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Indianapolis is the capital and largest city of Indiana, USA. With a population of 774000, it is one of the largest cities in the world that cannot be reached by water. However, Indianapolis is a city through which many railways, roads, buses, and planes pass. There are many factories that make cars, farm tools and electrical things. These factories cause little pollution for the city. Bulter University, well known for engineering, and the law and medical schools of Indiana University are in the city center. Nearby is the Indianapolis race course, where the nation"s most famous car race is held every year on May 30th. If you visit Indianapolis, you will be able to find your way around easily because most of the streets cross each other like a chessboard. In the center of the city, called the circle, stands the Soldier"s and Sailor"s Monument (纪念碑), 100 hundred meters high. Also in the center there are many buildings made of famous Indianapolis stone, which makes them white in color. | |||
1. You can not travel to Indianapolis by _______. | |||
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A. boat B. bike C. car D. train | |||
2. What is Indianapolis best known for? ________. | |||
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A. Its school and libraries B. Its yearly motor race C. Its universities and medical schools D. Its Soldiers" and Sailors" Monument | |||
3. It is easy for a stranger to go about in the city because ________. | |||
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A. most of the buildings are in the center of the city B. there are many different ways of traveling there C. the buildings are very close to each other D. the city is planned in squares | |||
4. Many buildings in Indianapolis are white because ________. | |||
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A. they are painted every year B. the Indiana people keep them clean C. they are made of special stone D. there is little pollution from factories | |||
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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 ________. | |||
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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 ________. | |||
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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 need 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? | |||
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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? | |||
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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 ________. | |||
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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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In some countries in western Europe, such as France, Belium and Britain, the countryside is c (1). Life has become difficult for many villages, and some are d (2). There are a number of reasons for this. Firstly, young people from villages usually want to live s (3) livelier and they often move to the towns and do not r (4). Secondly, people move to the cities to find work, a_______ (5) there are often very few jobs in the countryside. Sometimes villages remain (留下) because people from the cities have b______ (6) a "second home" in the village, where they come and s_______ (7) at weekends. The prices of houses go up and people from the area cannot a________ (8) to buy a house there. Another p_______ (9) is that it is becoming more and more difficult for farmers to make money from the farms. So they sell their l________ (10) and find another job. All these things mean that many villages in western Europe are f_________ (11) to survive. We can only hope that they will remain. The countryside would be a sadder and u_________ (12) place without them. |