题目内容
So _______________（投入）was the writer in the writing that he forgot to answer the phone call.
absorbed
I must have been about fourteen then, and I put away the incident from my mind with the easy carelessness of youth. But the words, Carl Walter spoke that day, came back to me years later, and ever since have been of great value to me. Carl Walter was my piano teacher. During one of my lessons he asked how much practicing I was doing. I said three or four hours a day."Do you practice in long stretches, an hour at a time?""I try to.""Well, don't," he exclaimed. "When you grow up, time won't come in long stretches. Practice in minutes, whenever you can find them five or ten before school, after lunch, between household tasks. Spread the practice through the day, and piano-playing will become a part of your life." When I was teaching at Columbia, I wanted to write, but class periods, theme-reading, and committee meetings filled my days and evenings. For two years I got practically nothing down on paper, and my excuse was that I had no time. Then I remembered what Carl Walter had said. During the next week I conducted an experiment. Whenever I had five minutes unoccupied, I sat down and wrote a hundred words or so. To my astonishment, at the end of the week I had a rather large manuscript ready for revision, later on I wrote novels by the same piecemeal method. Though my teaching schedule had become heavier than ever, in every day there were idle moments which could be caught and put to use. I even took up piano--playing again, finding that the small intervals of the day provided sufficient time for both writing and piano practice.There is an important trick in this time--using formula: you must get into your work quickly. If you have but five minutes for writing, you can't afford to waste four chewing your pencil. You must make your mental preparations beforehand, and concentrate on your task almost instantly when the time comes. Fortunately, rapid concentration is easier than most of us realize.I admit I have never learnt how to let go easily at the end of the five or ten minutes. But life can be counted on to supply interruptions. Carl Walter has had a tremendous influence on my life. To him I owe the discovery that even very short periods of time add up to all useful hours I need, if I plunge（投入）in without delay.56．The meaning of “stretch” in the underlined part is the same as that in sentence “ ”. A．The forests in the north of the province stretch for hundreds of miles. B．Bob worked as a government official for a stretch of over twenty years. C．My family wasn’t wealthy by any stretch of the imagination. D．During his senior year his earnings far enough to buy an old car.57．Which of the following statements is true? A．The writer didn’t completely take the teacher’s words to heart at first. B．Carl Walter has had a great influence on the writer's life since he became a student. C．The writer owes great thanks to his teacher for teaching him to work in long stretches. D．Rapid concentration is actually more difficult than most people imagine.58．We can infer that the writer . A．has new books published each year however busy his teaching is B．is always tired of interruptions in life because his teaching schedule is always heavy C．has formed a bad habit of chewing a pencil while writing his novels D．can find sufficient time for mental preparations beforehand, so he's devoted to work instantly59．What is the best title of this passage? A．Concentrate on Your Work B．A Little at a Time C．How I Became a Writer D．Good AdviceIs Most Valuable
阅读下列各小题，根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。
1.______ is that the earth travels around the sun and the moon moves round the earth.(what)
我们都知道地球围绕着太阳转，月亮围绕着地球转。
2.The administration of the government ______ that once caught playing games or shopping on line in the office，the civil servant must be fired at once without any reason.(make)
政府行政部门已经制定规矩：一旦被发现在办公室玩游戏或网购，该公务员必须毫无理由地立即被解雇。
3.Much to her relief，the research ______ in the past 20 years proved to be a great success and earned her many awards.(devote)
使她非常宽慰的是，在过去的20年中她全心全意所投入的研究证明是巨大的成功并且使她赢得了许多奖励。
4.So excited ______ that he couldn't speak when he heard the good news.(get)
当他听到这个好消息的时候，他变得如此激动以致于说不出话来。
5.______，as long as I am with nature，I don't care.(however)
无论旅行是多么艰辛，只要我和大自然在一起，我都不在乎。
6.Unless properly ______ right away, this kind of disease will spread throughout the country very soon.(deal)
如果这种疾病不及时合理地处理， 这种疾病会很快蔓延全国。
7.Many college students urged that the stadium ______ duing the summer vacation to the public.(keep)
许多大学生极力主张暑假期间体育馆保持对外开放。
8.With no one else ______ in such a stormy night,，the middle-aged woman had no choice but to dial 119 to seek for the help of the police.(turn)
在这样一个暴风雨的晚上，这位中年妇女由于没有其他人可以借求助，所以她拨打119来寻求警察的帮助。
9.The farmer-worker with the baby in her hand hurried to the train station, ______ the train had gone two minutes ago.(only)
手抱着婴儿的那个农民工急匆匆地赶到火车站，却被告知火车五分钟之前已离开了。
10.It was ______ that he came to know how much time he had wasted in the school before.(until)
正是直到他开始工作时他才知道以前在学校浪费了多少时间。
完成句子（每空限填一个词）（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
1.每当我处于困境时，我的朋友们总是毫不犹豫地来帮助我。
Whenever I am in trouble, my friends always come to help me ______ ______.
2.他承认打破了窗子。
He _______ _______ the window.
3.削减生产是我们的职责。
It is our duty to try to _______ _______ on production.
4.他看报纸很投入,没有注意到有什么人进入教室.
He was so absorbed ______ a newspaper ______he didn’t notice anyone enter the classroom.
5.有时候在与人相处时，我们需要有人指点。
Sometimes we need help to ______ ______ with others.
6.因为她不信守诺言，我们从此情断义绝。
We weren’t going to be friends any more because she couldn’t ______ her ______.
7. 他的零钱已经用光了。
His pocket money has been ______ ______.
8.与1800年相比，世界人口已经增长了六倍。
The world’s population has grown by six times what______ ______ in 1800.
9.这所学校每年招收200名学生。
200 students ______ ______ to the school every year.
10.除非必要，你最好不要查字典。
_______ _______, you’d better not refer to the dictionary.
There was a painter who was known for his painting skills. One day this skilled artist met a beautiful woman. He fell in love with her at first sight. Then he showered her with kindness and words of praise until she consented（同意）to be his wife.
Not long after they were married, however, the beautiful woman found when he admired her classic beauty; it was as if he was standing in front of a work of art rather than in front of a human being. He expressed his great desire to paint her rare beauty.
“Please sit for me in the workroom,” he pleaded (请求). “and I will make your beauty immortal (永恒的). The work will be my masterpiece (杰作).”
So the beautiful young woman sat patiently in his room, complaining nothing. Day after day she sat obediently, because she loved him and she hoped that he would see her love in her smile and obedience.
She sometimes wanted to tell him, “Please love me as a person rather than an object!” But she said nothing.
Hour after hour, day after day, the artist became so absorbed (投入的) in his work that he didn’t notice that his wife was becoming weak and unhappy.
Finally when he finished his work, he cried. Because when he turned to his beloved wife he found that she was dead.
73. Find in the passage a word closet in meaning to the underlined word “obediently”.
74. What do you think of the artist? (回答词数不超过8个单词)
75. What is the best title for the passage? (回答词数不超过6个单词)
