课时作业（十一）The world online-【学易优】2024年高考英语一轮总复习课时分层突破（牛津译林版）

课时作业 课时作业（十一）The world online I.阅读理解 pated movie Mulan on its new streaming service, A Disney+.But watching Mulan from your own (2023·江苏省南京市、盐城市高三第二次模拟考 home will cost $29.99-on top of the service's 试英语适应卷) monthly fee of $6.99. Streaming(流媒体)first became popular in Too much streaming can have its disadvanta- 2005,thanks to YouTube.Nowadays nearly three ges,however.There are those who binge-watch,a quarters of American households subscribe to at term Merriam-Webster added in 2017 with the def- least one video streaming service.With almost 200 inition "to watch many or all episodes of (a TV million subscribers worldwide and a billion hours series)on end."Alejandro Fragoso from New of content viewed each week,Netflix is by far the York holds the Guinness World Record:94 biggest paid service.No.2 is Amazon Prime Vide- straight hours. o.But for every Goliath,there are a hundred l.What do the underlined words“Goliath”and Davids.Many smaller streaming services show "David"in Paragraph 1 refer to? nothing but sports,classic movies,or Japanese A.TV viewers. anime(动画片). B.TV programs. In the early days of streaming the appeal was C.Streaming subscribers. the lower cost,and it still is.The average streamer D.Streaming services. spends $37 a month (and subscribes to three 2.Why did most Netflix subscribers continue their streaming platform),while the average cable(有线； subscriptions? 电视)user pays more than$200 per month.Still A.They cannot go without it. streaming has become more expensive in recent B.They think the low cost is a thing of the past. years.In 2019,Netflix raised the price of its basic C.Netflix has controlled the market. service 12.5 percent,to $8.99 a month.A quarter D.They think it is good value for money. of its subscribers,who protested price increases, 3.What does the good news in Paragraph 3 mean said they would cancel their subscriptions. to Disney? Few did. A.The movie Mulan can be released on Disney+. A major reason:Streaming networks have B.The movie M