In spite of his poor eyesight，he loved driving fast motorcycles and even faster sports cars.A few days after he finished Giant，on September 25，1955，Dean went for a drive in his new Porsche.It was evening and the light was poor.Dean was not wearing his glasses.Suddenly，he saw a car in front of him.It was slowing down and trying to turn off the highway.Dean tried to slow down too，but it was too late.He hit the car at high speed and was killed immediately.

　　Two German girls killed themselves when they heard the news because“life would be unbearable without him.”A few years later，a New York salesclerk wrote a book called Jimmy Dean

　　Returns in which she claimed that she was in contact with Dean from the other side of the grave.Half a million copies of the book were sold.It was only the beginning of a strange legend(传奇)that goes on，even today.

　　1．According to the passage，James Dean ________．

　　A．had poor eyesight but wore no glasses

　　B．went to Hollywood to direct a play

　　C．often got his clothes changed

　　D．was once a poor man in Hollywood

　　【解析】　细节理解题。根据for a time he was so short of money that he had to live entirely on dry oatmeal故选D。

　　【答案】　D

　　2．Which is the most important to Dean's success in his career?

　　A．He directed a successful movie.

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