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.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.

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.

Answer 1

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.B

5.D

【解析】

試題分析：作者敘述了在1962年的夏天，我和弟弟躲到電影院里以避開外面的高溫。我們連續(xù)看了多次那兩部電影，直到現(xiàn)在還記得里面的臺詞。這是我們那個夏天留下的美好的回憶。

1.1】C推理題。根據(jù)文章第一段2,3行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(diào)的房子里。可知我是在1972年住進了有空調(diào)的房子。故C正確。

2.2】D推理題。根據(jù)文章最后一段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! 習慣依舊，這一天我可以在The Music Man唱一半的歌曲，背誦在The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance中約翰韋恩和吉米斯圖爾特對話的一半，可知John Wayne and Jimmy Stewart是電影The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance中的演員。所以Mr. Bellow loved anything with John Wayne in it.這里的it就是指The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance這部電影。故D正確。

3.3】B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B正確。

4.4】B推理題。根據(jù)文章第一段4，行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.可知弟弟和我計劃去看電影正是為了避開熱浪。所以我們才會去一次次看自己看過的電影。故B正確。

5.5】D推理題。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D正確。

【考點】考查社會生活類閱讀。