Tracy Wong is a wellknown ChineseAmerican writer.But her writing ____ was something she picked up by herself.After her first ____, teaching disabled children, she became a parttime writer for IBM.____, writing stories was simply a ____ interest.Tracy sent three of her stories to a publisher.____, they immediately suggested that she put them together to make a single one long ____ and paid Tracy a $50,000 advance.“A pretty money,” said the publisher, “for ____ writer.” ___ Tracy's characters are interesting, her stories sometimes ____ readers uneasy: those about the supernatural.“My mother believed I could ____ 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 ____ when things come to me ____.” Once, she was wondering how to complete a ____ set in ancient China, ____ the doorbell rang.It was a FedEx delivery man, with a copy of a book on Chinese ____.It came without her having ____ it. Though she has published 10 books, Tracy has remained ____ by her fame.She lives in the same ___ she lived 27 years ago—although in a more comfortable home.There's more room for ____ in her life—and it wasn't just ____.
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小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:A
小题5:D
小题6:C
小题7:D
小题8:B
小题9:C
小题10:A
小题11:D
小题12:B
小题13:C
小题14:D
小题15:C
小题16:A
小题17:C
小题18:A
小题19:B
小题20:D
小题1:答案 A [Tracy Wong是一位著名的美籍华人作家。其写作技能(skill)是自学的。后文大部分谈到了她的技能与技巧。skill技能,技巧;experience经验, 体验, 经历, 阅历;practice实践,实习;method方法。]
小题2:答案 C [从后文作同位语的teaching disabled children和对立项a parttime writer for IBM,这里指的不是义务(duty),努力(effort),任务(task),而是工作、职业(job)。]
小题3:答案 D [ 指Tracy Wong所处的时期(then)。instead代替,表示对立意义;normally正常地, 通常地;certainly的确,表示对情况或事情的肯定。]
小题4:答案 C [当时,写作是个人的兴趣爱好。后句sent three of her stories to a publisher 有所暗示。general普通的,一般的;deep深奥的, 难懂的;personal私人的, 个人的;lively活泼的, 活跃的。]
小题5:答案 A [出版商对她的作品感兴趣(interested),随即向她提出建议。interested(=As they were interested);encouraged的逻辑主语应是Tracy,而不是出版商;anxiously(忧虑地, 不安地)和seriously(认真地, 真诚地)通常不作句子性副词用,故不能出现在这个位置上。]
小题6:答案 B [出版商建议她把三个故事合起来成为一篇长故事(story)。film,program和article没有存在的前提。]
小题7:答案 D [对于Tracy这样一个尚不受大众欢迎的(popular),普通的(unusual),外国的(foreign),没有名气的(unknown)小作家,这是不小的一笔钱。]
小题8:答案 B [虽然她的故事人物令人感兴趣,但……注意前后句之间的转折关系。now that既然,表示原因关系;even though即使,即便,表示转折关系;just because就是因为,表示因果关系;except that 除了……之外,只可惜,表示排除意义。]
小题9:答案 C [她的那些关于超自然故事有时让/使(leave)读者感到不自在,心神不安。find发现,找到;turn转动,变成;leave使某人处于某种状态,置某人于某种状态;hold把握,保持。]
小题10:答案 B [作者的母亲认为作者能够沟通来世阴间。后句“She used to have me speak with my grandmother, who died many years ago.”有所暗示。make up弥补, 虚构, 缝制, 整理;connect with连接, 联 络;control控制;explain 解释,说明。]
小题11:答案 D [但是作者也确实有这样的感觉(feelings),机会(chances),事件(events),或时刻(moments)。因为紧接在后面的when引导的表示时间的定语从句,修饰前面的moments,故选D。]
小题12:答案 A [有时某些事情无缘无故(for no reason)地,而非碰巧(by accident),从远处(from a distance),作为礼物式(as gifts)地发生在作者身上。后文中的“Once, she was wondering how to...”有所暗示。]
小题13:答案 C [作者一直在纳闷如何完成一个以古代中国为背景的布景场景(scene)的故事,而非描写(description),指示(pointing)或谈话(talk)。]
小题14:答案 B [突然(suddenly),门铃响了。surprisingly令人惊讶地;suddenly突然地,表示突发性行为;expectedly不出预料地;fortunately幸运地。]
小题15:答案 B [邮递员手里拿着有关中国历史(history)方面的书。前面ancient China有所提示。]
小题16:答案 D [书来得很是蹊跷,作者先前知道(know)、意识到会(realize)有这样的书,但没有送(send)出去过,更没有预定过(order)。按常识道理,没有预定,邮递员不会送东西到家来,更何况是自己想弄的东西。]
小题17:答案 A [虽然作者已经出版了45本书,可仍然没有由于名誉而有丝毫改变(unchanged)。由后文although in a more comfortable home 说明unmoved不妥。excited和determined与文意不符。]
小题18:答案 D [作者也许在原先的城市(city),原先的房子(house)居住,但不能是原先的生活(life),而是以与27年前同样的生活方式(way)生活着。]
小题19:答案 D [作者不仅仅只是单一的写作,作者的生活中有了更多的机会或空间来享受生活的多样化(variety)。]
小题20:答案 A [注意与文章前面her writing skill,a parttime writer for IBM,writing stories was simply a personal interest的相一致。reporting,luck和fun与文意不符。]