题目内容
Try It a Different Way
Bobby Moresco grew up in New York's Hell's Kitchen, a tough working－class neighborhood on Manhattan's West Side. By tradition he __1__ have been, like his father or like most of his childhood pals, a construction worker or a policeman. But he wanted __2__. Attracted by the bright lights from the time Bobby was a teen, he tried to act. “I wasn't a __3__ actor, but I had a driving need to do something __4__ with my life，” he says.
He moved to Hollywood, promising to find his __5__. But he didn't make __6__. For almost 10 years, he drove a taxi and worked as a waiter, __7__ at an actors' workshop that he opened in Hollywood. But Moresco kept working at his __8__ career.
In 1983 his younger brother was murdered in a mob－linked killing. Moresco moved back to his __9__ neighborhood. In 1988 he finally wrote a play that was __10__ to his life. Called Half－Deserted Streets, it was based on his brother's __11__ and staged at a small theater. A Hollywood producer __12__ to see it and asked him to work on a screenplay.
His __13__ grew, and he got enough assignments to move back to Hollywood. However, it was never easy. By 2003, he was __14__ out of work and out of cash __15__ he got a call from Paul Haggis, a director who had befriended him. The two worked on the script but every studio __16__ it down. Moresco believed so __17__ in the script that he borrowed money, and sold his house. At last the writers found an independent film producer who would take a chance.
The movie, Crash, __18__ into the theaters in May 2005, and quietly became both a hit and a critical success. It won three Academy Awards—Best Picture, Best Film Editing and Best Writing.
At the age of 54, Bobby Moresco became an __19__ success. “If you have something you want to do in life, don't think about the problems，” he says, “think about the __20__ to get it done. ”
1. A. must B. should C. can D. need
2. A. over B. far C. out D. up
3. A. simple B. strict C. firm D. good
4. A. different B. impressive C. effective D. special
5. A. occasion B. treasure C. fortune D. possibility
6. A. it B. one C. this D. that
7. A. communicating B. entertaining
C. practicing D. volunteering
8. A. afforded B. chosen C. respected D. offered
9. A. early B. worn C. old D. passed
10. A. turned B. pointed C. belonged D. related
11. A. arresting B. injuring C. killing D. shooting
12. A. advised B. happened C. intended D. planned
13. A. influence B. ambition C. success D. reputation
14. A. again B. even C. finally D. still
15. A. before B. when C. since D. while
16. A. let B. looked C. took D. turned
17. A. strongly B. hardly C. deeply D. bravely
18. A. moved B. slipped C. fell D. put
19. A. effortless B. enjoyable
C. overnight D. optimistic
20. A. ways B. lines C. manners D. actions
. 1. 解析：选B。因为他出身普通工人家庭，按照父亲和周边伙伴们的发展轨迹，他也应该只能当建筑工人或警察。should表示推测，可意为“按理说应该”；must太肯定；can表示可能性时一般不用于肯定句或表示 “客观的可能”；need 意为“需要”。故选B。
2. 解析：选C。他想摆脱自己的宿命。out表示“从……中出来”。
3. 解析：选D。Bobby从少年时期就开始演戏，但如同后来所知，他的演艺生涯一直不成功，因此选D表示，“不是一个好演员”。
4. 解析：选A。虽然不是一个好的演员，但他还是希望能为改变自己的人生做一些使生活变得“不同的”事情。
5. 解析：选C。为了实现自己的夙愿，他去了好莱坞碰运气。碰运气可用meet(find)one's fortune表示。
6. 解析：选A。make it意为“成功；做成”。
7. 解析：选D。因为太想当一名演员，所以他“自愿”在自己开办的一个表演单位做出租司机和服务员的工作。
8. 解析：选B。根据上下文的意思可知，尽管他目前做的工作很辛苦，但他仍然执著于自己选择的事业，故chosen符合句意。afforded给予，提供；respected受尊敬的；offered提供，含义均与句意不符。
9. 解析：选C。由于弟弟被谋杀，他放弃了自己的工作(失业了)，回到老地方。
10. 解析：选D。句意表示他写了一部与他自己生活有关的戏剧。与……有关可用be related to表示。
11. 解析：选C。上文已经谈到他的弟弟被谋杀。killing代指此事。
12. 解析：选B。好莱坞的一个制片人碰巧(happen)看到了这部戏。
13. 解析：选D。他渐渐有了名气。reputation名气，名望，符合句意。influence影响；ambition雄心；success成功，均不符合句意。
14. 解析：选A。上文谈到他在1983年失业过一次，因此这次是再一次失业。
15. 解析：选B。正在他穷困潦倒时，一个导演跟他交上了朋友。when表示“正当……时”。
16. 解析：选D。他们二人合作创作了剧本但被摄影室给拒绝了。turn down这里意为“拒绝，驳回”。
17. 解析：选A。尽管剧本被一次次驳回，但他对自己的作品有着强烈的信心。strongly反映他坚强的意志力。
18. 解析：选B。由于在此之前一直没有人赏识，因此他的电影是“悄悄地”被放映的，同时根据后面的quietly的排比手法也可推测出答案。
19. 解析：选C。become an overnight success一举成名。
20. 解析：选A。句意表示“考虑能使工作做好的方法”。way表示“方法”；manner使用单数时表示“方法，方式”，但C选项是复数形式；manners意为“礼貌，规矩”；action意为“行动”。
阅读快车系列答案Bobby Moresco grew up in New York's Hell's Kitchen, a tough working-class neighborhood on Manhattan's West Side. But Hell's Kitchen lies right next door to Broadway, and the bright lights attracted Bobby from the time he was a teen. Being stage-struck was hardly what a street kid could admit to his partners. Fearing their ridicule, he told no one, not even his girlfriend, when he started taking acting lessons at age 17. If you were a kid from the neighborhood, you became a cop, construction worker, longshoreman or criminal. Not an actor.
Moresco struggled to make that long walk a few blocks east. He studied acting, turned out for all the cattle calls -- and during the decade of the 1970s made a total of $2,000. "I wasn't a good actor, but I had a driving need to do something different with my life," he says.
He moved to Hollywood, where he drove a cab and worked as a bartender. "My father said, 'Stop this 
craziness and get a job; you have a wife and daughter.' “But Moresco kept working at his chosen craft.
Then in 1983 his younger brother Thomas was murdered in a mob-linked killing. Moresco moved back to his old neighborhood and started writing as a way to explore the pain and the patrimony of Hell's Kitchen. Half-Deserted Streets, based on his brother's killing, opened at a small Off-Broadway theater in 1988. A Hollywood producer saw it and asked him to work on a screenplay.
His reputation grew, and he got enough assignments to move back to Hollywood. By 2003, he was again out of work and out of cash when he got a call from Paul Haggis, a director who had befriended him. Haggis wanted help writing a film about the country after September 11. The two worked on the writing, but every studio in town turned it down. They kept pitching it. Studio executives, however, thought no one wanted to see a severe, honest vision of race and fear and lives in collision in modern America.
Moresco believed so strongly in the script that he borrowed money, sold his house. He and Haggis kept pushing. At last the writers found an independent film producer who would take a chance, but the upfront money was too little, Moresco delayed his salary.
Crash slipped into the theaters in May 2005, and quietly became both a hit and a critical success. It was nominated for six Academy Awards and won three -- Best Picture, Best Film Editing and Best Writing (Original Screenplay) by Paul Haggis and the kid from Hell's Kitchen.
At age 54, Bobby Moresco became an overnight success. "If you have something you want to do in life, don't think about the problems," he says, "think about other ways to get it done."
【小题1】 Rearrange the following statements in terms of time order:
a. His work Half-Deserted Streets drew attention as it opened at a small Off-Broadway theater
b. Unexpectedly Crash became both a hit and a huge success.
c. He moved to Hollywood to be a taxi driver and a waiter.
d. He started learn acting in spite of hardness with the belief of doing something diiferent.
e. His younger brother Thomas was killed in conflict among bullies.
| A．d; c; e; a; b | B．d; e; c; b; a | C．c; d; e; a; b | D．c; e; d; b; a |
| A．He wnted to give his girlfriend a surprise. |
| B．His girlfriend did not allow him to do this. |
C．He was afraid of being lau ghed at. |
| D．He had no talent for acting. |
| A．His father did not support his work as a bartender. |
| B．Before he became an overnight success, his life experienced ups and downs. |
| C．His brother’s death inspired his writing Half-Deserted Streets. |
| D．Moresco grew up in New York's Hell's Kitchen which is a few blocks east of Broadway. |
| A．they thought the script would not be popular. |
| B．the script was not well written. |
| C．they had no money to make the film based on the script. |
| D．they thought Moresco was not famous. |
| A．The Road to Success | B．Try It a Different Way |
| C．A Talented man—Moresco | D．Moresco’s Perseverance |
| A．initiative (主动) and persistent | B．shy but hardworking |
| C．caring and brave | D．aggressive and modest |
Bobby Moresco grew up in New York's Hell's Kitchen, a tough working-class neighborhood on Manhattan's West Side. But Hell's Kitchen lies right next door to Broadway, and the bright lights attracted Bobby from the time he was a teen. Being stage-struck was hardly what a street kid could admit to his partners. Fearing their ridicule, he told no one, not even his girlfriend, when he started taking acting lessons at age 17. If you were a kid from the neighborhood, you became a cop, construction worker, longshoreman or criminal. Not an actor.
Moresco struggled to make that long walk a few blocks east. He studied acting, turned out for all the cattle calls -- and during the decade of the 1970s made a total of $2,000. "I wasn't a good actor, but I had a driving need to do something different with my life," he says.
He moved to Hollywood, where he drove a cab and worked as a bartender. "My father said, 'Stop this 
craziness and get a job; you have a wife and daughter.' “But Moresco kept working at his chosen craft.
Then in 1983 his younger brother Thomas was murdered in a mob-linked killing. Moresco moved back to his old neighborhood and started writing as a way to explore the pain and the patrimony of Hell's Kitchen. Half-Deserted Streets, based on his brother's killing, opened at a small Off-Broadway theater in 1988. A Hollywood producer saw it and asked him to work on a screenplay.
His reputation grew, and he got enough assignments to move back to Hollywood. By 2003, he was again out of work and out of cash when he got a call from Paul Haggis, a director who had befriended him. Haggis wanted help writing a film about the country after September 11. The two worked on the writing, but every studio in town turned it down. They kept pitching it. Studio executives, however, thought no one wanted to see a severe, honest vision of race and fear and lives in collision in modern America.
Moresco believed so strongly in the script that he borrowed money, sold his house. He and Haggis kept pushing. At last the writers found an independent film producer who would take a chance, but the upfront money was too little, Moresco delayed his salary.
Crash slipped into the theaters in May 2005, and quietly became both a hit and a critical success. It was nominated for six Academy Awards and won three -- Best Picture, Best Film Editing and Best Writing (Original Screenplay) by Paul Haggis and the kid from Hell's Kitchen.
At age 54, Bobby Moresco became an overnight success. "If you have something you want to do in life, don't think about the problems," he says, "think about other ways to get it done."
【小题1】 Rearrange the following statements in term of time order:
a. His work Half-Deserted Streets drew attention as it opened at a small Off-Broadway theater
b. Unexpectedly Crash became both a hit and a huge success.
c. He moved to Hollywood to be a taxi driver and a waiter.
d. He started learn acting in spite of hardness with the belief of doing something diiferent.
e. His younger brother Thomas was killed in conflict among bullies.
| A．d; c; e; a; b | B．d; e; c; b; a | C．c; d; e; a; b | D．c; e; d; b; a |
| A．He wnted to give his girlfriend a surprise. |
| B．His girlfriend did not allow him to do this. |
C．He was afraid of being lau ghed at. |
| D．He had no talent for acting. |
| A．His father did not support his work as a bartender. |
| B．Before he became an overnight success, his life experienced ups and downs. |
| C．His brother’s death inspired his writing Half-Deserted Streets. |
| D．Moresco grew up in New York's Hell's Kitchen which is a few blocks east of Broadway. |
| A．they thought the script would not be popular. |
| B．the script was not well written. |
| C．they had no money to make the film based on the script. |
| D．they thought Moresco was not famous. |
| A．The Road to Success | B．Try It a Different Way |
| C．A Talented man—Moresco | D．Moresco’s Perseverance |
| A．initiative and persistent | B．shy but hardworking |
| C．caring and brave | D．aggressive and modest |
Although he failed when he tried doing the experiment for the first time, he decided to try it____.
|
A．once in a while |
B．at once |
C．once more |
D．once |