Warner Brothers is an American pany that produces movies and television shows. It started as a small family business operated by four brothers — Harry, Albert, Sam and Jack Warner. In nineteen-oh-three, the brothers began their business by traveling throughout Ohio and Pennsylvania showing movies using a projector (放映机). By nineteen-oh-seven, they opened a movie theater in New Castle, Pennsylvania. Within ten years, the Warner brothers started producing movies, and moved that part of the business to California.
In nineteen eighteen, their first plete picture was called “My Four Years in Germany.” The film was based on a book by the United States’ ambassador to the court of Kaiser Wilhelm. In nineteen twenty-five, they began to work to include the technology for sound in their movies.
Two years later, Warner Brothers Pictures released the first major movie with sound, or “talking picture.” It was called “The Jazz Singer” and it was a huge success. In the nineteen thirties, the pany made several films that were highly praised, including “Little Caesar,” “The Public Enemy”, “The Gold Diggers” and “Forty-Second Street.”
The Warner Brothers’ success continued in the nineteen forties with movies like “The Maltese Falcon,” and “Casablanca.” Movies during this time starred popular actors like Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, Gary Cooper and Bette Davis. The pany continues to produce popular movies today.
By the nineteen seventies, the Warner Brothers studios had also bee well set up in television. In nineteen ninety, Warner Communications bined with Time Incorporated to form Time Warner Incorporated.
In two thousand one, the pany bined with America Online. The pany now includes film production, cable television networks, music and publishing. This year, the pany announced a deal with the CBS Corporation to form a new television broadcast network. The CW began broadcasting this month.
【小题1】According to the text, at the beginning of their business the four brothers .A．started a movie theaterB．started to produce filmsC．were projectionistsD．settled their business in California【小题2】The Warner Brothers produced its first talking picture in .A．1918B．1925 C．1927D．1930【小题3】According to the text, which of the following is not sound film?A．The Maltese FalconB．CasablancaC．Forty-Second StreetD．My Four Years in Germany【小题4】We can see from the text that .A．The Warner Brothers has closed.B．The Warner Brothers has expanded（扩张） its business greatly since it was set up.C．The CW doesn’t belong to the Warner Brothers.D．People in the U.S. can’t buy music records produced by the Warner Brothers.C
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(答案→)C
解析：这篇文章讲述了华纳兄弟电影公司自成立以来的发展。如今，公司已包含电影制作，有线电视网，音乐和发行等。
【小题1】细节题。根据文章第一段In nineteen-oh-three, the brothers began their business by traveling throughout Ohio and Pennsylvania showing movies using a projector。在1903年，华纳兄弟开始他们的业务，他们从Ohio 游行到Pennsylvania使用一个放映机播放电影。可知，他们刚开始是一个放映员。故选C
【小题2】细节题。从文章第二、三段可知， 1925年，他们开始给电影增加声音，两年后，也就是1927年，他们发布了第一步有声电影“talking picture”。故选C
【小题3】细节判断题。从文章第二段可知，My Four Years in Germany是在1918年开始放映的，有声电影是1927年开始的。故选D
【小题4】主旨题。根据文章可知，华纳兄弟电影公司在成立来一直在朝前发展，在2001年，与美国在线联合。今年，公司于CBS公司合作，形成了一个新的电视广播网络。可知，B正确。