ManyexpertssaythatBillyWilderchangedthehistoryofAmericanmovies．HeisoftencalledthebestmoviemakerHollywoodhaseverhad．Hewasknownformakingmoviesthatofferedsharpsocialcomment．Wilderwasoneofthefirstdirect

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ManyexpertssaythatBillyWilderchangedthehistoryofAmericanmovies．HeisoftencalledthebestmoviemakerHollywoodhaseverhad．

Hewasknownformakingmoviesthatofferedsharpsocialcomment．Wilderwasoneofthefirstdirectorstodothis．Betweenthemiddlel930sandthel980s，BillyWildermadealmostfiftymovies．Duringthattimehereceivedmorethantwentynominations(提名)fromtheAcademyofMotionPictureArtsandSciences．HewonsixoftheOscarawards．Hismovieshavebeenseenbypeoplearoundtheworld．

Inl944，BillyWildermadethefilmDoubleIndemnity．SomecriticssaidthismovieestablishedhimasoneofthegreatestHollywooddirectors．WilderdirectedTheLostWeekendin1945．RayMillandplaysthepartofanalcoholicwriterinthemovie．Itshowsthatalcoholruleshislife，yethedoesnotadmitit．Hehidesalcoholinhishomeandsaysheisnotdrinking．

Inl950，WildermadeSunsetBoulevard．Thismovietoldofanagingactressinsilentmovies．Heplanstoreturntomoviesthoughfacingmanyproblems．Inl954，BillyWilderbecameanindependentproducer．Thenextyear，Wilder’sfirstmovieasanindependentfilmmakerwasahugesuccess．ItwasTheSevenYearItch．Inthismovie，amarriedmailmanwantstocheatonhiswifewithsomeofhisfriends．Inl959，Wildermadeafunnymoviethatwasverypopular．ItwasSomeLikeItHot．Ittellsabouttwojazzmusiciansbeingchasedbycriminals．Theydecidetowearwomen’sclothesandjoinabandinwhichallthemusicianswerewomen．

WilderdiedinMarch，2002．Hewasninety—five．AcurrentHollywoodproducersaid“Billy

Wildermademoviesthatpeoplewillneverforget．”

21．Thetextismainlyabout .

A．thebackgroundofAmericanmovies B．thedevelopmentofAmericanmovies

C．Wilder’sattitudetoAmericanmovies D．Wilder’sachievementsinAmericanmovies

22．WhatwasWilderfamousforaccordingtoParagraph2?

A．Hisuniquestyleofmakingmovies． B．Sharpremarksonsocietyinhismovies．

C．Morethantwentyawardshereceived． D．Almostfiftymoviesheproducedhimself．

23．WhichofthefollowingmadeWilderamongthegreatestHollywooddirectors?

A．DoubleIndemnity． B．SunsetBoulevard．