American magician David Blaine left the glass box in which he has lived for 44 d

Americanmagician David Blaine left the glass box in which he has lived for 44 dayswithout food on October 19. Hundreds of people came to watch the end of hisstarvation experiment, which has become one of London’s main touristattractions.

    Looking thinner and darker,30 year-old Blaine was taken out of his box over the River Thames andimmediately went to hospital. He was then slowly reintroduced to food, aprocess doctors say could be life threatening. He had been drinking only watersince September 5.

    A native of Brooklyn, NewYork, Blaine first became known as a street magician in the early 1990s. Hesoon found himself doing magic tricks in bars for the likes of American actorLeonardo DiCaprio and his super model friends.

    Over the last decade Blainehas become famous with a combination of breathtaking magic and clever tricksaimed at getting a lot of attention.

    In 1999, he was buried in acoffin for one week and, in 2000, he spent 62 hours in a giant block of ice.Last year he stood on top of a 25-meter pillar in the center of New York for 35hours before jumping into a pile of boxes.

    “I think a lot of peopleare unable to accept that they’re able to do what they can do,” he said. “Theydon’t realize we can survive. The human being is an amazing creation.”

    But he seems to havesuffered from spending so long in the glass box. He said that at times he wasunable to see, had serious back pains and loot his sense of taste.

    1. It is ________ for DavidBlaine to eat food after such a long starvation.

    A. pleasant B.delicious    C.dangerous D.important

    2. Which of the followingcan best describe David Blaine?

    A. Serious B.Adventurous  C.Mad  D.Crazy

    3. Which of the followingis not true of David Blaine?

    A. Blaine immediately wentto hospital after he was taken out of his box because he was in dangerouscondition.

    B. Blaine was born andbrought up in England.

    C. In Blaine’s opinion,people can create a wonder.

D.Blaine didn’t have any food for 44 days.

试题答案

答案：C;A;B;B