A
Along with the progress of reform and opening up, the Chinese film industry has also made remarkable achievements and economic growth. It has recorded social changes in the past decades through the medium of the film. The film market of China has been much better than that of North America, becoming the largest in the world during the first season of 2019.
In the original stage of reform and opening up, old Chinese movies were rescreened and foreign movies dubbed (译制). Audiences' enthusiasm for movies was lighted up by both these practices. In 1979, the attendance of Chinese moviegoers reached a record high of 29.3 billion. However, televisions and other entertainment activities sprang up in the late 1980s and drew many audiences away from movies when the film market faced a danger.
The employment of a socialist market economy in China in 1992 brought energy again to the film industry. With the introduction of free competition and reforms, it made an abundant recovery and experienced rapid growth. In the same period, China began to introduce overseas movies into the home market, especially those from Hollywood. Despite the argument that foreign movies occupy the space of homemade ones, Chinese movies with increasingly higher quality have gained a firm foothold in the local market with box offices setting several new records.
The development of the Internet has added new energy to the Chinese film industry. In 2015, the powerful Internet companies, one called Tencent and another Alibada, developed their own film arm and began to adapt popular online stories for movies. With big data, more accurate marketing skills can target specific audiences to satisfy their personal preferences. Yet the development of online cinemas may pose threats to the survival of offline ones. Now the film industry is exploring more advanced film screening technologies to provide audiences with an improved movie experience.
本文是一篇说明文。随着改革开放的发展，中国电影业也取得了显著的成就，成为经济增长形势下的一道繁荣景象。中国电影业通过电影媒介记录了中国过去几十年的社会变化，并且在不断地发展、创新。
1．Which threat did the Chinese film market face in the late 1980s?
A．Popularity of televisions.
B．Development of online cinemas.
C．A slowdown in economic growth.
D．Introduction of overseas movies.
答案：A
解析：细节理解题。由第二段中的最后一句可知，中国电影业在20世纪80年代末期因电视和其他娱乐活动的突然兴起而面临威胁，故选项A正确。
2．What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 3 refer to?
A．The space of Chinese movies.
B．The Chinese film industry.
C．The socialist market economy.
D．The introduction of reform and opening up.
答案：B
解析：代词指代题。由画线词上文中的“when the film market faced a danger”“The employment of...to the film industry”和下文中的“China began to introduce overseas movies into the home market”“Chinese movies...a firm foothold”可推知，画线词指代“the Chinese film industry”。
3．What does the author indicate in the end?
A．Online cinemas will replace traditional ones sooner.
B．The film screening technology is the key to films' success.
C．The Internet is a twoedged sword for the film industry.
D．Movies made by Tencent and Alibaba are most successful.
答案：C
解析：推理判断题。综合分析最后一段中的“The development of the Internet...film industry”和“Yet the development of...of offline ones”可知，互联网的发展对电影产业的发展有利有弊，故选C项。
4．What would be the best title for the text?
A．The Everchanging Film Market
B．Popular Online Films
C．Advanced Film Technologies
D．Flourishing Chinese Film Industry
答案：D
解析：标题判断题。由文章的首句及全文的叙述即可概括文章主旨为中国电影业的繁荣发展，故选项D最适合作文章的标题。
