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【题目】 I became a magician by accident. When I was nine years old, I learned how to make a coin disappear. I’d read The Lord of the Rings and risked coming into the adult section of the library to search for a book of spells (魔法) — nine being that curious age at which you’re old enough to work through more than 1, 200 pages of mysterious fantasy literature but young enough to still hold out hope that you might find a book of real, actual magic in the library. The book I found instead taught basic sleight-of-hand (戏法) technique, and I devoted the next months to practice.

Initially, the magic wasn’t any good. At first it wasn’t even magic; it was just a trick — a bad trick. I spent hours each day in the bathroom running through the secret moves in front of the mirror. I dropped the coin over and over, a thousand times in a day, and after two weeks of this my mom got a carpet sample from the store and placed it under the mirror to eradicate the sound of the coin falling again and again.

I had heard my dad work through passages of new music on the piano, so I knew how to practice — slowly, deliberately, going for precision rather than speed. And then I tried the illusion (错觉) in the mirror and an unbelievable scene took place. It did not look like a magic trick. It looked like a miracle. I knew that I had got what I wanted.

One day I made the performance on the playground. We had been playing football and were standing by the backstop in the field behind the school. A dozen people were watching. I showed the coin to everyone. Then it disappeared. The kids screamed. They yelled, laughed, scrambled away. Everyone went crazy. This was brilliant.

【1】What did the author enter the adult section of the library to do?

A.To kill his time.B.To find a book of magic.

C.To read The Lord of the Rings.D.To learn knowledge of literature.

【2】What does the underlined word “eradicate” in Paragraph 2 mean?

A.Get rid of.B.Give out.

C.Imitate.D.Distinguish.

【3】What contributed to the author’s success?

A.His mother’s help.B.The secret of quick moves.

C.The inspiration from his father.D.His repeated hard practice.

【4】How would the author feel about the result of his performance on the playground?

A.It’s fantastic.B.It’s funny.

C.It’s awkward.D.It’s disappointing.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】C

【4】A

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者变成魔术师是偶然的，并且具体讲述了自己九岁时学习如何让硬币消失的经历。

【1】细节理解题。由文章第一段中的“I’d read The Lord of the Rings and risked coming into the adult section of the library to search for a book of spells （我读过《魔戒》，并且冒险进入图书馆的成人区寻找魔法书）”可知，作者进入图书馆的成人区是为了寻找魔法书。原文中使用了不定式表达目的。故选B。

【2】词义猜测题。文章第二段讲述作者一开始练习让硬币消失时的练习经历，他每天要在镜子前练1000遍左右，那么硬币也就会掉在地上1000次左右。所以划线单词所在句子句意应为：两周后，妈妈从店里买了一块地毯，把它放在镜子下面，以掩盖硬币一次又一次落下的声音。A. Get rid of摆脱；甩掉；B. Give out分发；C. Imitate模仿；D. Distinguish区分；辨别。我们由常识可知，carpet（地毯）是比较软的，能起到消音的作用。故选A。

【3】推理判断题。由文章第三段中的内容“我听到过爸爸在钢琴上练习新乐曲，所以我知道练习方法---慢慢地，有意识地，追求精确而不是速度。有一天我试着对着镜子进行错觉表演，然后不可思议的一幕发生了。这看起来不像是一个魔术把戏，像是个奇迹。”可知，作者是在父亲练习钢琴的经历的启发下，领悟到了练习的真谛，最终取得了成功。故选C。

【4】推理判断题。由文章最后一段中的“They yelled, laughed, scrambled away. Everyone went crazy. This was brilliant.”，可知作者在操场上表演完硬币消失之后，其他同学欢呼、大小并且都不知道是如何做到的，每个人都很疯狂。作者认为这个经历是非常棒的。fantastic极好的；funny滑稽的，好笑的；awkward令人尴尬的；disappointing令人失望的。fantastic与原文中的brilliant是近义词，故选A。

猜测词义题在高考中有三种考查形式：生词猜测词义或熟词生义、猜测一句话的意思、指代关系猜词（代词或者名词）。从近三年考查形势看，三种考查方式同等重要。本文中第二题考查的就是生词猜测词义。这种题型的解法主要是在生词前后找到其释义句。例如本文第二段中前几句话对作者每天练习让硬币消失的经历都对最后一句中妈妈买回来地毯的目的做铺垫。从对练习经历的描述中，我们可以推断妈妈买回来地毯的目的。进而推断出这个生词的意思。本题猜出意思即可解出答案。有的题目根据释义句猜测出划线单词意思后，还需要将选项代入划线单词处看主谓宾搭配是否合理。