题目内容
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 Believing my novel could not be published, I put it aside.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?
A.I was waiting for good fortune. |
B.I was trying to find an admirable job. |
C.I was being aimless about a suitable job. |
D.I was doing several jobs for more pay at a time. |
2.The author decided to write a novel ______ .
A.to finish the writing course |
B.to realize her own dream |
C.to satisfy readers’ wish |
D.to earn more money |
3.How did the writer feel halfway with the novel?
A.Disturbed. |
B.Ashamed. |
C.Confident. |
D.Uncertain. |
4.What does the author mainly want to tell readers in the last paragraph?
A.It pays to stick to one’s goal. |
B.Hard work can lead to success. |
C.She feels like being unexpectedly lucky. |
D.There is no end in sight when starting to do something. |
1.C
2.B
3.D
4.A
【解析】文章叙述了作者从英语文学专业毕业之后,几经周折,最终幸运地找到自己喜爱的写书这门职业的事情。
1.推理判断题。根据前后文“but no sense of what I wanted to do”“just trying to earn an income. I tried journalism, …then finance, which I hated. Finally, I got a job…”可知作者对于找怎样的一份适合自己的工作这件事漫无目的。故选C。
2.细节理解题。根据第二段话“I decided to try to satisfy a deep-down wish to write a novel”可知作者决定写小说的目的只是满足自己内心深处的愿望,实现自己的梦想。故答案为B。
3.推理判断题。根据文章第三段话“It takes confidence to make a new start”“ My confidence dived”“ Believing my novel could not be published, I put it aside”及本段叙述了作者回答别人问题时提到“I’m writing a novel, but I’m not quite sure if I’m going to get there”可知,此时他的感觉应该是还不完全确定他现在是否还要继续写他的小说。故答案选D。
4.推理判断题。本段作者表达他刚刚开始时“there’s no end in sight”到后来的“an unbelievable stroke of luck” “to be a published writer — is unbelievably rewarding(有回报的)”是想要告诉读者,坚持自己的目标是值得的,总会碰到运气的降临。B项“刻苦努力是成功之路”,不符合文章意思。C、D项停留于文章表面意思。故答案为A。
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根据对话情景和内容,从对话后所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。
—Young people are given too much freedom nowadays, and as a result they have lost respect for their parents and elders in general.
—【小题1】 My parents gave me advice but never forced me to do anything I didn`t want to do .I respect and love them for this.
—【小题2】
—Oh, yes. After I left school and started to work as a nurse, I became economically independent.
—【小题3】
—I am. Many young people today say they have nothing in common with their parents. But I`m very lucky because I get along very well with them. What about you?
—【小题4】 I am also very fond of my family. But I don`t always get along very well with my parents. They seldom allow me to do what I want to.
—But they allowed you to come to study in England on your own.
—【小题5】
A.You seem very close to your parents. |
B.Yes, but that`s after many times of request. |
C.I don`t think so. |
D.Well, we value family life very much in my country. |
F. Are you quite independent of them now?
G. They are strict with me.