lywood made 80 of the worlds films. Silent and black-and-white films of those early years starring Mary Pickford and Charlie Chaplin were forced out by sound films in the middle of the 1920s. Full-length films came up to take place of short films. And the first colour film "Gone With the Wind" was shot in 1939. This film brought a great success to Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable who starred in the film. The number of the studios grew very quickly. They combined in large corporations and now the biggest film companies are MGM, Paramount, 20th Century Fox, Columbia Pictures, Warner Bros, and Universal.
The first genres of American films were melodrama, western and comedy, later appeared adventure and historical films. But now the range of genres is much richer. Hollywood got the name of the factory of dreams. It is associated with wealth and paradise of sun and palm trees. But it is only a façade for a darker truth.
Writing
TEST 1
MODAL VERBS.
Заполните пропуски в предложениях подходящими по смыслу модальными глаголами. Переведите предложения:
1. I . . . speak and write English. (must, can, could)
2. Helen could play tennis very well at the age of 10. (must, could, can)
3. Alex missed his training practice for the first time. - He . . . be ill. (may, can, might)
4. Athletes . . . attend their training sessions regularly to be in good physical condition. (must, can, may)
5. When the captain was injured Mike . . . . to lead the team. (have, must, had )
6. Cricket players. . . . to wear white shirts, trousers and boots. (should, have, are)
COMPARATIVE DEG
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