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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 （明确） 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 本文属于记叙文阅读，战争通过这篇文章向我们介绍了查尔顿•赫斯顿，他在高中时发现了自己对表演的兴趣，用两年的时间在埃文斯顿的西北大学学习戏剧，大学毕业之后加入空军，在战争结束之后他在剧场中扮演一些小角色，他表现引起了好莱坞制片人西席•地密尔的注意，这个机遇使他的事业获得了巨大的成功，在他一生的表演生涯中也获得了很多奖项．

解答 56．A  推理判断题，根据第二段This role made Heston famous and defined （明确） his career as a hero and leader．可知这个角色让查尔顿•赫斯顿明确自己应该扮演英雄和领袖，由此推知他常常在电影中演英雄，故选A．
57．C  细节理解题，根据第三段Ben Hur won eleven Academy Awards，including Best Actor for Charlton Heston．可知是Ben Hur这部电影使查尔顿赢得了最佳男演员的奖，故选C．
58．B  细节理解题，根据第一段But he left college to join the Army Air Forces during World War Two．可知他在二战期间大学毕业后曾经加入军队，当过空军，故选B．
59．B  推理判断题，根据第二段After the war，he found small roles in the theater as well as in television shows．及下文可知查尔顿在战争结束之后发现了电视节目以及剧场中的一些小角色，由此可知本段主要介绍了他是如何开始他的职业生涯的，故选B．

点评 考查学生的细节理解和推理判断能力．做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句，和题干进行比较，再做出正确选择．在做推理判断题时不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实，要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断．