14.Each New Year's Eve of my life has brought back the memory of that night.Julia and I lay in twin beds and she (41)Bodds and ends of poetry-every once in a while she would stop and(42)Ame to recite,(43)BI didn't know anything-Dante in Italian,Heine in German,and even though I could not understand either(44)D,the sounds were so lovely that I(45)Ca sweet sadness as if much was ahead in the world,much that was going to be(46)Aand fulfilling if I could ever find my way.I did recite Mother Goose and she(47)DDonne's"Julia",and laughed with(48)C"at his tribute(称赞)to me".I was ashamed to ask(49)Bit was a joke.
Very late she turned her head away for(50)D,but I said,"More,Julia,please.Do you know(51)B?"And she turned on the light again and recited from Ovid and Catullus,(52)Ato me without countries.
I don't know when I(53)Dlistening to look at the lovely face propped against the pillow-the lamp(54)Cfine lights on the thick dark hair.I cannot say now that I knew or had ever(55)Cthe words gentle or delicate or strong,but I did think that(56)Bhat it was the most beautiful(57)AI had ever seen.In later years I never thought about(58)Ashe looked,although when we were(59)Cup other people often said she was a"strange beauty",she"looked like nobody else",and one show-off said a"Burne-Jones face"when,(60)D,her face had nothing to do with Burne-Jones or fake spirituality.
Very late she turned her head away for(50)D,but I said,"More,Julia,please.Do you know(51)B?"And she turned on the light again and recited from Ovid and Catullus,(52)Ato me without countries.
I don't know when I(53)Dlistening to look at the lovely face propped against the pillow-the lamp(54)Cfine lights on the thick dark hair.I cannot say now that I knew or had ever(55)Cthe words gentle or delicate or strong,but I did think that(56)Bhat it was the most beautiful(57)AI had ever seen.In later years I never thought about(58)Ashe looked,although when we were(59)Cup other people often said she was a"strange beauty",she"looked like nobody else",and one show-off said a"Burne-Jones face"when,(60)D,her face had nothing to do with Burne-Jones or fake spirituality.
| 41.A.wrote | B.recited | C.listened | D.knew |
| 42.A.ask | B.force | C.wish | D.see |
| 43.A.and | B.but | C.then | D.so |
| 44.A.book | B.poetry | C.sound | D.language |
| 45.A.left | B.sound | C.felt | D.heard |
| 46.A.fine | B.sad | C.funny | D.mad |
| 47.A.stated | B.sang | C.laughed | D.did |
| 48.A.encouragement | B.nervousness | C.pleasure | D.surprise |
| 49.A.as | B.if | C.where | D.why |
| 50.A.dinner | B.study | C.play | D.sleep |
| 51.A.many | B.more | C.most | D.much |
| 52.A.names | B.words | C.times | D.places |
| 53.A.kept | B.began | C.continued | D.stopped |
| 54.A.surrounding | B.guiding | C.throwing | D.appearing |
| 55.A.learned | B.spelt | C.used | D.read |
| 56.A.day | B.night | C.performance | D.treatment |
| 57.A.face | B.hair | C.figure | D.person |
| 58.A.how | B.what | C.where | D.whom |
| 59.A.known | B.special | C.grown | D.strong |
| 60.A.on the other side | B.as a result | C.for instance | D.of course |
13.I was raised in a house where the TV was rarely switched on.With one wall in my bedroom entirely lined with (41)D,most of my childhood was spent on books I could (42)A.In fact,I grew up thinking of reading as (43)C as breathing and found books unbelievably powerful in shaping perspectives(观点)by creating worlds we could step into,(44)Band live in.
With this unshakable belief,I,at fourteen,decided to become a (45)D.Every writer starts off knowing that he has (46)B to say,but being unable to find the right (47)C to say it.He has to find his own voice by reading widely and (48)Awhich parts of the writers he agrees or disagrees with,or agrees with so (49)D that it reshapes his own world.He cannot write without loving to read,(50)Donly through reading other people's writhing can one discover what works,what doesn't and,in the end,together with lots of practice,what(51)B he has.
Now I am in college,and have come to realize how (52)C it is to read fiction.As a law student,my reading is in fact(53)Ato subject matter.The volume(量)of what I have to read for (54)Cevery week means there is little time to read anything else.Such reading made it (55)B to me that I live in a very small part in this great place called (56)A.Reading fiction reminds me that there is life (57)Dmy own.It (58)Dme to travel across high seas and through deserts,all from the (59)Bof my own armchair,to experience,though second-hand,(60)Aexperiences that I wouldn't necessarily be able to have in my lifetime.
With this unshakable belief,I,at fourteen,decided to become a (45)D.Every writer starts off knowing that he has (46)B to say,but being unable to find the right (47)C to say it.He has to find his own voice by reading widely and (48)Awhich parts of the writers he agrees or disagrees with,or agrees with so (49)D that it reshapes his own world.He cannot write without loving to read,(50)Donly through reading other people's writhing can one discover what works,what doesn't and,in the end,together with lots of practice,what(51)B he has.
Now I am in college,and have come to realize how (52)C it is to read fiction.As a law student,my reading is in fact(53)Ato subject matter.The volume(量)of what I have to read for (54)Cevery week means there is little time to read anything else.Such reading made it (55)B to me that I live in a very small part in this great place called (56)A.Reading fiction reminds me that there is life (57)Dmy own.It (58)Dme to travel across high seas and through deserts,all from the (59)Bof my own armchair,to experience,though second-hand,(60)Aexperiences that I wouldn't necessarily be able to have in my lifetime.
| 41.A.beds | B.tables | C.sofas | D.shelves |
| 42.A.get hold of | B.keep track of | C.take care of | D.make fun of |
| 43.A.difficult | B.fierce | V.natural | D.comfortable |
| 44.A.give in | B.participate in | C.look in | D.move in |
| 45.A.teacher | B.professor | C.lawyer | D.writer |
| 46.A.everything | B.something | C.nothing | D.anything |
| 47.A.keys | B.accesses | C.ways | D.attitudes |
| 48.A.discovering | B.watching | C.inventing | D.creating |
| 49.A.mildly | B.gently | C.highly | D.strongly |
| 50.A.unless | B.while | C.if | D.because |
| 51.A.success | B.voice | C.progress | D.dream |
| 52.A.instant | B.impossible | C.important | D.tiresome |
| 53.A.limited | B.used | C.increased | D.devoted |
| 54.A.pleasure | B.recreation | C.class | D.word |
| 55.A.attractive | B.clear | C.possible | D.clean |
| 56.A.life | B.college | C.house | D.world |
| 57.A.within | B.beside | C.near | D.beyond |
| 58.A.forces | B.arranges | C.requires | D.allows |
| 59.A.place | B.comfort | C.laziness | D.satisfaction |
| 60.A.fun-creating | B.time-consuming | C.heart-breaking | D.peace-loving |
10.完形填空阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑.
I wrote my first novel when I was 22.It was a (41)A.I didn't know how to properly format dialogue or (42)Ba plot.Those were all (43)D I planned to work out later.I gave the book to my father to read,and within a day he left me a voice mail saying that it was (44)C and that I was going to sell it for $300,000.
(45)B,the book was rather quickly (46)Aby every publisher in New York.If there were a literary prize for Most Rejections,I would have won it.I was (47)A,of course,but I knew better than to (48)C-writing wasn't an easy job,and if this book wasn't my (49)Bin,maybe the next one would be.I got back to work.
But this scenario(剧情) happened again:I wrote books…and then they wouldn't (50)D.Still,my father's faith in me never wavered(摇摆),even (51)C I worked a host of other jobs.Some of the jobs,like being a bookseller,were great and (52)Dto my writing life.Some,like selling overpriced jeans to 12-year-olds,were only good insofar as they were material for future (53)C.And they were-because it finally (54)A.I sold a book!I was going to make it big!
I completely agree with motivational speaker and author John Maxwell's words:"Successful and unsuccessful people do not (55)Agreatly in their abilities but in their (56)Dto reach their potential."Life's not (57)D.It never was,it isn't now,it won't ever be.But do not fall into the entitlement trap of feeling you are a (58)Byou are not.Get over it and (59)Bwith it.And yes,most things are more (60)Cwhen you break a sweat to get them.
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I wrote my first novel when I was 22.It was a (41)A.I didn't know how to properly format dialogue or (42)Ba plot.Those were all (43)D I planned to work out later.I gave the book to my father to read,and within a day he left me a voice mail saying that it was (44)C and that I was going to sell it for $300,000.
(45)B,the book was rather quickly (46)Aby every publisher in New York.If there were a literary prize for Most Rejections,I would have won it.I was (47)A,of course,but I knew better than to (48)C-writing wasn't an easy job,and if this book wasn't my (49)Bin,maybe the next one would be.I got back to work.
But this scenario(剧情) happened again:I wrote books…and then they wouldn't (50)D.Still,my father's faith in me never wavered(摇摆),even (51)C I worked a host of other jobs.Some of the jobs,like being a bookseller,were great and (52)Dto my writing life.Some,like selling overpriced jeans to 12-year-olds,were only good insofar as they were material for future (53)C.And they were-because it finally (54)A.I sold a book!I was going to make it big!
I completely agree with motivational speaker and author John Maxwell's words:"Successful and unsuccessful people do not (55)Agreatly in their abilities but in their (56)Dto reach their potential."Life's not (57)D.It never was,it isn't now,it won't ever be.But do not fall into the entitlement trap of feeling you are a (58)Byou are not.Get over it and (59)Bwith it.And yes,most things are more (60)Cwhen you break a sweat to get them.
| 41.A.mess | B.mix | C.trap | D.tip |
| 42.A.follow | B.structure | C.discover | D.discuss |
| 43.A.facts | B.messages | C.meanings | D.details |
| 44.A.practical | B.complex | C.wonderful | D.awful |
| 45.A.But | B.However | C.Therefore | D.Regardless |
| 46.A.rejected | B.accepted | C.abused | D.commented |
| 47.A.depressed | B.surprised | C.frightened | D.embarrassed |
| 48.A.continue | B.fight | C.withdraw | D.write |
| 49.A.card | B.ticket | C.pen | D.trick |
| 50.A.write | B.buy | C.work | D.sell |
| 51.A.if | B.because | C.as | D.since |
| 52.A.turned | B.opened | C.switched | D.contributed |
| 53.A.lives | B.decisions | C.stories | D.jobs |
| 54.A.happened | B.failed | C.made | D.passed |
| 55.A.vary | B.change | C.match | D.lie |
| 56.A.request | B.demand | C.hope | D.desire |
| 57.A.sad | B.happy | C.hard | D.easy |
| 58.A.witness | B.victim | C.owner | D.winner |
| 59.A.get round | B.get on | C.get about | D.get by |
| 60.A.challenging | B.demanding | C.rewarding | D.paying. |