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1、2019-2020年高考英语总复习单元检测2第二部分：阅读理解（共小题，每小题2分，满分40分）AYouneedtobeofacertainagetounderstandwhysomanypeopleinHollywoodarecaringaboutthepossibleclosingdownofMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer(米高梅电影公司)．Forthepast40years,itsoutputhasbeengood,butnowitisontheropes,withdebtsof$3.7billionandwillhavetos
2、elloffitsmostvaluableassets(资产).Initsgoldentime,MGMstoodforsomething．IfWarnerBrothersmeantsocialdramasandgangstermovies,andDisneymeantcartoonfilms,thenMGMwashealthyfantasy．Thisbusinessmodelfounditsmostgloriousexpressioninitsmusicals(音乐剧)ofthepost-warera．Italsofeaturedsuchma
3、nyfamousstarsasFredAstaire,FrankSinatra,GeneKellyandJudyGarland.ButMGMhadalwaysputitshopesonthequalityofstarsitcouldattract．FromthetimeMGMbecameapanyin1924,thestudioandhisassociateprovedthemselvesgoodatcreatingbignames.For35years,thisworkedwellenough,butthegrowingpoweroftel
4、evisiondisturbedHollywood．MGMcontinuedtothrowmoneyintomakinggorgeous-lookingmusicals,butdespitesomebigsuccessesaudiencesgraduallystartedtodriftaway．Throughoutthesixties,MGM'sdeclinesetin．Thingswentfrombadtoworse．In1973,MGMstoppeddistributingitsownfilms．Sincethen,theLion'sro
5、arhasbeenreducedtoawhimper(呜咽).HowfarMGMhasfallencanbeshownbyitsrecentreleases．Thiswasastudiothatforyearsofferedareliablesupplyoffirst-classfilms．Yetlastyearitstotaloutputwasthree．Tomakeitworse,allwereco-producedwithotherstudios．Andthisyear?Onlyonesofar,andmaybethelast.What
6、now?MGMwillprobablybesold,thoughrecentbuyershavebeencautiousaboutapricethoughttobearound$2billion.1.MGMisbeingthefocusinHollywoodbecauseit_______．A.hasmoresupportersB.hasproducedgoodfilmsC.mightbecloseddownD.haslostallitsassets2.WhatcanwelearnaboutMGMfromthetext?A.Ithasbeen
7、soldoutforaround$2billion.B.TheInternetwasafactorcausingitsdecline.C.Itonlyproducedthreefilmsbyitselflastyear.D.Itmadeawrongdecisionforitsdevelopment.3.What'sthemainideaofthetext?A.ThepastgloriesofMGM．B.ThemusicalsmadebyMGM.C.ThedeclineofMGM．D.AhistoricaldecisionbyMGM.BWeha
8、vetwodaughters:KristenissevenyearsoldandKellyisfour.LastSundayevening,weinvitedsom
