Merry Christmas! A Disney remake of Home Alone is on its way. In a conference call with investors, Disney CEO Bob Iger said the company would reshape the 1990s Christmas classic film for its long-awaited streaming service, Disney+, along with Night at the Museum, Cheaper by the Dozen and Diary of a Wimpy Kid.

In March, Disney acquired most 21st Century Fox assets（资产） after a $71 billion deal — including several film franchises.

Home Alone, which was released in 1990 and starred by Macaulay Culkin, has an audience rating of 80% on Rotten Tomatoes and a 7.5 rating on IMDB. Disney has provided no details about how or when the film will be remade, or who will be cast.

“We are also focused on using Fox’s vast library of great titles to further enrich the content mix on our platforms, for example, re-imagining Home Alone, Night at the Museum, Cheaper by the Dozen and Diary of a Wimpy Kid for a new generation on Disney+,” Iger told investors on Tuesday.

In April, Disney+ streaming service will launch in North America in November. The service will be the only home of Marvel, Star Wars, Disney Animation and Pixar and will cost $6.99 a month — about half the price of a standard Netflix subscription.

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1.What’s the Chinese meaning of the underlined word “franchises” in Paragraph Three?

A 制片.

B 发行.

C 上映.

D 版权.

解析：选D。词义猜测题。根据第二段In March, Disney acquired most 21st Century Fox assets（资产） following a $71 billion deal — including several film franchises. 三月份，迪士尼在签订了710亿美元（5000亿元人民币）的收购合同后获得了21世纪福克斯公司的大部分资产，其中包括好几部电影的版权。可知several film franchises是asset的一部分，排除A、B、C，故选D。

2.Which movie does not belong to 21st Century Fox according to passage?

A Night at the Museum.

B Cinderella.

C Cheaper by the Dozen.

D Diary of a Wimpy Kid.

解析：选B。细节理解题。由第四段可知，选项ACD都是文中所提及的，唯有选项B“Cinderella”（灰姑娘）未提及，故选B。

3.What can we infer from the passage?

A The Disney+ streaming service will launch in North America by the end of 2019.

B Only Home Alone is popular with the audience, and has a high rating.

C Disney acquired most 21st Century Fox assets.

D Netflix is more expensive than Disney+

解析：选D。推理判读题。根据最后一段最后一句可知，about half the price of a standard Netflix subscription迪斯尼+流媒体服务的价格大约是网飞标准价的一半，A和C是原文细节，不属于推断，选项B文中未提及，故选D。

4.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A Disney company will remake the 1990s Christmas classic film, Home Alone.

B We can know details about how or when the film will be remade, or who will be cast.

C Data on Rotten Tomatoes and IMDB showed that Home Alone is very popular.

D Marvel, Star Wars, Disney Animation and Pixar will be played through Disney+ streaming service.

解析：选B。细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句Disney has provided no details about how or when the film will be remade, or who will be cast.可知，迪斯尼公司并未提供关于翻拍的任何细节，故选B。

5.What is the main idea of this passage?

A An introduction of animation of Pixar.

B An introduction of animation of Disney.

C Disney is to remake Home Alone.

D Disney+ streaming service will be launched this.

解析：选C。主旨大意题。全文主要讲述了迪斯尼将重拍《小鬼当家》《博物馆奇妙夜》等21世纪福克斯公司的经典电影，故选C。