问答题 《复合题被拆开情况》 Movies are probably the most popular form of entertainment today. Today’s full-length movies began with short motion pictures developed in France in the late 1800s by the Lumifcre brothers. However, the world’s first full-length film, The Story of the Kelly Gang, came from Australia. This silent film, which showed the life of the notorious criminal Ned Kelly, opened at the Melbourne Town Hall on December 26, 1906. It was over an hour long. The film industry has come a long way from its humble beginning, and today millions of dollars are spent producing and advertising movies. Some of the most expensive movies ever produced include Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Titanic, and the Lord of the Rings trilogy. In comparison, the most expensive Bollywood film ever made, Devdas, cost only $10 million to make. However, when you compare the cost of an older movie with the value of money at the time it was made, Cleopatra remains the most expensive movie ever made. Elizabeth Taylor played Cleopatra in this film made in 1963. One of the reasons why this movie cost so much money was because Ms. Taylor had 65 different and very expensive costumes in the movie. This movie, if made today, would cost a minimum of $275 million to shoot.
【正确答案】humble beginning
【答案解析】文章第一段第二、三句提到“今天的长篇电影始于19世纪晚期,由卢米埃兄弟在法国开发的短片发展而来。然而,世界上第一部足长电影《凯利帮的故事》来自澳大利亚”。也就是说,今天的长篇电影开始于《凯利帮的故事》。文章第二段第一句前半部分提到“电影业从一开始就不起眼,现在已经走过了漫长的道路”。这句中的“从一开始就不起眼”指的就是前文所述。而题干所述为“今天的现代电影工业________澳大利亚无声电影《凯利帮的故事》”。空白处表达的意思是“开始于”,根据文章,应填入humble beginning。