Question

  Some plays are so successful that they run for years on end. In many ways, this is __36__ for the poor actors who are required to go on repeating the same __37_ night after night. One would __3_8_ them to know their parts by heart and __39__ have cause to falter（結(jié)巴）. Yet __40_ is not always the case.

A famous actor in a __41_successful play was once cast in the role of an aristocrat __42_ had been imprisoned in Bastille for twenty years. In the last act, a jailer ( 監(jiān)獄長，看守) would always come on to the stage with a letter which he would hand to the prisoner. __43_ the noble was expected to read the letter at each __44_ , he always insisted that it should be written out in full.

One night, the jailer decided to play a joke __45_ his colleague to find out if , after so many performances, he had managed to learn the __46_ of the letter by heart. The curtain went up on the final act of the play and revealed (使暴露) the aristocrat sitting alone behind bars in his dark cell. Just  then, the jailer __47___ with the precious letter in his hands. He entered the __48__ and presented the letter to the aristocrat. But the copy he gave him had not been written out in __49__ as usual. It was simply a blank sheet of paper. The jailer looked on eagerly, __50__ to see if his fellow actor had at last learnt his lines. The noble stared at the blank sheet of paper for a few seconds. Then, squinting (瞇著眼看) his eyes, he said, “ The light is __51_. Read the letter to me.” And he promptly handed the sheet of paper to the jailer. __52_ that he could not remember a word of the letter either, the jailer replied, “The light is indeed dim , sir. I must get my __53_” With this, he hurried off the stage. Much to the aristocrat’s __54_ , the jailer returned a few moments later with a pair of glasses and the __55__ copy of the letter which he proceeded (繼續(xù)進(jìn)行) to read to the prisoner.

36. A. fortunate	`B. unfortunate	C. happy	D. unhappy
37. A. lines	B. words	C. plays	D. roles
38. A. want	B. ask	C. expect	D. wish
39. A. always	B. never	C. sometimes	D. often
40. A. such	B. the thing	C. one	D. this
41. A. highly	B. high	C. poorly	D. poor
42. A. where	B. what	C. which	D. who
43. A. Because	B. Even though	C. When	D. Though
44. A. play	B. performance	C. role	D. case
45. A. with	B. in	C. on	D. to
46. A. pages	B. joke	C. lines	D. contents
47. A. appeared	B. disappointed	C. came out	D. came in
48. A. room	B. cell	C. stage	D. office
49. A. English	B. French	C. order	D. full
50. A. worried	B. surprised	C. anxious	D. afraid
51. A. bright	B. dim	C. dark	D. out
52. A. To see	B. To find	C. Seeing	D. Finding
53. A. glasses	B. lines	C. light	D. letters
54. A. surprise	B. satisfaction	C. anger	D. amusement
55. A. usua	B. old	C. unusual	D. new

Answer 1

36、選B。 劇目獲得成功，以至連續(xù)上演好幾年，這對可憐的演員來說可倒霉了。根據(jù)文中的poor及下文中所講他們必須重復(fù)同樣的臺詞，故選unfortunate (不幸的、倒霉的)。

37、選A。 lines = a row of written words on a printed page  此處指臺詞。

38、選C。 expect 表示“預(yù)料、預(yù)期”。人們總認(rèn)為一定臺詞背得滾瓜爛熟了。

39、選B。人們認(rèn)為演員們在舞臺上臺詞記得很熟，是不會卡殼的。

40、選D。 this 代指前面所說的情況。

41、選A。 high意為“高的”，一般指具體高度；highly意為“高度的、極”，多用于動詞派剩之形容詞前。highly successful play 指一部獲得相當(dāng)成功的劇目。

42.D。 定語從句，先行詞為人，故用who 引導(dǎo)。

43.B。此句意為： 盡管那個貴族每場戲都得念那封信，但他還是堅持要求將信的全文寫在紙上。even though 引導(dǎo)讓步狀語從句，比though 語氣更強。

44.選B。根據(jù)下文中的after so many performances可得出。

45.選C。 play a joke on sb 指“跟某人開玩笑”。

46選D。 learn the contents of the letter by heart指背住信的內(nèi)容。contents表示“內(nèi)容”。

47.選A。 appeared 此處指“出場、上場”。

48選A。 cell意為“牢房“，根據(jù)上下文可確定。

49選D。根據(jù)文中 He always insisted that it should be written out in full可確定。

50選C。 be anxious to do sth 指“急切的、渴望的“。扮演獄卒的演員急于想了解他的同事是否背熟了臺詞。

51選B。因為背不住臺詞，這名扮演貴族的演員只好用“光線太暗”來作托辭。

52選D。 扮演獄卒的演員也記不住臺詞，因此他找了個拿眼鏡的借口。分詞短語作狀語，表示時間。

53選A。 根據(jù)下文 with a pair of glasses可確定。

54選D。“ to one’s + 表示情感的名詞”這一結(jié)構(gòu)，表示“使某人…..的”。此處指扮演獄卒的演員的表現(xiàn)使得扮演貴族的演員感到很可笑。

55選A。 the usual copy of the letter 指平時舞臺上經(jīng)常使用的那封信。