6月大学英语六级考试听力模拟训练题(14)_大学英语听力

6月大学英语六级考试听力模拟训练题(14)

　　Early Films

　　The earliest films were short,lasting only one minute or less.People could see simple_films just for one cent.Soon 20-minutes pictures of news_were being shown in_.Later,films used a new method for magical_and to tie a story together.In 1903 a film was made about a train_.In this film the scenes moved_ ,back and forth,from one scene to another instead of_showing each scene separately._.A short time later,theaters showed one hours short films without their names being given,because the producers were afraid that,if an actor became well known,he might demand more money._.The films shown in those theaters were of several types:comedies,westerns,murder mysteries and crime stories,and special films on art,music,and other cultural subjects.

　　answers:

　　1.A 2.C 3.B 4.C 5.D 6.C 7.A 8.C 9.B 10.B

　　S1.action

　　S2.items

　　S3.theatres

　　S4.effects

　　S5.robbery

　　S6.smoothly

　　S7.unnaturally

　　S8.This was the earliest successful film in which scenes were filmed at different places and times then combined to make a logical story.

　　S9.These films were usually simple and rough.Gradually,the tastes of the audiences improved as the techniques improved.

　　S10.But later it became known that a film with a polular actor in it could be sold at a higher price to theater owners.Soonmovie starwon fame wherever films were shown.By 1915 the more popular stars were earning as much as $2,000 a week,and large theaters were being built downtown in all the larger cities to show films alone.