ItwasoneofthoseterriblyhotdaysinBaltimore.Needlesstosayitwastoohottodoanythingoutside.Butitwasalsoscorchinginourapartment.Thiswas1962andIwouldnotliveinaplacewithanairconditionerforanothertenyea
ItwasoneofthoseterriblyhotdaysinBaltimore.Needlesstosayitwastoohottodoanythingoutside.Butitwasalsoscorchinginourapartment.Thiswas1962andIwouldnotliveinaplacewithanairconditionerforanothertenyears.SomybrotherandIdecidedtoleavetheapartmenttofindsomeplaceindoors.Hesuggestedwecouldseeamovie.Itwasabrilliantplan.
Movietheaterswereoneofthefewplacesyoucouldsitalldayand—mostimportant—sitinairconditioning.Inthosedaysyoucouldbuyoneticketandsitthroughtwomovies.Thenthetheaterwouldshowthesametwomoviesagain.Ifyouwantedtoyoucouldsitthroughthemtwice.Mostpeopledidnotdothatbutthemanageratourtheater.Mr.Bellowdidnotmindifyoudid.
ThatparticulardaymybrotherandIsatthroughbothmoviestwicetryingtoescapetheheat.Weboughtthreebagsofpopcornandthreesodaseach.ThenwesatandwatchedTheMusicManfollowedbyTheManWhoShotLibertyValance.We’dalreadyseenthesecondmovieoncebefore.IthadbeenatthetheatersinceJanuarybecauseMr.BellowlovedanythingwithJohnWayneinit.
Weleftthetheateraround8justbeforetheeveningshowsbegan.Butwereturnedthenextdayandsawthesametwomoviesagaintwicemore.Andwediditthenextdaytoo.Finallyonthefourthdaytheheatwavebroke.
StilltothisdayIcansinghalfthesongsinTheMusicManandrecitehalfofJohnWayneandJimmyStewart’sdialoguefromTheManWhoShotLibertyValance!ThosememoriesaresomeofthefewIhaveoftheheatwaveof1962.They’rereallymemoriesofthescreennotmemoriesofmylife.
1.Inwhichyeardidtheauthorfirstliveinaplacewithanairconditioner?
A.1952B.1962C.1972D.1982
2.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“It”inParagraph3referto?
A.TheheatB.Thetheater.
C.TheMusicManD.TheManWhoShotLibertyValance
3.WhatdoweknowaboutMr.Bellow?
A.Helovedchildrenverymuch.
B.HewasafanofJohnWayne.
C.Hesoldairconditioners.
D.Hewasamoviestar.
4.Whydidtheauthorandhis/herbrotherseethesamemoviesseveraltimes?
A.Thetwomovieswerereallywonderful.
B.Theywantedtoavoidtheheatoutside.
C.Themanagerofthetheaterwasfri