Question

Tracy Wong is a well?known Chinese?American writer.But her writing ____ was something she picked up by herself.After her first ____， teaching disabled children, she became a part?time writer for IBM.____， writing stories was simply a ____ interest.Tracy sent three of her stories to a publisher.____， they immediately suggested that she put them together to make a single one long ____ and paid Tracy a $50,000 advance.“A pretty money，” said the publisher, “for ____ writer.”

___ Tracy's characters are interesting, her stories sometimes ____ readers uneasy: those about the supernatural.“My mother believed I could ____ the afterlife world，”she told a close friend.“She used to have me speak with my grandmother, who died many years ago.”

“Can I? I don't think I can，” Tracy said with a laugh.“But I do have ____ when things come to me ____.” Once, she was wondering how to complete a ____ set in ancient China, ____ the doorbell rang.It was a FedEx delivery man, with a copy of a book on Chinese ____.It came without her having ____ it.

Though she has published 10 books, Tracy has remained ____ by her fame.She lives in the same ___ she lived 27 years ago—although in a more comfortable home.There's more room for ____ in her life—and it wasn't just ____.

1.A.skill B．experience

C．practice D．method

2.A.duty B．effort C．job D．task

3.A.Instead B．Normally C．Certainly D．Then

4.A.general B．deep C．personal D．lively

5.A.Interested B．Anxiously

C．Seriously D．Encouraged

6.A.film B．story C．program D．a(chǎn)rticle

7.A.a foreign B．a(chǎn) popular

C．a(chǎn)n unusual D．a(chǎn)n unknown

8.A.Now that B．Even though

C．Just because D．Except that

9.A.find B．turn C．leave D．hold

10.A.make up B．connect with

C．control D．explain

11.A.events B．chances

C．feelings D．moments

12.A.for no reason B．from a distance

C．by accident D．a(chǎn)s gifts

13.A.description B．pointingC．scene D．talk

14.A.surprisingly B．suddenly

C．expectedly D．fortunately

15.A.cooking B．history

C．play D．medicine

16.A.known B．sent C．realized D．ordered

17.A.unchanged B．excited

C．determined D．unmoved

18.A.life B．city C．house D．way

19.A.success B．work C．joy D．variety

20.A.writing B．reporting C．luck D．fun

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.B

4.A

5.D

6.C

7.D

8.B

9.C

10.A

11.D

12.B

13.C

14.D

15.C

16.A

17.C

18.A

19.B

20.D

【解析】

1.答案　A　[Tracy Wong是一位著名的美籍華人作家。其寫作技能(skill)是自學的。后文大部分談到了她的技能與技巧。skill技能，技巧；experience經(jīng)驗， 體驗， 經(jīng)歷， 閱歷；practice實踐，實習；method方法。]

2.2】答案　C　[從后文作同位語的teaching disabled children和對立項a part?time writer for IBM，這里指的不是義務(duty)，努力(effort)，任務(task)，而是工作、職業(yè)(job)。]

3.3】答案　D　[ 指Tracy Wong所處的時期(then)。instead代替，表示對立意義；normally正常地， 通常地；certainly的確，表示對情況或事情的肯定。]

4.4】答案　C　[當時，寫作是個人的興趣愛好。后句sent three of her stories to a publisher 有所暗示。general普通的，一般的；deep深奧的， 難懂的；personal私人的， 個人的；lively活潑的， 活躍的。]

5.5】答案　A　[出版商對她的作品感興趣(interested)，隨即向她提出建議。interested(＝As they were interested)；encouraged的邏輯主語應是Tracy，而不是出版商；anxiously(憂慮地， 不安地)和seriously(認真地， 真誠地)通常不作句子性副詞用，故不能出現(xiàn)在這個位置上。]

6.6】答案　B　[出版商建議她把三個故事合起來成為一篇長故事(story)。film，program和article沒有存在的前提。]

7.7】答案　D　[對于Tracy這樣一個尚不受大眾歡迎的(popular)，普通的(unusual)，外國的(foreign)，沒有名氣的(unknown)小作家，這是不小的一筆錢。]

8.8】答案　B　[雖然她的故事人物令人感興趣，但……注意前后句之間的轉(zhuǎn)折關系。now that既然，表示原因關系；even though即使，即便，表示轉(zhuǎn)折關系；just because就是因為，表示因果關系；except that 除了……之外，只可惜，表示排除意義。]

9.9】答案　C　[她的那些關于超自然故事有時讓/使(leave)讀者感到不自在，心神不安。find發(fā)現(xiàn)，找到；turn轉(zhuǎn)動，變成；leave使某人處于某種狀態(tài)，置某人于某種狀態(tài)；hold把握，保持。]

10.0】答案　B　[作者的母親認為作者能夠溝通來世陰間。后句“She used to have me speak with my grandmother, who died many years ago.”有所暗示。make up彌補， 虛構， 縫制， 整理；connect with連接， 聯(lián) 絡；control控制；explain 解釋，說明。]

11.1】答案　D　[但是作者也確實有這樣的感覺(feelings)，機會(chances)，事件(events)，或時刻(moments)。因為緊接在后面的when引導的表示時間的定語從句，修飾前面的moments，故選D。]

12.2】答案　A　[有時某些事情無緣無故(for no reason)地，而非碰巧(by accident)，從遠處(from a distance)，作為禮物式(as gifts)地發(fā)生在作者身上。后文中的“Once, she was wondering how to...”有所暗示。]

13.3】答案　C　[作者一直在納悶如何完成一個以古代中國為背景的布景場景(scene)的故事，而非描寫(description)，指示(pointing)或談話(talk)。]

14.4】答案　B　[突然(suddenly)，門鈴響了。surprisingly令人驚訝地；suddenly突然地，表示突發(fā)性行為；expectedly不出預料地；fortunately幸運地。]

15.5】答案　B　[郵遞員手里拿著有關中國歷史(history)方面的書。前面ancient China有所提示。]

16.6】答案　D　[書來得很是蹊蹺，作者先前知道(know)、意識到會(realize)有這樣的書，但沒有送(send)出去過，更沒有預定過(order)。按常識道理，沒有預定，郵遞員不會送東西到家來，更何況是自己想弄的東西。]

17.7】答案　A　[雖然作者已經(jīng)出版了45本書，可仍然沒有由于名譽而有絲毫改變(unchanged)。由后文although in a more comfortable home 說明unmoved不妥。excited和determined與文意不符。]

18.8】答案　D　[作者也許在原先的城市(city)，原先的房子(house)居住，但不能是原先的生活(life)，而是以與27年前同樣的生活方式(way)生活著。]

19.9】答案　D　[作者不僅僅只是單一的寫作，作者的生活中有了更多的機會或空間來享受生活的多樣化(variety)。]

20.20】答案　A　[注意與文章前面her writing skill，a part?time writer for IBM，writing stories was simply a personal interest的相一致。reporting，luck和fun與文意不符。]