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     In spite of the uncertainty of the economy, the movie industry has been stricken by a box-office
outburst. Suddenly it seems as if everyone is going to the movies, with ticket sales this year up 17.5
percent, to $1.7 billion.
     And it is not just because ticket prices are higher. Attendance has also jumped, by nearly 16 percent. If
that pace continues through the year, it would amount to the biggest box-office increase in at least two
decades.
     Americans, for the moment, just want to hide in a very dark place. People want to forget their troubles,
and they want to be with other people. Helping feed the outburst is the mix of movies, which have been
more audience-friendly in recent months as the studios have tried to adjust after the discouraging sales of
more serious films.
     As she stood in line at the 18-screen Bridge theater complex here on Thursday to buy weekend tickets
for "Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience," Angel Hernandez was not thinking much about escaping
reality. Instead, Ms. Hernandez, a Los Angeles parking lot attendant and mother of four young girls, was
focused on one very specific reality: her wallet.
     "Spending hundreds of dollars to take them to Disneyland is ridiculous right now," she said. "For $60
and some candy money I can still be a good mom and give them a little fun."
     A lot of parents may have been thinking the same thing Friday, as "Jonas Brothers" sold out more than
800 theaters, and was expected to sell a powerful $25 million or more in tickets.
     The film industry appears to have had a hand in its recent good luck. Over the last year or two, studios
have released movies that are happier, scarier or just less depressing than what came before. After poor
results for a rush of serious dramas built around the Middle East, Hollywood got back to comedies.

1.Which of the following is not a reason for the improvement of the movie industry?

A. A growing number of people are going to the cinema.
B. People are richer with the development of economy.
C. More comedies are made than serious films.
D. People have to pay more to watch a movie.

2.Ms. Hernandez purchased the movie tickets because _____.

A. she tried to escape reality
B. she was a crazy movie fan
C. she was fond of Disneyland
D. she wanted to please her kids

3.According to the text, which of the following number is not used to describe the shooting up of the
movie industry?

A.17.5%
B. $1.7 billion
C. $60
D. $25 million

4.The passage is developed mainly by _____.

A. presenting the effect and analyzing the causes
B. following the order of time
C. describing problems and drawing a conclusion
D. making comparison of ideas

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In order to attract customers, supermarkets have tries to make shopping as pleasant as possible. Some of them have flowers and trees in the parking lots(停车场). Some have roofs over the walks so that shoppers can walk from their cars to the store without having to worry about snow, rain or the hot sun. Most of the stores are air-conditioned(空调的).

With these and other improvements supermarkets are becoming more and more popular. This is not limited to the united States. From Bankok to Bucnes Aires, the old styled grocery store is fast disappearing. In European, supermarkets have been growing in number since 1975. There's no doubt that more and more housewives around the world will soon be standing in the check-out lines.

1．The passage tells us that ________.

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A．Americans never do grocery shopping more than twice a week

B．it is a general practice(做法)for Americans to do grocery shopping once or twice a week

C．Americans are allowed to do grocery shopping only in supermarkets.

D．Americans' supermarkets are better than those in other places of the world

2．In the second paragraph, the passage says"The supermarket tries to meet the housewife's every need…"what does"the supermarket"there mean?

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A．This very supermaret.

B．The supermarket mentioned above.

C．The only supermarket in the place where the house wife lives.

D．Supermarkets.

3．In the second paragraph"when she leaves, she'll shop nowhere else", means ________.

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A．there are no other places where she can go

B．she'll not be allowed to do shopping anywhere else

C．she need not go to other stores to buy what she wants

D．after she leaves, the shop will be nowhere to be found

4．Supermarkets try to attract customers by ________.

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A．selling flowers and trees in the parking lots

B．cutting the prices of their goods

C．telling shoppers not to worry about snow, rani or the hot sun

D．making shopping a pleasant thing for shoppers

5．The last sentence of this passage means ________.

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A．fewer and fewer husbands around the world will have to do shopping

B．more and more housewives will come to stand in the checkout lines, watiting to be served

C．supermarkets will soon become more and more popular around the world

D．more and more housewives will have to stand in the checkout line

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　　In 1939, Butts happened to meet a man called Jim Brunot who showed an interest in the new game. The two men worked together on developing the game and in 1984 it was offered for sale in the United States under its new name--“Scrabble”.

　　At first, it didn't sell very well. In the first year it sold just 2,250 sets and by 1951 it had only reached 8,500sets a year.

　　Then, in 1952 the manager of Macy's department store in New York, Jack Strauss, happened to play“Scrabble”while he was on holiday. He thought it was a wonderful game and, when the went back to work after his holiday, he insisted that Macy's should stock（储备）the game and make an effort to call the public's attention to it.

　　As a result,“Scrabble”became a big success in the United States and it soon spread to Australia and then to other English-speaking countries.

（1）The text is mainly about _______.

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（2）Alfred Butts invented the game“Lexico” ________.

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A. to make himself famous

B. to make spelling simpler

C. when he was out of work and looking for a job

D. when he was playing word games to pass the time

（3）Who made“Scrabble”popular?

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A. Alfred Butts.

B. Jack Strauss.

C. Alfred Butts and Jim Brunot.

D. Jack Strauss and Jim Brunot.

（4）When did Alfred Butts first put his game on the market?

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A. In 1939.

B. In 1948.

C. Before 1939.

D. Between 1939 and 1948.

（5）What does the underlined word“call”mean in Paragraph 4?

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(1)

The best title for this passage is ________．
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A．	The Discover of Electricity
B．	The kite and Science
C．	Franklin’s Experiment with Lightning
D．	Franklin, a Great Scientist

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According to the passage, Benjamin Franklin ________．
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A．	recorded the temperature of clouds
B．	was killed by a bolt of lightning
C．	proved that lightning can be controlled by man
D．	proved that lightning and electricity have the same essential nature