(湖北省宜昌市一中2009届高三5月仿真模拟考试E篇)
The Writers' Strike：Making the Best of the Worst
By now you are probably feeling the effects of the TV writers’ strike-the decision of television writers to stop working．With few new TV shows，I present to you a list of shows available on DVD worth your viewing time to keep you going during this painful period·
Arrested Development is one of the funniest and most clever shows ever to have appeared on network TV. With a most perfect cast(全体演员)，the show sets out to cover the daily happenings of the Bluth family，a group of selfish staff who manage to still put family first.
For more comedy goodness，I recommend one of the sharpest comedies to have ever broadcast．30 Rock．Starring Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin，two stars with impressive comic timing, the show gives you a glimpse into the making of a sketch show (幽默短剧),similar to Saturday Nigth Live, from the funny writers to the self-centered cast all the way up to the boss.
If you are looking for something more serious, or perhaps Friday Night lights might be more to your liking , If you are a fan of football, this show is probably for you. If you are a fan of great drama, both soapy and serious, this show is probably for you, If you are a fan of good-looking people, this show is definitely for you .
If those shows were not enough for you, might I recommend a show with a more heart-pounding excitement? The Amazing Race, after twelve seasons, still remains one of the most exciting shows on TV, Teams of two travel the globe with little to no money and experience far-out adventures in an attempt to remain the last team standing.
67．If you are fond of soapy TV shows，you will probably choose to watch
A．Fridav Night Lights B．30 Rock
C．the Amazing Race D．Saturday Night Live
68．From the DVD shows listed above，we can learn that
A．two teams won the amazing race
B．football fans enjoy the Amazing Race
C．the Bluths care about their family though selfish
D．30 Rock and Saturday Night Live have nothing in common
69．The author writes the passage to tell us that
A．the effects of the TV writers’ strike are great
B．the strike puts TV shows in the worst situation
C．watching DVD is a good choice during the strike
D．we should choose DVD shows according to our tastes
70．The passage is most probably taken from
A．a book review B．a newspaper C. a film poster D．a DVD menu
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(湖北省宜昌市一中2009届高三5月仿真模拟考试D篇)
Writing being largely a self-taught occupation, texts on how to get about it —though great in number— seldom are of much use.
You try, and fail. Then try again. Until at last, if you have some gift for it, the failures become less frequent, or at any rate less apparantly.
It is this ability to cover up one’s defects that is finally regarded as accomplishment or achievement.
Along the way there are the discouragements of unkind criticism, outright rejection, troublesome insecurity and irregular inability to meet debts.
It is uncommon, therefore, to come across a book containing advice of much practical value for anyone toying(漫不经心地考虑) with the dangerous idea of staring on a writing life.
A friend recently lent me such a book, however — one I wish I’d had the luck to read years ago, and which I would recommend to any young person devoted to making a career of words. It is the autobiography (自传) of the English novelist Anthony Trollope, first published in 1883, the year after his death.
Needing some means to support himself, Trollope at age 19 worked as a junior clerk in the British postal service. He was at his desk at 5:30 each morning to write for three hours. And he remained in the mail service 33 years, long after reputation and prosperity had come to him.
Now, what of his advice in his works?
1. For safety’s sake, arm yourself with some other skills, some other line of work to fall back on(求助). That way, failure at writing, though the disappointment may appear, will not mean ruin.
2. Do not depend too much on inspiration. Writing is a craft, which Trollope compared to the craft of shoemaking. The shoemaker who has just turned out one pair of his work sets to work immediately on the next pair.
3. Have a story to tell, but, more important than that, people with characters who will speak and move as living creatures in the reader’s mind. Without memorable characters, story alone is nothing.
4. Meet your deadlines. Life is endlessly “painful and troublesome” for writers who can’t finish their work on time.
5. Do not be carried away by praise. And, above all, do not be injured by criticism.
6. Understand the risks of writing for a living. “The career, when successful, is pleasant enough certainly; but when unsuccessful, it is of all careers the most painful.”
63. This passage mainly discusses .
A. the difficulties and risks of making a career of words
B. the uselessness of instructions contained in writing guidebooks
C. the autobiography of the 19th century English novelist Anthony Trollope
D. sound advice provided in Anthony. Trollope’s autobiography
64. From the context we can figure out that the underlined word “defect” in Paragraph 3 means .
A. advantage B. fault C. truth D. disadvantage
65. According to the author, writing .
A. is basically a self-taught occupation and no instructions on how to deal with it are of any practical use
B. is a “trial and error” process and it does not count whether you have the gift for writing or not
C. for a living is the most pleasant of all careers, full of praise and enjoyment
D. sometimes provides good hopes of winning public praise and escaping poverty
66. From the passage we may infer that the author is most probably .
A. an instructor of writing B. a writer C. an educator D. a publisher
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