Cloze-tests collection 1

CLOZE-TEST_ ENTERTAINMENT 1
Originally, all films were made _______ in movies theaters. The development of television has allowed films to be broadcast to larger______, usually after the films are no longer shown in theaters. Recording technology has also enabled consumers ______ copies of films on video tapes or DVDs, and Internet downloads may be available and have started to become good sources for the film companies. Some films are now made especially for TV movies or direct-to-video. These films are often considered not to be _______ as films that are shown in theaters. The movie theater pays an average of about 55% of its ticket sales to the movie studio, as film rental fees. According to a study ______ in 2000, about 26% of Hollywood movie studios’ worldwide income came from box office ticket sales; 46% came from DVD sales to consumers; and 28% came from television broadcast.
A. to show B. showing C. to be shown D. shown
A. spectators B. audiences C. population D. citizens
A. to rent and buy B. rent and buy C. to rent or buy D. rent or buy
A. more interesting B. as interested C. more interested D. as interesting
A. made B. making C. make D. was made
CLOZE-TEST_ ENTERTAINMENT 2
Where did you go yesterday? Did you hear music in any of those places? There’s a good chance that you did. Today, most stores and restaurants play music. You may even enjoy music at an office or on a farm. Scientists believe that music ______ (1) the way people behave.
According to scientists, the sound of Western ______ (2) music: Mozart and Bach make people feel richer. When the restaurants play classical music, people spend more money on food and drinks. When the restaurants play modern music, people spend______ (3) money. With no background music, people spend even less.
Scientists also believe that loud, fast music makes people eat faster. People actually______(4) their foods faster when the music gets faster. Some restaurants play fast music during their busy hours. This gets people to eat faster and leave quickly. Restaurants can make more money this way.
Some scientists think that music make you think and learn fast. They say that music help students to be more alleged. It’s true that people learn better when they are more_________(5). The next time you hear music somewhere, be careful. It may change the way you behave.
A. affects B. spreads C. result D. causes
A. jazz B. classical C. folk D. rock
A. much B. more C. less D. litttle
A. chew B. taste C. throw D. feel
A. relaxing B. relaxation C. relaxed D. relaxes
CLOZE-TEST_ SPORTS
Olympic Games, international sports competition, held every four years ________ (1) a different site, in which athletes from different nations compete against each other in a variety of sports. There are two types of Olympics, the Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics. Through 1992 they were held in the same year, but beginning in 1994 they were ________ (2) so that they are held in alternate even-numbered years. For example, the Winter Olympics were held in 1994 and the Summer Olympics in 1996. The Winter Olympics were held in 1998, and the Summer Olympics will next occur in 2000.
The Olympic Games began in Athens, Greece, in 1896. The program for the 1896 Games, ________ (3) only summer events (the Winter Olympics were not established until 1924), included about 300 athletes from fewer than 15 countries competing in 43 events in nine different sports. In contrast, the program 100 years later for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, included more than 10,000 athletes from more than 190 countries competing in 271 events in 29 different sports.
The Olympic Games are ________ (4) by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland. The ICO was created in Paris in 1984. ICO members are officially considered to be representatives from the ICO to their own nations, not delegates from their own countries to the IOC. The first IOC members were all from Europe or the Americans, with the exception of one from New Zealand. The committee elected its first Asian member in 1908 and its first African member in 1910. Currently, members from European and North American countries still account ________ (5) much of the IOC membership. IOC members must retire at the end of the year in which they reach the age of 80, unless they were elected before 1966,