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　　【TheWesternhasbeenthefavoritetypeforAmericanadventurestorysincethenineteenthcentury.WhiletheAmericanWestwasbeingsettled,newspapersand"dimenovels"coulddependonstoriesofthefrontiersettlementsandtelltalesabo】

　　TheWesternhasbeenthefavoritetypeforAmericanadventurestorysincethenineteenthcentury.WhiletheAmericanWestwasbeingsettled,newspapersand"dimenovels"coulddependonstoriesofthefrontiersettlementsandtelltalesaboutlivingintheuntamedwildernesstosell.ThepublicbackEastwaseagertoreadabouttheWest,evenifthestoriesweremorefictionthanfact.

　　In1902,OwenWisterpublishedhisnovelTheVirginian,whichwasoneofthefirstnovelstotreattheWesternasaseriousliteraryform;thenovelstillsoldwellandhadinspiredseveralmoviesandatelevisionseries.In1905,BerthaH.BowerandZaneGreypublishedtheirfirstnovels,andthepopularWesternnovelshadcontinuedtoflourishfromthatdayon,withcurrentnovelsbyLukeShort,MaxBrand,andLouisL’Amourcarryingonthetradition.

　　ThefirstWesternmovieappearedevenearlierthantheseseriousWesternnovels.Beforetheturnofthecentury,anassociateofEdison’shadfilmedCrippleCreekBarroomScene,afewsecondsoffilmshowingtheinsideofasaloon,tohelppublicizetheinventionofthemoviecamera.In1903theEdison’companyfilmedthefirst"full-length"Western—TheGreatTrainRobbery.Thefilmlastslessthanfifteenminutes,butastoryistolditsentirety.Inthemovie,bandits(强盗)robatrainanditspassengers,killingtheengineer,andfindthemselvestrackeddownbyaposse.Audienceslovedthemovie.SometheaterswereactuallyopenedforthesinglepurposeofshowingTheGreatTrainRobberyandonlylaterrealizedthattheycoulddoequallywellshowingothermovies.Thefilmwassosuccessfulthatothercompanies,andfinallyeventheEdisoncompanyitself,beganproducingcopiesandotherversionsofTheGreatTrainRobbery.Ironically,in"anerawhentheWestwasstillveryreal—-Arizona,NewMexicoandOklahomawereallterritoriesratherthanstatesin1903—TheGreatTrainRobberywasfilmedinNewJersey.

　　9.Thepurposeofthispassageisto________.

　　A.discussthemakingofthemovieTheGreatTrainRobbery

　　B.discusstheearlyWesternnovels

　　C.discusstheartofmoviemaking

　　D.tracethedevelopmentoftheWesternasanAmericanadventurestorytradition

　　10.Wecanconcludefromthispassagethat________.

　　A.peop

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　　9. 推断题。从1902年出版的小说，1903年拍的一部电影，到1905年的第一批小说等，作者如此不吝惜笔墨，是为了追溯具有冒险故事传统的美国西部发展史。故D项是正确答案。

　　10. 推断题。第三段，通过TheGreatTrainRobbery影片的成功放映，人们才开始认识到在影剧院也可以同样放映一些其它影片,于是其它制片公司甚至于theEdison公司本身便开始生产其副本及TheGreatTrainRobbery的其它译本。通过以上信息，我们得出的结论应是D项所表达的内容，那一时期的电影并非相当普及。

　　11. 推断题。第一段最后一句的waseagertoreadabouttheWest(渴望看一些有关西部的书)，与题中werefascinatedbythewildWest(对荒芜的西部着了迷)表达了同样的信息，故C项为正确答案。

　　12. 词义题。根据上下文关系以及关键词语novels和form可推知literary的词义。因为“小说”与“形式”应属于“文学”范围。

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