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文化晋升境界 教育造就人生 全国硕士研究生入学考试英语试题 National Entrance Test of English for MA/MS Candidates(NETEM) 试题册 (180分钟) ******************************************************************************Model Test 编著：夏徛荣 ****************************************************************************** 注意事项 Section I Use of English Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C, and D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points) Hollywood has not typically enjoyed a good reputation as a supplier of history. American filmmakers are frequently (1)____ for rewriting history, for providing an arrogant (2)____ of the historical record. Films made about (3)____ events from America’s past are often accused of providing a disturbingly falsified (4)____ of what really happened; they (5)____ the complexities of the past by attempting to (6)____ clear-cut resolutions on the “mess” of history; and their aim is to entertain audiences and make money for their producers (7)____ to represent the past in a fresh (8)____ or encourage audiences to critically (9)____ on this past in new ways. (10)____ Robert Brent Toplin (11)____ it, critics of historical feature films would seem to hold the unshakable view that “to learn about history, go to a book, not a movie”. Since at least the 1970s, (12)____, many historians have been increasingly willing to (13)____ the value of Hollywood films as both tools for teaching and as resources for helping to (14)____ American history. Some books on the subject of historical films attest to the seriousness with which many historians now treat feature films that focus on historical (15) ____. (16)____ this acknowledgment, however, no real consensus has emerged as to the (17)____ of historical feature films as a pedagogical tool. Most commonplace has been the (18)____ of critics like Robert Gregg and Ernest Giglio, who argue that the pedagogical role of films should only ever be a (19)____ or exemplary one. Giglio asserts