Question

【题目】阅读填空 先通读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在文章后表格的空格内填入一个最恰当的单词。所填单词必须写在答题卡对应题号的横线上。每个空格只能填一个单词。

In 2015, US actress Brie Larson took home the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the movie Room. These days, the 29-year-old is standing her ground as a superhero.

Larson plays Carol Danvers, also known as Captain Marvel, in the movie of the same name. As a superhero, she has many superpowers, such as being able to fly as fast as light. The movie has become a huge success.

When Larson was offered the role, she didn’t accept it at the beginning. ‘I am not a person with much confidence. So, I needed a little bit of time to see if I can do it…’ she said. Larson is no stranger to Hollywood, but it’s one thing to win an Oscar and another thing totally to star in a Marvel movie.She had no idea about playing a superhero. There would be lots of promotional (推广) interviews. Facing all of these, she decided to go out of comfort zone (舒适区). ‘I was gonna push myself to do things that I never thought I could do. I challenged myself. ’ she said.

Larson trained for nine months. She learned kungfu, practiced weightlifting and so on. But the biggest challenge was that she had to work with a cat – an animal that she was afraid of. ‘I was sick the whole time, but I insisted to work with it by myself. I was fine.’

Varity magazine spoke highly of her acting. By playing Captain Marvel, Larson discovered her own weaknesses and turned them into confidence. Even just watching her recent interviews, one can tell from her body language that she had found something she didn’t have much before.

Title: Becoming a hero

Brie Larson plays the role of Captain Marvel, who can fly at the 【1】 of light.
She 【2】 the role.	She wasn’t 【3】 how to play a superhero. She didn’t get used to the promotional interviews.
She took on the challenges.	She made a decision not to 【4】 in her comfort zone. She accepted a lot of training for 9 months. She kept working with the cat.
She achieved great success.	Variety magazine spoke highly of her acting. She became more 【5】.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】speed

【2】refused

【3】sure/certain

【4】remain/stay

【5】confident

【解析】

这篇短文给我们介绍了2015年奥斯卡最佳女演员获得者—拉尔森，她出演了《房间》这部电影。一开始她并不想接这个角色，对自己没有太多信心。后来她决定从自己的舒适区里走出来，克服了很多困难，终于获得了成功。

【1】根据短文第二段中As a superhero, she has many superpowers, such as being able to fly as fast as light.可知，在电影中，她能飞得跟光速一样快。这里考查使用短语at the speed of…以…速度，与原文意思相同。

【2】根据短文第三段When Larson was offered the role, she didn’t accept it at the beginning可知，Larson在得到这个角色时，一开始不想接受。原文didn’t accept即refused，“拒绝”，这里也应填过去式形式。

【3】根据短文第三段She had no idea about playing a superhero.“她对扮演超级英雄一无所知”。即“她不确定怎样扮演超级英雄”，故这里填sure或者certain，确定的，确信的。

【4】根据短文第三段Facing all of these, she decided to go out of comfort zone可知，Larson最后决定走出舒适区。根据题目中的表达可知，这里应表示“不停留在舒适区”，因此这里填remain或stay，意为“停留”。

【5】根据短文最后一段By playing Captain Marvel, Larson discovered her own weaknesses and turned them into confidence可知，通过扮演惊奇队长，Larson发现了自己的弱点，并将其转化为自信。由此可知她变得更加自信了，故这里填confident。