题目内容
Does it make any whether we leave at 9:00 or at 10:00?
A. difference B. time C. way D. sense
A
备战中考寒假系列答案I left university with a good degree in English Literature, but no sense of what I wanted to do. Over the next six years, I was treading water, just trying to earn an income. I tried journalism, but I didn’t think I was any good, then finance, which I hated. Finally, I got a job as a rights assistant at a famous publisher. I loved working with books, although the job that I did was dull.
I had enough savings to take a year off work, and I decided to try to satisfy a deep-down wish to write a novel. Attending a Novel Writing MA course gave me the structure I needed to write my first 55,000 words.
It takes confidence to make a new start — there’s a dark period in-between where you’re neither one thing nor the other. You’re out for dinner and people ask what you do, and you’re too ashamed to say, “Well, I’m writing a novel, but I’m not quite sure if I’m going to get there.” My confidence dived. Believing my novel could not be published, I put it aside.
Then I met an agent（代理商）who said I should send my novel out to agents. So, I did and, to my surprise, got some wonderful feedback. I felt a little hope that I might actually become a published writer and, after signing with an agent, I finished the second half of the novel.
The next problem was finding a publisher. After two-and-a-half years of no income, just waiting and wondering, a publisher offered me a book deal — that publisher turned out to be the one I once worked for.
It feels like an unbelievable stroke of luck — of fate, really. When you set out to do something different, there’s no end in sight, so to find myself in a position where I now have my own name on a contract（合同）of the publisher — to be a published writer — is unbelievably rewarding（有回报的）.
1.What does the underlined part in Paragraph 1 mean?
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A．I was waiting for good fortune. |
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B．I was trying to find an admirable job. |
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C．I was being aimless about a suitable job. |
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D．I was doing several jobs for more pay at a time. |
2.The author decided to write a novel ______ .
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A．to finish the writing course |
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B．to realize her own dream |
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C．to satisfy readers’ wish |
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D．to earn more money |
3.How did the writer feel halfway with the novel?
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A．Disturbed. |
B．Ashamed. |
C．Confident. |
D．Uncertain. |
4.What does the author mainly want to tell readers in the last paragraph?
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A．It pays to stick to one’s goal. |
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B．Hard work can lead to success. |
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C．She feels like being unexpectedly lucky. |
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D．There is no end in sight when starting to do something. |
The drug store was closing for the night and Alfred Higgins was about to go home when his new boss approached him.
“Empty your pockets please, Alfred,” Sam Carr demanded in a firm voice.
Alfred pretended to be shocked but he knew he had been caught. From his coat he withdrew a make-up kit, a lipstick and two tubes of toothpaste.
“I’m disappointed in you, Alfred!” said the little gray-haired man.
“Sorry, sir. Please forgive me. It’s the first time I’ve ever done such a thing,” Alfred lied, hoping to gain the old man’s sympathy.
Mr Carr’s brow furrowed as he reached for the telephone, “Do you take me for a fool? Let’s see what the police have to say. But first I’ll call your mother and let her know her son is heading to jail.”
“Do whatever you want,” Alfred shot back, trying to sound big. But deep down he felt like a child. He imagined his mother rushing in, eyes burning with anger, maybe in tears. Yet he wanted to come quickly before Mr. Carr called the police.
Mr. Carr was surprised when Mrs. Higgins finally arrived . She was very calm, quiet and friendly. “Is Alfred in trouble?” she asked.
“He’s been stealing from the store,” the old man coolly replied.
Mrs. Higgins pulled out her hand and touched Mr. Carr’s arm with great gentleness as if she knew just how he felt. She spoke as if she did not want to cause him any more trouble. “What do you want to do, Mr.Carr?”
The woman’s calm and gentle manner disarmed the once-angry store-owner, “I was going to get a cop. But I don’t want to be cruel. Tell your son not to come back here again and I will let it go.” Then he warmly shook Mrs. Higgins’ hand.
Mrs. Higgins thanked the old ma for his kindness, then mother and son left. They walked along the street in silence. When they arrived home his mother simply said, “Go to bed, you fool.”
In his bedroom, Alfred heard his mother in the kitchen. He felt no shame, only pride in his mother’s actions. “She was smooth!” he thought. He went to the kitchen to tell her how great she was, but was shocked by what he saw.
His mother’s face looked frightened, broken. Not the cool, bright face he saw earlier. Her lips moved nervously. She looked very old. There were tears in her eyes.
This picture of his mother made him want to cry. He felt his youth ending. He saw all the troubles he brought her and the deep lines of worry in her grey face. It seemed to him that this was the first time he had ever really seen his mother.
1.Which of the following is true according to the passage?
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A．It was the first time Alfred had stolen anything. |
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B．Mr. Carr set a trap to catch Alfred stealing. |
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C．Alfred tried to sound big to hide his fear. |
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D．Mr. Carr had planned to forgive Alfred from the beginning. |
2.What does the underlined word “disarmed” probably mean?
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A．annoyed |
B．got over |
C．convinced |
D．made less angry |
3.What was the mother’s attitude towards Alfred?
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A．She felt disappointed with him. |
B．She was strict with him. |
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C．She was supportive of him. |
D．She was afraid of him. |
4.What impressed Alfred most about his mother at the drugstore was_______.
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A．how angry she was |
B．how effective she handled Mr. Carr. |
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C．that she was able to save him |
D．that she didn’t cry |
5.From the last paragraph, we know Alfred________.
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A．was no longer a youth. |
B．felt proud of his mother |
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C．wanted his mother to be happy |
D．felt guilty and regretful for his deed. |