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Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits eachblank.
A New Hero is Here to Save the Day
It’s thought that when a hero like Batman is blessed with great power, he or she must endure lonelinessandsufferingasaresult.TheFlash(闪电侠),however,makesafun,lightning-quick and optimistic superhero. After the wild success of TV series Arrow, a TV network launched The Flash,(21)(show) the image of this Superhero, who was only a supporting character inArrow.
Like Spiderman, who gained the ability to make webs and climb walls afterhe
(22) (bite) by a spider, Barry Allen in The Flash was shocked into
superhero-status by accident. A strike from a lightning put Allen into a nine-month unconscious state, and when he emerged, he foundhimself(23) (equip) with superspeed.
Naturally, Allen slips on a colorful suit and becomes the Flash, a hero(24)
extreme speed to fight super-powered bad guys. But the Flash also has other purposes, namely finding out the truth behind his mother’s death and his father’s unjust imprisonment.
In line with superhero series standards, The Flash features action and eye-popping special effects. There’s nothing terribly innovative here,but(25) we do get is a unique superhero with a more unusualpersonality.(26) Allen has gonethroughunpleasantchildhoodexperience,inthisshowhegrowsintoasuperhero(27)
powers include optimism. He’s got a group of scientists that not only save his life, but also provide him with emotional support and the toolsnecessary (28) (fight) crime.
A big surprise for me was that The Flash cast Prison Break star Wentworth Miller as a bad character, who uses a gunthat(29) turn anything into ice. US shows began their entrance into the Chinese market with Friends, but Prison Break pushed interest in US TV series to a new height largely thanks to Miller’s wonderful acting. Now Miller’s back to act in TheFlash.
(30) isanicesurprisethatthisnewshowservesasaplatformforPrisonBreak
fans to revisit their old favorite, although this time around he’s an antagonist(反派角色).
