单选题and Great Expectations was a wonderful ______ .Dickens’ early life was very hard. His family was poor, and his mother sent him out to work in a factory when he was 12.A bookB storyC playD film
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and Great Expectations was a wonderful ______ .Dickens’ early life was very hard. His family was poor, and his mother sent him out to work in a factory when he was 12.
A
book
B
story
C
play
D
film
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第1题：
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Jay Chou was born on January 18, 1979, in Taiwan, China． He grew up with his mother, and was a quiet and shy kid． He didn’t do well in study, so people thought he would never be successful in life．
As a small child, Jay took a great interest in music．His mother sent lum to learn the piano when he was only three years-old He loved it and kept on practicing． When he was in high school, he could play the piano quite well． At the same time, he showed his talent for writing songs．
Before Jay became a singer, he worked as a songwriter． For two years, he spent most of his time writing for singers． Some of them were very famous, like Coco Lee and Jacky Cheung． Jay released(友行) his first album(专辑) in 2000 and soon he got quite popular．
Now Jay is one of the most famous singers in Asia． However, he is still shy and doesn't smile often He isn’t good-looking and doesn’t speak clearly when he sings or talks, but he has a lot of fans． Most of his fans like him because he is really good at music and never follows others．
( )21． When Jay Chou was a small kid,_________-
④he was quiet and shy②he lived with his parents③he didn't study well④he loved music
正确答案：C
21.C【解析】由第一、二段可知①、③、④正确，他小的时候跟母亲一起生活，故②错误．因此正确答案为c. -
第2题：
A small boy was walking (51) a street in London． His name was Tom．It was a cold winter day in 1900．(52) he could not have breakfast or lunch． He didn't have any money． His father died(死了)when he was very young． His mother was often ill，so she couldn’t (53) Tom and his brother，Mike． Both of them had to work to help their mother． He was small but his dream(梦想)was very (54) ． His wish was to be a famous actor． He worked very hard to sing and dance (55 ) ．
One day，a man came to him and asked，" (56) in my film?""Certainly，"he answered．
And he did his (57)in it． Many people said，"We have never seen such an (58)． film．"Thirty years (59 ) ，this boy was among (60) famous people in the world． He made many interesting films，and lots of people admired him．
( )51．
A．along
B．for
C．with
D．to
正确答案：A
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第3题：
His bad health is a great disadvantage to him when he looks for a job.(英译汉)
参考答案：他健康状况不佳，这对他找工作很不利。
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第4题：
When William hurried home, he found that his mother ____already ____to hospital.
A、has; been sent
B、had; sent
C、has; sent
D、had; been sent
正确答案：D
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第5题：
共用题干
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Ludwig Van Beethoven,a major composer of the nineteenth century,overcame many personal problems to achieve artistic greatness.
Born in Bonn,Germany,in 1770,he first studied music with the court organist,Gilles van der Eeden.His father was excessively strict and given to heavy drinking.______(46)Appoint-ed deputy court organist to Christian Gottlob Neefe at a surprisingly early age in 1782,Beethoven also played the harpsichord and the viola.In 1792 he was sent to Vienna by his patron,Count Ferdinand Waldstein,to study music under Haydn.
Beethoven remained unmarried.______(47)Continually plagued by ill health,he devel- oped an ear infection which led to his tragic deafness in 1819.
______(48)He completed mature masterpieces of great musical depth:three piano sona- tas,four string quartets,the Missa Solemnis,and the 9th Symphony.He died in 1827.______(49)
Noting that Beethoven often flew into fits of rage,Goethe once said of him,"I am astonished by his talent,but he is unfortunately an altogether untamed personality."______(50)______(49)
A: Today his music is still being played all over the world.
B: Although Beethoven's personality may have been untamed,his music shows great disci-pline and control,and this is how we remember him best.
C: When his mother died,Beethoven,then a young man,was named guardian of his two younger brothers.
D: His life was marked by a passionate dedication to independence.
E: Because of irregular payments from his publishers and erratic support from his patrons,he was troubled by financial worries throughout his adult life.
F: In spited of this handicap,however,he continued to write music.答案：D解析：本题考查的是对上下文之间意义关系的理解和对文章细节的把握。本段介绍贝多芬早年生活。前一句话说他的父亲对他要求十分严厉，而且酗酒成性。选项C说当他母亲亡故后，还是一个年轻人的贝多芬成为他两个年幼弟弟的监护人。把选项C放在这里意思连贯，是最适合的选项。
本题考查的是对上下文之间意义关系的理解。本段介绍贝多芬成年后坎坷的遭遇，选E最合适。
本题考查的是对上下文之间意义关系的理解和对文章细节的把握。句中的this handicap承接上段，指上段最后一句话提到的耳聋这一残疾，全句的意思是说贝多芬身残志坚，继续音乐创作。该空后面列举了贝多芬的音乐成就，此处选F项与上下文街接自然，意思连贯。
本题考查的是对上下文之间意义关系的理解。到此为止，作者介绍完了贝多芬的生平，需要做一个简要的概括。选项D“他的一生是热切追求独立的一生。”放在此处正合适。
本题考查的是对上下文之间意义关系的理解。本段第一句提到歌德对贝多芬性情的评价，说他狂躁易怒，性情不羁。选项B“尽管贝多芬的性情狂操不羁，但他的音乐却很有章法，控制有度，这也是他最值得我们怀念的地方。” -
第6题：
He struck him with a mighty blow across his shoulder.A:very strong
B:very long
C:very great
D:very fast答案：A解析：本句意思：他猛一下砸在他的肩膀上。mighty强而有力的。very strong很强的，强有力的；very long漫长的，很长的；very great浩大的，很大的；very fast急速地，飞快地，迅疾地。 -
第7题：
He’s a strange child and his teachers find it difficult to ______ him.A.scold
B.reach
C.play
D.seize答案：B解析：选项A意为“责骂”；选项B意为“到达，理解，与……沟通”；选项C意为“玩耍”；选项D意为“抓住”。根据题干，题目意为“他是一个奇怪的孩子，他的老师觉得很难和他交流。”根据题干，reach him意为“与他进行沟通、理解他的想法”，选项B符合题意。
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第8题：
共用题干
The Storyteller
1 Steven Spielberg has always had one goal:to tell as many interesting stories to as many people as possible.The son of a computer scientist and a pianist,Spielberg spent his early childhood in New Jersey and then Arizona.Some of his childhood memories became the inspiration for his filmmaking.
2 Even decades later,Spielberg says he has vivid memories of his earliest years,which are the origins of some of his most successful films.He believes that E.T.is the result of the difficult years leading up to his parent ' 5 1966 divorce.He commented,"It is really about a young boy who was in search of some stability in his life."Close Encounters of the Third Kind was inspired by times when the four-year-old Steven and his father would search the skies for meteors（流星）.His mother remembers,"He was scared of just about everything.When trees brushed against the house,he would jump into my bad.And that'5 just the kind of scary stuff he would put in films like Poltergeist."
3 Spielberg was 1 1 when he first got his hands on his dad'5 movie camera and began shooting short flicks（电影）about flying saucers（飞碟）and World War II battles.These homemade movies gave him a way to escape his fears.From the very beginning,he had a creative imagination.With his talent for scary storytelling, he could terrify his three younger sisters.It also made it easier for him to make friendships.On Boy Scout camping trips,when night fell,young Steven became the center of attention."Steven would start telling his ghost stories,"says Richard Y.Hoffman.Jr.,leader of Troop 294,"and everyone would suddenly get quiet so hat they could all hear."
4 Spielberg moved to California with his father and went to high school there,but his grades were so bad that he barely graduated.Both UCLA and USC film schools rejected him,so he entered California State University at Long Beach because it was close to Hollywood.Spielberg was determined to make movies,and he managed to get an unpaid, non-credit internship（实习）in Hollywood.Soon he was given a contract, and he dropped out of college.He never looked back.
5 Now,many years later,Spielberg is still telling stories with as much passion as when he was a boy.Ask him where he gets his ideas,and Spielberg will shrug."The process for me is mostly intuitive,"he says."There are films that I feel that I need to make.And it's for a variety of reasons,for personal reasons,or because I just want to have fun.Or maybe because the subject matter is cool,and I think that my kids will like it."When Spielberg was a boy,he used to be scared of_______
A:making children laugh
B:almost everything
C:a lot of money
D:his childhood memories
E:telling scary stories
F:a number of reasons答案：B解析：文章第-段第-句话是该段的主题句。由主题句“Steven Spielberg has always had on goal: to tell as many interesting stories to as many people as possible.”可知，Steven Spielberg的「标是尽可能地给更多的人讲述更多有趣的故事。故选C。
文章第二段第-句是主题句，该段主要讲Steven Spielberg的-些最成功的电影的灵瘪来源于他对小时候的记忆。故选B。
文章第三段主要讲，Steven Spielberg小时候通过给小伙伴们讲故事，交到了更多的朋友。故选D。
文章第四段讲Steven Spielberg因为成绩不好被电影学校拒绝，随后他进入了离好莱坞很近的学校并且在好莱坞获得了实习机会，最后他决定辍学，开始了他的电影之旅。本段主要讲述了他是怎样开始从事电影事业的。故选A。
由文章第二段第-句话“Even decades later, Steven Spielberg says he has vivid memories of hi earliest years,which are the origins of some of his most successful films.”可知Steven Spielberg所拍摄的-些成功的电影的灵感来自于他对小时候的记忆。故选D。
由文章第二段第五句话“His mother remembers, 'He was scared of just about every thing.’"可知，Steven Spielberg小时候几乎对所有的东西都感到恐惧。故选B。
由文章第三段第四句和第五句话可知，Steven Spielberg非常善于讲恐怖故事，他的毒事能吓到他的三个妹妹，也能因此交到更多朋友。故选E。
由文章最后-段中“There are films that I feel that I need to make.And it' s for a variety c reasons...”可知，Steven Spielberg制作电影的原因有很多。故选F。 -
第9题：
Popular British author,Charles Dickens′（1812--1870）family could hardly make ends meet.They could only afford to send one of their six children to school.Dickens was not that child.His parents chose to send a daughter,who had a talent for music,to an academy.Then at the age of 12,Dickens′life took another turn for the worse.
His father,a clerk,was placed in prison for unpaid debts.And,being the oldest male left at home,Dickens took up work at a factory.His horrible experience there became the fuel for his future writing.His father was freed three months later and inherited a small amount of money.Dickens was then sent to school.
From 1836 to 1837,he wrote a monthly series of stories.Thus The Pickwick,Papers,came into being,which brought fame to him.
Throughout his career,Dickens covers various situations in his novels.He wrote about the miserable lives of the poor in Oliver Twist,the French Revolution in Tale of Two Cities,and social reform in Hard Times.He also wrote David Copperfield,a book thought to be modeled on his own life.
"I do not write bitterly or angrily,for I know all these things have worked together to make me what I am,"he once said.His difficult childhood did indeed shape the person he became,as well as his writing career.There are shades of young Dickens in many of his most beloved characters,including David Copperfield and Oliver Twist.
Like the author,all these characters come from poor beginnings and are able to rise above their setbacks and achieve success."Minds,like bodies,will often fall into an ill-conditioned state from too much comfort,"he once wrote.On June 9th,1870,aged 58,Dickens died,leaving one unfinished work.The words on his tombstone read:"He was a sympathizer to the poor,the suffering and the oppressed,and by his death,one of England′s greatest writers is lost to the world."
How did Dickens see his childhood?A.He felt grateful for it.
B.He felt it a pity that things weren't in his favor.
C.He loved writing about it.
D.He chose to forget the bitterness about it.答案：A解析：考情点拨：推理判断题。应试指导：从第五段第一句话可知，狄更斯写作没有带着愤恨和生气的感情，他认为正是童年那些磨难把他塑造成现在的他。因此狄更斯应该是感激他的童年经历的。
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第10题：
Popular British author,Charles Dickens′（1812--1870）family could hardly make ends meet.They could only afford to send one of their six children to school.Dickens was not that child.His parents chose to send a daughter,who had a talent for music,to an academy.Then at the age of 12,Dickens′life took another turn for the worse.
His father,a clerk,was placed in prison for unpaid debts.And,being the oldest male left at home,Dickens took up work at a factory.His horrible experience there became the fuel for his future writing.His father was freed three months later and inherited a small amount of money.Dickens was then sent to school.
From 1836 to 1837,he wrote a monthly series of stories.Thus The Pickwick,Papers,came into being,which brought fame to him.
Throughout his career,Dickens covers various situations in his novels.He wrote about the miserable lives of the poor in Oliver Twist,the French Revolution in Tale of Two Cities,and social reform in Hard Times.He also wrote David Copperfield,a book thought to be modeled on his own life.
"I do not write bitterly or angrily,for I know all these things have worked together to make me what I am,"he once said.His difficult childhood did indeed shape the person he became,as well as his writing career.There are shades of young Dickens in many of his most beloved characters,including David Copperfield and Oliver Twist.
Like the author,all these characters come from poor beginnings and are able to rise above their setbacks and achieve success."Minds,like bodies,will often fall into an ill-conditioned state from too much comfort,"he once wrote.On June 9th,1870,aged 58,Dickens died,leaving one unfinished work.The words on his tombstone read:"He was a sympathizer to the poor,the suffering and the oppressed,and by his death,one of England′s greatest writers is lost to the world."
The underlined word"shades"in the passage meansA.symbols
B.examples
C.signs
D.reminders答案：D解析：考情点拨：词义猜测题。应试指导：shade的意思为“（人物、事情、时间的）痕迹，影子”，与reminder“使人回忆起某事的事物”意思相近。 -
第11题：
单选题概括大意与完成句子： The Storyteller 1.Steven Spielberg has always had one goal: to tell as many great stories to as many people as will listen．And that’s what he has always been about．The son of a computer scientist and a pianist, Spielberg spent his early childhood in New Jersey and, later, Arizona．From the very beginning, his fertile imagination filled his young mind with images that would later inspire his filmmaking． 2.Even decades later, Spielberg says he has clear memories of his earliest years, which are the origins of some of his biggest hits．He believes that E．T．is the result of the difficult years leading up to his parent’s 1966 divorce, “It is really about a young boy who was in search of some stability in his life．”“He was scared of just about everything,” recalls his mother, Leah Adler．“When trees brushed against the house, he would head into my bed．And that’s just the kind of scary stuff he would put in films like Poltergeist．” 3.Spielberg was 11 when he first got his hands on his dad’s movie camera and began shooting short flicks about flying saucers and World War ΙΙ battles．Spielberg’s talent for scary storytelling enabled him to make friends．On Boy Scout camping trips, when night fell, Spielberg became the center of attention．“Steven would start telling his ghost stories,” says Richard Y．Hoffman Jr．, leader of Troop 294, “and everyone would suddenly get quiet so that they could all hear it．” 4.Spielberg moved to California with his father and went to high school there, but his grades were so bad that he barely graduated．Both UCLA and USC film schools rejected him, so he entered California State University at Long Beach because it was close to Hollywood．Spielberg was determined to make movies, and he managed to get an unpaid, non-credit internship（实习）in Hollywood．Soon he was given a contract, and he dropped out of college．He never looked back． 5.Now, many years later, Spielberg is still telling stories with as much passion as the kid in the tent．Ask him where he gets his ideas, Spielberg shrugs．“The process for me is mostly intuitive (凭直觉的),” he says．“There are films that I feel I need to make, for a variety of reasons, for personal reasons, for reasons that I want to have fun, that the subject matter is cool, that I think my kids will like it．And sometimes I just think that it will make a lot of money, like the sequel(续集) to Jurassic Park．” Spielberg is very good at _________.Amaking children laugh
Balmost everything
Ca lot of money
Dhis childhood memories
Etelling scary stories
Fa number of reasons
正确答案： A解析： 译文：斯皮尔伯格非常善于________。
Be good at sth是善于做某事的意思，原文中相对应的位置是Spielberg’s talent for scary storytelling enabled him to make friends．斯皮尔伯格善于讲恐怖故事的才能让他交到了朋友。
Talent 是才能的意思，因此同be good at 意思相近，因此E选项telling scary stories最为符合。
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第12题：
单选题He grew very angry when he realized how he had been _____ out of his money.Atricked
Bdeceived
Crobbed
Dstripped
正确答案： C解析：
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第13题：
A
Jackie Chan was born on April 7， 1954 in Hong Kong， China． His parents left mainland China for Hong Kong a short time before he was born． His parents named him "Chan Kang- sang"， which means "born in Hong Kong"． They wanted to celebrate a safe t4ip to ~tng Kong．At first， Jackie's family lived in the French Embassy(大使馆)． His father was a cook，and- his mother was a housekeeper．When Jackie was seven years old， his family moved to Aus- tralia， His father got a job in the American Embassy． Later， back in Hong Kong， Jackie's fa- ther sent him to the China Drama Academy(中国戏剧学院)． Jackie studied and worked 19 hours a day． The students practised Kong Fu(功夫) and learned how to do many stunts(特技表演)thereWhen Jackie was 17， he began to do dangerous stunts for films． In the early 1980s， Jackie went to Hollywood(好莱坞)， but he wasn’t very successful． He went on making films in Hong Kong and had great success． Finally， in 1995， Jackie Chan became famous in the United States． Today， Jackie Chan has both Chinese and American fans， and his films make millions of dollars．
( )21． What is Jackie Chan?
A． He is a cook．
B． He is a singer．
C． He is a film star．
D． He is a housekeeper．
正确答案：C
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第14题：
The teacher was so angry that he sent ( ) out of class.A、his and hers
B、he and her
C、him and her
D、he and she
参考答案：C
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第15题：
He agreed to go and work abroad ________ that his family could go with him.
A: to provide
B: provide
C: provided
D: and provided
参考答案：C
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第16题：
When __________be was he had become a famous artist．
A．his early thirty
B．in one’S early thirties
C．his early thirties
D．in his early thirties
正确答案：D
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第17题：
共用题干
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Ludwig Van Beethoven,a major composer of the nineteenth century,overcame many personal problems to achieve artistic greatness.
Born in Bonn,Germany,in 1770,he first studied music with the court organist,Gilles van der Eeden.His father was excessively strict and given to heavy drinking.______(46).Appointed deputy court organist to Christian Gottlob Neefe at a surprisingly early age in 1782,Beethoven also played the harpsichord and the viola. In 1792 he was sent to Vienna by his patron,Count Ferdinand Waldstein,to study music under Haydn.
Beethoven remained unmarried.______(47).Continually plagued by ill health,he developed an ear infection which led to his tragic deafness in 1819.
______(48).He completed mature masterpieces of great musical depth:three piano sonatas,four string quartets,the Missa Solemnis,and the 9th Symphony.He died in 1827.______ (49).
Noting that Beethoven often flew into fits of rage,Goethe once said of him,"I am astonished by his talent,but he is unfortunately an altogether untamed personality."______(50)._________（49）
A:In spite of this handicap,however,he continued to write music
B:Because of irregular payments from his publishers and erratic support from his patrons,he was troubled by financial worries throughout his adult life
C:His life was marked by a passionate dedication to independence
D:When his mother died,Beethoven,then a young man,was named guardian of his two younger brothers
E:Although Beethoven's personality may have been untamed,his music shows great discipline and control,and this is how we remember him best
F: Today his music is still being played all over the world答案：C解析：本题考查的是对上下文之间意义关系的理解和对文章细节的把握。本段介绍贝多芬早年生平。前一句话说“他的父亲非常严厉，而且酗酒成性”。D选项意思为“当他母亲亡故后，还是一个年轻人的贝多芬成为他两个小弟弟的监护人”。把D选项放在这里意思连贯，是最适合的选项。
本题考查的是对上下文之间意义关系的理解。本段介绍贝多芬成年后坎坷的遭遇，选B最合适。
本题考查的是对上下文之间意义关系的理解和对文章细节的把握。句中的this handicap承接上段，指上段最后一句话提到的耳聋这一残疾，全句的意思是说“尽管身有残疾，他依然坚持作曲”。原文第二句列举了贝多芬的音乐成就，此处选A与上下文衔接自然，意思连贯。
本题考查的是对上下文之间意义关系的理解。到此为止，作者介绍完了贝多芬的生平，需要做一个简要的概括。C选项意思为“他的一生是热切追求独立的一生”。放在此处正合适。
本题考查的是对上下文之间意义关系的理解。本段第一句提到歌德对贝多芬性情的评价，说他狂躁易怒，性情不羁。E选项意思为“尽管贝多芬的性情不羁，但他的音乐却很有章法，张驰有度，这也是他最值得我们怀念的地方。”放在此处正合适。 -
第18题：
Directions:The following paragraphs are given in a wrong order.For Questions 41-45,you are required to reorganize these paragraphs into a coherent article by choosing from the list A-G to filling them into the numbered box.Paragraphs B and D have been correctly placed.Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET.（10 points）
【A】The first published sketch,"A Dinner at Poplar Walk"brought tears to Dickens's eyes when he discovered it in the pages of The Monthly Magazine.From then on his sketches,which appeared under the pen name"Boz"in The Evening Chronicle,earned him a modest reputation.
【B】The runaway success of The Pickwick Papers,as it is generally known today,secured Dickens's fame.There were Pickwick coats and Pickwick cigars,and the plump,spectacled hero,Samuel Pickwick,became a national figure.
【C】Soon after Sketches by Boz appeared,a publishing firm approached Dickens to write a story in monthly installments,as a backdrop for a series of woodcuts by the ten-famous artist Robert Seymour,who had originated the idea for the story.With characteristic confidence,Dickens successfully insisted that Seymour's pictures illustrate his own story instead.After the first installment,Dickens wrote to the artist and asked him to correct a drawing Dickens felt was not faithful enough to his prose.Seymour made the change,went into his backyard,and expressed his displeasure by committing suicide.Dickens and his publishers simply pressed on with a new artist.The comic novel,The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club,appeared serially in 1836 and 1837,and was first published in book form in 1837.
【D】Charles Dickens is probably the best-known and,to many people,the greatest English novelist of the 19th century.A moralist,satirist,and social reformer.Dickens crafted complex plots and striking characters that capture the panorama of English society.
【E】Soon after his father's release from prison,Dickens got a better job as errand boy in law offices.He taught himself shorthand to get an even better job later as a court stenographer and as a reporter in Parliament.At the same time,Dickens,who had a reporter's eye for transcribing the life around him especially anything comic or odd,submitted short sketches to obscure magazines.
【F】Dickens was born in Portsmouth,on England's southern coast.His father was a clerk in the British navy pay office-a respectable position,but wish little social status.His paternal grandparents,a steward and a housekeeper possessed even less status,having been servants,and Dickens later concealed their background.Dicken's mother supposedly came from a more respectable family.Yet two years before Dicken's birth,his mother's father was caught stealing and fled to Europe,never to return.The family's increasing poverty forced Dickens out of school at age 12 to work in Warren's Blacking Warehouse,a shoe-polish factory,where the other working boys mocked him as"the young gentleman."His father was then imprisoned for debt.The humiliations of his father's imprisonment and his labor in the blacking factory formed Dicken's greatest wound and became his deepest secret.He could not confide them even to his wife,although they provide the unacknowledged foundation of his fiction.
【G】After Pickwick,Dickens plunged into a bleaker world.In Oliver Twist,e traces an orphan's progress from the workhouse to the criminal slums of London.Nicholas Nickleby,his next novel,combines the darkness of Oliver Twist with the sunlight of Pickwick.The popularity of these novels consolidated Dichens'as a nationally and internationally celebrated man of letters.
D→1.→2.→3.→4.→B→5.（4应选？）A.A
B.C
C.E
D.F
E.G答案：B解析：A的末尾提到from then on his sketches,which appeared under the pen name Boz，本句中的关键词汇sketches与Boz与C选项首句中Sketches,Boz形成了原词复现，而且C首句出现的after一词，确定通过C与A也符合时间顺序。因此确定正确答案为C。 -
第19题：
共用题干
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Ludwig Van Beethoven,a major composer of the nineteenth century,overcame many personal problems to achieve artistic greatness.
Born in Bonn,Germany,in 1770,he first studied music with the court organist,Gilles van der
Eeden.His father was excessively strict and given to heavy drinking.______(46)Appointed deputy court organist to Christian Gottlob Neefe at a surprisingly early age in 1782,Beethoven also played the harpsichord and the viola. In 1792 he was sent to Vienna by his patron,Count Ferdinand
Waldstein,to study music under Haydn.
Beethoven remained unmarried.______(47)Continually plagued by ill health,he developed an ear infection which led to his tragic deafness in 1819.______(48)He completed mature masterpieces of great musical depth:three piano sonatas,four string quartets,the Missa Solemnis,and the 9th Symphony.He died in 1827.______(49) Noting that Beethoven often flew into fits of rage,Goethe once said of him,"I am astonished by his talent,but he is unfortunately an altogether untamed personality."______(50)_________（48）
A:In spite of this handicap,however,he continued to write music.
B:Because of irregular payments from his publishers and erratic support from his patrons,he was troubled by financial worries throughout his adult life.
C:His life was marked by a passionate dedication to independence.
D:When his mother died,Beethoven,then a young man,was named guardian of his two younger brothers.
E:Although Beethoven's personality may have been untamed,his music shows great discipline and control,and this is how we remember him best.
F:Today his music is still being played all over the world.答案：A解析：本题考查的是对上下文之间意义关系的理解和对文章细节的把握。本段介绍了贝多芬的早年生平。前一句话说他的父亲对他要求十分严厉，而且酗酒成性。D说当他母亲亡故后，还是一个年轻人的贝多芬成为两个小弟弟的监护人。把D放在这里意思连贯，是最适合的选项。
本题考查的是对上下文之间意义关系的理解。本段介绍贝多芬成年后坎坷的遭遇，选B最合适。
本题考查的是对上下文之间意义关系的理解和对文章细节的把握。句中的this handicap承接上段，指上段最后一句话提到的耳聋这一残疾，全句的意思是说贝多芬身残志坚，继续音乐创作。原文最后一句列举了贝多芬的音乐成就，此处选A与上下文街接自然，意思连贯。
本题考查的是对上下文之间意义关系的理解。到此为止，作者介绍完了贝多芬的生平，需要做一个简要的概括。C说他的一生是热切追求独立的一生，放在此处正合适。
本题考查的是对上下文之间意义关系的理解。本段第一句提到歌德对贝多芬性情的评价，说他狂操易怒，性情不羁。E说尽管贝多芬的性情狂躁不羁，但他的音乐却很有章法，控制有度，这也是他最值得我们怀念的地方。 -
第20题：
共用题干
The Storyteller
1 Steven Spielberg has always had one goal:to tell as many interesting stories to as many people as possible.The son of a computer scientist and a pianist,Spielberg spent his early childhood in New Jersey and then Arizona.Some of his childhood memories became the inspiration for his filmmaking.
2 Even decades later,Spielberg says he has vivid memories of his earliest years,which are the origins of some of his most successful films.He believes that E.T.is the result of the difficult years leading up to his parent ' 5 1966 divorce.He commented,"It is really about a young boy who was in search of some stability in his life."Close Encounters of the Third Kind was inspired by times when the four-year-old Steven and his father would search the skies for meteors（流星）.His mother remembers,"He was scared of just about everything.When trees brushed against the house,he would jump into my bad.And that'5 just the kind of scary stuff he would put in films like Poltergeist."
3 Spielberg was 1 1 when he first got his hands on his dad'5 movie camera and began shooting short flicks（电影）about flying saucers（飞碟）and World War II battles.These homemade movies gave him a way to escape his fears.From the very beginning,he had a creative imagination.With his talent for scary storytelling, he could terrify his three younger sisters.It also made it easier for him to make friendships.On Boy Scout camping trips,when night fell,young Steven became the center of attention."Steven would start telling his ghost stories,"says Richard Y.Hoffman.Jr.,leader of Troop 294,"and everyone would suddenly get quiet so hat they could all hear."
4 Spielberg moved to California with his father and went to high school there,but his grades were so bad that he barely graduated.Both UCLA and USC film schools rejected him,so he entered California State University at Long Beach because it was close to Hollywood.Spielberg was determined to make movies,and he managed to get an unpaid, non-credit internship（实习）in Hollywood.Soon he was given a contract, and he dropped out of college.He never looked back.
5 Now,many years later,Spielberg is still telling stories with as much passion as when he was a boy.Ask him where he gets his ideas,and Spielberg will shrug."The process for me is mostly intuitive,"he says."There are films that I feel that I need to make.And it's for a variety of reasons,for personal reasons,or because I just want to have fun.Or maybe because the subject matter is cool,and I think that my kids will like it."Spielberg is very good at_________
A:making children laugh
B:almost everything
C:a lot of money
D:his childhood memories
E:telling scary stories
F:a number of reasons答案：E解析：文章第-段第-句话是该段的主题句。由主题句“Steven Spielberg has always had on goal: to tell as many interesting stories to as many people as possible.”可知，Steven Spielberg的「标是尽可能地给更多的人讲述更多有趣的故事。故选C。
文章第二段第-句是主题句，该段主要讲Steven Spielberg的-些最成功的电影的灵瘪来源于他对小时候的记忆。故选B。
文章第三段主要讲，Steven Spielberg小时候通过给小伙伴们讲故事，交到了更多的朋友。故选D。
文章第四段讲Steven Spielberg因为成绩不好被电影学校拒绝，随后他进入了离好莱坞很近的学校并且在好莱坞获得了实习机会，最后他决定辍学，开始了他的电影之旅。本段主要讲述了他是怎样开始从事电影事业的。故选A。
由文章第二段第-句话“Even decades later, Steven Spielberg says he has vivid memories of hi earliest years,which are the origins of some of his most successful films.”可知Steven Spielberg所拍摄的-些成功的电影的灵感来自于他对小时候的记忆。故选D。
由文章第二段第五句话“His mother remembers, 'He was scared of just about every thing.’"可知，Steven Spielberg小时候几乎对所有的东西都感到恐惧。故选B。
由文章第三段第四句和第五句话可知，Steven Spielberg非常善于讲恐怖故事，他的毒事能吓到他的三个妹妹，也能因此交到更多朋友。故选E。
由文章最后-段中“There are films that I feel that I need to make.And it' s for a variety c reasons...”可知，Steven Spielberg制作电影的原因有很多。故选F。 -
第21题：
Jim was a greedy boy.He enjoyed having good food.One day when he came to have breakfast,he found there was only bread and gruel(麦片粥).So he didn′t want to have any.Then he thought out a plan to fool his mother and get something good to eat.He put his hands on his stomach and said,"I′ve got a stomachache,Mum,and I don′t want any breakfast now."His mother said,"I′m sorry to hear that.Go to Doctor Jones and he will give you some medicine.You know his house."Then she gave Jim some money and let him go by bus.Jim got off the bus after five minutes′fide.He didn′t go to seeDr.Jones.He went into a shop and bought some pieces of cakes.
Jim was eating the cakes on his way back home.When he got home,his mother asked him,"What did Dr.Jones say,my boy?"Jim answered,"He said good food is better than any medicine for my stomachache.So I went and bought some cakes instead of buying medicine."
Now Jim′s mother knew what Jim′s stomachache meant.
What did Jim′s mother give him for the breakfast that day?A.Bread.
B.Cake.
C.Gruel.
D.Both A and C.答案：D解析：考情点拨:事实细节题。应试指导:从第一段第三句可知，Jim的早餐只有面包和麦片粥 -
第22题：
Popular British author,Charles Dickens′（1812--1870）family could hardly make ends meet.They could only afford to send one of their six children to school.Dickens was not that child.His parents chose to send a daughter,who had a talent for music,to an academy.Then at the age of 12,Dickens′life took another turn for the worse.
His father,a clerk,was placed in prison for unpaid debts.And,being the oldest male left at home,Dickens took up work at a factory.His horrible experience there became the fuel for his future writing.His father was freed three months later and inherited a small amount of money.Dickens was then sent to school.
From 1836 to 1837,he wrote a monthly series of stories.Thus The Pickwick,Papers,came into being,which brought fame to him.
Throughout his career,Dickens covers various situations in his novels.He wrote about the miserable lives of the poor in Oliver Twist,the French Revolution in Tale of Two Cities,and social reform in Hard Times.He also wrote David Copperfield,a book thought to be modeled on his own life.
"I do not write bitterly or angrily,for I know all these things have worked together to make me what I am,"he once said.His difficult childhood did indeed shape the person he became,as well as his writing career.There are shades of young Dickens in many of his most beloved characters,including David Copperfield and Oliver Twist.
Like the author,all these characters come from poor beginnings and are able to rise above their setbacks and achieve success."Minds,like bodies,will often fall into an ill-conditioned state from too much comfort,"he once wrote.On June 9th,1870,aged 58,Dickens died,leaving one unfinished work.The words on his tombstone read:"He was a sympathizer to the poor,the suffering and the oppressed,and by his death,one of England′s greatest writers is lost to the world."
The book that first called public attention to Dickens wasA.The Pickwick Papers
B.Oliver Twist
C.Tale of Two Cities
D.David Copperfield答案：A解析：考情点拨：事实细节题。应试指导：从文章第三段第二句的内容可知The Pickwick Papers使他一举成名。 -
第23题：
问答题Practice 2 This portrait-gallery of old Etonians is very select: preeminent distinction of birth or merit may win you a place there, or again official connection with the school, which rightly loves to keep up an unbroken panorama of its teachers, and to vivify its annals with the faces and figures of the personalities who carried on its traditions. But how came Dolben there? It was because he was a poet, — that I knew; — and yet his poems were not known; they were jealously guarded by his family and a few friends: indeed such of his poems as could have come to the eyes of the authorities who sanctioned this memorial would not justify it. There was another reason; and the portrait bears its own credentials; for though you might not perhaps divine the poet in it, you can see the saint, the soul rapt in contemplation, the habit of stainless life, of devotion, of enthusiasm for high ideals. Such a being must have stood out conspicuously among his fellows; the facts of his life would have been the ground of the faith in his genius; and when his early death endeared and sanctified his memory, loving grief would generously grant him the laurels which he had never worn. (Robert Bridges: A School Portrait)正确答案： 【参考译文】
这个为老伊顿校友建立的肖像馆在决定人选时是很慎重的:出身显赫或表现突出有可能得到一个位置,或者,与校方有正式的联系,而校方也希望完整地再现教师队伍的全景,使保持学校传统的名人的形象构成的校史有生气,学校这样做是完全正确的。但是,多尔宾是怎么来到这里的呢?因为他是一个诗人——这我很清楚;然而,他的诗并不为人们所知;他的诗是由他的家人和几个朋友精心保管着;要说只凭学校当局见到的几首诗就同意以这种方式纪念他,理由不太充足。还有另外一个理由:他的肖像本身就可以解释这个问题;虽然你也许不能从肖像里看出他是诗人,但你可以看出他是一个圣人,一个陷入沉思之中的灵魂,一个执着而热烈地追求无瑕生活和崇高理想的人。这样的人在他的同事当中一定是一个出众的人;他的生活经历足以使我们相信他是一个天才;当他的英年早逝使他变得越发亲切而神圣的时候;人们出于对他的爱而产生的悲哀则赋予了他生前未曾享受过的诗人的桂冠。 解析： 暂无解析