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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