[填空题]Kodak Theatre hosted its first Academy Awards Presentation in November of 2001.

[填空题]Kodak Theatre hosted its first Academy Awards Presentation in November of 2001.

[填空题]Places that have ever hosted the Academy Awards are , Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center, Shrine Auditorium and Kodak Theatre.

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Recorded background music first found its way into factories, shops and restaurants in the States. But it soon spread to other parts of the world. Now it is becoming increasingly difficult to go shopping or eat a meal without listening to music.
The best-known supplier of background music is an American company called "Muzak". This word also refers to recorded background music played continuously in restaurants, places of work, etc. The company has carded over a hundred studies which show that background music can create a pleasant atmosphere and improve productivity (生产效率). It must be used in the right way, though. If the type of "Muzak" is wrong, it may well cause an entire factory to sleep!

Which of the following statements is true（）
A. Background music is only used in the States.
B. Background music is used all over the world except the States.
C. Most shops and restaurants use background music now.
D. It is very difficult to listen to background music.

[单项选择]The film-awards season, which reaches its tearful climax with the Oscars next week, has long been only loosely related to the film business. Hollywood is dedicated to the art of funneling teenagers past popcorn stands, not art itself. But this year’s awards are less relevant than ever. The true worth of a film is no longer decided by the crowd that assembles in the Kodak Theatre—or, indeed, by any American. It is decided by youngsters in countries such as Russia, China and Brazil.
Hollywood has always been an international business, but it is becoming dramatically more so. In the past decade total box-office spending has risen by about one-third in North America while more than doubling elsewhere. Thanks to Harry Potter, Sherlock Holmes and "Inception", Warner Bros made $2.93 billion outside North America last year smashing the studio’s previous record of $2.24 billion. Falling DVD sales in America, by far the world’s biggest home-entertainment market, mean Hollywood is even more
A. film awards are not relevant to the film business
B. Hollywood tries its best to attract teenagers to pass popcorn stands
C. the true worth of a film is decided by Russia, China and Brazil
D. Oscar will reach its tearful climax next week

[简答题]When the Kodak Brownie was launched in 1900, its slogan was "you press the button and we do the rest". Photographers no longer had to be amateur scientists adept at mixing chemicals in darkened rooms. Photography quickly became a mass-market phenomenon.
A century later, digital photography awaits a similar breakthrough. Digital cameras are increasingly popular —they accounted for around a quarter of world-wide camera sales last year —bat they arc not for everybody. Getting the most out of a digital camera requires a PC to store, edit, distribute and print images. For many people, it is all too much trouble. According to Esatman Kodak, 80% of digital-camera owners still use film cameras more than half the time, and fewer than 20% of the 30 billion digital photos taken each year are ever printed out. Printing is simply too demanding.
The industry is now trying to solve this problem, since prints are what make money. At the moment, that money goes mainly to the makers

[填空题]The appeal of the world of work is first its freedom. The child is compelled to go to school; he is under the　1　of authority. Even what he　2　to school may be decided for him. As he grows up,he sees　3　it is to be free　4　school and to be able to choose his job and change it if he doesn’’t like it,to have money in his pocket and　5　to come and go as he wishes in the world. The boys and girls, a year or two older than he is, whom he has long observed, revisit school utterly　6　and apparently mature. Suddenly masters and mistresses seem　7　out of date as his parents and the authority of school a　8　thing. At the moment the adult world may appear so much more real than the school world　9　the hunger to enter it cannot be appeased by exercises in school books, or talk of　10　examinations necessary for entry into professions or the more attractive occupations. This may not be the wisest　11　but it is a necessary part of growing up, for everyone must come sooner or later to the　12　of saying" Really, I
A. A． revise
B． offend
C．alter
D．shift