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(2014·蚌埠市高三第三次教学质量检查考试)
Some years ago when I was in my second year in university,I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time.The moment was exciting.Salome’s ____filled the room and brought the theater to life.I was so____that I decided to write an article about her.
I____Salome Bey,telling her I was from Essence magazine,and that I wanted to meet her to talk about her career.She____and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday.When I hung up,I was scared out of my mind.I___I was lying.I was not a writer at all and hadn’t even written a grocery list.
I interviewed Salome Bey the next Tuesday.I sat there____,taking notes and asking questions that all began with,“Can you tell me...” I soon realized that____Salome Bey was one thing,but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible.The____was almost unbearable (不可容忍的).I struggled for days ____draft after draft.Finally I put my manuscript (手稿) into a large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox.
It didn’t take long.My manuscript____.How stupid of me!I thought.How could I____in a world of professional writers?Knowing I couldn’t ____the rejection letter,I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.
Five years later,I was moving to California.While____my apartment,I came across the unopened envelope.This time I opened it and   ____the editor’s letter in disbelief:
Dear Ms Profit,
Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic.Yet we need some ___  materials.Please add those and return the article immediately.We would like to____your story soon.
Shocked,it took me a long time to____.Fear of rejection cost me dearly.I lost at least five hundred dollars and having my article appear in a major magazine.More importantly,I lost years of____writing.Today,I have become a full­time writer.Looking back on this____,I learned a very important lesson:You can’t____to doubt yourself.
小题1:
A.joy B.voice
C.speech D.smile
小题2:
A.moved B.active
C.satisfied D.proud
小题3:
A.visited B.emailed
C.interviewedD.phoned
小题4:
A.agreed B.refused
C.hesitatedD.paused
小题5:
A.replied  B.discovered
C.explainedD.knew
小题6:
A.seriously B.nervously
C.patientlyD.quietly
小题7:
A.blaming B.fooling
C.inviting  D.urging
小题8:
A.hardship B.failure
C.comment D.pressure
小题9:
A.on B.by
C.withD.in
小题10:
A.returnedB.disappeared
C.spread D.improved
小题11:
A.compareB.compete
C.survive  D.struggle
小题12:
A.ignore B.deliver
C.faceD.receive
小题13:
A.cleaningB.repairing
C.decorating  D.leaving
小题14:
A.saw  B.read
C.found D.noticed
小题15:
A.memorial B.relevant
C.private  D.reliable
小题16:
A.broadcast  B.create
C.publish D.assess
小题17:
A.prepareB.recover
C.escape D.concentrate
小题18:
A.energetic B.enjoyable
C.typical D.endless
小题19:
A.experienceB.success
C.benefit  D.accident
小题20:
A.attempt  B.pretend
C.expect  D.afford
答案

小题1:B

小题2:A

小题3:D

小题4:A

小题5:D

小题6:B

小题7:B

小题8:D

小题9:C

小题10:A

小题11:B

小题12:C

小题13:A

小题14:B

小题15:B

小题16:C

小题17:B

小题18:B

小题19:A

小题20:D

语篇解读 本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者通过第一次投稿的经历给了我们很多启示:千万不要怀疑自己,否则你将会因此而错失很多。

小题1:解析: 考查名词辨析。句意为:Salome的声音(voice)充满了整个房间,整个剧院因她的歌声而焕发生机。根据上一句“I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time.”可知,答案B符合文意。

答案: B

小题2:解析:  考查动词辨析。句意为:我被震撼(move感动)了,因此我决定写一篇关于她的文章。active积极的,活跃的;satisfied满意的;proud骄傲的,均不符合语境,故排除。

答案: A

小题3:解析:  考查动词辨析。句意为:我打电话(phone)给Salome,说我是Essence杂志的,想约她见面并谈谈她的职业。根据下文的“When I hung up,I was scared out of my mind.”可知,答案D符合文意。

答案: D

小题4:解析:  考查动词辨析。句意为:她同意(agree)了我的请求,约好下个星期二在她的工作室见面。根据本句中“...told me to come to her studio next Tuesday”可知,她同意了“我”和她见面的请求。

答案: A

小题5:解析: 考查动词辨析。句意为:我知道(know)我在撒谎。根据下文“I was not a writer...”可知,作者是在说谎。reply回答;discover发现;explain解释,均不符合语境,故排除。

答案: D

小题6:解析: 考查副词辨析。句意为:我坐在那里,很紧张地(nervously)记着笔记,开始问一些简单的问题,与上文“When I hung up,I was scared out of my mind...I was lying”相呼应,故答案B符合文意。

答案: B

小题7:解析: 考查动词辨析。句意为:我很快意识到欺骗(fool)Salome是一回事儿,但是给一个国家级的杂志写稿发表几乎是不可能的事儿。根据上文“I was lying”可知,答案B符合文意。

答案: B

小题8:解析: 考查名词辨析。句意为:这种压力(pressure)几乎不能让人承担。与下句“I struggled for days...”和作者怀疑自己的能力相呼应,故答案D符合文意。hardship艰难;failure失败;comment评论,均不符合语境,故排除。

答案: D

小题9:解析: 考查介词辨析。句意为:我几天来一直都一遍一遍地打草稿,写了撕,撕了写。struggle with为固定搭配,意为“与……挣扎,搏斗”,符合文意,故答案C正确。

答案: C

小题10:解析: 考查动词辨析。句意为:不久后,我的手稿被退回了(return)。根据下文“the rejection letter”和“How stupid of me!”可知,答案A符合语境。disappear消失;spread传播;improve改善,均不符合语境,故排除。

答案: A

小题11:解析: 考查动词辨析。句意为:我怎么能够竞争(compete)过那么多专业作家呢?与文章最后一句“You can’t________to doubt yourself.”相呼应,故答案B符合文意。compare比较;survive存活;struggle斗争,均不符合语境,故排除。

答案: B

小题12:解析:  考查动词辨析。句意为:知道自己不能够面对(face)那封拒绝信,我把那封信拆都没拆就直接放在抽屉里了。根据下文“Fear of rejection cost me dearly.”和“I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer”可知,作者害怕被拒绝,所以不敢面对。故答案C符合文意。

答案: C

小题13:解析:  考查动词辨析。由上句可知,作者要搬去别的地方了,故本句句意为:在屋里打扫卫生(cleaning)时,我偶然看到了那封没有拆开的信。repair修理;decorate装修;leave离开,均不符合语境,故排除。

答案: A

小题14:解析: 考查动词辨析。句意为:这次我拆开了这封信,开始读(read)编辑给我写的信,有些难以置信。根据下文引用的信的内容可知,作者在读信。故答案B符合文意。

答案: B

小题15:解析: 考查形容词辨析。句意为:然而,我们需要一些相关的(relevant)资料。memorial纪念性的;private私人的;reliable可依赖的,均不符合语境,故排除。

答案: B

小题16:解析: 考查动词辨析。句意为:我们很希望不久后就出版(publish)你的文章。根据下文“I lost at least five hundred dollars and having my article appear in a major magazine.”可知,答案C符合文意。

答案: C

小题17:解析: 考查动词辨析。句意为:过了很久我才从震惊中恢复(recover)过来。与本句中的“shocked”和上文的“in disbelief”相呼应,故答案B符合文意。

答案: B

小题18:解析: 考查形容词辨析。句意为:更重要的是,我失去了多年愉悦(enjoyable)的写作。作者听到别人优美的歌声就想为别人写点什么,说明写作对作者是一个很享受的过程,故答案B符合文意。energetic有活力的;typical典型的;endless无尽的,均不符合语境,故排除。

答案: B

小题19:解析:  考查名词辨析。句意为:回顾这次经历(experience),我学到了重要的一课……,success成功;benefit受益;accident事故,车祸,均不符合语境,故排除。

答案: A

小题20:解析:  考查动词辨析。句意为:回顾这次经历,我学到了重要的一课:你承担(afford)不起怀疑自己的代价。attempt尝试;pretend假装;expect期望,均不符合语境,故排除。

答案: D

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