6月大学英语六级阅读模拟练习题.docx

6月大学英语六级阅读模拟练习题

下面为大家整理的是关于2016年6月大学英语六级阅读模拟练习题，希望对同学们有所帮助。WhenwethinkofHollywood—atermIuselooselytodescribeAmericanmovieproductioningeneral,notsimplyfilmsmadeinLosAngeles—wethinkoffilmsaimedatamusingaudiencesandmakingmoneyforproducers.Duringtheearlyyearsofthenewcentury,asworkerswontheirdemandsforhigherwagesandashorterworkingweek,leisureassumedanincreasinglyimportantroleineverydaylife.Amusementparks,professionalbaseballgames,nickelodeons((美)门票一律5分的“无分戏院“(电影院)),anddancehallsattractedawidearrayofmenandwomenanxioustospendtheirhardearneddollarsinthepursuitoffunandrelaxation.Yetofallthesenewculturalendeavors,filmswerethemostimportantandwidelyattendedsourceofamusement.Foramerefiveortencents,eventhepoorestworkercouldaffordtotakehimselfandhisfamilytothelocalickelodeonorstorefronttheatre.Takingrootinurbanworking-classandimmigrantneighborhoods,cinemassoonspreadtomiddle-classdistrictsofcitiesandintosmallcommunitiesthroughoutthenation."Everylittletownthathasneverbeenabletoaffordandmaintainanoperahouse,"observedonejournalistin1908,"nowboastsoneortwoBijouDreams."By1910theappealoffilmswassogreatthatnearlyone-thirdofthenationflockedtothecinemaeachweek;tenyearslater,weeklyattendanceequaled50percentofthenation'spopulation.Earlyfilmswereprimarilyaimedatentertainingaudiences,butentertainmentdidnotalwayscomeintheformofescapistfantasies.Manyotherissueswerealsoportrayedonthescreen."Between1900and1917,"observesKevinBrownlow,"literallythousandsoffilmsdealtwiththemostpressingproblemsoftheday—whiteslavery,politicalcorruption,gangsterism,loansharking,slumlandlords,capitalvs.labor,racialprejudice,etc."Whilemostofthesefilmswereproducedbystudiosandindependentcompanies,asignificantnumberweremadebywhatwemightcalltoday"specialinterestgroups".Asfilmsquicklyemergedasthenation'smostpopularformofmassentertainment,theyattractedtheattentionofawiderangeoforganizations,whichrecognizedthemedium'senormouspotentialfordisseminatingpropagandatomillionsofviewers.26.Hollywoodmaynotbeusedtodescribe_______.A.Americ