money in this industry.

　　Columbia Pictures

　　Making up 12.9 percent of the US and Canadian market share，Columbia Pictures remains a big player in the business. Some of this company's recent successes include Casino Royale，The Da Vinci Code，the SpiderMan series and Step Brothers.

　　1．This passage is mainly to tell us ________.

　　A．some beautiful pictures of the US

　　B．some American popular movies

　　C．some famous Canadian companies

　　D．some film production companies

　　解析：主旨大意题。本文介绍了北美的几个主要的电影制片公司。故D项为正确答案。

　　答案：D

　　2．Warner Bros. Pictures is very famous for its film named ________.

　　A．Harry Potter

　　B．Pirates of the Caribbean

　　C．The Incredible Hulk

　　D．Tropic Thunder

　　解析：细节理解题。结合文章内容及选项，利用排除法可知，该题选A。

　　答案：A

　　3．The underlined word"hits"(in Paragraph 5)refers to ________.

　　A．articles　　　　　　B．novels

　　C．movies D．struggles

　　解析：词义猜测题。根据下文中列出的一些电影，可以推出hits指"电影"。

　　答案：C

　　4．Which of the following movie production companies covers the least market share?

　　A．20th Century Fox.

B．Columbia Pictures.