据“She was not sure what gave her the idea, but she wanted to look like a movie star.”可知，她非常想成为明星，因此戴墨镜是为了模仿。故选B。

3.The lights used on movie sets were extremely bright and could cause a painful problem known as “Klieg eyes”.”可知早期演员们戴墨镜是因为电影上用的灯光太强烈了。故选C。

4.Of course sunglasses aren’t just a fashion statement. The main reason to wear sunglasses is to protect our eyes against UV radiation.”可知现在人们戴墨镜一是时尚，二是保护眼睛。故选B。

考点：社科类短文阅读。