Question

It was one of those terribly hot days in Baltimore. Needless to say, it was too hot to do anything outside. But it was also scorching in our apartment. This was 1962, and I would not live in a place with an air conditioner for another ten years. So my brother and I decided to leave the apartment to find someplace indoors. He suggested we could see a movie. It was a brilliant plan.

Movie theaters were one of the few places you could sit all day and—most important —sit in air conditioning. In those days, you could buy one ticket and sit through two movies. Then, the theater would show the same two movies again. If you wanted to, you could sit through them twice. Most people did not do that, but the manager at our theater. Mr. Bellow did not mind if you did.

That particular day, my brother and I sat through both movies twice, trying to escape the heat. We bought three bags of popcorn and three sodas each. Then, we sat and watched The Music Man followed by The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. We’d already seen the second movie once before. It had been at the theater since January, because Mr. Bellow loved anything with John Wayne in it.

We left the theater around 8, just before the evening shows began. But we returned the next day and saw the same two movies again, twice more. And we did it the next day too. Finally, on the fourth day, the heat wave broke.

Still, to this day I can sing half the songs in The Music Man and recite half of John Wayne and Jimmy Stewart’s dialogue from The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance! Those memories are some of the few I have of the heat wave of 1962. They’re really memories of the screen, not memories of my life.

1.In which year did the author first live in a place with an air conditioner?

A. 1952 B. 1962

C. 1972 D. 1982

2.What does the underlined word “It” in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A. The heat

B. The theater.

C. The Music Man

D. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

3.What do we know about Mr. Bellow?

A. He loved children very much.

B. He was a fan of John Wayne.

C. He sold air conditioners.

D. He was a movie star.

4.What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A. The author turned out to be a great singer.

B. The author enjoyed the heat wave of 1962.

C. The author’s life has been changed by the two movies.

D. The author considers the experience at the theater unforgettable.

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：這篇文章講述了作者小時候為了避暑和弟弟到電影院去一遍一遍看電影，以至于多年時候還記得電影里面的歌曲和對白，表達了自己對以往那段在電影院里度過的時光的懷念之情。

1.推理題：根據(jù)This was 1962, and I would not live in a place with an air conditioner for another ten years.可知在1962年的時候，我們說十年以后我們才居住在一個有看空調的房子里�？芍�我是在1972年住進了有空調的房子。 故選C。

2.】猜詞題：根據(jù)Then, we sat and watched The Music Man followed by The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. We’d already seen the second movie once before. It had been at the theater since January,可知第二部電影是The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.我們一月份已經(jīng)看過，故選D。

3.推理題：根據(jù)文章第三段最后一句It had been at the theater since January, because Mr. Bellow loved anything with John Wayne in it.可知正是因為這部電影里有John Wayne，所以這部電影才被放映了很長時間，說明Mr. Bellow很喜歡John Wayne的表演。故選B。

4.主旨題，根據(jù)文章最后一段前3行Still, to this day I can sing half the songs in The Music Man and recite half of John Wayne and Jimmy Stewart’s dialogue from The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance! Those memories are some of the few I have of the heat wave of 1962. 可知他們清楚地記得這兩部電影的內(nèi)容，這兩部電影是1962年給他們留下的很好的回憶。也就是說作者很難忘記這次經(jīng)歷。故選D。

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