Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the
HOLLYWOOD, the world's factory for turning out hot movies, has discovered its next big thing: family films.
The industry made its biggest【B1】______last year from G-(General audience, 普通级) and PG-rated (Parental Guidance suggested, (家长指导级) movies. In the next few years it plans to【B2】______the nation's screens with even more princesses,【B3】______, talking animals and bright school kids.
It's not hard to see why. "Ice Age", a computer-animated story about【B4】______between prehistoric animals, was【B5】______in March. It has earned more than US $ 140 million so far and is this year's biggest surprise【B6】______.
This follows several successful family films in 2001, when three of the top four 【B7】______films("Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", "Shrek" and "Monsters, Inc. ") were rated G or PG.
These successes showed Hollywood that movies about children, even animated ones, could【B8】______to parents as well as their children.【B9】______.
Film industry insiders say that the new interest in family films is due to a number of factors.【B10】______ . Americans are also looking for fun entertainment since September 11. And there is a new generation of film makers who are also parents.
" 【B11】______ ,"said Glenn Ross, president of American company Artisan's Family Home Entertainment.
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