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Film is a medium that might have been especially made for America, a vast country which, by the beginning of the twentieth century, had a large【C1】______ population, many of whom could【C2】______ speak English. These people would have had【C3】______ use for theater,【C4】______ they lived within easy distance of one, or【C5】______ most of the books they could buy【C6】______ they did not have enough English. But the movies--the silent movies—these they could all understand, so【C7】______ America had more than any European country was a huge【C8】______ audience, a large proportion of them pretty un educated. And what these people wanted were【C9】______ stories in which,【C10】______ the fact they couldn't understand the captions, the action【C11】 ______ all. In feeding the growing demand for【C12】______ entertainment, America was【C13】______ helped by the First World War. Between 1914 and 1918 the making of films was not exactly high on the list of any European country's priorities. Films【C14】______ be made but not to the same extent as before, and to fill the gap in foreign【C15】______ , America had to【C16】______ its own production. By the end of the decade,【C17】______ Hollywood now firmly established【C18】______ the center of the industry, America was well【C19】______ its way to【C20】______ the world market.
【C1】

A. emigrant
B. immigrant
C. alien
D. foreign

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听力原文: Mass media are tools of communication. Mass media allow us to record and pass information rapidly to a large, scattered audience. They extend our ability to talk to each other by helping us overcome barriers caused by time and space. There are various ways in which mass media make daily life easier for us. First, they inform. and help us keep a watch on our world. They gather and pass on information we would be unlikely or unable to obtain on our own. Second,mass media help us to arrange our time and life. What we talk about and what we think about are greatly influenced by the media. When people get together they tend to talk about certain happenings in the newspaper or on TV. Because we are exposed to differing points of view through different kinds of media every day, we are able to evaluate all sides of a certain issue. Third,the media are used to persuade people. A good example is advertisements through the media. Newspapers,magazines and TV are filled with all kinds of colorful, persuasive advertisements. Though many advertisements may not say openly that they want you to buy a certain product, they describe their products in such a way that you may want to buy them. Fourth,the media also entertain. All of the media make some efforts to try to entertain their audience. For instance, even though the newspaper is primarily a medium of information, it also contains entertainment features. Television, motion pictures, fiction books and some radio stations and magazines are devoted mainly to entertainment. It is estimated that in the future, the entertainment function of mass media will become even more important than it is now.
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A. To make people well informed about the world.
B. To amuse and entertain people.
C. To help people arrange their time and life.
D. To give people a sense of honor.

听力原文:W: Look here, Peter. The Nile is longer than the Mississippi.
M: Maybe. But the Nile doesn't have as much river traffic.
Q: What ate the man and woman probably doing?
(14)

A. Walking.
B. Driving.
C. Reading a book.
D. Rowing a boat.

听力原文:M: Dr. Hanson wants to redecorate the patients' waiting room. He asked me to do some research to find out what colors would be best.
W: That sounds like quite a job. How did you research something like that?
Q: What is the woman's opinion of the research work?
(16)

A. It's a difficult job.
B. It's a piece of cake.
C. It's too sophisticated for both of them.
D. It's a well-paid job.

The study at a University of Florida indicated that ______.

A. people of normal weight enjoyed longer lifespan than obese people
B. the overweight people at 65 lost more on health-care over the rest of their lives
C. the overweight people would cost 6~ to 13~ more than normal people
D. the overweight people paid more health-care insurance than normal people

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