天津高考閱讀模擬練習原文

　　Paramount Pictures

　　With 15.5 percent of the US and Canadian market share，Paramount Pictures continues to be one of the most successful film production companies in the world.Star Trek，War of the Worlds，Mission：Impossible，Transformers and Tropic Thunder are just a few of the popular films produced by Paramount Pictures.

　　20th Century Fox

　　Also known as “Twentieth Century Fox”，this highly successful movie production company makes up 11.9 percent of the US and Canadian market share.Some of the biggest and most successful movies from this empire include the X­Men series，Mr and Mrs Smith and Fantastic Four.

　　Warner Bros.Pictures

　　Including about 19.7 percent of the US and Canadian market share，Warner Bros.Pictures is the biggest player in the film industry.Owning the rights to major films like Harry Potter，Superman，Batman，The Matrix and Star Wars has made Warner Bros.Pictures the No.1 name in the business.

　　Universal Studios

　　12.2 percent of the US and Canadian market share belongs to Universal Studios，which continues to make millions for the film industry.With major hits like the Bourne series，the American Pie series，Knocked Up，American Gangster and The Incredible Hulk，it's very clear that Universal Studios knows what it takes to make money in this industry.

　　Columbia Pictures

　　Making up 12.9 percent of the US and Canadian market share，Columbia Pictures remains a big player in the business.Some of this company's recent successes include Casino Royale，The Da Vinci Code，the Spider Man series and Step Brothers.

　　天津高考閱讀模擬練習題目

　　1.This passage is mainly to tell us________.

　　A.some beautiful pictures of the US

　　B.some American popular movies

　　C.some famous Canadian companies

　　D.some film production companies

　　解析　主旨大意題。本文主要告訴我們一些電影制作公司。瀏覽每段標題及大意便可知應選D項。

　　答案　D

　　2.Which of the following movie production companies is the most successful in the US and Canadian markets?

　　A.Universal Studios.

　　B.Paramount Pictures.

　　C.Columbia Pictures.

　　D.Walt Disney.

　　解析　細節理解題。比較選項中四家電影公司。分析數據可知B項的Paramount Pictures公司在美國及加拿大市場占的比率為15.5%，高于其他三家，故選B項。

　　答案　B

　　3.Warner Bros.Pictures is very famous for its film named________.

　　A.Pirates of the Caribbean

　　B.Harry Potter

　　C.The Incredible Hulk

　　D.Tropic Thunder

　　解析　細節理解題。根據第四部分可知答案為B項。

　　答案　B

　　4.The underlined word “hits” in Paragraph 5 refers to________.

　　A.articles B.novels

　　C.movies D.struggles

　　解析　詞義猜測題。由第五部分可知，以上列舉的都是受歡迎的電影的名字。

　　答案　C

　　5.Which of the following movie production companies covers the least market share in the US and Canada?

　　A.20th Century Fox. B.Columbia Pictures.

　　C.Universal Studios. D.Warner Bros.Pictures.

　　解析　細節理解題。比較選項中四家電影公司，分別找出它們在美國和加拿大市場所占的份額，可以得出占的最少的是20th Century Fox只占11.9%。B、C、D三項則分別占了12.9%、12.2%和19.7%。故答案為A項。

　　答案　A