Question

One day, a woman from The Express News called. She said she wanted to work on a(n) on me. When she had finished me for the article, she asked, “What are you planning to do next?”

Well, at that , there was actually nothing I was planning on doing next, and what _ out for us was, “I’m thinking about the Guinness Book of World Records for Fastest-Talking Female.”

The newspaper article came out the next day, and the writer had my final remarks(评论)about trying to break the World’s Fastest-Talking Female record. At about 5:00 that afternoon, I got a from Larry King, asking me to go on the . They would me up at 8:00 — because they wanted me to do it that night!

I the phone for a while, and then I called Guinness to find out to break a fast-talking record. They told me I would have to recite something. I began . I was both and excited at the same time.

At 8:00, the car came. I practised the whole way there, and by the time I reached the ___ . I was tongue-tied. I asked the woman in charge, “What I don’t break the record?”

“Larry doesn’t if you break it or not,” she said. ” “He just cares that you try it on his show.” So I asked myself, “What’s the that can happen? I’ll look like a fool on television!” A thing, I told myself, I could live through that. And what if I break the record?

So I decided just to give it my best shot, and I did. I broke the record, becoming the World’s Fastest-Talking Female speaking 585 words in one minute!

1.A. articleB.experimentC. research

2.A. studyingB.interviewingC. calling

3.A. dayB. universityC. time

4.A. providedB. gaveC. took

5.A. settingB. breakingC. playing

6.A. setB. madeC. spoke

7.A. timeB. chanceC. call

8.A. showB. stageC. movie

9.A. bringB. pickC. call

10.A. thought ofB. stared atC.went through

11.A. whatB. whetherC. when

12.A. practicingB. singingC. learning

13.A. horribleB. tiredC. nervous

14.A. studio(演播室)B. theatreC. lab

15.A. unlessB. ifC. though

16.A. wonderB. considerC. care

17.A. bestB. mostC. least

18.A. smallB. niceC. terrible

19.A. readingB. carryingC. thinking

20.A. inB. onC. with

Answer 1

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.B

6.D

7.C

8.A

9.B

10.B

11.D

12.A

13.C

14.A

15.B

16.C

17.D

18.A

19.C

20.D

【解析】

试题解析：文章大意：本文是一篇记叙文，讲述作者在接受The Express News采访时，冒出了打算打破世界上女性最快说话吉尼斯纪录的想法，最后打破纪录的故事。

1. 考查名词词义及语境理解 A.article文章 B.experiment实验;试验 C.research研究；调查 D.study学习，研究；课题 根据文中57题article的提示，可知选A。句意：她说她想写篇关于我的文章。

2. 考查动词词义及语境理解 A.studying 学习，研究 B.interviewing 采访 C.calling打电话 D.praising赞扬；称赞 由文章第一句来自The Express News的女士打电话给作者，可知是电话采访。故选B。句意:当她为文章需要完成对我的采访，她问我，“你下一步打算做什么？”

3. 考查名词词义 at that time固定搭配，意为“在那时”，故选C。

4. 考查动词搭配及语境理解 A.provided不与out搭配 B.gave out分发；公布，发表；用尽 C.took out取出；去掉 D. came out出现；出版；结果是 由语境可知选D。句意：出现在我们眼前的……

5. 考查动词搭配 break the record固定搭配 意为“打破纪录”。故选B。句意：“我正考虑打破女性最快说话吉尼斯世界纪录。”

6. 考查动词词义及语境理解 A.set树立；点燃 B.made使得；制造；形成 C.spoke说 D.included包含，包括 由语境可知选D 句意:第二天报纸文章出版时，文章作者将我最后关于尝试打破女性最快说话世界纪录也包含在内。

7. 考查名词词义及语境理解 由后文phone的提示可知，作者收到了Larry King的电话。 故选C。

8. 考查名词词义及语境理解 A.show节目 B.stage舞台 C.movie电影 D.book由后文telivision可知，Larry King叫我去参加个电视节目。故选A。

9. 考查动词固定搭配 pick sb up 意为“开车接某人”。故选B。

10. 考查动词词组解析及语境理解 A.thought ofB.stared at C.went through D.heard of 由上文知Larry King打电话叫作者今晚去参加节目，作者接完电话应是惊讶的，stared at能恰当表示作者此时的情绪状态。故选B。

11. 考查语境理解，作者打电话Guinness是想知道如何打破最快说话纪录。how to do 意为“如何做，怎么做”。故选D。

12. 考查动词词义及语境理解 A.practicing练习；实习 B.singing唱歌 C.learning学习；得知 D.reading阅读 由后文提示“practised whole the day”故选A。句意：他们告诉我我必须背出一些东西，我开始了练习。

13. 考查形容词词义及语境理解 A.horrible可怕的；极讨厌的 B.tired疲倦的；厌烦的 C.nervous紧张不安的 D.happy快乐的 由语境知：打电话给Ginnuess知道如何破纪录后，作者内心是复杂的，既有兴奋也有对挑战失败的不安（nervous）。故选C。

14. 考查名词词义及语境理解，有后文提示知，作者是来参加打破吉尼斯纪录电视节目的，当然到达“studio(演播室)”。故选A。

15. 考查固定搭配 what if意为“如果…将会怎么样”故选B。句意：我问负责的女士，如果我没有打破纪录将会怎么样。

16. 考查动词词义及语境理解 A.wonder 想知道；怀疑 B.consider考虑；认为 C.care在意；照顾；关心 D.know知道 由语境知：Larry不在意我是否打破纪录。故选C。

17. 考查形容词最高级及语境理解 由语境知：作者心里在想自己如果没有打破纪录最坏的情形。worst意为“最坏的，最糟糕的” 故选D。

18. 考查形容词词义及语境理解 作者内心已经考虑了最坏的情形，在电视里看起来像傻瓜对她来说是“small thing(小事)”，再坏也坏不了哪去。故选A。

19. 考查动词词义及语境理解 A.reading阅读；理解B.carrying拿，携带；搬运C.thinking想；认为 D.going走；达到 作者内心已考虑了最坏的情形，作者认为（think）自己可以经受得住在电视上出丑。 故选C。

20. 由语境知：作者通过一分钟说585个词语打破了纪录。by意为“通过；依据” 故选D。

考点：考察记叙文阅读。