Question

(2014·蚌埠市高三第三次教学质量检查考试)

Some years ago when I was in my second year in university，I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time.The moment was exciting.Salome’s ____filled the room and brought the theater to life.I was so____that I decided to write an article about her.

I____Salome Bey，telling her I was from Essence magazine，and that I wanted to meet her to talk about her career.She____and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday.When I hung up，I was scared out of my mind.I___I was lying.I was not a writer at all and hadn’t even written a grocery list.

I interviewed Salome Bey the next Tuesday.I sat there____，taking notes and asking questions that all began with，“Can you tell me...” I soon realized that____Salome Bey was one thing，but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible.The____was almost unbearable (不可容忍的)．I struggled for days ____draft after draft.Finally I put my manuscript (手稿) into a large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox.

It didn’t take long.My manuscript____.How stupid of me！I thought.How could I____in a world of professional writers？Knowing I couldn’t ____the rejection letter，I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.

Five years later，I was moving to California.While____my apartment，I came across the unopened envelope.This time I opened it and ____the editor’s letter in disbelief：

Dear Ms Profit，

Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic.Yet we need some ___ materials.Please add those and return the article immediately.We would like to____your story soon.

Shocked，it took me a long time to____.Fear of rejection cost me dearly.I lost at least five hundred dollars and having my article appear in a major magazine.More importantly，I lost years of____writing.Today，I have become a full?time writer.Looking back on this____，I learned a very important lesson：You can’t____to doubt yourself.

1.A．joy　B．voice

C．speech 　D．smile

2.A.moved 　B．active

C．satisfied　D．proud

3.A.visited 　B．emailed

C．interviewed 　D．phoned

4.A.agreed 　B．refused

C．hesitated 　D．paused

5.A.replied 　B．discovered

C．explained 　D．knew

6.A.seriously 　B．nervously

C．patiently 　D．quietly

7.A.blaming 　B．fooling

C．inviting 　D．urging

8. A．hardship 　B．failure

C．comment 　D．pressure

9.A.on 　B．by

C．with 　D．in

10.A.returned 　B．disappeared

C．spread 　D．improved

11.A.compare 　B．compete

C．survive 　D．struggle

12.A.ignore　B．deliver

C．face 　D．receive

13.A.cleaning 　B．repairing

C．decorating 　D．leaving

14.A.saw 　B．read

C．found 　D．noticed

15.A.memorial 　B．relevant

C．private 　D．reliable

16.A.broadcast 　　 B．create

C．publish 　D．assess

17.A.prepare 　B．recover

C．escape 　D．concentrate

18.A.energetic 　B．enjoyable

C．typical　D．endless

19.A.experience 　B．success

C．benefit　　 D．accident

20.A.attempt 　B．pretend

C．expect 　　 D．afford

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.A

5.D

6.B

7.B

8.D

9.C

10.A

11.B

12.C

13.A

14.B

15.B

16.C

17.B

18.B

19.A

20.D

【解析】

语篇解读　本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者通过第一次投稿的经历给了我们很多启示：千万不要怀疑自己，否则你将会因此而错失很多。

1.解析：　考查名词辨析。句意为：Salome的声音(voice)充满了整个房间，整个剧院因她的歌声而焕发生机。根据上一句“I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time.”可知，答案B符合文意。

答案：　B

2.2】解析：　 考查动词辨析。句意为：我被震撼(move感动)了，因此我决定写一篇关于她的文章。active积极的，活跃的；satisfied满意的；proud骄傲的，均不符合语境，故排除。

答案：　A

3.3】解析：　 考查动词辨析。句意为：我打电话(phone)给Salome，说我是Essence杂志的，想约她见面并谈谈她的职业。根据下文的“When I hung up，I was scared out of my mind.”可知，答案D符合文意。

答案：　D

4.4】解析：　 考查动词辨析。句意为：她同意(agree)了我的请求，约好下个星期二在她的工作室见面。根据本句中“...told me to come to her studio next Tuesday”可知，她同意了“我”和她见面的请求。

答案：　A

5.5】解析：　考查动词辨析。句意为：我知道(know)我在撒谎。根据下文“I was not a writer...”可知，作者是在说谎。reply回答；discover发现；explain解释，均不符合语境，故排除。

答案：　D

6.6】解析：　考查副词辨析。句意为：我坐在那里，很紧张地(nervously)记着笔记，开始问一些简单的问题，与上文“When I hung up，I was scared out of my mind...I was lying”相呼应，故答案B符合文意。

答案：　B

7.7】解析：　考查动词辨析。句意为：我很快意识到欺骗(fool)Salome是一回事儿，但是给一个国家级的杂志写稿发表几乎是不可能的事儿。根据上文“I was lying”可知，答案B符合文意。

答案：　B

8.8】解析：　考查名词辨析。句意为：这种压力(pressure)几乎不能让人承担。与下句“I struggled for days...”和作者怀疑自己的能力相呼应，故答案D符合文意。hardship艰难；failure失败；comment评论，均不符合语境，故排除。

答案：　D

9.9】解析：　考查介词辨析。句意为：我几天来一直都一遍一遍地打草稿，写了撕，撕了写。struggle with为固定搭配，意为“与……挣扎，搏斗”，符合文意，故答案C正确。

答案：　C

10.0】解析：　考查动词辨析。句意为：不久后，我的手稿被退回了(return)。根据下文“the rejection letter”和“How stupid of me！”可知，答案A符合语境。disappear消失；spread传播；improve改善，均不符合语境，故排除。

答案：　A

11.1】解析：　考查动词辨析。句意为：我怎么能够竞争(compete)过那么多专业作家呢？与文章最后一句“You can’t________to doubt yourself.”相呼应，故答案B符合文意。compare比较；survive存活；struggle斗争，均不符合语境，故排除。

答案：　B

12.2】解析：　 考查动词辨析。句意为：知道自己不能够面对(face)那封拒绝信，我把那封信拆都没拆就直接放在抽屉里了。根据下文“Fear of rejection cost me dearly.”和“I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer”可知，作者害怕被拒绝，所以不敢面对。故答案C符合文意。

答案：　C

13.3】解析：　 考查动词辨析。由上句可知，作者要搬去别的地方了，故本句句意为：在屋里打扫卫生(cleaning)时，我偶然看到了那封没有拆开的信。repair修理；decorate装修；leave离开，均不符合语境，故排除。

答案：　A

14.4】解析：　考查动词辨析。句意为：这次我拆开了这封信，开始读(read)编辑给我写的信，有些难以置信。根据下文引用的信的内容可知，作者在读信。故答案B符合文意。

答案：　B

15.5】解析：　考查形容词辨析。句意为：然而，我们需要一些相关的(relevant)资料。memorial纪念性的；private私人的；reliable可依赖的，均不符合语境，故排除。

答案：　B

16.6】解析：　考查动词辨析。句意为：我们很希望不久后就出版(publish)你的文章。根据下文“I lost at least five hundred dollars and having my article appear in a major magazine.”可知，答案C符合文意。

答案：　C

17.7】解析：　考查动词辨析。句意为：过了很久我才从震惊中恢复(recover)过来。与本句中的“shocked”和上文的“in disbelief”相呼应，故答案B符合文意。

答案：　B

18.8】解析：　考查形容词辨析。句意为：更重要的是，我失去了多年愉悦(enjoyable)的写作。作者听到别人优美的歌声就想为别人写点什么，说明写作对作者是一个很享受的过程，故答案B符合文意。energetic有活力的；typical典型的；endless无尽的，均不符合语境，故排除。

答案：　B

19.9】解析：　 考查名词辨析。句意为：回顾这次经历(experience)，我学到了重要的一课……，success成功；benefit受益；accident事故，车祸，均不符合语境，故排除。

答案：　A

20.20】解析：　 考查动词辨析。句意为：回顾这次经历，我学到了重要的一课：你承担(afford)不起怀疑自己的代价。attempt尝试；pretend假装；expect期望，均不符合语境，故排除。

答案：　D