Question

閱讀理解 　　I entered St．Thomas’s Hospital as a medical student at the age of 18 and spent five years there．I was an unsatisfactory student, for my heart, as you might have guessed, was not in it．I wanted, I had always wanted to be a writer, and in the evening, after my high tea, I wrote and read．Before long I wrote a novel called “Liza of Lambeth ”, which I sent to the publisher and was accepted．It appeared during my last year at the hospital and had something of a success．It was of course an accident, but naturally I didn’t know that．I felt I could afford to give up medicine and make writing my profession．So three days after I graduated from the school of medicine, I set out for Spain to write another book．Looking back now and knowing as I do the terrible difficulties of making a living by writing, I realize I was taking a fearful risk．It never even occurred to me． 　　The next ten years were very hard and I earned an average of ￡100 a year．Then I had a bit of luck．The manager of the Court Theatre put on a play that failed．The next play he had arranged to put on was not ready and he was at his wits’ end．He read a play of mine and, though he didn’t like it very much, he thought it might just run for the six weeks till the play he had in mind to follow it with could be produced．It ran for fifteen months．Within a short while I had four plays running in London at the same time．Nothing of the kind had happened before．I was the talk of the town．One of the students at St．Thomas’s Hospital asked the famous surgeon with whom I had worked whether he remembered me．“Yes, I remember him quite well”, he said．“One of our failures, I am afraid”． (1) The writer wanted to be an author because ________． [　　] A． his heart was not in medicine B． he found it easier to make a living by writing C． he liked taking risks D． he was interested in writing (2) Which of the following statements is not true? [　　] A． The author was very pleased to have his book published but he didn’t realize it was something of an accident B． The success of his first book led the author to think he could afford to make writing his profession C． The author knew he was running a terrible risk when he decided to become a writer D． The author became a writer after graduation but was not a successful one (3) In the second paragraph, “…h(huán)e was at his wits’ end” means ________． [　　] A． he was angry B． he was worried C． he was sad D． he was very disappointed (4) The manager of the Court Theatre agreed to put the author’s play on the stage because ________． [　　] A． he thought it would run for fifteen months B． he knew it was one of the author’s best plays shown in London C． he had just put on a play that failed D． the play he had arranged to put on was not ready (5) The author became the talk of the town because ________． [　　] A． he talked with a great many people in London about his plays B． the plays he wrote were successfully performed in London C． his performances in the Court Theatre were unexpectedly wonderful D． he was criticized by an eminent surgeon as one of their failures

Answer 1

答案：1．D;2．C;3．B;4．D;5．B;
解析：

(1)	根據第一段I was an unsatisfactory student, for my heart, as you might have guessed, was not in it．I wanted, I had always wanted to be a writer, and in the evening, after my high tea, I wrote and read．可知。
(2)	A，B，D三個選項分別在第一段It was of course an accident, but naturally I didn’t know that．I felt I could afford to give up medicine and make writing my profession．和第二段The next ten years were very hard and I earned an average of ￡100 a year找到根據。只有C不符合文章內容。
(3)	根據第二段上下文可知劇院經理因新戲劇沒準備好而著急。
(4)	根據第二段He read a play of mine and, though he didn’t like it very much, he thought it might just run for the six weeks till the play he had in mind to follow it with could be produced．可以找到根據。
(5)	根據第二段It ran for fifteen months．Within a short while I had four plays running in London at the same time．Nothing of the kind had happened before．I was the talk of the town可知。