托福阅读：TPO2(Early Cinema)原文及答案

　　参考答案：

　　1. 3

　　2. 2

　　3. 3

　　4. 2

　　5. 3

　　6. 4

　　7. 1

　　8. 4

　　9. 2

　　10. 1

　　11. 1

　　12. 4

　　13.3 5 6

　　题目解析：

　　1. According to paragraph 1, all of the following were true of viewing films in Kinetoscope parlors EXCEPT:(Negative Factual Information Question)

　　A.One individual at a time viewed a film.

　　B.Customers could view one film after another.

　　C.Prizefights were the most popular subjects for films.

　　D.Each film was short.

　　相关原句：It was designed for use in Kinetoscope parlors, or arcades, which contained only a few individual machines and permitted only one customer to view a short, 50-foot film at any one time.The first Kinetoscope parlors contained five machines. For the price of 25 cents (or 5 cents per machine), customers moved from machine to machine to watch five different films.(Paragraph 1)

　　本题解析：“permitted only one customer to view a short, 50-foot film at any one time”指出每名只能为一名观众提供服务，且影片短小;A、D正确。“customers moved from machine to machine to watch five different films”指出观众可以一部接一部地观看。B正确。所以选择C，文章并未指出职业拳击赛(prizefight)是最流行的。正确答案：C

　　2. The author discusses phonograph parlors in paragraph 2 in order to(Factual Information Question)

　　A.Explain Edison's financial success

　　B.Describe the model used to design Kinetoscope parlors

　　C.Contrast their popularity to that of Kinetoscope parlors

　　D.Illustrate how much more technologically advanced Kinetoscope parlors were

　　相关原句：These Kinetoscope arcades were modeled on phonograph parlors, which had proven successful for Edison several years earlier. The Kinetoscope parlors functioned in a similar way.(Paragraph 2)

　　本题解析：段落首句指出Kinetoscope arcades是按照留声机会客厅(phonograph parlors)仿制的，接下来描述留声机会客厅的设置，从而说明Kinetoscope parlors的类似作用。选择B。正确答案：B

　　3. Which of the sentences below best expresses the essential information in the highlighted sentence from the passage?(Sentence Simplification Question)

　　A.Edison was more interested in developing a variety of machines than in developing a technology based on only one.

　　B.Edison refused to work on projection technology because he did not think exhibitors would replace their projectors with newer machines.

　　C.Edison did not want to develop projection technology because it limited the number of machines he could sell.

　　D.Edison would not develop projection technology unless exhibitors agreed to purchase more than one projector from him.

　　相关原句：He refused to develop projection technology, reasoning that if he made and sold projectors, then exhibitors would purchase only one machine-a projector-from him instead of several. (Paragraph 2,highlighted sentence)

　　本题解析：该句指出爱迪生之所以不愿改进放映技术是因为那样放映者便不会购买大量机器，从而使他收益下降，因此选择C。正确答案：C