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At the beginning of the century there was a big farm called Hollywood Ranch. It was near Los Angeles in California. A few years later Hollywood was one of the famous places in the world. From the 1910s to the 1950s Hollywood was the film center of the world. Every family knew the names of its film starsCharlie Chaplin,Greta Garbo,Bergman and hundreds more.

The reason why people went to Hollywood to make films was the sun. At first people made films in New York on the east coast of the United States. But then they heard about Los Angeles where there are 350 days of sun every year. As they made all the films by sunlight,the west coast was a much better place to work. Also near Hollywood you can find mountains and sea and desert. They did not have to travel far to make any kind of film.

When TV became popular,Hollywood started making films for television. Then in 1970s they discovered people still went to the cinema to see big expensive films. After twenty years they are still making films in Hollywood and people watch them all over the world.

【1】Hollywood used to be a ________.

A.cinema B.big farm

C.park D.market

2In the 1910s Hollywood became a ________.

A.famous theater

B.good place to have holidays

C.film center

D.home for stars

3Who was not mentioned as a film star in the passage?

A.Charlie Chaplin. B.Marilyn Monroe.

C.Ingrid Bergman. D.Greta Garbo.

4People went span>to Hollywood to make films because ______.

A.it was a beautiful place

B.you can find many film stars

C.there was a lot of sunlight there

D.it was a famous place

【答案】

【1】B

2C

3B

4C

【解析】介绍Hollywood这个世界电影制片中心。

【1】B 文章开头说明Hollywood这个地方以前是一个大农场。

2C 众所周知Hollywood是世界电影制片中心。

3B 文章第一段中提到了三个电影明星。

4 C 过去人们到Hollywood拍电影的原因是那里一年四季大多数时间里有充足的阳光。

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【题目】B

“How are things back at the office?” one of the gentlemen in my bicycle tour group asked me as we were nearing the end of another lengthy ride through Croatia’s scenic countryside.

“I assume they are going fine,” I said. “I haven’t had any contact and I don’t plan to.”

“Your phone isn’t on?” he asked, incredulously. “You haven’t checked your email?”

“My phone is off and no, I’m not planning on checking email,” I said.

My wife Heidi and I took my children, Daniel and Rachel, on a two-week trip to Croatia, one of the most beautiful countries in the world. We made the choice to spend some of our money on this wonderful experience so we could spend time bonding with each other and the kids.

Why would I destroy the environment we had traveled thousands of miles to create by bringing my work environment into it? That would be counter-productive to everything I wanted out of this trip. If I worked during this experience, I would be taking time away from my family and sending them the message that work takes priority over them.

In addition to sharing this incredible experience, I wanted to take us all out of the activity-driven world we live in. If I had my cell phone on and was constantly searching out a wireless connection to keep up with office, I would just bring that hyper-connected environment into the peaceful, meaningful world I was trying to create.

In addition to creating life-long memories with my family, anotherspan> wonderful thing happened as a result of this bike trip. As we were returning home, I was flooded with new ideas. I came up with concepts for nine blog posts and several ideas that I want to incorporate into my business.

Taking time off restored and rejuvenated me and allowed my creative spirit to really come to the surface. How can you accomplish that goal if you simply move the source of that stress to a different location?

【1】From the conversation at the beginning of the text, we can infer that__________ .

A. the author had no access to the Internet during the tour

B. the gentleman was quite concerned about the author’s work

C. the author’s phone was off because he didn’t want to be disturbed

D. the speakers both experienced an unpleasant bicycle tour in Croatia

【2】One of the purposes of the author’s Croatia’s bicycle tour is__________ .

A. to experience a primitive life without phone calls

B. to spend some time creating closer ties with his family

C. to tell his family that his work is more important for him

D. to escape from his boring work environment in the office

【3】The underlined word “rejuvenate” in the last paragraph means “__________”.

A. drive one mad

B. make one more energetic

C. get one exhausted

D. cause one to lost temper

【4】Which of the following may the author agree?

A. Playing delights us more than working.

B. Working is the foundation of happiness.

C. Cellphones and emails are helpful span>when we take a trip.

D. When working, work hard; when playing, play crazily.

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