ItwasoneofthoseterriblyhotdaysinBaltimore.Needlesstosay,itwastoohottodoanythingoutside.Butitwasalsoscorchinginourapartment.Thiswas1962,andIwouldnotliveinaplacewithanairconditionerforanothertenyears.

　　ItwasoneofthoseterriblyhotdaysinBaltimore.Needlesstosay,itwastoohottodoanythingoutside.Butitwasalsoscorchinginourapartment.Thiswas1962,andIwouldnotliveinaplacewithanairconditionerforanothertenyears.SomybrotherandIdecidedtoleavetheapartmenttofindsomeplaceindoors.Hesuggestedwecouldseeamovie.Itwasabrilliantplan.

　　Movietheaterswereoneofthefewplacesyoucouldsitalldayand—mostimportant—sitinairconditioning.Inthosedays,youcouldbuyoneticketandsitthroughtwomovies.Then,thetheaterwouldshowthesametwomoviesagain.Ifyouwantedto,youcouldsitthroughthemtwice.Mostpeopledidnotdothat,butthemanageratourtheater.Mr.Bellowdidnotmindifyoudid.

　　Thatparticularday,mybrotherandIsatthroughbothmoviestwice,tryingtoescapetheheat.Weboughtthreebagsofpopcornandthreesodaseach.Then,wesatandwatchedTheMusicManfollowedbyTheManWhoShotLibertyValance.We’dalreadyseenthesecondmovieoncebefore.IthadbeenatthetheatersinceJanuary,becauseMr.BellowlovedanythingwithJohnWayneinit.

　　Weleftthetheateraround8,justbeforetheeveningshowsbegan.Butwereturnedthenextdayandsawthesametwomoviesagain,twicemore.Andwediditthenextdaytoo.Finally,onthefourthday,theheatwavebroke.

　　Still,tothisdayIcansinghalfthesongsinTheMusicManandrecitehalfofJohnWayneandJimmyStewart’sdialoguefromTheManWhoShotLibertyValance!ThosememoriesaresomeofthefewIhaveoftheheatwaveof1962.They’rereallymemoriesofthescreen,notmemoriesofmylife.

　　小题1:Inwhichyeardidtheauthorfirstliveinaplacewithanairconditioner?A．1952B．1962C．1972D．1982小题2:Whatdoestheunderlinedword”It”inParagraph3referto?A．TheheatB．Thetheater.C．TheMusicManD．TheManWhoShotLibertyValance小题3:WhatdoweknowaboutMr.Bellow? A．Helovedchildrenverymuch.B．HewasafanofJohnWayne.C．Hesoldairconditioners.D．Hewasamoviestar.小题4:Whydidtheau