At the beginning of last century, there was a farm near Los Angeles in California. It was called Hollywood Ranch(大牧场). However, from the 1910s to the 1950s, Hollywood became the film centre of the world. Why did people go to Hollywood to make films? The reason was the sun. At first people made films in New York on the east coast of the USA. But then they heard about Los Angeles. There are 350 days of sun every year. As they made all the films by sunlight, the west land by the sea was much better place to work in. In addition(而且), near Hollywood you can also find the mountains, the sea and the forest. They did not have to travel far to make any kind of films.The first films were just pictures without sound. Today we still watch this kind of plays by Charles Chaplin. In the late 1920s, films started to “talk”. You could hear the people speaking and listen to the music.Today television become more and more popular, and some busy modern people no longer go to the cinema. However, film producers are still making films in Hollywood and many film lovers all over the world enjoy watching them【小题1】Hollywood is on the ______ coast of the USA.A.east
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跟谁学学生版:genshuixue_student精品好课等你领在线咨询下载客户端关注微信公众号&&&分类：At the beginning of last century, there was a farm near Los Angeles in California. It was called Hollywood Ranch(大牧场). However, from the 1910s to the 1950s, Hollywood became the film centre of the world. Why did people go to Hollywood to make films? The reason was the sun. At first people made films in New York on the east coast of the USA. But then they heard about Los Angeles. There are 350 days of sun every year. As they made all the films by sunlight, the west land by the sea was much better place to work in. In addition(而且), near Hollywood you can also find the mountains, the sea and the forest. They did not have to travel far to make any kind of films.The first films were just pictures without sound. Today we still watch this kind of plays by Charles Chaplin. In the late 1920s, films started to “talk”. You could hear the people speaking and listen to the music.Today television become more and more popular, and some busy modern people no longer go to the cinema. However, film producers are still making films in Hollywood and many film lovers all over the world enjoy watching them【小题1】Hollywood is on the ______ coast of the USA.A.east
D. south【小题2】Hollywood became very famous in the film industry______.A．in the early 19th century1 T$ X3 _% \! [! X# ^1 _ B．in the late 19th century" E0 Y7 ]3 B' U C．in the early 20th century+ U: e, G; H0 [2 Y+ g% D D．in the late 20th century% T! D
L- H5 L3 A2 g 【小题3】Why did people decide to make films in Hollywood?A．Because they don’t need to travel far2 e8 F% N$ ]& B$ _- W% C5 M) W B．Because there was a big ranch( Y7 E1 \: h' C4 P C．Because of its nice weather and beautiful scenes.5 G' Q* j4 c! F D．Because there were lots of film producers.2 R0 c. P2 P$ J 【小题4】 What were the first films like ?A．They were just pictures with music.& Q/ a$ M# J! A/ E% ^ B．You could watch nobody but hear the voice.$ X9 N: R& I1 X" H. O# N% ^, c C．You could hear the people speaking and listen to the music., [; @% d
V5 Z9 B, ? D．You could see the pictures but couldn’t hear them talk.1 d: C: I! Z/ C% S7 j$ M 【小题5】Which of the following is true?A．People don’t go to Hollywood any more.
Q/ _& L* j( C( @& L& Z, R5 j( U- S B．Many film producers still make films in Hollywood.2 N) G7 ^! c4 Y& f# b5 ^ C．Many film lovers all over the world go to the cinema in Hollywood.- A+ ?$ Z6 E/ _* Z% V8 Z3 R
Z D．People don’t like the Hollywood films any more." V) H5 b1 Z: \4 h! ^2 W" d$ X4 g2 W At the beginning of last century, there was a farm near Los Angeles in California. It was called Hollywood Ranch(大牧场). However, from the 1910s to the 1950s, Hollywood became the film centre of the world. Why did people go to Hollywood to make films? The reason was the sun. At first people made films in New York on the east coast of the USA. But then they heard about Los Angeles. There are 350 days of sun every year. As they made all the films by sunlight, the west land by the sea was much better place to work in. In addition(而且), near Hollywood you can also find the mountains, the sea and the forest. They did not have to travel far to make any kind of films.The first films were just pictures without sound. Today we still watch this kind of plays by Charles Chaplin. In the late 1920s, films started to “talk”. You could hear the people speaking and listen to the music.Today television become more and more popular, and some busy modern people no longer go to the cinema. However, film producers are still making films in Hollywood and many film lovers all over the world enjoy watching them【小题1】Hollywood is on the ______ coast of the USA.A.east
D. south【小题2】Hollywood became very famous in the film industry______.A．in the early 19th century1 T$ X3 _% \! [! X# ^1 _ B．in the late 19th century" E0 Y7 ]3 B' U C．in the early 20th century+ U: e, G; H0 [2 Y+ g% D D．in the late 20th century% T! D
L- H5 L3 A2 g 【小题3】Why did people decide to make films in Hollywood?A．Because they don’t need to travel far2 e8 F% N$ ]& B$ _- W% C5 M) W B．Because there was a big ranch( Y7 E1 \: h' C4 P C．Because of its nice weather and beautiful scenes.5 G' Q* j4 c! F D．Because there were lots of film producers.2 R0 c. P2 P$ J 【小题4】 What were the first films like ?A．They were just pictures with music.& Q/ a$ M# J! A/ E% ^ B．You could watch nobody but hear the voice.$ X9 N: R& I1 X" H. O# N% ^, c C．You could hear the people speaking and listen to the music., [; @% d
V5 Z9 B, ? D．You could see the pictures but couldn’t hear them talk.1 d: C: I! Z/ C% S7 j$ M 【小题5】Which of the following is true?A．People don’t go to Hollywood any more.
Q/ _& L* j( C( @& L& Z, R5 j( U- S B．Many film producers still make films in Hollywood.2 N) G7 ^! c4 Y& f# b5 ^ C．Many film lovers all over the world go to the cinema in Hollywood.- A+ ?$ Z6 E/ _* Z% V8 Z3 R
Z D．People don’t like the Hollywood films any more." V) H5 b1 Z: \4 h! ^2 W" d$ X4 g2 W 科目:难易度:最佳答案【小题1】B【小题2】C【小题3】C【小题4】D【小题5】B解析试题分析：从1910年到上世纪50年代，好莱坞成为世界电影中心。为什么人们去好莱坞拍电影？在这里有好的天气，还有美丽的风景。现在电影制片人还在好莱坞拍电影，并且世界各地的许多电影爱好者都喜欢看它们。【小题1】细节理解题。问题：好莱坞在美国的哪一个海岸？联系原文：As they made all the films by sunlight, the west land by the sea was much better place to work in. In addition(而且), near Hollywood you can also find the mountains, the sea and the forest. 句意：他们通过阳光制作电影，在海洋西部的地方更适合工作。而且，靠近好莱坞，你还可以看到山脉，海洋和森林。明确其在西岸。故选B【小题2】细节理解题。问题：好莱坞在什么时候成为非常著名的电影工场？联系原文：However, from the 1910s to the 1950s, Hollywood became the film centre of the world. 句意： 然而，从1910年到上世纪50年代，好莱坞成为世界电影中心。结合选项，明确时间为二十世纪初。故选C【小题3】细节理解题。问题：为什么人们决定在好莱坞制作电影？ 联系原文：In addition(而且), near Hollywood you can also find the mountains, the sea and the forest. 句意：而且，靠近好莱坞，你还可以看到山脉，海洋和森林。分析：前文提到一年这里有300多天晴朗。明确这里有好的天气，美丽的风景。故选C【小题4】细节理解题。问题：第一部电影是什么样子的？联系原文：The first films were just pictures without sound. 句意：第一部电影只有影片没有声音。结合选项第三项正确。故选D【小题5】细节理解题。问题：下列描述哪一项是正确的？联系原文： However, film producers are still making films in Hollywood and many film lovers all over the world enjoy watching them. 句意：然而，电影制片人还在好莱坞拍电影，并且世界各地的许多电影爱好者都喜欢看它们。结合选项，明确第二项正确。故选B考点：新闻报道类短文阅读。知识点:&&基础试题拔高试题热门知识点最新试题
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And if you live in Chesterfield, someone else might know too: the
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Back in December, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli
announced a boatload of grants to local law-enforcement agencies,
made possible by a multimillion-dollar Medicaid fraud settlement
with Abbott Labs. Chesterfield received more than $550,000 "to fund
training for four officers for the Hailstorm Training in Florida,
to purchase the StingRay I to Hailstorm Upgrade which will allow
officers to transmit and receive communication signals from
targeted cell devices, the Harpoon PA kit...an AmberJack, which is
an antenna upgrade," and more.
Coming from now former Attorney General Cuccinelli, this was a
bit surprising. Only a few months before, he had issued an opinion
warning local police departments about license-plate readers. It
was fine to use them to confront an immediate threat. But routinely
using the readers—which can take up to 1,800 pictures a minute—to
vacuum up large amounts of data regarding the whereabouts of
ordinary citizens unconnected to an investigation is
unconstitutional, he said. Some departments ignored his warning and
continue to do it anyway.
And that's exactly what the Stingray and Hailstorm systems
do—only with cellphones.
Originally used by the spooks
at three-letter federal entities such as the NSA, the suitcase-size
systems mimic cellphone towers. They send out a signal to which all
cellphones in the area respond, thereby allowing the operator to
track the location of phones in real time. (Another practice, known
as a tower dump, collects data from cellphone towers about where
phones have been.) The grants announcement from the AG's office was
inaccurate in at least one particular: Stingray and Hailstorm
communicate with many, many phones at once—not just "targeted"
individual ones.
What's more, the systems are stealthy: They leave no evidence of
having been used. If the phone in your pocket has answered a ping
from a nearby squad car instead of a cell tower, you'll never know
Precisely what else the systems can do is also shrouded in
secrecy. Hailstorm, for instance, reportedly has the capacity to
capture the content of cell-phone conversations. Harris Corp., the
manufacturer of both systems, insists it does not include that
functionality in units provided to local law-enforcement
More than 100 police departments around the country use either
Stingray or Hailstorm (and roughly a quarter of all departments
rely on tower dumps). Often, the law hasn't caught up with the
technology, so there are few statutory controls on how, or how
often, it is used. According to a USA Today investigation, for
instance, "when Miami-Dade police bought their Stingray device,
they told the city council the agency needed to monitor protesters
at an upcoming world trade conference." They needed a $400,000
gadget to "monitor" protesters?
Some police departments have been less than forthright about
what they're doing. Some conceal their use of Stingray and
Hailstorm, as when a Sarasota, Fla., police sergeant instructed a
subordinate to change a probable-cause affidavit to keep the
technology secret. In Sacramento, Calif., where officers also use
the technology, judges and prosecutors say they are unaware of it.
Federal authorities even have advised local agencies that if a
judge asks how they got certain information that was obtained via
Stingray, they should say it came from a "confidential source."
None of this is meant to
suggest Stingrays and Hailstorms have no legitimate law-enforcement
use. They clearly do. They even can help save innocent lives—for
instance, by quickly finding an unconscious missing person.
But law enforcement still needs to operate within boundaries
established by legal standards, judicial oversight, and public
accountability. Unfortunately, when it comes to Stingray and
Hailstorm the first two of those elements are often weak or absent,
and the third occasionally meets stiff resistance. Some police
departments have stonewalled media inquiries, including Freedom of
Information Act requests, by citing nondisclosure agreements with
Harris Corp.—a practice David Cuillier, who runs the University of
Arizona's journalism school, finds disturbing. "I don't see how
public agencies can make up an agreement with a private company
that breaks state law," he told The Associated Press.
Chesterfield, to its credit, has been more forthcoming. In
response to queries, the police department says it has had a
Stingray since 2005, which it uses three to four times a month—but
only with judicial oversight: "either a court order or search
warrant." And the department never records, keeps or shares
information collected by the system.
That's reassuring. Or at least it should be. Then again, the
department recently insisted it did not have a quota system for
writing traffic tickets—only "performance benchmarks" for them,
which are supposedly different. Moreover, the public recently has
discovered that the federal government collects a great deal of
electronic intel on private citizens without telling them.
Moreover, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper showed no
compunction about lying about that in open testimony before
Congress. And then there is CIA director John Brennan, who hotly
denied the agency was hacking into Senate computers. Guess what? It
So yes, it's good to have Chesterfield's assurance that it is
using cellphone tracking devices with care and restraint. It would
be even better if the public could know for sure.
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A. Barton Hinkle is senior editorial writer and a columnist at the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
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