Academy Awards（電影藝術(shù)獎(jiǎng)）

Oscar is shaped like a man．It is made of several metals covered with gold．The statue（雕像）is only about 34 centimeters tall．It weighs less than four kilograms．But the award can be priceless to the person who receives it．Winning an Oscar can mean becoming much more famous．It can mean getting offers to work in the best movies．It also can mean earning much more money．Movies from the United States and several other countries are competing to win Academy Awards．

The awards were not called Oscars until much later．In 1951, a woman who worked in the Academy library said the statue looked like a family member——her Uncle Oscar．A reporter heard this story and wrote about it．Some people said the reporter and the librarian named the statue Oscar．But another woman said she named the Oscars for her first husband．

The awards are given every spring．The ceremony（儀式）is held in the Kodak（柯達(dá)） Theater in Hollywood．Important people in the movie industry attend the ceremonies．Crowds of people wait outside the theater．They watch the famous movie stars as they arrive for the ceremony．Actors and actresses smile for the photographers（攝影師）and television cameras．Some movie stars make statements to waiting reporters．

During the Academy Awards ceremony, famous actors and actresses announce the names of the winners．Then the winners walk up onto the stage to receive their Oscars．They cry．They laugh．They thank all the people who helped them win the award．These winners will go home with a golden Oscar．Only a few hundred invited guests can attend the ceremony．But hundreds of millions of people in the United States and other countries watch the Academy Awards show on television．

1．Which of the following is not right according to the first paragraph?

     A．Oscar is very important in the movie industry．

     B．Oscars make winners more famous．

     C．The person who receives the award can get a lot．

     D．Oscars are priceless in America．

2．In fact the awards were set up ________．

     A．in the 1950s                                       B．more than 50 year ago

      C．half a century                                      D．50 years or so

3．It is very important for the following to come to the ceremony every spring except _______．

     A．the reporter and the librarian who named the statue Oscar

     B．the important people in the movie industry

     C．the famous movie stars and all kinds of reporters

     D．hundreds of millions of film fans in the world

4．What does the underlined word "announce" mean?

     A．To hear or see．                           B．To carry back and repeat to another．

     C．To make known publicly．                   D．To be proud of．

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