Question

Tracy Wong is a well-known Chinese-American writer. But her writing 1 was something she picked up by herself. After her first2, teaching disabled children, she became a part-time writer for IBM. 3, writing stories was simply a 4 interest. Tracy sent three of her stories to a publisher. 5, they immediately suggested that she put them together to make a single one long 6 and paid Tracy a $ 15,000 advance. “A pretty money,” said the publisher, “for 7 writer.”
8 Tracy’s characters are interesting, her stories sometimes 9 readers uneasy: those about the supernatural. “My mother believed I could 10 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 11 when things come to me 12. “Once, she was wondering how to complete a 13 set in ancient China. 14 the doorbell rang. It was a FedEx delivery man, with a copy of a book on Chinese 15. It came without her having 16 it.
Though she has published 45 books, Tracy has remained 17 by her fame. She lives in the same 18 she lived 27 years ago — although in a more comfortable home. There’s more room for 19 in her life — and it wasn’t just 20. 

1. 1.
   1. A.
      skill
   2. B.
      experience
   3. C.
      practice
   4. D.
      method
2. 2.
   1. A.
      duty
   2. B.
      effort
   3. C.
      job
   4. D.
      task
3. 3.
   1. A.
      Instead
   2. B.
      Normally
   3. C.
      Certainly
   4. D.
      Then
4. 4.
   1. A.
      general
   2. B.
      deep
   3. C.
      personal
   4. D.
      lively
5. 5.
   1. A.
      Interested
   2. B.
      Anxiously
   3. C.
      Seriously
   4. D.
      Encouraged
6. 6.
   1. A.
      film
   2. B.
      story
   3. C.
      program
   4. D.
      article
7. 7.
   1. A.
      a foreign
   2. B.
      a popular
   3. C.
      an unusual
   4. D.
      an unknown
8. 8.
   1. A.
      Now that
   2. B.
      Even though
   3. C.
      Just because
   4. D.
      Except that
9. 9.
   1. A.
      find
   2. B.
      turn
   3. C.
      leave
   4. D.
      hold
10. 10.
    1. A.
       make up
    2. B.
       connect with
    3. C.
       control
    4. D.
       explain
11. 11.
    1. A.
       events
    2. B.
       chances
    3. C.
       feelings
    4. D.
       moments
12. 12.
    1. A.
       for no reason
    2. B.
       from a distance
    3. C.
       by accident
    4. D.
       as gifts
13. 13.
    1. A.
       description
    2. B.
       condition
    3. C.
       scene
    4. D.
       talk
14. 14.
    1. A.
       Surprisingly
    2. B.
       Suddenly
    3. C.
       Expectedly
    4. D.
       Fortunately
15. 15.
    1. A.
       cooking
    2. B.
       history
    3. C.
       play
    4. D.
       medicine
16. 16.
    1. A.
       known
    2. B.
       sent
    3. C.
       realized
    4. D.
       ordered
17. 17.
    1. A.
       unchanged
    2. B.
       excited
    3. C.
       determined
    4. D.
       unmoved
18. 18.
    1. A.
       life
    2. B.
       city
    3. C.
       house
    4. D.
       way
19. 19.
    1. A.
       success
    2. B.
       work
    3. C.
       joy
    4. D.
       variety
20. 20.
    1. A.
       writing
    2. B.
       reporting
    3. C.
       luck
    4. D.
       fun

Answer 1

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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)，他為什么會這樣？文章會告訴你。
1.考查詞義比較前后照應(yīng) 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。。選A.
2.考查前后照應(yīng)詞義比較 從后文作同位語的teaching disabled children和對立項(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)。選C。
3.考查詞義比較邏輯推理 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。選D。
4.考查前后照應(yīng)詞義比較 當(dāng)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。A. 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。選C。
5.考查詞義比較句法功能詞匯用法 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(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)在這個位置上。選A。
6.考查前后照應(yīng)詞義比較 出版商加以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。選B。
7.考查邏輯推理詞義比較 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。選D。
8.考查語句連貫前后照應(yīng) 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)�，表示因果關(guān)系；except that 除了……之外, 只可惜，表示排除意義。選B。
9.考查詞義辨析 她的那些關(guān)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。選C。
10.考查前后照應(yīng)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。選B。
11.考查邏輯推理語法規(guī)則 但是作者也確實(shí)有這樣的感覺(feelings)，機(jī)會(chances)，事件(events)，或時刻(moments)。因?yàn)榫o接在后面的when引導(dǎo)的表示時間的定語從句，修飾前面的moments，故選D。
12.考查詞義比較前后照應(yīng) 有時某些事情無緣無故(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。選A。
13.考查邏輯推理，前后照應(yīng)，詞義比較 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)。選C。
14.考查詞義比較邏輯推理 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。選B。
15.考查邏輯推理氣候照應(yīng) 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。選B
16.考查邏輯推理常識運(yùn)用詞義比較 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(yù)定過(order)。按常識道理，沒有預(yù)定，郵遞員不會送東西到家來，更何況是自己想弄的東西。選D。
17.考查邏輯推理，詞義比較，前后照應(yīng) 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。選A
18.考查邏輯推理常識運(yùn)用 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。選D。
19.考查前后照應(yīng)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)會或空間來享受生活的多樣化(variety)。網(wǎng)上下載，此題為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不形成對立關(guān)系。選C。
20.考查前后照應(yīng)：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。選A。
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