Question

Tracy Wong is a well-known Chinese-American writer. But her writing ___36___ was something she picked up by herself. After her first____37____, teaching disabled children, she became a part-time writer for IBM. ___38___, writing stories was simply a ___39___. interest. Tracy sent three of her stories to a publisher(出版商).___40____, they immediately suggested that she put them together to make a single one long___41___and paid Tracy a $ 50,000 advance. "A pretty money," said the publisher, "for___42____writer.”

      ___43___Traey's characters(人物) are interesting, her stories sometimes___44___readem uneasy: those about the supernatural. "My mother believed I could___45___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 l do have___46___ when things come to me___47___. " Once, she was wondering how to complete a ___48___set in ancient (古代的) China. ___49___the doorbell rang. It was a FedEx delivery man, with a copy of a book on Chinese ___50___. It came without her having ___51___it.

     Though she has published 10 books, Tracy has remained ___52___by her fame. She lives in the same ___53___she lived 27 years ago - although in a mom comfortable home. There' s more room for___54___in her life - and it wasn’t just ___ 55___.

36. A. skill	B. experience	C. practice	D. method
37. A. duty	B. effort	C. job	D. task
38. A. Instead	B. Normally	C. Certainly	D. Then
39. A. general	B. deep	C. personal	D. lively
40. A. Interested	B. Anxiously	C. Seriously	D. Encouraged
41. A. film	B. story	C. program	D. article
42. A. a foreign	B. a popular	C. an unusual	D. an unknown
43. A. Now that	B. Even though	C. Just because	D. Except that
44. A. find	B. turn	C.leave	D. hold
45. A. make up	B. 'connect with	C. control	D. explain
46. A. events	B. chances	C. feelings	D. moments
47. A. for no reason	B. from a distance	C. by accident	D. as gifts
48. A. description	B. pointing	C. scene	D. talk
49. A. Surprisingly	B. Suddenly	C. Expectedly	D. Fortunately
50. A. cooking	B. history	C. play	D. medicine
51. A. known	B. sent	C. realized	D. ordered
52. A. unchanged	B. excited	C. determined	D. unmoved
53. A. life	B. city	C. house	D. way
54. A. success	B. work	C. joy	D. variety
55. A. writing	B. reporting	C. luck	D. fun

 

Answer 1

36．A

解析：在特定语境中选择恰当名词的能力

A．skill为技术，技巧；B.experience为经验，经历；C .practice为训练，练习；

D．method为方法，手段。综合全文以及此题空后的定语从句(she picked up by herself)，此题应填写作技巧，故答案为A。

37．C

解析：在特定语境中选择恰当名词的能力

题空后teaching disabled children为一种工作，并且作题空的同位语，所以应选C为

正确答案。

38．D

解析：在特定语境中选择恰当副词的能力

根据上下语境，此处是说她成为一个兼职作者时，强调在当时，写故事是她自己的兴趣，所以应选D作为答案。

39．C

解析：在特定语境中选择恰当形容词的能力

此处是指她的个人兴趣，属常识题，应选C作为答案。

40．A

解析：在特定语境中选择恰当形容词或副词的能力

根据上下语境，出版商立刻建议她把故事结集出版，可知，出版商对她的故事感兴趣，其实此题是一只保留了形容词interested的从句，补全为：Because the publisher was interested in her stories．因从句主语和主句主语一致，所以把从句的主语和be动词都省略了，只保留了形容词interested。所以A为正确答案。

此题乍看起来，好像与前后无太大关联，其实玄机藏在文后，此题的区分度很好。

41．B

解析：在特定语境中选用正确名词的能力

此题属前提示题，由前句的her stories可知此空应填story，所以B为正确答案。

42．

解析：在特定语境中选用正确冠词和形容词的能力

根据上下语境，应为“对于一个不出名的作家，这是一笔丰厚的资金”，而对于B，C

两项则不合适，所以D为正确答案。

 43．B

解析：在特定语境中选用正确连词的能力

根据前后两个形容词interesting(有趣的)和uneasy(不安的)，可知前后两句并不是因果关系，所以排除A、C。B. Even though纵然，即使，D．Except that除……之外(不包括在内)。根据上下语境，此题是为了引出她的作品的另一特点leave readers uneasy，所以B为正确答案。

44．C

解析：在特定语境中选用正确动词的能力

A．找到，发现，B．变成，变得，C．leave听任其在某处，使保持某种状态，D．hold使某人保持特定位置、姿势、态度等。此题是指使得读者保持不安的状态，所以C为正确答案。

45．B

解析：在特定语境中选用正确动词的能力

通过下句；speak with my grandmother，who died many years ago．的后暗示，可知此

题应选B，connect with(与……联系)。

46．D

解析：在特定语境中选用正确名词的能力

据上下语境和46空前的do(表强调)，have(经历，遭受)和when引导的定语从句，A、B、C三项中的名词不能作先行词，所以应选D。

此题难度较大，可译为“我认为我不能同死去的人取得联系，但是我确实经历了事情无缘无故来到我面前的时刻。”

47．A

解析：在特定语境中选用正确短语的能力

A．for no reason无缘无故；B．from a distance从远处；C．by accident偶然地，意外地；D．as gifts作为礼物。根据上下文，应选A为正确答案。

48．C

解析：在特定语境中选用正确名词的能力

A．description描述，B．painting绘画，C．scene场景、情景、风景，D．talk谈话。

此题应与50题一起考虑，据常识，50题应填history。50题填好以后，与中国历史有关，作者所要完成的应该是一套古代中国场景小说。故48题应选C。

49．B

解析：在特定语境中选用恰当副词的能力

据上下语境“我正在考虑……，这时门铃突然响了”，此题也为常识题，提前没有约

人，所以C排除，这里也不存在幸与不幸，故D也排除，而A．Surprisingly吃惊地，用在这里程度太深，故也应排除。所以B为正确答案。

50．B为正确答案。

51．D

解析：在特定语境中选用恰当过去分词的能力

此题为介词+动名词作宾语结构，根据前后文逻辑应为她没有订购、预订，所以选D为正确答案。

52．A

解析：在特定语境中选用恰当形容词的能力

据后文She lives in the same  53  she lived 27 years ago的暗示，可知她没有变，

所以选用A为正确答案。

53．C

解析：在特定语境中选用恰当名词的能力

常识题，lives in the house，所以选C为正确答案。

54．C

解析：在特定语境中选用恰当名词的能力

与55题综合考虑，在这里有更多可以享受幸福快乐的空间，而不仅仅是写作，所以C为正确答案。

55．A

解析：在特定语境中选用恰当名词或动名词的能力

综合全篇，最后一句总结出她不只写作，也享受生活，所以A为正确答案。