Question

4．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 most famous places of the world．From the 1910s to the 1950s Hollywood was the film center of the world．Every family knew the names of the film stars Charlie Chaplin，Greta 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 Angeles where there are 350 days 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 and sea and desert．They did not have to travel far to make any kind of film．
When TV became popular in the 1960s，Hollywood started making films for television．Then in the 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 aB  
A．cinema   B．big farm   C．park   D．market
52．Who was not mentioned as a film star in the passage？B
A．Charlie Chaplin
B．Marilyn Monroe   
C．Ingrid Bergman            
D．Greta Garbo．
53．People went to Hollywood to make films becauseC  
A．it was a beautiful place          
B．you could find many film stars
C．there was a lot of sunlight there    
D．it was a famous place
54．Which statement is true？A
A．The west coast was a better place to make films．
B．There are no mountains near Hollywood．
C．People no longer went to the cinema after television became popular．
D．Hollywood began to make films for television before the First World War．

Answer 1

分析 从1910年到上世纪50年代，好莱坞成为世界电影中心．为什么人们去好莱坞拍电影？在这里有好的天气，还有美丽的风景．现在电影制片人还在好莱坞拍电影，并且世界各地的许多电影爱好者都喜欢看它们．

解答 51．B 事实细节题．由文章开头句At the beginning of the 20th century there was a big farm called Hollywood Ranch，可知Hollywood这个地方以前是一个大农场．
52．B 事实细节题．文章第一段中提到了三个电影明星，即Charlie Chaplin，Greta Garbo和Ingrid Bergman，可知B项是正确答案．
53．C 事实细节题．根据文章第二段第一句话The reason why people went to Hollywood to make films was the sun．可知，过去人们到Hollywood拍电影的原因是那里一年四季大多数时间里都有充足的阳光．故答案为C项．
54．A 事实细节题．根据文章第二段第四句话As they made all the films by sunlight，the west coast was a much better place to make films．可知A项是正确的．B、C、D三项均与文章内容不符．

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