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 $ 15,000 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 45 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. practice B. experience C. skill D. method

2.A. job B. effort C. duty D. task

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

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

5.A. Interested B. Anxiously C. Seriously D. Encouraged

6.A. story B. film C. program D. article

7.A. a foreign B. a popular C. an unknown D. an unusual

8.A. Now that B. Even though C. Just because D. Except that

9.A. find B. turn C. hold D. leave

10.A. connect with B. make up C. control D. explain

11.A. events B. moments C. feelings D. chances

12.A. as gifts B. from a distance C. by accident D. for no reason

13.A. description B. condition C. scene D. talk

14.A. Surprisingly B. Fortunately C. Expectedly D. Suddenly

15.A. cooking B. medicine C. history D. play

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

17.A. determined B. excited C. unchanged D. unmoved

18.A. life B. way C. house D. city

19.A. success B. joy C. work D. variety

20.A. reporting B. fun C. luck D. writing

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.A

6.A

7.C

8.B

9.D

10.A

11.B

12.D

13.C

14.D

15.C

16.A

17.C

18.B

19.B

20.D

【解析】

試題分析：Tracy Wong是一位著名的美籍華人作家。他的寫作技巧怎樣，他的作品有什么特點(diǎn)，他為什么會(huì)這樣？文章會(huì)告訴你。

1.C考查詞義辨析。Tracy Wong是一位著名的美籍華人作家。其寫作技能(skill)是自學(xué)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(yàn), 體驗(yàn), 經(jīng)歷, 閱歷；practice實(shí)踐，實(shí)習(xí)；method方法。

2.A考查上下文串聯(lián)。從后文作同位語的teaching disabled children和對(duì)立項(xiàng)a part-time writer for IBM，這里指的不是義務(wù)(duty)，努力(effort)，任務(wù)(task)，而是工作、職業(yè)(job)。

3.B考查邏輯推理。指Tracy Wong所處的時(shí)期(then)。instead代替，表示對(duì)立意義；normally正常地, 通常地；certainly的確，表示對(duì)情況或事情的肯定。

4.D 考查詞義辨析。 當(dāng)時(shí)，寫作是個(gè)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?yuàn)W的, 難懂的；personal私人的, 個(gè)人的；lively活潑的, 活躍的。

5.A 考查邏輯推理。出版商對(duì)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(yīng)是Tracy，而不是出版商；anxiously(憂慮地, 不安地)和seriously(認(rèn)真地, 真誠地)通常不作句子性副詞用，故不能出現(xiàn)在這個(gè)位置上。

6.A考查邏輯推理。 出版商加以她把三個(gè)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.C考察邏輯推理。對(duì)于Tracy這樣一個(gè)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.B考察上下文串聯(lián)。

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(guān)系。now that既然，表示原因關(guān)系；；even though即使，即便，表示轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系；just because就是因?yàn)椋�表示因果關(guān)系；except that 除了……之外, 只可惜，表示排除意義。

9.D考查詞義辨析。她的那些關(guān)于超自然故事有時(shí)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(dòng)，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.A考查邏輯推理。作者的母親認(rèn)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(bǔ), 虛構(gòu), 縫制, 整理；connect with連接, 聯(lián)絡(luò)；control控制；explain 解釋, 說明。

11.B考查邏輯推理。但是作者也確實(shí)有這樣的感覺(feelings)，機(jī)會(huì)(chances)，事件(events)，或時(shí)刻(moments)。因?yàn)榫o接在后面的when引導(dǎo)的表示時(shí)間的定語從句，修飾前面的moments，故選D。

12.D考查詞義辨析。有時(shí)某些事情無緣無故(for no reason)地，而非碰巧(by accident)，從遠(yuǎn)處(from a distance)，作為禮物式(as gifts)地發(fā)生在作者身上。由后文中的Once, she was wondering how to…有所暗示。

13.C考察邏輯推理。作者一直在納悶如何完成一個(gè)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.D考查詞義辨析。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(yù)料地；fortunately 幸運(yùn)地。

15.C考查邏輯推理。郵遞員手里拿著有關(guān)中國歷史(history)，而非烹調(diào)(cooking)，醫(yī)學(xué)(medicine)，戲劇(play)方面的書。前面ancient China有所提示。

16.A考查邏輯推理。書來得很是蹊蹺，作者先前知道(know)、意識(shí)到會(huì)(realize)有這樣的書，但沒有送(send)出去過，更沒有預(yù)定過(order)。按常識(shí)道理，沒有預(yù)定，郵遞員不會(huì)送東西到家來，更何況是自己想弄的東西。

17.C考查邏輯推理。雖然作者已經(jīng)出版了45本書，可仍然沒有由于名譽(yù)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.B考查邏輯推理。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.B考查邏輯推理。注意與后句的比較。作者不僅僅只是單一的寫作了，作者的生活中有了更多的機(jī)會(huì)或空間來享受生活的多樣化(variety)。網(wǎng)上下載，此題原答案為C(joy歡樂)，筆者認(rèn)為有所不妥，joy缺少比較前提，前文并沒有作任何鋪墊。joy與success和work一樣與后句的it wasn’t just writing不形成對(duì)立關(guān)系。

20.D考查上下文串聯(lián)。不僅僅只是寫作(writing)。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。

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