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A stunt person is a man or a woman who performs dangerous acts, usually in the television or movie
industry. In this line of work, the person is paid to do daring actions that are deemed too __21__ for the
regular actor to perform, including jumping from heights, crashing cars, or fighting with weapons.
Stunt work emerged out of __22__ over time. In the early days of the film industry, actors
themselves shot acrobatic acts and dangerous scenes, until they began to get injured. There were, however,
no __23__ crew members to perform impressive stunts at that time. If something dangerous needed to be
done for a scene, the producers would hire anyone crazy or desperate enough to do it. These people were
not trained to perform stunts, so they often __24__ things for the first time during the actual shooting.
They had to learn from their own mistakes, which __25__ some their lives, and almost all suffered light
or severe injuries.
Beginning around 1910, audiences developed a taste for serial action movies, which __26__ the use
of dedicated stunt people to perform in dangerous scenes. Such demand increased with the rise of western
movies, and many cowboys with masterful skills on horseback found a new __27__ as a stunt person.
Tom Mix and Yakima Canutt were among the most famous. The 1960s and ’70s __28__ the development
of most modern stunt technology, like air rams and bullet squibs. That technology has continued to evolve
into the present.
Today, CGI (computer generated imagery) is widely used in filmmaking, and it is now __29__ to
create very lifelike scenes without using real stunt people. However, CGI has difficulties of its own, and
there will always be a demand for the realism and thrilling __30__ of an actual stunt. So the stunt industry
is probably in no immediate danger of dying off.
(AB) possible (AC) sensation (AD) risky (AE) cost (BC) witnessed
(BD) professional (BE) called for (CD) tried out (CE) necessity (DE) career
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