“Tomorrow is another day”---- this line has impressed various people at various times. It's now 70 years after it appeared in the film, but it still seems to hold its power especially during an economic downturn.
The phrase comes from a film adaptation of Margaret Mitchell's successful 1936 novel Gone With the Wind. It's set in the American South and tells the story of a strong heroine, Scarlett O' Hara, who struggles to find love during the Civil War and, afterwards, of her strength in surviving the war and its hardships.
Love story 
In a moment of despair, Scarlett finally realizes that her love belongs to Rhett Butler. For many audiences, it is the theme of love and struggle that has kept the movie alive. While the burning of Atlanta might seem irrelevant(不相關(guān)的) to today's viewers, the timeless theme of love keeps its ability to touch people.
With a promise to her lover still in her mind, Scarlett chooses to stay in the midst of war and take care of Melanie. But her heart is broken when Rhett just walks away, leaving the woman that he once loved with cruel words, "Frankly, dear, I don' t give a damn."(毫不在乎)
Great epic (史詩)
The film shows the love-hate relationship of these characters, but also American history, the fall of the Confederacy and the following period of Reconstruction in the South. The background made this film a true classic in the epic genre.
When the film opened after World War II, French viewers loved it, and it reminded them of their fight against the Nazis. In 1940 Shanghai, during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression(侵略), people stood in line for hours to watch this film, and saw the same suffering they were having as well as the hope and possibility of building a new homeland from the ruins.
Each nationality could identify with the story and see it as a victory. In fact, Gone With the Wind never lost its charm and ability to inspire and amaze.
Biggest of all time
The film had five directors, 15-plus screenwriters, and an unexpected $3.9 million budget. The film brought in $ 200 million, which makes it the biggest selling film of all times in North America. It also won 10 Academy awards in 1940.
小題1:The underlined "it" in the first paragraph refers to _______.
A.the novel Gone with the WindB."tomorrow is another day"
C.the movie Gone with the WindD.the Academy Award
小題2: The text is written mainly to _______.
A.celebrate the anniversary of Margaret Mitchell
B.introduce how the film was directed and filmed
C.throw light on the charm of the movie "Gone with the Wind"
D.inspire people to struggle the economic downturn
小題3: It can be concluded that Scarlett O' Hara is _______.
A.optimistic and luckyB.childish and realistic
C.caring and stubborn (固執(zhí)的)D.strong-minded and persistent (堅毅的)
小題4: The passage mentions Shanghai in order to _______.
A.prove that the background of the movie touched viewers
B.describe how popular the movie was at that time
C.point out that Shanghai was a center of entertainment
D.tell us that Chinese were suffering the War then

小題1:B           
小題1:C
小題1:D
小題1:A
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In 1690, Benjamin Harris printed the first American newspaper in Boston. But not long after it was first published, the government stopped the paper. In 1704, John Campbell started The Boston Newsletter (波斯頓新聞通訊), the first newspaper published in the American colonies. By 1760, the colonies had more than thirty daily newspapers. There are now about 1,800 daily papers in the United States.
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It is the    3  time ancient tombs with typical characteristics of China's main Han nationality have been found in the Uygur ethnic region(自治區(qū)).
    4   from Beijing,Shanxi and Xinjiang concluded that the tombs were  ___5___ between the middle and late third century and fourth century.
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