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 1910’s to the 1950’s Hollywood was the film center of the world. Every family knew the names of its film stars―― Charlie Chaplin, Grete 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 Angels where there are 350days 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 Sea and desert. They did not have to travel far to make any kind o film

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

 

51. Hollywood used to be a _________.

A cinema                 B. big farm        C. parks         D. market

52. In the 1910s Hollywood became a ________.

A. famous theatre    B. good place t have holidays

C. film center          D. home for stars

53. Who was not mentioned(提到) as a film star in the passage?

A. Charlie Chaplin     B. Marily Monroe  C. Ingrid Bergman  D. Grtea Harbo

54. People went to Hollywood to make films because_______

A.        it was a beautiful place                  B. you can find many film stars

B.        there was a lot of sunlight there      D. it was a famous place

55. Which statement is true?

A.        The East Coast was a better place to make films

B.        There are no mountains near Hollywood.

C.        People no longer went to cinema after television became popular.

D.       Hollywood began to make films for television after First World War.

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