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单选题Questions are based on the following passage.
One positive consequence of our current national crisis may be at least a temporary shadow in Hollywood's culture of violence. Fearful of offending audiences in the wake of the terrorist attack, some movie makers have postponed the release of film with terrorist themes. Television writers are delaying scripts with warlike and terrorist outline. It is probably good thinking. My local video store tells me nobody is checking out "disaster" movies. Says the manager, "Currently, people want comedy. They want an escape from stories about violence and terrorism." Similarly, in the music business, there's a run on patriotic and inspirational tapes and CDs.
According to The New York Times, the self-scrutiny among these privileged individuals of mass-entertainment taste is unprecedented in scale, sweeping aside hundreds of millions of dollars in projects that no longer seem appropriate. A reasonable concern is that this might be a short term phenomenon. Once life returns to something more normal, will Hollywood return to its bad old ways? The Times offers a glimmer (隐约的迹象. of hope. The industry's titans (巨头., it suggests, are struggling with much more difficulties, long range questions of what the public will want once the initial shock from the terrorist attacks wears off. Many in the industry admit they do not know where the boundaries of taste and consumer tolerance now lie.
This is an opportunity for some of us to suggest to Hollywood where that boundary of consumer tolerance is, especially those of us who have not yet convinced Hollywood to cease its descent into ever lower of the dumbness of our young.
The nonprofit Parents Television Council, which monitors the quality of TV programming, says in its latest report that today's TV shows are more laced than ever with vulgarities (庸俗., sexual immorality, crudities, violence, and foul language. The traditional family hour between 8 p. m. and 9 p.m., when the networks used to offer programs for the entire family, has disappeared. The problem looks like it will get worse.
That certainly looked to be the case before the Sept.11th assault. One pre attack New York Times story reported that TV producers were crusading (讨伐. for scripts that include every crude word imaginable. The struggles between net-work censors (审查员 . and producers, according to the report, were "growing more intense". Producers like Aaron Sorkin of "The West Wing" planned to keep pushing hard. He was quoted as saying, "There's absolutely no reason why we can't use the language of adulthood in programs that are about adults".
My guess is that a lot of adults don't use the language Mr. Sorkin wants to use, and don't enjoy having their children hear it. At this moment of crisis in our nation's history, thought has become more thoughtful, prayerful, and spiritual. It may be the time to tell the entertainment industry that we want nota temporary pause in the flow of tastelessness, but a long term clean-up.
What do some filmmakers hesitate to release new films with violent content?

A．They want to show themselves to be patriots.
B．They are afraid such films may anger audiences.
C．Films with violence in them are no longer popular.
D．Films with terrorist themes are reflections on violence.

参考答案B

解析:本文主要讲9．11事件后人们对好莱坞电影的暴力文化投下了阴影。第1段讲美国遭受恐怖袭击后，好莱坞电影所推崇的暴力文化被投下了阴影。第2、3段讲很多电影行业巨头都不知道消费者品味和容忍度之间的界限到底是什么。第4、5段主要讲目前的电视节目比以往任何时候都显得庸俗、粗俗、暴力和粗言秽语。第6段讲需要进行长期彻底的整顿电影，而不只是暂时停止制作品味极低的电影。
【51】／【55】值得肯定的结果是，当前国家危机可能至少是好莱坞电影中有关文化墨力的短暂阴影。【51】恐怖袭击事件之后，由于担心会得罪观众，一些电影制作人推迟了恐怖题材电影的发行。电视编剧也延迟了有关战争题材的脚本和恐怖主义的提纲的写作。这可能是个好主意。本地音像店人员告诉我，没人会买有关“灾难”题材的电影。音像店的经理说：“目前，人们希望看到的是喜剧片。他们想逃避有关于暴力和恐怖主义的题材故事。”同样的，在音乐方面，他们经营有关爱国主义和立志方面的磁带和CD唱片。
【52】据《纽约时报》报道，电影巨头们对大众娱乐的品位进行了史无前例的自我分析。在项目上花费数百万美元也不足为奇。一个合理的解释是，这可能是一个短暂的现象。生活状态一旦恢复正常，好莱坞电影还会继续走他的老路吗?《泰晤士报》提供了一线希望。报道称，该行业巨头正努力去解决更多的困难，很多问题是关于公众们从一旦最初令人震惊的恐怖袭击事件中解脱出来之后，他们希望得到的是什么。【52】很多业内人士承认，他们不知道消费者品味和容忍度之间的界限到底是什么。
【53】这正是一个好时机让观众们告诉电影制作商他们对容忍度的界限是什么，尤其是对于我们这些还没有说服好莱坞阻止其将下降的品位带给我们的沉默的年轻人的人来说更是如此。
据非营利性的负责监测电视节目质量的家长电视委员会的一份最新报告显示，今天的电视节目比以往任何时候都显得庸俗、苟合、粗俗、暴力和粗言秽语。当整个家庭用网络收看电视节目后．传统的家庭时间(从晚上8点到9点.就已经消失了。这个问题看起来会变得更加糟糕。
当然，在9·11事件之前就已经出现了。据《纽约时报》报道，电视制片人一直在讨伐有关于暴力字眼的脚本。该报道还称，网络审查员与生产商之间的斗争也“愈演愈烈”。【54】像《白宫风云》的制片人阿龙索金继续推行原计划。引用他的话讲说，“毫无理由，为什么我们不能在电视节目中使用成人说的语言呢”。我的猜测是，很多成人都不讲索尔金先生想使用的语言，是因为都不想让他们的子女听到这样的话。当国家处于历史危机时，我们的思想应当变得更加周密、虔诚并充满精神活力。【55】也许时间会告诉娱乐业，我们不想要毫无品味的短暂停顿，而需要的是一个长期清理的过程。
【定位】根据题干中的filmmakers，hesitate，release和violent将本题出处定位于第1段第l、2句。
【解析】B。从第1段可以看出9·11恐怖袭击给人们带来了极大的震惊，为好莱坞电影暴力文化投下了阴影。由于害怕冒犯(offending)惊魂未定的大众，很多电影制片商已推迟发行恐怖主题的电影(have postponed the release of film with terrorist themes)，故可知答案为B。选项B中的afraid与文章中的fearful意思相同，anger对应文章中的0ffending，由此更能确定答案的正确性。A在文章中并未提及。C认为“充斥充满暴力内容的电影已经不再流行”与文章意思相反，如果误认为them指的是广大观众就很容易误选C，them在此指的是films。D将暴力电影等同于暴力，混淆了两个概念，同文章意思不相符，故排除。

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A．prevent themselves from slipping into their old bad ways
B．find out where the boundaries of taste and consumer tolerance lie
C．produce appropriate films with no violent content for the audiences
D．understand to what extent their films have contributed to the national crisis

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单选题 What does the author think the general audience should do?

A．They should point out to Hollywood how bad their films are.
B．They should accuse the filmmakers of desensitizing their children.
C．They should tell filmmakers where the boundaries of their taste lie.
D．They should ask filmmakers to make films that reflect traditional family life.

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单选题 What do we learn about Aaron Sorkin from the passage?

A．He believes that it is time to clean up the entertainment industry.
B．He starts the struggles between network censors and producer.
C．He insists no restraint be set to the language used in films.
D．He is strongly against using crude language in films.

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