nominees.In all major categories, each member votes for up to five nominees (ten for Best Picture)．From among these nominees, all academy members select the winners by secret voting.

　　Since the earliest years, interest in the Academy Awards has run high.The awards ceremony was first broadcast on radio in 1930 - and has had broadcast coverage ever since - and televised for the first time in 1953.It is now seen live in more than 200 countries and can be streamed live online.

　　How the Oscar received its nickname is not clear.A popular, but unsupported story goes that the name caught on after the Academy's Executive Director Margaret Herrick said that the statuette resembled her Uncle Oscar.Thus, the journalists and Academy staff started to refer to it by this name.Officially, the name Oscar has been used since 1939.

　　语篇解读：本文是说明文。文章简单介绍了有关世界著名电影奖项--奥斯卡金像奖的一些情况。

　　29．What does "Oscar fever" indicate?

　　A．A medical condition where one feels sick.

　　B．People's seeking Oscars blindly.

　　C．A rare phenomenon in film industries.

　　D．People's great interest in Oscars.

　　解析：选D　推理判断题。根据第一段中的"hits the entertainment community and film fans around the world ... when hundreds of millions of cinema lovers glue themselves to their television sets to learn who will receive the golden statuettes (小雕像)"可知，"Oscar fever"表明了人们对该奖项极感兴趣。

　　30．What is the main idea of Paragraph 3?

　　A．How award winners are singled out.

　　B．What is required of award winners.

　　C．Who maintains the voting membership.

　　D．What the academy members do.

　　解析：选A　段落大意题。根据该段中的"academy membership is divided into different branches.For most categories ... From among these nominees, all academy members select the winners by secret voting"可知，本段主要讲述了奥斯卡金像奖是怎么评选的，故选A项。single out"挑选出"。

　　31．What can we learn about the awards presentation?

　　A．It is on annually in February.

　　B．The second one was first televised.

C．The first one escaped a media audience.