Michael Scofield has won fans all over the world. The star of the hit show Prison Break is kind, clever and good-looking. But what about the man the character?
Wentworth Miller, the 35-year-old actor who plays Scofield, is a hard guy to figure out. He does not come from a traditional background and doesn’t a traditional path.
Miller didn’t take a road to fame. He graduated from Princeton University in 1995 with a degree in English, not a degree in or film. He didn’t even act when he was in college. His only experience was in his university’s well-known singing group. Yet, at graduation, Miller still decided to make the to Hollywood.
Miller has always been . Although he is American, he was born in Britain when his father was studying there. His family background is a of cultures. “My father is black and my mother is white. That means I have always been caught in the middle. I could be one, which can make you feel out of place,” Miller says.
Following his unusual path, Miller did not start trying out for films when he got to Hollywood. , he worked as a production assistant. Working on production side, he learned a lot about what makes a good .
In 2002, Miller played a role in the drama Dinotopia. He starred as a shy man. The producers his performance when they were making Prison Break two years later.
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解析试题分析： 本文叙述了扮演《越狱》的男主角Michael Scofield的演员Wentworth Miller的家庭背景以及他不同于他人的成名之路，。
【小题1】B 介词辨析。A在…旁边B在…后面C在..外面D在…之后；句意：在Michael Scofield背后的那个人怎么样？也就是询问扮演Michael Scofield的演员的情况。
【小题2】C 动词辨析。A分享B知道C跟随，采纳D发现；根据询问可知Wentworth Miller并没有走和其他演员一样的道路，他是一名英语系的毕业生，成名指路完全不一样。故C正确。
【小题3】A 形容词辨析。A直接的B特别的C宽阔的D正确的；根据本文描述可知Wentworth Miller并不是直接去表演的，而是走了一条迂回的道路，他是英语专业，后来学了表演，所以说他不是直接去表演的。
【小题4】D 上下文串联。根据横线后面的film可知所填之词应该是和film表示类似的意思的词，故theatre是正确的。都是指影视专业。
【小题5】B 名词辨析。A毕业B表演C生产D教育；他唯一的表演经历只是在自己的乐队里表演过。
【小题6】A 名词辨析。A移动，转变B作用C决定D电影；Wentworth Miller在大学里几乎没有表演的经历，但是在毕业以后他却想要转变为表演专业。故A正确。
【小题7】C 形容词辨析。A奇怪的B杰出的C不同的D成功的；根据下文描述，他的生活和个人出生都不同于别人，包括他的成名之路也与别人完全不同。故C正确。
【小题8】A 名词辨析。A混合物B结果C谜D代表；他的家庭背景是多种文化的混合物。父亲是黑人，妈妈是白人。他可能是这两种文化中的任意一种。
【小题9】B 语法分析。Either指两者中的某一个；上文提及爸爸妈妈的两种种族，他可能是其中的一个。Each指二者或者三者以上的任何一个；every每一个；another另外一个。
【小题10】.C 副词辨析。A而且B因此C代替，而不是D最后；当他开始来到好莱坞的时候，并没有去主演电影，而是选择做了制片人助手。以这样的身份熟悉与电影有关的事情。
【小题11】B 名词辨析。A电影B演员C戏剧D导演；作为制片人助手，他学习了很多关于如何做一名好的演员的事情。后来他也的确成为了一名优秀的演员。这样的经历很有帮助。
【小题12】D 动词辨析。A否认B生产C记录D记得；当两年已经导演要拍摄《越狱》的时候，导演记起来他的表演，最终选择了他来做男主角。
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：完型填空
To celebrate the end of our exams, my friends and I went to a fast food restaurant. We ______ hamburgers and Coca Colar at the counter. When our ____ came, I started walking towards an empty table. By bad luck, my purse strap(带子) got ______ on a chair and the tray(托盘that I was holding slipped ______ my hands and went flying in the air. The tray, and its contents, ______ on a man who was just about to ______ a bite of his sandwich. I stared, greatly ______, as the drinks soaked (浸湿) his white shirt.
Then I ______ my eyes and prepared myself for his burst of ______. Instead, he said “It’s OK” to ______ me before he disappeared into washroom.
Still shaky and unsure ______ to do next, my friends and I went to a table and sat there, trying our best to look ______ . A moment later, the man came out of the washroom and ______ our table. My heart almost stopped ______. I though he was going to ask for my father’s ______ and call him.
To my surprise, he merely smiled at us, handed us some cash and said, “______ yourself new hamburgers.” He then wa lked ______ without even finishing his food. He could have made what was already an uncomfortable situation worse, ______ he chose a different way and gave us a reason to believe that there is still ______ in this world. I’ll never ______ his actions.
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：完型填空
My father was in the navy, which meant that my mother was married to both my father and the sea. As was often the , we had to pack our belongings into boxes and those we had grown to love. We would arrive at our new home and find ourselves once again standing at the pier (码头) good-bye to my father as his ship pulled him away from us. My mother would turn my brother and me around before the ship was out of , wipe our tears, and take us back home to start the process of in the new environment again.
Throughout the years of changing , schools and friends, there remained one constant in my childhood — my mother. For both my and me, she was the cook, maid and teacher. She played these roles while some type of part-time job. Leaving a career is just one of the sacrifices which my mother made for my family as we moved around the world with our father every three years or so. she had to deal with only a small budget, my mother, , managed to make each house the very home that is safe and .
This probably sounds like a depressing way to live, with two small children: “single”
parenthood, short-term friendships, and the inability to her career or establish a home. But it was not for my mother. She turned this into adventure for us all! Each relocation (变换位置) was a chance to another part of the world. My mother greeted each new culture, climate and neighborhood. Each new house was a to rearrange furniture, make curtains and pictures. Every part-time job was an opportunity to learn something new and work with interesting people.
No matter how difficult the life was, she was always having a attitude. She always had strength in the face of struggle and change. My mother was so all those years during my childhood — she was my island in a sea of change. She is my hero.
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：完型填空
A few days ago, my sister Liz and I talked about Dad, and we decided to get him a little something for Father's Day. We talked about the times when we were up and how Mom and Dad used to play the ‘good cop, bad cop’ thing on us. Dad has been a person of few words since we were . He raised us more by than anything else. When he spoke, though we listened, he was always mysterious and difficult to understand. There was always a(n) meaning that I never got, but Liz always to decipher(破解) him. By the time I got to high school, I had wanted a skateboard and I I was too old to ask money from my parents, so I worked at a burger joint (美式汉堡店). One day, I was really angry about annoying burgers. I came home huffing and puffing(气喘吁吁). Dad saw me and asked me what was the . I told him that I was fed up with annoying burgers. He said that we all have to start somewhere, that we may not know it now, but the skills we learn even in a burger joint might come in handy ______in life, ‘Who knows, you might end up having to run a or even own one when you grow up,’ said Dad. He me down and I kept what he said in mind, even though I really didn’t agree with it.
A couple of years later, when I got to college, I worked in a restaurant. During one of the really days that we had, we were short on kitchen staff. Our customers were getting impatient and the were getting delayed. We were sure any minute something terrible would out. I couldn’t stand the any more, so I rolled up my sleeves, got myself a hair net and helped out in the hot kitchen. We caught up with the orders . The owner saw what I did and called me over around time. He said that he was very . He raised my salary and made me the assistant manager even though I could only go part-time. That was I realized that what my dad said to me all those years before was absolutely true.
I’ve never forgotten what my dad said that day. And whenever I have to do something that requires new skills, no matter how insignificant or it seems, I have a new perspective(看法) that it might really help me later on or even right now and I just don’t know it. Experience is everything and it a lot when you take lessons from it. That’s my life’s philosophy.
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：完型填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Once upon a time, there was a bird made of stone. She was beautiful and magic. She lived near the entrance to a beautiful between two mountains. The bird was so that she had to walk on the ground instead of in the sky.
Though she couldn’t fly, she looking up at the trees every day. She one day being able to fly and see the forest from up high. , that dream was gone after a great fire.
When the fire was put out, all that was left of the trees were stumps（树桩）. plants and animals that had live there were gone. The stone bird was the only one that didn’t in the fire. When she saw what had to the trees, she felt very sad. Looking at the burnt trees, she couldn’t crying. She cried for hours and days. She cried with such a feeling that her were wearing away her stone . Finally all her body was worn away and the bird had some water.
But when the came out, the water rose into the sky and became a happy little cloud which could fly over the trees and see everything .
Since then, the little cloud has traveled all over the world. She enjoyed the of all the forests and beautiful countryside. She never what had burnt the trees, so she was very careful to pour her rain down on any tree she saw . She saved a lot of trees.
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：完型填空
I was on a long drive last weekend and stopped for a rest．At that moment,I noticed a man in a wheelchair by the stop sign．He held a sign in hand， “Trying to make it home for the holidays”．I looked away from it,because I had no to give him．I watched as people drove by,and either ignored him or stared at him he was a curiosity（怪人）of sorts．I felt really for the poor man．
I know some people wouldn’t like to have the thought of money to such strangers in the street,because they thought these people may use that money for drugs,alcohol,or some other undesirable（不良的） ．I started to drive my car away but soon ．Since I don’t usually have much cash on me,I it would be a good idea to offer some food ．So I asked him if he was ．Hearing my words,he seemed shocked that someone his well-being,but he happily it．He said he would like a sandwich and a can of soda．
Inside the store,I bought a sandwich,soda,some water and chips．I them to the new friend who was quite to receive so many delicious foods． the meal time ,I asked his name．He said he was called Chewie,and he was thankful for my help．I him a Smile Card．He read it with a big smile and said,“I always random（偶然）acts of kindness．”
As I drove away,I said a silent prayer（祈祷）that Chewie makes it home for the holidays,or at least he spends them somewhere safe and ．
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：完型填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Growing up is not always easy. When facing difficulties, courage and a spirit of independence can be more useful than crying for !That’s what Hong Zhanhui’s story of __ from boy to man with family hardships ( 艰难)tell us.
Hong was born in 1982 in a poor family in Xihua County, Henan Province. When he was 11, his father became mentally（心理上） ill and one day came back with an abandoned ( 被抛弃的)baby girl. A year later, Hong‘s mother and younger brother both home because of poverty ( 贫困)and pressure ( 压力)from his ill father.
The burden ( 负担)fell onto the 12-year-old’s shoulders: to treat his father’s illness, to the adopted ( 领养的)sister Chenchen, and to go on to study.
Hong didn’t . Since a young age, he has worked in part-time jobs to feed his family. At the same time, he has studied at college. To take care of Chenchen, he worked hard to a room near his campus for her, and send her to school.
After Hong’s story went public, people were to tears by his selflessness. Hard his life was, Hong didn’t abandon his father and the adopted , because they needed his help. With his hard –won money, he even helped other students against misfortunes ( 厄运).
Today when many tend to worry more about their own happiness, Hong’s deeds us of what we usually ignore（忽略）: love and care for others. Without these, of us could survive.
Hong donations ( 捐献) from others. He said he felt encouraged by kind offers, but he could his own work. Short of money to buy food, the boy climbed tall trees to get birds’ eggs for his baby sister. He walked two hours at weekends to buy different things to around his school to earn money. Through his hard life, the boy developed to rise above misfortune that made him a hero in people’s eyes.
Hong’s story shows that with love and willpower, no hardship can a person but himself. So when facing difficulties, don’t ___ about bad luck. Consider what more you could do for your family and society you will find the world smiling back.
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：完型填空
I was watching a TV series one night when I took in one scene. A young man was seeking his community votes, and people wanted to know why they should give him their . He took them to his house and on every
in his house was the word “Faith” pasted. People raised lots of to find out why the word was pasted on his mirrors. He said, “My dad often me to believe that as long as you have , you should have faith. Every time you look into the mirror, you’re looking at yourself and see “ Faith”.
The I learned from this is simple-----faith is a living thing and in the same way we’re all given 24 hours a day and we’re all given the same measure of faith. Faith keeps us going when things get ! Why is some people’s faith stronger than that of others? Exercise! If we choose to exercise our faith, it will ; but if we choose not to, it remains weak. Some people might that they don’t have faith, but we all practice faith every day even if we don’t it as a faith. Daily , such as studying, investing or reaching for a dream, take faith．
Faith hearing and doing. I made a decision yesterday----to reading the newspapers full of too much sad and news. Why? Because I there was a drop of my mental state after reading the newspapers.
Faith, when it’s put to , becomes a beautiful thing. It lifts your mental state to a higher place that you to raise yourself up and declare, “Yes, I can.” So make the decision today to strengthen your faith by it.
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：完型填空
Who designed the first helicopter(直升机)? Who _____some of most famous pictures in the world? Who knew more about the human body than most ______of his time? There is an answer ______ all these questions --Leonardo da Vinci (达?芬奇)
Leonard may have been the greatest genius ______ have ever known. He lived in Italy around the year 1500, but many of his inventions seem modern to us today. For example, one of his notebooks has drawings of a helicopter. Of course, he couldn’t _______ a helicopter with the things he had. But scientists say his idea would have worked.
But Leonard ______ an inventor. He was one of the greatest artists of his day. By the time he was twenty years old, he was called a master(大师) painter, and as he got older he became _____ more famous. Sometimes he drew a hand in ten different ways _______he was ready to paint.
Many of Leonardo’s wonderful paintings are still with _______today. You may know one of his most famous works-- the ______ woman known as the Mona Lisa.
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