单选题The author most likely mentions James Joyce’s childhood, family, and education to serve what purpose?A To suggest that he had to write in order to make a livingB To suggest that he became a writer because of his father’s influenceC To provide the backg
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单选题The author most likely mentions James Joyce’s childhood, family, and education to serve what purpose?A
To suggest that he had to write in order to make a livingB
To suggest that he became a writer because of his father’s influenceC
To provide the background and cultural context for his literary workD
To provide evidence that his literary genius was present when he was a childE
To explain his opposition to Catholicism and socialism in his later life
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第1题：
D
Many people to newspaper and magazines to express their opinions. Letters to the editor must carry the writer full name, address and telephone number, although the information is not necessary for publication. This requirement to provide personal particulars is a clear indication that writers are held responsible for what they say. When a writer wants his voice heard. He needs to claim ownership of his voice. Responsibility is the name of the game.
“People today prefer living together to putting their signatures on a marriage certificate because they refuse to accept responsibility for the relationship,” said social worker Ken Yip, “and this is what is causing a lot of family problems.” When we sign a paper, for example, a business contract or a bank document, the signature is symbol of consent, an agreement to take the matter seriously. Most governments and many organizations will not process writer’s complaints if they do not bear the writer’s signature. The absence of a signature, they explain, tells us that the writer cannot be too serious and therefore does not deserve a reply.
There are people who wish to remain anonymous（匿名的）for various reasons. Multi-billionaire Mr. King donates generously to charity several times a year. He gives simply because he wants to help but not for the publicity his donations may bring, and he does not want his good deeds to make news. In other cases, people insist on anonymity because they are afraid of the consequences of revealing their identity. Crime witnesses may be willing to assist the police, but most are unwilling to give their names when reporting a crime.
Name or no name? The answer is very personal and lies in how much we want to get involved. We all have a name, it is a matter if responsibility to it when we make a statement, a claim or an accusation. We all want to honour our own name, and it is only by stamping our expression of an opinion with our own name that we honour what we say.
68. What does the writer mean by saying “Responsibility is the name of the game”?
A. Writers need to provide their personal information in the game.
B. Publication must bear the writer’s full name, address and phone number.
C. Writers should be responsible for their names.
D. Names are required to indicate writers’ responsibility for what they say.
正确答案：D
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第2题：
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第二篇
Fear
Fear is something that always remains in our heart. We can never eliminate fear from our life. Fear of failing in exams which can make a negative impact in someone's career,and fear of speaking in public where majority of human think that people will make fun of them.Fear of not being liked, fear of storms and floods,fear of being alone and many others are all very common examples of fear.
Fear can also affect our physical beings like pounding of the heart,rapid pulse rate,tense muscles,dryness of the throat,churning in the stomach,confusion,fainting,and the inability to concentrate.These things are also very common.Fear is only hidden somewhere inside our bodies, pushing us to work hard and moving us forward to overcome our weaknesses.
Fear is the way to our success.I had a very bad experience of fear in my childhood days.My father told me that if I got bad grades another time in my school exams,then he would kick me out of his home and would never allow me to come back again.This sentence of my father stuck in my mind because one of my friends in school at that time recently became homeless.He belonged to a poor family,and his father had lost a big amount of money in a small business near his home.So, the problems he was facing from homelessness made me work hard in my exams;otherwise,I might have been kicked out of home by my father.
Fear sometimes can be motivating,and help us to do those things which we think and believe that we can never do.One of the most common fear inducing activities,for example,is swimming. This is primarily caused by most of us not having a background in swimming and only taking it up because it is part of the sport. Additionally,most humans are uncomfortable in the water as a general rule because of the fear of drowning. This fear of drowning is innately strong,and similar common or strong fears tend not to exist when it comes to cycling or running because they are land based activities.What does the author try to prove by using his childhood experience?
A:His father was very strict with him.
B:Fear can make us improve ourselves.
C:He was afraid of being homeless.
D:He was sympathetic with his homeless friend.答案：B解析：本题是细节考查题。原文是“Fear can also affect our physical beings like pounding of the heart,rapid pulse rate,tense muscles,dryness of the throat,churning in the stomach,confusion,fainting,and the inability to concentrate”。
本题是阅读理解题。作者讲述自己童年经历的目的是要说明恐惧能让人们进步。
本题考查读者的阅读理解能力。根据上下文可知怕游泳时被水淹是本能的反应，故此词的意思为“天然地”。
本题是细节考查题。原文是“This fear of drowning is innately strong , and similar common or strong fears tend not to exist when it comes to cycling or running because they are land based activities”。
本题考查读者的阅读归纳能力。如何克服游泳时的恐惧是本文没有提到的内容。 -
第3题：
共用题干
The Storyteller
1 Steven Spielberg has always had one goal:to tell as many interesting stories to as many people as possible.The son of a computer scientist and a pianist,Spielberg spent his early childhood in New Jersey and then Arizona.Some of his childhood memories became the inspiration for his filmmaking.
2 Even decades later,Spielberg says he has vivid memories of his earliest years,which are the origins of some of his most successful films.He believes that E.T.is the result of the difficult years leading up to his parent ' 5 1966 divorce.He commented,"It is really about a young boy who was in search of some stability in his life."Close Encounters of the Third Kind was inspired by times when the four-year-old Steven and his father would search the skies for meteors（流星）.His mother remembers,"He was scared of just about everything.When trees brushed against the house,he would jump into my bad.And that'5 just the kind of scary stuff he would put in films like Poltergeist."
3 Spielberg was 1 1 when he first got his hands on his dad'5 movie camera and began shooting short flicks（电影）about flying saucers（飞碟）and World War II battles.These homemade movies gave him a way to escape his fears.From the very beginning,he had a creative imagination.With his talent for scary storytelling, he could terrify his three younger sisters.It also made it easier for him to make friendships.On Boy Scout camping trips,when night fell,young Steven became the center of attention."Steven would start telling his ghost stories,"says Richard Y.Hoffman.Jr.,leader of Troop 294,"and everyone would suddenly get quiet so hat they could all hear."
4 Spielberg moved to California with his father and went to high school there,but his grades were so bad that he barely graduated.Both UCLA and USC film schools rejected him,so he entered California State University at Long Beach because it was close to Hollywood.Spielberg was determined to make movies,and he managed to get an unpaid, non-credit internship（实习）in Hollywood.Soon he was given a contract, and he dropped out of college.He never looked back.
5 Now,many years later,Spielberg is still telling stories with as much passion as when he was a boy.Ask him where he gets his ideas,and Spielberg will shrug."The process for me is mostly intuitive,"he says."There are films that I feel that I need to make.And it's for a variety of reasons,for personal reasons,or because I just want to have fun.Or maybe because the subject matter is cool,and I think that my kids will like it."Some of Spielberg's most successful movies came from________
A:making children laugh
B:almost everything
C:a lot of money
D:his childhood memories
E:telling scary stories
F:a number of reasons答案：D解析：文章第-段第-句话是该段的主题句。由主题句“Steven Spielberg has always had on goal: to tell as many interesting stories to as many people as possible.”可知，Steven Spielberg的「标是尽可能地给更多的人讲述更多有趣的故事。故选C。
文章第二段第-句是主题句，该段主要讲Steven Spielberg的-些最成功的电影的灵瘪来源于他对小时候的记忆。故选B。
文章第三段主要讲，Steven Spielberg小时候通过给小伙伴们讲故事，交到了更多的朋友。故选D。
文章第四段讲Steven Spielberg因为成绩不好被电影学校拒绝，随后他进入了离好莱坞很近的学校并且在好莱坞获得了实习机会，最后他决定辍学，开始了他的电影之旅。本段主要讲述了他是怎样开始从事电影事业的。故选A。
由文章第二段第-句话“Even decades later, Steven Spielberg says he has vivid memories of hi earliest years,which are the origins of some of his most successful films.”可知Steven Spielberg所拍摄的-些成功的电影的灵感来自于他对小时候的记忆。故选D。
由文章第二段第五句话“His mother remembers, 'He was scared of just about every thing.’"可知，Steven Spielberg小时候几乎对所有的东西都感到恐惧。故选B。
由文章第三段第四句和第五句话可知，Steven Spielberg非常善于讲恐怖故事，他的毒事能吓到他的三个妹妹，也能因此交到更多朋友。故选E。
由文章最后-段中“There are films that I feel that I need to make.And it' s for a variety c reasons...”可知，Steven Spielberg制作电影的原因有很多。故选F。 -
第4题：
共用题干
Father's Day:All Happy Families Are Alike
Some writers are so consumed by their art that their families are eclipsed,while other writers manage an enviable closeness with their loved ones.On the occasion of Father's Day,RBTH recalls what kind of fathers the great Russian writers were and what became of their children.
Leo Tolstoy,the giant of Russian literature,and his wife Sofia had 13 children,five of whom died in childhood.Tolstoy was very attentive to his family,but as his daughter Tatyana recalled, "________(46)"Tolstoy was more interested in them when they had grown up a little,when he would play with them and tell them stories.
His love for his family did not deter the Count and prominent writer from giving away his property to the poor,________(47)The youngest daughter Alexandra became closest of all to Tolstoy, and she became the literary executor of his estate.
Today there are more than 400 descendants of Tolstoy,the most famous of which is the writer Tatyana Tolstaya and her son Artemy Lebedev,a designer and popular blogger. Vladimir Tolstoy is the director of the"Yasnaya Polyana"Museum on the Tolstoy family estate,________(48)
Four children were born to the jewel in the crown of Russian literature,the poet Alexander Pushkin,and his wife Natalya: daughters Maria and Natalya and sons Alexander and Grigory. Pushkin became distraught（忧心如焚的）when he first saw his daughter Maria. Considering himself unattractive and finding her to resemble him,________(49)But he was worrying unduly.
Maria grew into a pretty young girl and a future lady-in-waiting（侍女）to the Empress, and some say that Tolstoy even gave her likeness to Anna Karenina. His eldest son Alexander emerged as a hero of the Russian-Turkish war and attained the rank of general,while the youngest son Grigory became a magistrate（法官）.
Pushkin's youngest daughter,the beautiful Natalya,was born just eight months before her father's fateful duel. She became the morganatic（非皇室的）spouse of the Prussian Prince Nikolai. Maria and Grigory did not have children,while Alexander fathered 13,and Natalya six.________ (50)_______（48）
A:he was deeply anxious for the little girl.
B:which caused some tension within the family.
C:Today more than 200 descendants of Pushkin live around the world.
D:Russian is famous for her many literary giants.
E:he never showed tenderness to the very small children.
F:where the descendants hold family reunions every two years.答案：F解析：空格后面提到“Tolstoy was more interested in them when they had grown up a little”,“托尔斯泰对年长点的孩子更关心”，they指孩子们，可以推测他对幼小的孩子较少呵护，所以E符合题意。
第三段空格前提到托尔斯泰爱家人，但这并不妨碍他把自己的财产送给穷人，他这样做的结果自然会家里人不快，即引起家庭内部的一些紧张关系，所以选B。Count：勋爵。
空格前面是个完整的句子，后面接非限定性定语从句，表示地点，即家族成员每隔两年在那里聚会。因此选项F正确。
空格后面的句子“But he was worrying unduly”表明他很担心，前面应该是他（普希金）具体的担心，由于自己长得并不英俊，而女儿又很像他，他担心女儿的相貌，因此选A
前面段落在谈论托尔斯泰的家庭时，最后提到他的家族目前的人数，可以预期作者也会提到普希金家族的人口，最后一段前面几句在详细讲述了普希金后代的情况后自然会谈到这一点，因此选项C最恰当。 -
第5题：
共用题干
The Storyteller
1.Steven Spielberg has always had one goal；to tell as many interesting stories to as many people as possible.The son of a computer scientist and a pianist , Spielberg spent his early childhood in New Jersey and then Arizona.Some of his childhood memories became the inspiration for his filmmaking.
2.Even decades later , Spielberg says he has vivid memories of his earliest years , which are the origins of some of his most successful films.He believes that E.T.is the result of the difficult years leading up to his parent ' s 1966 divorce.He commented , "It is really about a young boy who was in search of some stability in his life."Close Encounters of the Third Kind was inspired by times when the four-year-old Steven and his father would search the skies for meteors (流星）.His mother remembers , " He was scared of just about everything.When trees brushed against the house , he would jump into my bed.And that ' s just the kind of scary stuff he would put in films like Pottorgeist.
3.Spielberg was 11 when he first got his hands on his dad's movie camera and began shooting short flicks(电影) about flying saucers(飞碟) and World War II battles.These homemade movies gave him a way to escape his fears.From the very beginning , he had a creative imagination.With his talent for scary storytelling , he could terrify his three younger sisters.It also made it easier for him to make friendships.On Boy Scout camping trips , when night fell , young Steven became the center of attention." Steven would start telling his ghost stories , says Richard Y.Hoffman.Jr.,leader of Troop 294 , " and everyone would suddenly get quiet so that they could all hear.
4 Spielberg moved to California with his father and went to high school there , but his grades were so bad that he barely graduated.Both UCLA and USC film schools rejected him,so he entered California State University at Long Beach because it was close to Hollywood.Spielberg was determined to make movies,and he managed to get an unpaid,non-credit internship(实习) in Hollywood.Soon he was given a contract and he dropped out of college.He never looked back.
5.Now , many years later , Spielberg is still telling stories with as much passion as when he was a boy.Ask him where he gets his ideas , and Spielberg will shrug." The process for me is mostly intuitive , he says."There are films that I feel that I need to make.And it ' s for a variety of reasons , for personal reasons , or because I just want to have fun.Or maybe because the subject matter is cool , and I think that my kids will like it.Spielberg is very good at______.
A:a lot of money
B:a number of reasons
C:almost everything
D:his childhood memories
E:telling scary stories
F:making children laugh答案：E解析：文章第一段第一句话是该段的主题句。由该句“Steven Spielberg has always had one goal : to tell as many interesting stories to as many people as possible.”可知，Steven Spielberg的巨标是尽可能地给更多的人讲述更多有趣的故事。故选A。
文章第二段第一句是主题句，主要讲Steven Spielberg的一些最成功的电影的灵感来源于他对小时候的记忆。故选C。
文章第三段主要讲Steven Spielberg小时候通过给小伙伴们讲故事，交到了更多的用友。故选D。
文章第四段讲Steven Spielberg因为成绩不好被电影学校拒绝，随后他进入了离好莱坞很近的学校并且在好莱坞获得了实习机会，最后他决定辍学，开始了他的电影之旅。本段主要讲述了他是怎样开始从事电影事业的。故选F。
由文章第二段第一句话“Even decades later , Steven Spielberg says he has vivid memories[ his earliest years,which are the origins of some of his most successful films.”可知，Steven Spielberg月拍摄的一些成功的电影的灵感来自于他对小时候的记忆。故选D。
由文章第二段第五句话“His mother remembers , ' He was scared of just about everything'.”石知，Steven Spielberg小时候几乎对所有的东西都感到恐惧。故选C。
由文章第三段第四句和第五句话可知，Steven Spielberg非常善于讲恐怖故事。他的故事能吓到他的三个妹妹，也能让他交到更多朋友。故选E。
由文章最后一段中“There are films that I feel that I need to make.And it' s for a variety of reasons...”可知，Steven Spielberg制作电影的原因有很多。故选B。 -
第6题：
共用题干
The Storyteller
1.Steven Spielberg has always had one goal；to tell as many interesting stories to as many people as possible.The son of a computer scientist and a pianist , Spielberg spent his early childhood in New Jersey and then Arizona.Some of his childhood memories became the inspiration for his filmmaking.
2.Even decades later , Spielberg says he has vivid memories of his earliest years , which are the origins of some of his most successful films.He believes that E.T.is the result of the difficult years leading up to his parent ' s 1966 divorce.He commented , "It is really about a young boy who was in search of some stability in his life."Close Encounters of the Third Kind was inspired by times when the four-year-old Steven and his father would search the skies for meteors (流星）.His mother remembers , " He was scared of just about everything.When trees brushed against the house , he would jump into my bed.And that ' s just the kind of scary stuff he would put in films like Pottorgeist.
3.Spielberg was 11 when he first got his hands on his dad's movie camera and began shooting short flicks(电影) about flying saucers(飞碟) and World War II battles.These homemade movies gave him a way to escape his fears.From the very beginning , he had a creative imagination.With his talent for scary storytelling , he could terrify his three younger sisters.It also made it easier for him to make friendships.On Boy Scout camping trips , when night fell , young Steven became the center of attention." Steven would start telling his ghost stories , says Richard Y.Hoffman.Jr.,leader of Troop 294 , " and everyone would suddenly get quiet so that they could all hear.
4 Spielberg moved to California with his father and went to high school there , but his grades were so bad that he barely graduated.Both UCLA and USC film schools rejected him,so he entered California State University at Long Beach because it was close to Hollywood.Spielberg was determined to make movies,and he managed to get an unpaid,non-credit internship(实习) in Hollywood.Soon he was given a contract and he dropped out of college.He never looked back.
5.Now , many years later , Spielberg is still telling stories with as much passion as when he was a boy.Ask him where he gets his ideas , and Spielberg will shrug." The process for me is mostly intuitive , he says."There are films that I feel that I need to make.And it ' s for a variety of reasons , for personal reasons , or because I just want to have fun.Or maybe because the subject matter is cool , and I think that my kids will like it.When Spielberg was a boy , he used to be scared of______.
A:a lot of money
B:a number of reasons
C:almost everything
D:his childhood memories
E:telling scary stories
F:making children laugh答案：C解析：文章第一段第一句话是该段的主题句。由该句“Steven Spielberg has always had one goal : to tell as many interesting stories to as many people as possible.”可知，Steven Spielberg的巨标是尽可能地给更多的人讲述更多有趣的故事。故选A。
文章第二段第一句是主题句，主要讲Steven Spielberg的一些最成功的电影的灵感来源于他对小时候的记忆。故选C。
文章第三段主要讲Steven Spielberg小时候通过给小伙伴们讲故事，交到了更多的用友。故选D。
文章第四段讲Steven Spielberg因为成绩不好被电影学校拒绝，随后他进入了离好莱坞很近的学校并且在好莱坞获得了实习机会，最后他决定辍学，开始了他的电影之旅。本段主要讲述了他是怎样开始从事电影事业的。故选F。
由文章第二段第一句话“Even decades later , Steven Spielberg says he has vivid memories[ his earliest years,which are the origins of some of his most successful films.”可知，Steven Spielberg月拍摄的一些成功的电影的灵感来自于他对小时候的记忆。故选D。
由文章第二段第五句话“His mother remembers , ' He was scared of just about everything'.”石知，Steven Spielberg小时候几乎对所有的东西都感到恐惧。故选C。
由文章第三段第四句和第五句话可知，Steven Spielberg非常善于讲恐怖故事。他的故事能吓到他的三个妹妹，也能让他交到更多朋友。故选E。
由文章最后一段中“There are films that I feel that I need to make.And it' s for a variety of reasons...”可知，Steven Spielberg制作电影的原因有很多。故选B。 -
第7题：
Jimmy couldn‘t write down Mr.Baker’s name because________.A.he had no pen or paper
B.he couldn‘t read or write
C.he had to look after the baby
D.he had to play with his brother答案：B解析： -
第8题：
Popular British author,Charles Dickens′（1812--1870）family could hardly make ends meet.They could only afford to send one of their six children to school.Dickens was not that child.His parents chose to send a daughter,who had a talent for music,to an academy.Then at the age of 12,Dickens′life took another turn for the worse.
His father,a clerk,was placed in prison for unpaid debts.And,being the oldest male left at home,Dickens took up work at a factory.His horrible experience there became the fuel for his future writing.His father was freed three months later and inherited a small amount of money.Dickens was then sent to school.
From 1836 to 1837,he wrote a monthly series of stories.Thus The Pickwick,Papers,came into being,which brought fame to him.
Throughout his career,Dickens covers various situations in his novels.He wrote about the miserable lives of the poor in Oliver Twist,the French Revolution in Tale of Two Cities,and social reform in Hard Times.He also wrote David Copperfield,a book thought to be modeled on his own life.
"I do not write bitterly or angrily,for I know all these things have worked together to make me what I am,"he once said.His difficult childhood did indeed shape the person he became,as well as his writing career.There are shades of young Dickens in many of his most beloved characters,including David Copperfield and Oliver Twist.
Like the author,all these characters come from poor beginnings and are able to rise above their setbacks and achieve success."Minds,like bodies,will often fall into an ill-conditioned state from too much comfort,"he once wrote.On June 9th,1870,aged 58,Dickens died,leaving one unfinished work.The words on his tombstone read:"He was a sympathizer to the poor,the suffering and the oppressed,and by his death,one of England′s greatest writers is lost to the world."
The book that first called public attention to Dickens wasA.The Pickwick Papers
B.Oliver Twist
C.Tale of Two Cities
D.David Copperfield答案：A解析：考情点拨：事实细节题。应试指导：从文章第三段第二句的内容可知The Pickwick Papers使他一举成名。 -
第9题：
单选题The first paragraph tells us that the author _____.Alost his hearing when he was a child
Bdidn’t like his brothers and sisters
Cwas born to a naturalist’s family
Dwas interested in flowers and insects in his childhood
正确答案： B解析：
作者在第一段通过讲述他自幼热爱大自然的故事，表明其观点：自然学家是天生的而非后天培养的。A项和B项均是对文意的曲解。C项无中生有。故D项为正确答案。 -
第10题：
填空题It was in his childhood that he read most of the books (write) ____ by Mark Twain.正确答案： written解析：
本题考查过去分词。句意：他童年时代读过马克·吐温的大部分著作。过去分词可以作后置定语，表示被动。“书”是“被写出来的”，故填入written。 -
第11题：
单选题What do we know about Lawrence after he became a teacher?AHe wrote many novels and stories.
BHe worked with miners in his spare time.
CHe escaped from the mines where his family lived.
DHe learned how to write stories from a famous writer.
正确答案： B解析：
由文章的中间部分可知，劳伦斯成为教师后，逃离了他父亲作为矿工的生活环境，但他并没有忘记这一切，而是写了很多关于矿工家庭生活的小说。 -
第12题：
单选题One most plausible reason that the author’s father did not panic when he cut himself is _____.AHe had served in the army
BHe was the head of the family
CHe tried to maintain his authority
DHe was an expert on blood
正确答案： D解析：
文章第四段第一句话写到“Being a hematologist, my father didn’t panic.”这里提到了作者父亲的职业是一位血液学家，D正确。 -
第13题：
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
James’s New Bicycle
James shook his money box again. Nothing! He carefully __36__ the coins that lay on the bed. $24.52 was all that he had. The bicycle he wanted was at least $90! __37__ on earth was he going to get the __38__ of the money?
He knew that his friends all had bicycles. It was __39__ to hang around with people when you were the only one without wheels. He thought about what he could do. There was no __40__ asking his parents, for he knew they had no money to __41__.
There was only one way to get money, and that was to __42__ it. He would have to find a job. __43__ who would hire him and what could he do? He decided to ask Mr. Clay for advice, who usually had __44__ on most things.
“Well, you can start right here,” said Mr. Clay. “My windows need cleaning and my car needs washing.”
That was the __45__ of James’s odd-job(零工) business. For three months he worked every day after finishing his homework. He was amazed by the __46__ of jobs that people found for him to do. He took dogs and babies for walks, cleared out cupboards, and mended books. He lost count of the __47__ of cars he washed and windows he cleaned, but the __48__ increased and he knew that he would soon have __49__ for the bicycle he longed for.
The day __50__ came when James counted his money and found $94.32. He __51__ no time and went down to the shop to pick up the bicycle he wanted. He rode __52__ home, looking forward to showing his new bicycle to his friends. It had been hard __53__ for the money, but James knew that he valued his bicycle far more __54__ he had bought it with his own money. He had __55__what he thought was impossible, and that was worth even more than the bicycle.
正确答案：C
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第14题：
A young man was getting ready to graduate from college, for many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer's showroom, and 21 his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted．
On the morning of his graduation day, his father called him into his own study and told him how 22 he was to have such a fine son. He handed his son a beautiful gift box. Curious but slightly disappointed, the young man 23 the box and found a lovely book. Angrily, he raised his voice at his father and said．" 24 all your money you give me a book? " And rushed out of the house leaving the book in the study.
He did not contact his father for a whole year 25 one day he saw in the street an old man who looked like his father. He realized he had to go back home and see his father.
When he arrived at his father's house, he was told that his father had been in hospital for a week. The moment he was about to 26 the hospital. He saw on the desk the still new book, just as he had left it one 27ago. He opened it and began to turn the pages. Suddenly, a car key 28 from an envelope taped behind the book, it had a tag with dealer's name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had 29 on the tag was the date of his graduation, and the 30 :
PAID IN FULL.
____21___A.finding
B.proving
C.deciding
D.knowing答案：D解析：考查动词辨析。通过“he told him that was all he wanted．"可知此处应为知道的意思．选D。 -
第15题：
共用题干
The Storyteller
1 Steven Spielberg has always had one goal:to tell as many interesting stories to as many people as possible.The son of a computer scientist and a pianist,Spielberg spent his early childhood in New Jersey and then Arizona.Some of his childhood memories became the inspiration for his filmmaking.
2 Even decades later,Spielberg says he has vivid memories of his earliest years,which are the origins of some of his most successful films.He believes that E.T.is the result of the difficult years leading up to his parent ' 5 1966 divorce.He commented,"It is really about a young boy who was in search of some stability in his life."Close Encounters of the Third Kind was inspired by times when the four-year-old Steven and his father would search the skies for meteors（流星）.His mother remembers,"He was scared of just about everything.When trees brushed against the house,he would jump into my bad.And that'5 just the kind of scary stuff he would put in films like Poltergeist."
3 Spielberg was 1 1 when he first got his hands on his dad'5 movie camera and began shooting short flicks（电影）about flying saucers（飞碟）and World War II battles.These homemade movies gave him a way to escape his fears.From the very beginning,he had a creative imagination.With his talent for scary storytelling, he could terrify his three younger sisters.It also made it easier for him to make friendships.On Boy Scout camping trips,when night fell,young Steven became the center of attention."Steven would start telling his ghost stories,"says Richard Y.Hoffman.Jr.,leader of Troop 294,"and everyone would suddenly get quiet so hat they could all hear."
4 Spielberg moved to California with his father and went to high school there,but his grades were so bad that he barely graduated.Both UCLA and USC film schools rejected him,so he entered California State University at Long Beach because it was close to Hollywood.Spielberg was determined to make movies,and he managed to get an unpaid, non-credit internship（实习）in Hollywood.Soon he was given a contract, and he dropped out of college.He never looked back.
5 Now,many years later,Spielberg is still telling stories with as much passion as when he was a boy.Ask him where he gets his ideas,and Spielberg will shrug."The process for me is mostly intuitive,"he says."There are films that I feel that I need to make.And it's for a variety of reasons,for personal reasons,or because I just want to have fun.Or maybe because the subject matter is cool,and I think that my kids will like it."When Spielberg was a boy,he used to be scared of_______
A:making children laugh
B:almost everything
C:a lot of money
D:his childhood memories
E:telling scary stories
F:a number of reasons答案：B解析：文章第-段第-句话是该段的主题句。由主题句“Steven Spielberg has always had on goal: to tell as many interesting stories to as many people as possible.”可知，Steven Spielberg的「标是尽可能地给更多的人讲述更多有趣的故事。故选C。
文章第二段第-句是主题句，该段主要讲Steven Spielberg的-些最成功的电影的灵瘪来源于他对小时候的记忆。故选B。
文章第三段主要讲，Steven Spielberg小时候通过给小伙伴们讲故事，交到了更多的朋友。故选D。
文章第四段讲Steven Spielberg因为成绩不好被电影学校拒绝，随后他进入了离好莱坞很近的学校并且在好莱坞获得了实习机会，最后他决定辍学，开始了他的电影之旅。本段主要讲述了他是怎样开始从事电影事业的。故选A。
由文章第二段第-句话“Even decades later, Steven Spielberg says he has vivid memories of hi earliest years,which are the origins of some of his most successful films.”可知Steven Spielberg所拍摄的-些成功的电影的灵感来自于他对小时候的记忆。故选D。
由文章第二段第五句话“His mother remembers, 'He was scared of just about every thing.’"可知，Steven Spielberg小时候几乎对所有的东西都感到恐惧。故选B。
由文章第三段第四句和第五句话可知，Steven Spielberg非常善于讲恐怖故事，他的毒事能吓到他的三个妹妹，也能因此交到更多朋友。故选E。
由文章最后-段中“There are films that I feel that I need to make.And it' s for a variety c reasons...”可知，Steven Spielberg制作电影的原因有很多。故选F。 -
第16题：
共用题干
The Storyteller
1.Steven Spielberg has always had one goal；to tell as many interesting stories to as many people as possible.The son of a computer scientist and a pianist , Spielberg spent his early childhood in New Jersey and then Arizona.Some of his childhood memories became the inspiration for his filmmaking.
2.Even decades later , Spielberg says he has vivid memories of his earliest years , which are the origins of some of his most successful films.He believes that E.T.is the result of the difficult years leading up to his parent ' s 1966 divorce.He commented , "It is really about a young boy who was in search of some stability in his life."Close Encounters of the Third Kind was inspired by times when the four-year-old Steven and his father would search the skies for meteors (流星）.His mother remembers , " He was scared of just about everything.When trees brushed against the house , he would jump into my bed.And that ' s just the kind of scary stuff he would put in films like Pottorgeist.
3.Spielberg was 11 when he first got his hands on his dad's movie camera and began shooting short flicks(电影) about flying saucers(飞碟) and World War II battles.These homemade movies gave him a way to escape his fears.From the very beginning , he had a creative imagination.With his talent for scary storytelling , he could terrify his three younger sisters.It also made it easier for him to make friendships.On Boy Scout camping trips , when night fell , young Steven became the center of attention." Steven would start telling his ghost stories , says Richard Y.Hoffman.Jr.,leader of Troop 294 , " and everyone would suddenly get quiet so that they could all hear.
4 Spielberg moved to California with his father and went to high school there , but his grades were so bad that he barely graduated.Both UCLA and USC film schools rejected him,so he entered California State University at Long Beach because it was close to Hollywood.Spielberg was determined to make movies,and he managed to get an unpaid,non-credit internship(实习) in Hollywood.Soon he was given a contract and he dropped out of college.He never looked back.
5.Now , many years later , Spielberg is still telling stories with as much passion as when he was a boy.Ask him where he gets his ideas , and Spielberg will shrug." The process for me is mostly intuitive , he says."There are films that I feel that I need to make.And it ' s for a variety of reasons , for personal reasons , or because I just want to have fun.Or maybe because the subject matter is cool , and I think that my kids will like it.Some of Spielberg ' s most successful movies came from______.
A:a lot of money
B:a number of reasons
C:almost everything
D:his childhood memories
E:telling scary stories
F:making children laugh答案：D解析：文章第一段第一句话是该段的主题句。由该句“Steven Spielberg has always had one goal : to tell as many interesting stories to as many people as possible.”可知，Steven Spielberg的巨标是尽可能地给更多的人讲述更多有趣的故事。故选A。
文章第二段第一句是主题句，主要讲Steven Spielberg的一些最成功的电影的灵感来源于他对小时候的记忆。故选C。
文章第三段主要讲Steven Spielberg小时候通过给小伙伴们讲故事，交到了更多的用友。故选D。
文章第四段讲Steven Spielberg因为成绩不好被电影学校拒绝，随后他进入了离好莱坞很近的学校并且在好莱坞获得了实习机会，最后他决定辍学，开始了他的电影之旅。本段主要讲述了他是怎样开始从事电影事业的。故选F。
由文章第二段第一句话“Even decades later , Steven Spielberg says he has vivid memories[ his earliest years,which are the origins of some of his most successful films.”可知，Steven Spielberg月拍摄的一些成功的电影的灵感来自于他对小时候的记忆。故选D。
由文章第二段第五句话“His mother remembers , ' He was scared of just about everything'.”石知，Steven Spielberg小时候几乎对所有的东西都感到恐惧。故选C。
由文章第三段第四句和第五句话可知，Steven Spielberg非常善于讲恐怖故事。他的故事能吓到他的三个妹妹，也能让他交到更多朋友。故选E。
由文章最后一段中“There are films that I feel that I need to make.And it' s for a variety of reasons...”可知，Steven Spielberg制作电影的原因有很多。故选B。 -
第17题：
共用题干
The Storyteller
1.Steven Spielberg has always had one goal；to tell as many interesting stories to as many people as possible.The son of a computer scientist and a pianist , Spielberg spent his early childhood in New Jersey and then Arizona.Some of his childhood memories became the inspiration for his filmmaking.
2.Even decades later , Spielberg says he has vivid memories of his earliest years , which are the origins of some of his most successful films.He believes that E.T.is the result of the difficult years leading up to his parent ' s 1966 divorce.He commented , "It is really about a young boy who was in search of some stability in his life."Close Encounters of the Third Kind was inspired by times when the four-year-old Steven and his father would search the skies for meteors (流星）.His mother remembers , " He was scared of just about everything.When trees brushed against the house , he would jump into my bed.And that ' s just the kind of scary stuff he would put in films like Pottorgeist.
3.Spielberg was 11 when he first got his hands on his dad's movie camera and began shooting short flicks(电影) about flying saucers(飞碟) and World War II battles.These homemade movies gave him a way to escape his fears.From the very beginning , he had a creative imagination.With his talent for scary storytelling , he could terrify his three younger sisters.It also made it easier for him to make friendships.On Boy Scout camping trips , when night fell , young Steven became the center of attention." Steven would start telling his ghost stories , says Richard Y.Hoffman.Jr.,leader of Troop 294 , " and everyone would suddenly get quiet so that they could all hear.
4 Spielberg moved to California with his father and went to high school there , but his grades were so bad that he barely graduated.Both UCLA and USC film schools rejected him,so he entered California State University at Long Beach because it was close to Hollywood.Spielberg was determined to make movies,and he managed to get an unpaid,non-credit internship(实习) in Hollywood.Soon he was given a contract and he dropped out of college.He never looked back.
5.Now , many years later , Spielberg is still telling stories with as much passion as when he was a boy.Ask him where he gets his ideas , and Spielberg will shrug." The process for me is mostly intuitive , he says."There are films that I feel that I need to make.And it ' s for a variety of reasons , for personal reasons , or because I just want to have fun.Or maybe because the subject matter is cool , and I think that my kids will like it.Paragraph 4______
A:An Aim of Life
B:A Funny Man
C:Inspirations for His Movies
D:Telling Stories to Make Friends
E:The Trouble of Making Movies
F:Getting Into the Movie Business答案：F解析：文章第一段第一句话是该段的主题句。由该句“Steven Spielberg has always had one goal : to tell as many interesting stories to as many people as possible.”可知，Steven Spielberg的巨标是尽可能地给更多的人讲述更多有趣的故事。故选A。
文章第二段第一句是主题句，主要讲Steven Spielberg的一些最成功的电影的灵感来源于他对小时候的记忆。故选C。
文章第三段主要讲Steven Spielberg小时候通过给小伙伴们讲故事，交到了更多的用友。故选D。
文章第四段讲Steven Spielberg因为成绩不好被电影学校拒绝，随后他进入了离好莱坞很近的学校并且在好莱坞获得了实习机会，最后他决定辍学，开始了他的电影之旅。本段主要讲述了他是怎样开始从事电影事业的。故选F。
由文章第二段第一句话“Even decades later , Steven Spielberg says he has vivid memories[ his earliest years,which are the origins of some of his most successful films.”可知，Steven Spielberg月拍摄的一些成功的电影的灵感来自于他对小时候的记忆。故选D。
由文章第二段第五句话“His mother remembers , ' He was scared of just about everything'.”石知，Steven Spielberg小时候几乎对所有的东西都感到恐惧。故选C。
由文章第三段第四句和第五句话可知，Steven Spielberg非常善于讲恐怖故事。他的故事能吓到他的三个妹妹，也能让他交到更多朋友。故选E。
由文章最后一段中“There are films that I feel that I need to make.And it' s for a variety of reasons...”可知，Steven Spielberg制作电影的原因有很多。故选B。 -
第18题：
Popular British author,Charles Dickens′（1812--1870）family could hardly make ends meet.They could only afford to send one of their six children to school.Dickens was not that child.His parents chose to send a daughter,who had a talent for music,to an academy.Then at the age of 12,Dickens′life took another turn for the worse.
His father,a clerk,was placed in prison for unpaid debts.And,being the oldest male left at home,Dickens took up work at a factory.His horrible experience there became the fuel for his future writing.His father was freed three months later and inherited a small amount of money.Dickens was then sent to school.
From 1836 to 1837,he wrote a monthly series of stories.Thus The Pickwick,Papers,came into being,which brought fame to him.
Throughout his career,Dickens covers various situations in his novels.He wrote about the miserable lives of the poor in Oliver Twist,the French Revolution in Tale of Two Cities,and social reform in Hard Times.He also wrote David Copperfield,a book thought to be modeled on his own life.
"I do not write bitterly or angrily,for I know all these things have worked together to make me what I am,"he once said.His difficult childhood did indeed shape the person he became,as well as his writing career.There are shades of young Dickens in many of his most beloved characters,including David Copperfield and Oliver Twist.
Like the author,all these characters come from poor beginnings and are able to rise above their setbacks and achieve success."Minds,like bodies,will often fall into an ill-conditioned state from too much comfort,"he once wrote.On June 9th,1870,aged 58,Dickens died,leaving one unfinished work.The words on his tombstone read:"He was a sympathizer to the poor,the suffering and the oppressed,and by his death,one of England′s greatest writers is lost to the world."
How did Dickens see his childhood?A.He felt grateful for it.
B.He felt it a pity that things weren't in his favor.
C.He loved writing about it.
D.He chose to forget the bitterness about it.答案：A解析：考情点拨：推理判断题。应试指导：从第五段第一句话可知，狄更斯写作没有带着愤恨和生气的感情，他认为正是童年那些磨难把他塑造成现在的他。因此狄更斯应该是感激他的童年经历的。
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第19题：
Popular British author,Charles Dickens′（1812--1870）family could hardly make ends meet.They could only afford to send one of their six children to school.Dickens was not that child.His parents chose to send a daughter,who had a talent for music,to an academy.Then at the age of 12,Dickens′life took another turn for the worse.
His father,a clerk,was placed in prison for unpaid debts.And,being the oldest male left at home,Dickens took up work at a factory.His horrible experience there became the fuel for his future writing.His father was freed three months later and inherited a small amount of money.Dickens was then sent to school.
From 1836 to 1837,he wrote a monthly series of stories.Thus The Pickwick,Papers,came into being,which brought fame to him.
Throughout his career,Dickens covers various situations in his novels.He wrote about the miserable lives of the poor in Oliver Twist,the French Revolution in Tale of Two Cities,and social reform in Hard Times.He also wrote David Copperfield,a book thought to be modeled on his own life.
"I do not write bitterly or angrily,for I know all these things have worked together to make me what I am,"he once said.His difficult childhood did indeed shape the person he became,as well as his writing career.There are shades of young Dickens in many of his most beloved characters,including David Copperfield and Oliver Twist.
Like the author,all these characters come from poor beginnings and are able to rise above their setbacks and achieve success."Minds,like bodies,will often fall into an ill-conditioned state from too much comfort,"he once wrote.On June 9th,1870,aged 58,Dickens died,leaving one unfinished work.The words on his tombstone read:"He was a sympathizer to the poor,the suffering and the oppressed,and by his death,one of England′s greatest writers is lost to the world."
The underlined word"shades"in the passage meansA.symbols
B.examples
C.signs
D.reminders答案：D解析：考情点拨：词义猜测题。应试指导：shade的意思为“（人物、事情、时间的）痕迹，影子”，与reminder“使人回忆起某事的事物”意思相近。 -
第20题：
单选题Which of the following would make the most appropriate title for this passage?AThe Long Way Home: Ulysses and Finnegan’s Wake
BJames Joyce, Ulysses, and the Battle against Censorship
CThe Works of James Joyce, Ireland’s Literary Genius
DThe Hidden Value of James Joyce’s Great Novels
EA Portrait of James Joyce as a Young Man
正确答案： D解析：
主旨题。文章主要对爱尔兰小说家James Joyce的生平和著作进行了叙述，故本题应选C项。 -
第21题：
单选题Even when he was a boy, the author spent a lot of time practicing writing because______.Abecoming a professional writer was his goal.
Bhe had something secret in his heart.
Clearning to write was his childhood dream.
Dpeople blamed him for his laziness.
正确答案： A解析：
细节题。作者在首段倒数第四句提到，与其说我想成为一个作家，还不如说我曾经立志要学会写作。由此可见，作者年少时不断练习是为了学习写作，故答案为C项。作者提到自己写作只是为了练习，成为专业作家并不是其目标，故可排除A项；作者是由于沉迷写作而被人指责懒惰，而不是被指责后才去练习写作，选项D属于颠倒因果，故排除；B项在文中并没有提及，也可排除。 -
第22题：
单选题The author most likely mentions James Joyce’s childhood, family, and education to serve what purpose?ATo suggest that he had to write in order to make a living
BTo suggest that he became a writer because of his father’s influence
CTo provide the background and cultural context for his literary work
DTo provide evidence that his literary genius was present when he was a child
ETo explain his opposition to Catholicism and socialism in his later life
正确答案： D解析：
推断题。第一段中提到“Young James attended Dublin’s fine Jesuit schools…The story of his early life and his intellectual rebellion against Catholicism and Irish nationalism are told in the largely autobiographical novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.”为Joyce今后文学创作提供了背景以及文化环境的说明，故本题选C项。 -
第23题：
单选题In the 1860's, author Leo Tolstoy was ______ with his family in the Tula region of Russia; while comfortably established there, he wrote War and PeaceAensconced
Bcircumscribed
Cavowed
Dcoerced
Ecastigated
正确答案： C解析：
根据题意可知空缺的单词的意思应与“comfortably established”意思相近，故选A。ensconce“安置”； circumscribe“限制”；avow“承认；公开宣称”；coerce“强制；迫使”；castigate“严惩；修订”。 -
第24题：
单选题The selection is mainly about .Ahow the narrator’s father died
Bthe inner feelings of the narrator as he visits his dying father
Cthe narrator’s childhood memories of his father
Dthe narrator’s relationship with his aunt
正确答案： B解析：
本文主要讲作者见弥留的父亲时的内心感受。