Hollywood suggests glamour, a place where the young star-truck teenagers could, with a bit of luck, fulfill their dreams. (63) Hollywood suggests luxurions houses with vast palm-fringed swimming pools, cocktail bars and furnishings fit for a millionaire. And the big movie stars were millionaires. Many spent their fortunes on yachts, Rolls Royces and diamonds.(64) A few of them lost their glamour quite suddenly and were left with nothing but emptiness and colossal debts.
Movies were first made in Hollywood before World War Ⅰ.(65) The constant sunshine and mild climate of southern California made it an ideal site for shooting motion pictures. (66) Hollywood's fame and fortune reached its peak in the 1930s and 1940s, the golden days of the black and white movies. Most of the famous motion pictures corporations of those days, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Columbia and Warner Brothers are still very much in business and great stars like Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Charlie Chaplin, Gary Cooper, and many others besides, have become immortal.
(67) In those days Hollywood was like a magnet, drawing ambitious young men and women from all over the world. Most of them had only their good looks to recommend them and had no acting experience-or ability--whatsoever. Occasionally they got jobs, if they were lucky enough to be noticed.
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【正确答案】:63.好莱坞使人联想到百万富翁的豪宅,那里有棕榈树环绕的巨大游泳池、鸡尾酒吧及各种陈设。
64.他们之中有些人突然间尽失奢华,落得空虚失意,债台高筑。
65.加州南部一年四季阳光明媚、气候温和,是拍摄电影的理想之地。
66.好莱坞的名气与财富在20世纪三四十年代达到了顶峰,那时正是黑白电影的黄金时代。
67.那时的好莱坞就像一块磁铁,吸引着世界各地怀有远大抱负的青年男女。
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