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1、xx省xx市2016高考英语（二轮）阅读理解选练（2）及答案阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。YouneedtobeofacertainagetounderstandwhysomanypeopleinHollywoodarecaringaboutthepossibleclosingdownofMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer(米高梅电影公司)．Forthepast40years,itsoutputhasbeengood,butnowitisontheropes,withdebtsof$3.7billionandwillhavetoselloff
2、itsmostvaluableassets(资产).Initsgoldentime,MGMstoodforsomething．IfWarnerBrothersmeantsocialdramasandgangstermovies,andDisneymeantcartoonfilms,thenMGMwashealthyfantasy．Thisbusinessmodelfounditsmostgloriousexpressioninitsmusicals(音乐剧)ofthepost-warera．ItalsofeaturedsuchmanyfamousstarsasFredAstaire,F
3、rankSinatra,GeneKellyandJudyGarland.ButMGMhadalwaysputitshopesonthequalityofstarsitcouldattract．FromthetimeMGMbecameacompanyin1924,thestudioandhisassociateprovedthemselvesgoodatcreatingbignames.For35years,thisworkedwellenough,butthegrowingpoweroftelevisiondisturbedHollywood．MGMcontinuedtothrowmo
4、neyintomakinggorgeous-lookingmusicals,butdespitesomebigsuccessesaudiencesgraduallystartedtodriftaway．Throughoutthesixties,MGM'sdeclinesetin．Thingswentfrombadtoworse．In1973,MGMstoppeddistributingitsownfilms．Sincethen,theLion'sroarhasbeenreducedtoawhimper(呜咽).HowfarMGMhasfallencanbeshownbyitsrecen
5、treleases．Thiswasastudiothatforyearsofferedareliablesupplyoffirst-classfilms．Yetlastyearitstotaloutputwasthree．Tomakeitworse,allwereco-producedwithotherstudios．Andthisyear?Onlyonesofar,andmaybethelast.Whatnow?MGMwillprobablybesold,thoughrecentbuyershavebeencautiousaboutapricethoughttobearound$2b
6、illion.1.MGMisbecomingthefocusinHollywoodbecauseit_______．A.hasmoresupportersB.hasproducedgoodfilmsC.mightbecloseddownD.haslostallitsassets2.WhatcanwelearnaboutMGMfromthetext?A.Ithasbeensoldoutforaround$2billion.B.TheInternetwasafactorcausingitsdecline.C.Itonlyproducedthreefilmsbyitselflastyear.
7、D.Itmadeawrongdecisionforitsdevelopment.3.What'sthemainideaofthetext?A.ThepastgloriesofMGM．B.ThemusicalsmadebyMGM.C.ThedeclineofMGM．D.AhistoricaldecisionbyMGM.【参考答案】1—3、CDC阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。1.SixHoursFreePar
