Which boy hasn’t dreamed of being a cool secret agent（特工）? The wonderful fighting and the world-saving adventures are much more colourful than most people’s everyday lives. Well, Cody Banks is just like any other boy, except that he is not just dreaming. He has a big secret his friends never know about. He was trained to be a spy（间谍）by a special CIA programme, which was made to look like a summer camp. He learned high-speed driving, hand-to-hand fighting and the use of high-tech tools.
After proving he could become a young hero by saving a baby from a runaway car, Banks gets his first real task. He must make friends with a popular girl at school, Natalie Connors. Then, he must spy on her father, a scientist who has developed a dangerous technology（技术）. Banks must stop a group of bad people from forcing Natalie’s father into using the technology to endanger the world.
The CIA may have taught him first-class self-defence moves, but they didn’t show him how to talk to girls. Banks has zero ability when it comes to dealing with girls. How can he get around his problem and get an invitation to the girl’s upcoming birthday party? Will he finally become Natalie’s boyfriend and find out whatever he can about her father’s work?
Agent Cody Banks has everything that young people are interested in: big explosions, breath-taking performances and funny girl-dating experiences. It was listed in No.2 in the American box office last week.
“This story is interesting and fun for the whole family to enjoy, and especially cool for young boys.” said Paul Perkins, a film reviewer in the US.
72. What is Bank’s first real task?
A. To test a high-tech tool B. To save a baby from a car
C. To study a new technology D. To watch a scientist secretly
73. Banks wanted to go to Natalie’s birthday party to ______.
A. meet her father B. know more people
C. make friends with her D. steal some information
74. What is considered as a great danger in the text?
A. The technology developed by Natalie’s father
B. An explosion set off by some bad people
C. The CIA’s training of boys for its task
D. Secret agents spying on scientists75. What is the purpose of the text?
A. Making known the work of the CIA B. Telling the story about a cool boy
C. Showing the dark side of science D. Introducing a new film
【考点】考察文化类阅读
【文章大意】本文介绍了一部新电影Agent Cody Banks的具体内容：一个男孩是CIA的间谍，被派去执行一个秘密任务…；本文的目的是吸引更多的人去看这部电影。
72. 【答案】D
【试题解析】细节题。根据文章第二段2,3行He must make friends with a popular girl at school, Natalie Connors. Then, he must spy on her father, a scientist who has developed a dangerous technology（技术）可知他的任务就是监视Natalie Connors的父亲。防止坏人利用他的技术危害人类。故D正确。
73. 【答案】C
【试题解析】推理题。根据文章第二段He must make friends with a popular girl at school, Natalie Connors. 和第三段How can he get around his problem and get an invitation to the girl’s upcoming birthday party? Will he finally become Natalie’s boyfriend and find out whatever he can about her father’s work?可知她的任务就是和这个女孩成为朋友然后监视她的父亲，而女孩的生日正是他的一个好机会。故C正确。
74. 【答案】A
【试题解析】细节题。根据文章第二段2,3行Then, he must spy on her father, a scientist who has developed a dangerous technology（技术）. Banks must stop a group of bad people from forcing Natalie’s father into using the technology to endanger the world.可知Natalie Connors的父亲掌握的那项技术对于全世界人来说都是很危险的技术。故A正确。
75. 【答案】D
【试题解析】推理题。根据文章倒数第二段Agent Cody Banks has everything that young people are interested in: big explosions, breath-taking performances and funny girl-dating experiences. It was listed in No.2 in the American box office last week.
可知本文是一则电影的预告短文，告诉我们一部新电影的具体内容。故D正确。
【长难句解析】
Will he finally become Natalie’s boyfriend and find out whatever he can about her father’s work?
【翻译】他最终会成为Natalie的男朋友并找到他能够找到的关于她父亲的工作的所有信息吗？
【分析】本句中有一个宾语从句whatever he can about her father’s work，在这个宾语从句中承前省略了find out，而且这个宾语从句是由“特殊疑问词+ever”构成的，该结构既可以引导名词性从句，也可以引导让步状语从句。
