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___ Tracy’s characters(人物) are interesting, her stories sometimes ___44___ readers 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 I 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 more comfortable home. There

s more room for ___54___in her life ’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---55    ACDCA   BDBCB   DACBB  DADCA  

解析:

36. A。由定于从句中的pick up（学会）可排除B、C，method 强调以准确性或效率为目的，skill强调的是技巧，技能，写作是一种技能。

37. C。teaching disabled children是一份工作，因此选C。

38. D。Then在这里起着承上启下的作用。

39. C。general的意思是普通的、一般的；deep的意思是深刻的；lively的意思是活泼的；personal的意思是私人的、个人的， 联系上下文，personal和 interest连用，是“个人爱好”的意思，最合文意。

40. A。这里的interested是过去分词，与主语是被动的主谓关系。

41. B。题干中的them指Tracy交给出版商的三个故事，出版商建议她把三个故事合为一个故事。

42. D。在这之前Tracy没有发表过作品，自然不著名。

43. B。前句说Tracy的故事很有趣，后句又说让读者uneasy，由此可知，前后两句之间是转折关系，选项中只有even if(即使……也)表转折。

44. C。B、D项后不能接形容词作宾语补足语，排除；leave+宾语+形容词表示“使某人/某物处于某种状态”，即使读者不安担心；find后加形容词作宾语补足语的含义是“发现……处于某种状态”，与文意不符。

45. B。从下一句的she used to have me speak with my grandmother, who died many years ago可知作者的母亲相信作者能够和阴世相联络，因此选B项。

46. D。因为空后是一个由when引导的时间定语从句，由此可反推出这里缺的是表示时间的词语。

47. A。从下文所举的例子可知，事情无缘无故地就发生了，for no reason是无缘无故的意思，from a distance表示从远处；by accident表示偶然地。

48. C。因为Tracy是作家，选项中与创作有关的是情景创作，scene在这里指的是小说中的一个场景。

49. B。由语境可知Tracy正在写作，门铃响了对她来说是突然发生的事情。

50. B。这里选history与in ancient China呼应。

51. D。要想让FedEx delivery man把书送过来是要事先定好的，所以选order(预定)。

52. A。由下文she lives in the same……可知这一段是讲Tracy没有什么改变。

53. D。下文已经出现了a more comfortable home，那么这里就不可能指她住了27年的房子；life应直接作live的宾语，所以不能选A 项；整篇文章没有提到城市的问题；in the same way指同样的方式，符合文意。

54. C。由上文comfortable，联系到和工作（写作）相对应的应该是娱乐。

55. A。该句的it承接上句指life，前文一直在介绍Tracy生活的一部分——写作，但不是的生活的全部，该句也是There a more room for joy in her life的解释。