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  Where in the world can you take an hour’s train ride, and pass a forest, a London street, a scene from the Wild West, and a burning building that never burns down?There’s only one place, and that’s Hollywood, in California.The scenes you see from the tourist train are film sets(布景)in the Universal Studios, one of the oldest and largest movie companies(公司)in the USA.

  A visit to Universal Studios brings back memories of great days of Hollywood, the films and the stars.But they are only memories.Hollywood isn’t quite the same as it used to be.Costs have gone up and confidence has gone down.Movie-makers are afraid to spend their money on expensive new ideas.Instead, they repeat old ones.

  The film industry is changing fast.Teenagers still go out to the movies.The theatre is a good place to meet friends away from home.But older people mostly stay home to watch series, like Dynasty have become as important to Hollywood as expensive movies.These“soap opera”, as they are called, show rich, powerful families living in beautiful homes and wearing beautiful clothes.But the actors and actresses are nearly all middle-aged, like many of the people who watch them.

  Though it is soap opears that are keeping the film-makers of Hollywood in Business, big films are still being made in America.But more and more of them are made outside Hollywood.New York is the most important new center, but there are many others as well.Movie-makers have realized that they don’t need Hollywood any more.Modern cameras and real houses instead of expensively made copies in a studio.Other states, especially Florida and Texas, are working hard to take the film business away from California.They are offering better working conditions and lower cost.

  But Hollywood is fighting back.The state of California is trying hard to keep its best-known industry.

(1)

From the passage, we know Universao Studios is ________.

[  ]

A.

a very large park

B.

a busy London street

C.

a famous movie company

D.

an old Hollywood movie

(2)

The movie industry in California isn’t as successful as before because ________.

[  ]

A.

young people don’t go to movie theatres any more

B.

there is strong competition from other states

C.

its movie companies are in neeed of young stars

D.

the state hasn’t put a development plan into action

(3)

Which of the following seems to be a threat(威胁)to Hollywood?

[  ]

A.

The use of modern cameras and other equipment

B.

The interest of middle-aged film stars

C.

The making of TV series like Dynasty

D.

The expensively made copies of scenes

(4)

What can we learn about“soap operas”from the passage?

[  ]

A.

They are teenagers’ favourits.

B.

They are much more expensive.

C.

They are less attractive.

D.

They are cheaper and easier to make.

(5)

The passage mainly tells us ________.

[  ]

A.

something about the film industy in the USA

B.

the importance of soap operas in hollywood

C.

the good old days of Hollywood

D.

the film business in California

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About 70,000,000 Americans are trying to lose weight (减肥). That is almost one out of every three people in the United States. Some people eat 1 food and they hardly have any fat or sweets. Others do running, exercise with machines, take medicines, or even have operations. 2 you can see losing weight is 3 work, and it will also cost a lot of money. But 4 do so many people in the United States want to lose weight?

    Many people in the United States worry about their looks. For many people, looking nice also means to be 5. Other people worry about their health as many doctors 6 overweight is not good.

    Most people want to find a faster and 7 way to take off fat, and books of this kind are very popular.

    These books tell people how to lose weight. Each year a lot of new books like these are 8. Each one says it can easily help people take fat away.

    Losing weight can be 9. Some overweight people go to health centers, like La Costa in California. Men and women 10 several hundred dollars a day at these health centers. People live there for one week or two, 11 exercise, eating different foods. Meals there may be just a little. All this works for losing weight.

    12 4 days on the programme, one woman called Mrs. Warren lost 5 pounds (2.27kg). At $400 a day, she spent $320 to lose each pound. But she said she was still 13 to do so.

    Health centers, books, medicines, operations, running and exercise machines all 14 a lot of money. So in the United States, losing weight may mean losing 15, too.

    1 .A. less         B. more         C. nice          D. fast

    2. A. For         B. So            C. Or            D. And

    3. A. good       B. useful          C. hard          D. easy

    4. A. why           B. what         C. how          D. when

    5. A. high            B. short         C. thin           D. fat

    6. A. talk         B. say           C. speak          D. tell

    7. A. dearer        B. harder         C. shorter           D. easier

    8. A. taken       B. given         C. written           D. copied

    9. A. cheap        B. expensive      C. easy          D. safe

    10. A. pay        B. cost          C. take          D. have

    11. A. making     B. taking          C. playing        D. using

    12. A. Before     B. In           C. After         D. At

    13. A. sorry       B. angry          C. sad         &nbsVp;   D. glad

    14. A. need        B. have          C. use           D. get

    15. A. health      B. time          C. food         D. money

 

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