11．Just like every year，answered CBS News，the top moneymaker at theaters was actually popcorn，the most marketable star at the movies．According to the Popcorn Board，an organization funded by US popcorn companies，every year each American eats about 51quarts （48liters） of popcorn，most of it at the movies．
Tory Hoen，writing in New York magazine，describes how closely popcorn is linked with going to the movies in the US："As soon as you walk through the theater doors，an irrepressible （抑制不住的） craving （渴望） for popcorn follows．Since childhood，we've been used to having handful upon handful of popcorn from the moment the theater lights go down until the end of the movie．It's all part of the experience，"he writes．
Popcorn has been one of US'most beloved snacks for years．While theater-goers have other choices，such as candy，popcorn still mostly dominates （控制） cinema snack bar sales．Why？
Popcorn was actually one item that kept movie theaters alive during the US Great Depression of the 1930s，according to Andrew Smith，author of the book Popped Culture：A Social History of Popcorn in America．Cinema managers found that if they lowered their admission fees，they could make more money from snacks，with popcorn the top choice of customers．
Popcorn's role was then boosted during World War II．With candy short in supply，popcorn became the primary snack of movie-goers．There was even a slogan："Popcorn is a fighting food!"As The Credits，an online movie magazine，points out，the snack took on"a patriotic （愛國的） quality"and became linked"not only with the movies，but with the American spirit"．
Today，according to Hoen，it's hard to imagine sitting through a film without hearing the crunching of popcorn．He believes that popcorn has helped make the American movie-going experience"much more ingrained （根深蒂固的） and inspired"．
61．How did the writer show that popcorn is the most marketable star at the movies？C
A．By making comparisons
B．By giving examples．
C．By using statistics （數(shù)據(jù)）．
D．By quoting （引用） Tory Hoen．
62．According to the text，during the US Great Depression of the 1930s，B．
A．people didn't have to pay to see movies
B．popcorn actually saved movie theaters from closing
C．candy was more popular than popcorn at movie theaters
D．because of popcorn's popularity，movie theaters didn't suffer at all
63．The underlined word"boosted"in Paragraph 7is closest in meaning toD．
A．made less important B．taken into consideration
C．a(chǎn)ccepted D．increased
64．According to Tory Hoen，we can get an idea thatD．
A．popcorn is closely linked to only children when they are watching movies
B．popcorns could make the movies much more interesting in the 1930s
C．popcorn can more or less show the American spirit of loving their country
D．popcorn seems to be a necessary part of American's movie-going experience
65．The main point of the article is toA．
A．explain why popcorn has long played a starring role among US movie snacks
B．a(chǎn)rgue that it is fun to enjoy popcorn while watching movies
C．tell the story of the ups and downs of popcorn's role in the US over the years
D．a(chǎn)nalyze （分析） Hoen's experiences eating popcorns in movie theaters．
分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀，作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了為什么爆米花已經(jīng)長起了主演的角色在美國電影小吃，分析了它的歷史和原因．
解答 61．C．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第一段every year each American eats about 51quarts （48liters） of popcorn，most of it at the movies可知作者通過數(shù)據(jù)統(tǒng)計證明爆米花是電影中最暢銷的明星；故選C．
62．B．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第四段Popcorn was actually one item that kept movie theaters alive during the US Great Depression of the 1930s可知爆米花實際上拯救了電影院關(guān)閉在20世紀30年代的美國大蕭條時期；故選B．
63．D．詞義猜測題．根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段Popcorn's role was then boosted during World War II．With candy short in supply，popcorn became the primary snack of movie-goers可知爆米花的作用提升了在第二次世界大戰(zhàn)期間，可知意為提升；故選D．
64．D．推理判斷題．根據(jù)第二段we've been used to having handful upon handful of popcorn from the moment the theater lights go down until the end of the movie．It's all part of the experience可知爆米花似乎是美國電影的經(jīng)歷的一個必要組成部分；故選D．
65．A．主旨大意題．通讀全文，可知文章主要講了為什么爆米花已經(jīng)長起了主演的角色在美國電影小吃；故選A．
點評 考察學生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力，做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進行比較，再做出正確的選擇．在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實，要根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．
