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TIME edited a list of the top 10 movies in the USA in 2016. As it’s too extensive a list to go through, introduce four of them as follows. You may add a movie you like to your plan.

●TOWER (documentary)

Nearly fifty years ago, a gunman rode the elevator to the twenty-seventh floor of the University of Texas Tower and opened fire, killing 16 people. Combining footage with animation (cartoon), TOWER reveals the action-packed untold stories of the witnesses, heroes and survivors of America’s initial mass school shooting. The worst in one man brought out the best in so many others.

Director: Keith Maitland. Release Time: March 13, 2016. Duration: 96m.

●MOONLIGHT (drama)

A timeless story of human connection and self-discovery, Moonlight, records the life of a young black man from childhood to adulthood. He struggled to find his place in the world while he was growing up in a tough neighborhood of Miami.

Director: Barry Jenkins. Release Time: November 18, 2016. Duration: 111m.

●EVERYONE WANTS SOME (comedy)

In the summer of 1980, Jake, a freshman, moved into an old college house with his new rowdy teammates. Together they must navigate their way between girls, parties and baseball all in the last weekend before school began. The movie proves that good times never get old.

Director: Richard Linklater. Release Time: April 7, 2016. Duration: 117m.

●THE SHALLOWS (drama)

A young woman was grieving over the loss of her mother and surfing in an isolated area when she got stranded on a buoy and a gigantic great white shark came between her and shore. The short journey to safety became the ultimate contest of wills.

Director: Jaume Collet-Serra. Release Time: June 24, 2016. Duration: 86m.

24. In which movie you can see different life periods of the leading role(s)?

A. TOWER. B. MOONLIGHT. C. EVERYONE WANTS SOME. D. THE SHALLOWS.

25. What kind of readers will most probably choose to watch EVERYONE WANTS SOME?

A. Those who want to learn communication skills.

B. Those who are trying to be baseball players.

C. Those who are interested in America’s college life in the1980s.

D. Those who like romantic movies.

26. What can we learn about the four movies?

A. MOONLIGHT focuses on a relationship between a black man and his girlfriend.

B. EVERYONE WANTS SOME centers on a year’s college life of several freshmen.

C. THE SHALLOWS mainly shows a young woman fighting against the sea.