单选题 {{B}}Directions:{{/B}} Read the following text. Choose the best
word (s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C, and D on ANSWER SHEET 1.
There are many features that
{{U}}(1) {{/U}} a movie as American, but perhaps the most {{U}}(2)
{{/U}} is the theme of the loner-hero (孤胆英雄). In the western movie, which
comes out of many {{U}}(3) {{/U}} of the American West, a typical figure
is the lonesome cowboy. He wanders into a town and {{U}}(4) {{/U}} out
its troubles. Then the strong and independent hero rides off into the sunset
{{U}}(5) {{/U}}. Americans like this {{U}}(6) {{/U}} in their
films because they are {{U}}(7) {{/U}} independent, and individualism
{{U}}(8) {{/U}} a great deal with them. An individual, who is able to
{{U}}(9) {{/U}} the evils of the world, or of a small town, is
someone to admire. Even the gangster movie, a very popular
{{U}}(10) {{/U}} of the typical American film, usually has a hero.
{{U}}(11) {{/U}} he is a lawman out to catch the criminals or a
gangster who suddenly sees the light and tries to go {{U}}(12) {{/U}}
During the violence-ridden period of Prohibition in the 1920s, the
gangster movie {{U}}(13) {{/U}} in popularity. These films kept the
same. {{U}}(14) {{/U}} as the western--the bad cannot triumph. One good
person can save the innocent. Recent science fiction films deal
{{U}}(15) {{/U}} the same theme. Against the forces of the alien powers,
people will fight to protect their ideals. Here, too, the action {{U}}(16)
{{/U}} around a single individual, {{U}}(17) {{/U}} now he or she
must save the world. The hero battles the unknown, trusting in inner
capabilities and in the power of good {{U}}(18) {{/U}} evil. Fearless,
the hero of a typical American movie does not {{U}}(19) {{/U}} to jump
into the action. This dominant theme of the American movie is familiar
{{U}}(20) {{/U}} people around the
world.