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.
小題1:In which year did the author first live in a place with an air conditioner?
A.1952B.1962C.1972D.1982
小題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
小題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.
小題4:Why did the author and his/her brother see the same movies several times?
A.The two movies were really wonderful.
B.They wanted to avoid the heat outside.
C.The manager of the theater was friendly.
D.They liked the popcorn and the soda at the theater.
小題5: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.

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:B
小題4:B
小題5:D

【文章大意】這是一篇記敘文。本文講述了作者小時(shí)候?yàn)榱吮苁詈偷艿艿诫娪霸喝ヒ槐橐槐榭措娪埃灾劣诙嗄陼r(shí)候還記得電影里面的歌曲和對(duì)白,表達(dá)了自己對(duì)以往那段在電影院里度過的時(shí)光的懷念之情。
小題1:C考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。由第二段第三句“This was 1962,I wuold not live in a place with air conditioner for another ten years”可知,作者在10年后住進(jìn)了有空調(diào)的房子。故選C。
考查類別統(tǒng)一為:考查細(xì)節(jié)理解?疾椴聹y(cè)詞義?疾榕袛嗤评怼?疾橹髦家x;考查文章標(biāo)題;
小題2:D考查指代判斷。由第三段第三句和第四句“Then,we sat and watched The Music Man followed by The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. We have already seen the second movie once more.”可知,it指的是這兩部電影中的第二部電影即The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance。故選D。
小題3:B考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。由第三段最后一句“…because Mr. Bellow loved anything with John Wayne in it.”可知,Mr. Bellow很喜歡John Wayne。故選B。
小題4:B考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。由第二段第一句可知,在這炎熱的夏天電影院是你可以一坐一整天的為數(shù)不多的地方,最重要的是這里有空調(diào),所以作者和弟弟到電影院區(qū)的目的是為了避暑。故選B。
小題5:D考查判斷推理。最后一段中作者說時(shí)至今日他仍然會(huì)唱The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance里的歌,會(huì)背誦里面的對(duì)白,很少會(huì)記起1962年的熱浪但是會(huì)時(shí)常記起這部電影,說明作者很懷念那段在電影院度過的時(shí)光。故選D。
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A.itB.themC.itsD.it’s
小題3:
A.a(chǎn)ndB.howeverC.but alsoD.a(chǎn)lthough
小題4:
A.whatB.howC.whyD.however
小題5:
A.a(chǎn)nswerB.makeC.solveD.solving
小題6:
A.becauseB.soC.butD.though
小題7:
A.someB.everyC.a(chǎn)llD.a(chǎn)ny
小題8:
A.thatB.whatC.whichD./
小題9:
A.successfulB.succeedC.successD.succeeded
小題10:
A.tieB.tiedC.to tieD.tying
小題11:
A.a(chǎn)cceptedB.receivedC.refusedD.a(chǎn)greed
小題12:
A.putB.setC.leaveD.making
小題13:
A.being heardB.hearingC.heardD.hear
小題14:
A.came outB.madeC.gaveD.published
小題15:
A.latelyB.beforeC.laterD.late
小題16:
A.to makeB.madeC.to be madeD.make
小題17:
A.to be based onB.based onC.basing onD.a(chǎn)re based on
小題18:
A.becauseB.a(chǎn)ccordingC.beforeD.a(chǎn)fter
小題19:
A.InB.OnC.BetweenD.Among
小題20:
A.lovedB.soldC.popularD.bought

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