问答题
Where did the movies begin? It is often said that they are an American
invention, and this is not entirely tree. The motion picture has been the most 【M1】 ______
international of the arts. Before the dawn of 20th century, inventors in 【M2】 ______
France, England, and the United States were among the dozens of men who
are trying to develop ways of using photographs to create the effect of motion.【M3】 ______
Soon after 1889, when the famous American inventor Thomas Edison
at first showed motion pictures through a device called the Kinetoscope, 【M4】 ______
other device for the same purpose appeared all over the world. Edison 【M5】 ______
had solved certain problems, make it possible for other 【M6】 ______
inventors move ahead with their own devices. Another important contribution 【M7】 ______
by Edison was the introduction of 35 mm for the international standard film 【M8】 ______
width, Before it became possible to use any 35 machine for showing movies 【M9】 ______
from any part of the world, the international trading of films could begin.
Fewer than 10 years after the birth of the movies, American pictures 【M10】 ______
were being shown on the same program with short films from England,
France, Germany, Italy, and Denmark, and in as many countries.
【M1】
A.【M3】
B.
Fewer
C.
【M1】