Mr Bean, who is silly, awkward (笨拙的)
1 always funny and enjoyable, is a world-famous comedy character on TV and in movies. He makes people
2 through a series of simple and funny acts
3 body languages. Rowan Atkinson is the
4 who plays Mr Bean. Mr Atkinson is quite
5 for playing Mr Bean.
Rowan was born on January 6, 1955, and
6 his early years on the family farm with his mother, three older brothers and his strict father, who did not believe
7 the value of television. For a time, he attended the same school as Tony Blair, who was two years older than him. At the age of 13, he
8 at Newcastle University where he had the highest marks in his year. At Oxford he got his Master’s degree (碩士學(xué)位) in electrical engineering. He was particularly
9 fast cars, of which he has a large collection.
Rowan’s career change from an electrical engineer to a famous comedian was partly
10 some speaking problems he had in his childhood.
While he was still at primary school, Rowan had already shown great talent in
11 . Although his teachers predicted (預(yù)言) a career in acting, Rowan was not confident
12 he met a group of talented people at university, and he realized this could be a career for him. Another important event
13 . One day in 1976, he was playing around and making faces
14 . He realized something. “I discovered my face,” he said later. John Lloyd, who worked for the BBC, says, “When I watched Mr Atkinson act for the first time, I was
15 that he would be more famous than Chaplin.”
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| 小題3: | | A．use | B．using | C．to use | D．to using |
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| 小題4: | | A．doctor | B．writer | C．a(chǎn)ctor | D．farmer |
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| 小題5: | | A．honest | B．friendly ` | C．helpful | D．famous |
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| 小題6: | | A．cost | B．took | C．paid | D．spent |
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| 小題8: | | A．worked | B．studied | C．played | D．helped |
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| 小題9: | | A．good at | B．a(chǎn)mazed at | C．interested in | D．worried about |
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| 小題10: | | A．because | B．because of | C．so | D．since |
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| 小題12: | | A．until | B．but | C．a(chǎn)fter | D．before |
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| 小題13: | | A．caused | B．missed | C．caught | D．occurred |
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| 小題14: | | A．in the mirror | B．in class | C．on the wall | D．in the playground |
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| 小題15: | | A．a(chǎn)fraid | B．sure | C．worried | D．surprised |
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Apple’s logo is one of the most familiar icons(圖標(biāo)) around the world. But what’s the story about the Apple logo? The image of the apple is obvious, because that’s the name of the company. What about the bite? The famous story is that the logo shows respect and honour for Alan Turing. He was the father of computer science. He researched artificial intelligence(人工智能) and unlocked German wartime codes(密碼). However，after the war, he was put into prison，because of his beliefs. He could not stand the looking down and chose to bite a poisoned apple to end his life in the prison.