Walt Disney

As one of the most famous film production companies in the history of the business,Walt Disney now holds 15.3 percent of the US and Canadian market share. With highly successful movies like Pirates of the Caribbean,National Treasure,Meet the Robinsons and Enchanted,there’s no doubt that Disney will continue to play a key role in the industry for years to come.

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 X-Men 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.

1.This passage mainly tells us______.

A. some beautiful pictures of the US

B. some American popular movies

C. some famous Canadian companies

D. some film production companies

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.

3.Warner Bros. Pictures is very famous for its film named ______.

A. Harry Potter B. Pirates of the Caribbean

C. The Incredible Hulk D. Tropic Thunder

4.The underlined word “hits” (in Paragraph 5) refers to ______.

A. articles B. Novels

C. movies D. Struggles

 

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.C

【解析】

試題分析:本文介紹了北美幾家著名的電影公司,其中包括沃爾特.迪士尼電影公司,派拉蒙電影公司,二十世紀(jì)?怂构荆A納兄弟電影公司,通用制片廠和哥倫比亞電影公司等。

1.主旨大意題。從文章的段落小標(biāo)題以及文章大意可知本文主要介紹了北美的幾家著名電影制片公司,故選D。

2.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)選項(xiàng)中所提到的電影公司在北美地區(qū)所占的市場(chǎng)份額比較可知Universal Studios.占 12.2% ;Columbia Pictures占12.9%; Walt Disney占15.3%,而Paramount Pictures 占有市場(chǎng) 15.5 %的份額, 是這幾家中最為成功的,選B。

3.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從文章第四段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.可知選A。

4.詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)下文列舉的電影名字……like the Bourne series,the American Pie series,,可以推斷該詞指電影,選C。

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