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VI. Reading ComprehensionMONROEVILLE, Alabama—Each April and Mayduring “play season,” as locals call it, the hotels in this townof 6,300 routinely sell out on weekends. Lines form at therestaurants. The charter buses carrying ticketholders streamoff the highway.For nearly all of the 26 years it has been produced, theplay “To Kill a Mockingbird” has been a hit here in thehometown of the author, Harper Lee. Amateurs re-enact thenovel as a drama in front of and inside the courthouse whereMs. Lee’s father, the lawyer she shaped into Atticus Finch,once practiced.But this year, the 18 performances sold out faster thanever—4,000 tickets were gone in five days—a surge thatorganizers attribute to the excitement over the news that Ms.Lee, at 88, will publish a second novel this summer, “Go Seta Watchman,” said Sandy Smith of the Monroeville/MonroeCounty Chamber of Commerce.Christopher Sergel’s stage adaptation is faithful to Ms.Lee’s portrayal of merciless racism in 1930s Alabama, andthe townspeople over the years have performed it as far awayas Israel and China. But on the opening night for this season,they performed it as they long have at the Old MonroeCounty Courthouse, where the audience sat in benches orwatched from the back-standing room only—just as Ms. Leedescribes the courtroom in Chapter 16 of her novel. AtticusFinch sat with his arm around the accused, Tom Robbinson.In the balcony, a black woman sang a mournful plea let herpeople go. Jem, Scout’s brother, was brave and responsible.The audience members included a busload fromFlorence, Alabama, five hours north, and people from Texas,Indiana, Florida, Louisiana and, as often happens, someinternational visitors. Goran and Katarina Olsson Trampe ofMariestad, Sweden, were touring the South and decided tocome to the show after it has sold out; they were let in, theysaid, when they mentioned the distance they had traveled.But Ms. Lee, who lives in an assisted living home threekilometers from the courthouse, has never attended the play,according to organizers at the Monoe County HeritageMuseum. The museum has produced the show each year, butwill hand over production next year to a non-profit the authorfounded after a licensing dispute. (By Jennifer CrossleyHoward, the New York Times)
47. What is the possible topic of this citation?
(A) “Go Set a Watchman” Will be Published.
(B) The Monoe County Heritage Museum.
(C) The New International Tourist Spots at Monroeville,Alabama.
(D) “To Kill a Mockingbird” is Hit at Home.

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答案：D
難度：困難0.301887
統計：A(30),B(23),C(53),D(48),E(0)

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