Question

    Movies have documented America for more than one hundred years. Since Thomas Edison introduced the movie camera in 1893, amateur and professional movie-makers have used moving pictures to tell stories and explain the work of business and government. 1. By preserving these movies, we will save a century of history.

Unfortunately, movies are not made to last. 2. Already the losses are high. Only 20% of US feature films from the 1910s to 1920s survive. Of the American features produced before 1950, about half exist. For independently produced works, we have no way of knowing how much has been lost.

For many libraries and museums, the hardest step in preserving movie collections is getting started. The Movie Preservation Guide is designed for these organizations. 3. These institutions have collections of moving pictures but lack information about how to take care of them. The Guide contains basic facts for “beginners”—professionals trained in history but unschooled in this technical area.

The Guide grew from user workshops at Duke University. At the sessions, beginners talked with technical experts about what they needed to know to preserve and make available their movie collections. 4.

Following the advice, the Guide describes methods for handling and storing moving pictures that are practical for research institutions with limited resources. 5. The Guide has been translated into Chinese, Japanese and Korean.

A. “Keep it simple!” was the advice of the discussions.

B. They’ll be damaged within years if not properly stored.

C. These organizations are the first to save American movies.

D. It is organized in chapters and includes case studies and charts.

E. It introduces movie preservation to nonprofit and public institutions.

F. They show how generations of Americans have lived, worked and dreamed.

G. They store the original movies and new ones under cool-and-dry conditions.

Answer

1.F

2.B

3.E

4.A

5.D

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了一本保存老电影的指南。

1.根据上文Since Thomas Edison introduced the movie camera in 1893, amateur and professional movie-makers have used moving pictures to tell stories and explain the work of business and government.（可知从1893年以来，业余和专业的电影制作人制作了许多电影。）与下文By preserving these movies, we will save a century of history.（通过保护这些老电影，我们可以封存美国这100年的历史。）可知本句应为描述这些电影的意义：它们向我们展示了世世代代的美国人如何生活、工作以及追逐梦想。故选F。

2.根据上文Unfortunately, movies are not made to last. （人们制作电影并不是为了让它能持续很长的时间。）与下文 Already the losses are high.（现在的损失已经很大了。）可推理得知：如果没有得到恰当的储存，它们在几年之内就会受到破坏。故选B。

3.根据上文The Movie Preservation Guide is designed for these organizations.（这本电影保存指南是专为这些机构设计的。）与后文These institutions have collections of moving pictures but lack information about how to take care of them.（这些机构有许多的老电影，但是缺乏保存它们的方法。）可知本句应为说明这本电影保存指南的目的是:它向非营利性以及公共机构介绍了保存老电影的方法。故选E。

4.根据上文At the sessions, beginners talked with technical experts about what they needed to know to preserve and make available their movie collections.（在座谈会上，他们向专家们咨询如何保存老电影以及如何利用他们的电影收藏。）可知本句应为专家们对他们的问题给出的建议。故A选项：他们的建议是:最简法则。符合上下文意思连贯。因此，正确答案为A。

5.根据上文Following the advice, the guide describes methods for handling and storing moving pictures that are practical for research institutions with limited resources.（在这些建议之后，这本指南又给出了可操作的处理和储存电影的方法。）故下文应为继续介绍这本指南的内容：它是按章节编写的，还包括了案例分析和图表。故D选项符合此处的意思，故答案为D。