定额市鞍钢阳光实验学校2014高考英语阅读理解基础极品训练题（27）及答案
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You need to be of a certain age to understand why so many people in Hollywood are caring about the possible closing down of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (米高梅电影公司)．For the past 40 years, its output has been good, but now it is on the ropes, with debts of $ 3.7 billion and will have to ll off its most valuable asts (资产).
In its golden time, MGM stood for something．If Warner Brothers meant social dramas and gangster movies, and Disney meant cartoon films, then MGM was healthy fantasy．This business model found its most glorious expression in its musicals (音乐剧) of the post-war era．It also featured such many famous stars as Fred Astaire, Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly and Judy Garland.
But MGM had always put its hopes on the quality of stars it could attract．From the time MGM became a company in 1924, the studio and his associate proved themlves good at creating big names.
For 35 years, this worked well enough, but the growing power of television disturbed Hollywood．MGM continued to throw money into making gorgeous-looking musicals, but despite some big success audiences gradually started to drift away．Throughout the sixties, MGM's decline t in．Things went from bad to wor．In 1973, MGM stopped distributing its own films．Since then, the Lion's roar has been reduced to a whimper (呜咽).
How far MGM has fallen can be shown by its recent releas．This was a studio that for years offered a reliable supply of first-class films．Yet last year its total output was three．To make it wor, all were co-produced with other studios．And this year? Only one so far, and maybe the last.
What now? MGM will probably be sold, though recent buyers have been cautious about a price thought to be around $ 2 billion.
1. MGM is becoming the focus in Hollywood becau it _______．
A. has more supporters B. has produced good films
C. might be clod down D. has lost all its asts
2. What can we learn about MGM from the text?
A. It has been sold out for around $ 2 billion.
B. The Internet was a factor causing its decline.
C. It only produced three films by itlf last year.
D. It made a wrong decision for its development.
3. What's the main idea of the text?
A. The past glories of MGM． B. The musicals made by MGM.
C. The decline of MGM． D. A historical decision by MGM.
【参考答案】1—3、CDC
阅读理解-------B
(2013·四川，B)
On a sunny day last August, Tim heard some shouting. Looking out to the a carefully, he saw a couple of kids in a rowboat were being pulled out to a.
Two 12 yearold boys, Christian and Jack, rowed out a boat to arch for a football. Once they'd rowed beyond the calm waters, a beach umbrella tied to the boat caught the wind and pulled the boat into open water. The pair panicked and tried to row back to shore. But they were no match for it and the boat was out of control.
Tim knew it would soon be swallowed by the waves.
“Everything went quiet in my head，” Tim recalls (回忆)．“I was trying to figure out how to swim to the boys in a straight line.”
Tim took off his clothes and jumped into the water. Every 500 yards or so, he raid his head to judge his progress.“At one point, I considered turning back，” he says. “I wondered if I was putting my life at risk.” After 30 minutes of struggling,
he was clo enough to yell to the boys, “Take down the umbrella！”
Christian made much effort to take down the umbrella. Then Tim was able to catch up and climb aboard the boat. He took over rowing, but the waves were almost too strong for him.
“Let's aim for the pier (码头)，” Jack said. Tim turned the boat toward it. Soon afterward, waves crashed over the boat, and it began to sink. “Can you guys swim？” he cried. “A little bit，” the boys said.
Once they were in the water, Tim decided it would be safer and faster for him to pull the boys toward the pier. Christian and Jack were wearing life jackets and floated on their backs. Tim swam toward land as water washed over the boys' faces.
“Are we almost there？” they asked again and again.“Yes，” Tim told them each time.
After 30 minutes, they reached the pier.
文章大意：为了寻找足球，两个男孩驾船进入大海，却不料遇到了危险，在Tim的帮助下，他们终于化险为夷。
5．Why did the two boys go to the a?
A．To go boat rowing.
B．To get back their football.
C．To swim in the open water.
D．To test the umbrella as a sail.
答案：B 细节理解题，由第二段第一句话可知，两个12岁的男孩出海是为了寻找一个足球。
6． What does “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A．The beach. B．The water.
C．The boat. D．The wind.
答案：D 代词指代题，由第二段第二、三句话可知it指代the wind。
7．Why did Tim rai his head regularly?
A．To take in enough fresh air.
