Question

I have been writing for more than 50 years.I still consider myself to it, because I have written only one book. , I have written thousands of letters, more than a hundred e-books and millions of words on the Internet for hundreds of websites.

Though I don’t like foreign languages, I have also been and have learned seven of them. I was to study French, German and Latin for six years at school and Russian for four years at university, yet none of these was as as writing a book of excellent . And I am only talking about here, not plot, although that is obviously too.

Rules change in languages. The strict rules of the 19th century were largely over the following 100 years. However, some rules and that is how it should be too. Rules in writing are very important. And writing is a thing and it involves languages, plots, reader’s preferences, etc. So, who should writing and book competitions? And what rules should they ? Readers buy more books than writers and language experts put together. And writers write for readers, some of might be other writers or teachers. Similarly there has to be a storyline or plot that is of , but who should be the judge of that?

There is an author, John Locke, who sold a million books in five months, yet he was for his style and content by experts, surely he must have been doing something . Currently, most writing competitions are judged by writers and this seems to me. I suggest that if there are five judges, three should be readers, one should be a writer and one should be an English teacher.

1.A. clear B. familiar C. successful D. new

2.A. Thus B. Otherwise C. However D. Therefore

3.A. learned B. left C. met D. formed

4.A. directed B. guided C. taught D. given

5.A. forced B. reminded C. invited D. begged

6.A. quick B. helpful C. simple D. hard

7.A. quality B. price C. service D. meaning

8.A. duty B. language C. writers D. reasons

9.A. difficult B. impossible C. important D. meaningless

10.A. put away B. found out C. carried out D. broken down

11.A. work B. remain C. return D. appear

12.A. challenging B. useless C. hopeful D. boring

13.A. choose B. operate C. judge D. organize

14.A. cover B. follow C. notice D. support

15.A. that B. them C. whom D. these

16.A. interest B. thought C. benefit D. problem

17.A. forgotten B. thanked C. criticized D. praised

18.A. if B. but C. so D. although

19.A. perfect B. wrong C. impolite D. right

20.A. confusing B. normal C. useful D. early

Answer 1

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.C

5.A

6.D

7.A

8.B

9.C

10.D

11.B

12.A

13.C

14.B

15.D

16.A

17.C

18.B

19.D

20.A

【解析】本文是一篇记叙文，作者从自身的语言学习和写作角度出发，谈了谈自己对于这两者的看法。并且认为，一部作品应该由五个人来评价。

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4. 教；D.given给。结合语境，作者说自己不喜欢外语，但是却被----并且学习了好几种。从这里可以推测，作者是被教了几门外语。故选C

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6. B.helpful有帮助的；C.simple简单的；D.hard困难的。结合语境，这里是说学这些语言都没有写一本高质量的好书难，故选D

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9. 困难的；B.impossible不可能的；C.important重要的；D.meaningless无意义的。结合句意：我在这里只谈谈语言，不谈情节，尽管那也很明显是重要的。故选C

10. away 拿走；B.found out发现；C.carried out实行；D.broken down坏掉。结合语境，语言的规则千变万化，19世纪的严格的（语法）规则已经在接下来的100年内大幅度损坏了。故选D

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12. 挑战性的；B.useless没有用的；C.hopeful有希望的；D.boring糟糕的。结合语境：写作是一件有挑战性的事情，它包括语言、情节、读者的偏好等。故选A

13. 评判；D.organize组织。根据这一段最后一句who should be the judge of that?谁应该是这个的评委？可以推断该空应选C。

14. the rules遵循这些原则。故选B

15. 谁的；D.these这些。这里的代词代指的是前面的readers，这句话的意思是，作者们为读者写书，这些读者中的一些人可能是其他的作者或者老师。故选D

16. B.thought想；C.benefit好处；D.problem问题。结合语境，相似的，必须的有故事线或者情节是有趣的。故选A

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考点：考察记叙文阅读。