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11．Charlton Heston was born in 1923 in Evanston，Illinois．Charlton Heston discovered his interest in acting while performing in plays at his high school．He later spent two years studying theater at Northwestern University in Evanston，Illinois．But he left college to join the Army Air Forces during World War Two．
After the war，he found small roles in the theater as well as in television shows．His performance in a television version of the book Jane Eyre caught the attention of the Hollywood producer Cecil B．DeMille who later asked Heston to play the role of Moses in his movie The Ten Commandments which came out in 1956．This role made Heston famous and defined （明確） his career as a hero and leader．His face and body represented strength and heroism in many different roles．He played cowboys，soldiers and athletes．
The 1959 movie Ben Hur made Charlton Heston an even bigger star．Ben Hur won eleven Academy Awards，including Best Actor for Charlton Heston．Heston starred in many adventure movies during the 1960s．In the 1970s，Heston appeared in popular disaster movies like Earthquake，．Skyjacked and Airport 1975．
Charlton Heston was also very active in the movie industry．He worked to help set up the American Film Institute．In 1977 he was honored for his service in the industry．He received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences．In 1997 he was awarded a Kennedy Center Honor．And，in 2003，President Bush gave Charlton Heston a Presidential Medal of Freedom，the nation's highest civilian honor．
In 2000，Charlton Heston issued a statement announcing that he had an Alzheimer's disease．He died in 2008 at his home in Beverly Hills，California．
56．What kind of role did Charlton Heston often play in films？A
A．Heroes．B．Cowboys．C．Soldiers．D．Athletes．
57．Which film won Best Actor for Charlton Heston？C
A．Jane Eyre．B．Earthquake．C．Ben Hur．D．The Ten Commandments．
58．What can we learn about Charlton Heston according to the passage？B
A．He began to show his talent in Ben Hut
B．He used to be a soldier．
C．He was once awarded by Kennedy
D．He won eleven Academy Awards．
59．What's the main idea of Paragraph 2？B
A．How Charlton Heston became famous．
B．How Charlton Heston began his career．
C．Who made Charlton Heston a popular star．
D．Who made Charlton Heston win so many awards．

Answer 1

分析 本文屬于記敘文閱讀，戰爭通過這篇文章向我們介紹了查爾頓•赫斯頓，他在高中時發現了自己對表演的興趣，用兩年的時間在埃文斯頓的西北大學學習戲劇，大學畢業之后加入空軍，在戰爭結束之后他在劇場中扮演一些小角色，他表現引起了好萊塢制片人西席•地密爾的注意，這個機遇使他的事業獲得了巨大的成功，在他一生的表演生涯中也獲得了很多獎項．

解答 56．A  推理判斷題，根據第二段This role made Heston famous and defined （明確） his career as a hero and leader．可知這個角色讓查爾頓•赫斯頓明確自己應該扮演英雄和領袖，由此推知他常常在電影中演英雄，故選A．
57．C  細節理解題，根據第三段Ben Hur won eleven Academy Awards，including Best Actor for Charlton Heston．可知是Ben Hur這部電影使查爾頓贏得了最佳男演員的獎，故選C．
58．B  細節理解題，根據第一段But he left college to join the Army Air Forces during World War Two．可知他在二戰期間大學畢業后曾經加入軍隊，當過空軍，故選B．
59．B  推理判斷題，根據第二段After the war，he found small roles in the theater as well as in television shows．及下文可知查爾頓在戰爭結束之后發現了電視節目以及劇場中的一些小角色，由此可知本段主要介紹了他是如何開始他的職業生涯的，故選B．

點評 考查學生的細節理解和推理判斷能力．做細節理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進行比較，再做出正確選擇．在做推理判斷題時不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實，要根據文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．