In 1920, barely out of his teens, Alfred Hitchcock went to work for an American film company which had opened a studio in Islington, London. His first job at the studio was writing captions (脚本) for silent movies. Within two years, he was writing scripts(剧本) and working as an assistant director.
For the rest of the 1920s, Hitchcock worked on one film after another in Britain and Germany. Filming was often a rough-and-ready(匆忙做成的) affair and the assistant director was required to step in and plug gaps. A cameraman went missing, Hitchcock became a cameraman. A scene needed rewriting, Hitchcock rewrote it. Someone needed to be in charge of money when the film crew was on location, Hitchcock looked after the money.
At the same time, this being the era of silent movies, Hitchcock was learning the language of cinema: telling a story-not through dialogue, but through visual images(视觉影象). This led to his success later.
When he began to direct his own films, first in Britain and later in Hollywood, he was determined to make films that held the audience's attention and kept tension(紧张感). He succeeded. Hitchcock's ability to put you on the edge of your seat makes him one of the greatest makers of suspense(悬念) movies.
(1)、Alfred Hitchcock's first job at the studio was _________.
B：working as an assistant director
C：writing captions for silent movies
D：directing his own films
(2)、According to the context, "step in and plug gaps" (in Line 3, Para. 2) means _______.
A：take one's place to do something
C：make up one's mind to do something
D：congratulate someone on something
(3)、________ prepared Hitchcock for his success later.
A：Telling a story through dialogue
B：Telling a story through visual images
(4)、He was determined to ________ in his film-making.
A：tell stories that move the world
B：show people the meaning of life
C：show what is affecting the nature
D：draw the audience's attention and keep tension
(5)、Which of the following about Hitchcock is TRUE?
A：He didn't go to work until he was twenty.
B：He had taken up different jobs before he succeeded.
C：He first directed his own films in Hollywood.
D：He is the greatest maker of suspense movies.
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