Question

【題目】 I became a magician by accident. When I was nine years old, I learned how to make a coin disappear. I’d read The Lord of the Rings and risked coming into the adult section of the library to search for a book of spells (魔法) — nine being that curious age at which you’re old enough to work through more than 1, 200 pages of mysterious fantasy literature but young enough to still hold out hope that you might find a book of real, actual magic in the library. The book I found instead taught basic sleight-of-hand (戲法) technique, and I devoted the next months to practice.

Initially, the magic wasn’t any good. At first it wasn’t even magic; it was just a trick — a bad trick. I spent hours each day in the bathroom running through the secret moves in front of the mirror. I dropped the coin over and over, a thousand times in a day, and after two weeks of this my mom got a carpet sample from the store and placed it under the mirror to eradicate the sound of the coin falling again and again.

I had heard my dad work through passages of new music on the piano, so I knew how to practice — slowly, deliberately, going for precision rather than speed. And then I tried the illusion (錯覺) in the mirror and an unbelievable scene took place. It did not look like a magic trick. It looked like a miracle. I knew that I had got what I wanted.

One day I made the performance on the playground. We had been playing football and were standing by the backstop in the field behind the school. A dozen people were watching. I showed the coin to everyone. Then it disappeared. The kids screamed. They yelled, laughed, scrambled away. Everyone went crazy. This was brilliant.

【1】What did the author enter the adult section of the library to do?

A.To kill his time.B.To find a book of magic.

C.To read The Lord of the Rings.D.To learn knowledge of literature.

【2】What does the underlined word “eradicate” in Paragraph 2 mean?

A.Get rid of.B.Give out.

C.Imitate.D.Distinguish.

【3】What contributed to the author’s success?

A.His mother’s help.B.The secret of quick moves.

C.The inspiration from his father.D.His repeated hard practice.

【4】How would the author feel about the result of his performance on the playground?

A.It’s fantastic.B.It’s funny.

C.It’s awkward.D.It’s disappointing.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】C

【4】A

【解析】

這是一篇記敘文。文章講述了作者變成魔術(shù)師是偶然的，并且具體講述了自己九歲時學(xué)習(xí)如何讓硬幣消失的經(jīng)歷。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。由文章第一段中的“I’d read The Lord of the Rings and risked coming into the adult section of the library to search for a book of spells （我讀過《魔戒》，并且冒險進入圖書館的成人區(qū)尋找魔法書）”可知，作者進入圖書館的成人區(qū)是為了尋找魔法書。原文中使用了不定式表達目的。故選B。

【2】詞義猜測題。文章第二段講述作者一開始練習(xí)讓硬幣消失時的練習(xí)經(jīng)歷，他每天要在鏡子前練1000遍左右，那么硬幣也就會掉在地上1000次左右。所以劃線單詞所在句子句意應(yīng)為：兩周后，媽媽從店里買了一塊地毯，把它放在鏡子下面，以掩蓋硬幣一次又一次落下的聲音。A. Get rid of擺脫；甩掉；B. Give out分發(fā)；C. Imitate模仿；D. Distinguish區(qū)分；辨別。我們由常識可知，carpet（地毯）是比較軟的，能起到消音的作用。故選A。

【3】推理判斷題。由文章第三段中的內(nèi)容“我聽到過爸爸在鋼琴上練習(xí)新樂曲，所以我知道練習(xí)方法---慢慢地，有意識地，追求精確而不是速度。有一天我試著對著鏡子進行錯覺表演，然后不可思議的一幕發(fā)生了。這看起來不像是一個魔術(shù)把戲，像是個奇跡�！笨芍�，作者是在父親練習(xí)鋼琴的經(jīng)歷的啟發(fā)下，領(lǐng)悟到了練習(xí)的真諦，最終取得了成功。故選C。

【4】推理判斷題。由文章最后一段中的“They yelled, laughed, scrambled away. Everyone went crazy. This was brilliant.”，可知作者在操場上表演完硬幣消失之后，其他同學(xué)歡呼、大小并且都不知道是如何做到的，每個人都很瘋狂。作者認(rèn)為這個經(jīng)歷是非常棒的。fantastic極好的；funny滑稽的，好笑的；awkward令人尷尬的；disappointing令人失望的。fantastic與原文中的brilliant是近義詞，故選A。

猜測詞義題在高考中有三種考查形式：生詞猜測詞義或熟詞生義、猜測一句話的意思、指代關(guān)系猜詞（代詞或者名詞）。從近三年考查形勢看，三種考查方式同等重要。本文中第二題考查的就是生詞猜測詞義。這種題型的解法主要是在生詞前后找到其釋義句。例如本文第二段中前幾句話對作者每天練習(xí)讓硬幣消失的經(jīng)歷都對最后一句中媽媽買回來地毯的目的做鋪墊。從對練習(xí)經(jīng)歷的描述中，我們可以推斷媽媽買回來地毯的目的。進而推斷出這個生詞的意思。本題猜出意思即可解出答案。有的題目根據(jù)釋義句猜測出劃線單詞意思后，還需要將選項代入劃線單詞處看主謂賓搭配是否合理。