1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 Module 4 Great Scientists 练习 (一 ) 英语知识运用 组块专练 练准度 (本栏目内容,在学生用书中以独立形式分册装订! ) (限时: 25 分钟 ) . 完形填空 (2018 湖北省重点中学高三起点考试 ) From childhood, Moira loved to write. Throughout school she _1_ writing, but pursuing(追求 ) it _2_ was never a possibility. Her father was a doctor, her mother a nurse.
2、“Medicine was a fairly _ 3_ choice, ” Moira says, “and writing was a career where it wasnt a _4_ that youd have high income.” She became a doctor but still wanted to write something. However, being a doctor was so _5_ that she didnt take up writing until her thirties. She _6_ a novel a fictionalized
3、 version of her travel in China after university. She got excellent _7_. Moira sent it off to as many agents as she could find, and found one who wanted to _8_ her. Suddenly, it seemed she was on her _9_ as an author. “I had one lengthy phone call with the agent where we _ 10_ all possible areas tha
4、t she thought needed _11_. I worked on those and sent it back to her but didnt hear anything.”It wasnt long _ 12_ Moira found another agent who was _13_ if she was willing to rewrite it from the first person to the third person. She did the hard work and sent it off again. “I got back a really brief
5、 letter: Thank you, Im no longer interested. It was really _ 14_.” A decade went by, and Moira found herself eager to write again, this time _15_ for her own enjoyment. She _16_ herself the challenge of creating a thriller and chose Western Australia as her setting. As she was writing just for herse
6、lf, something surprising began to happen. “The characters _17_ a life of their own; they started doing things I hadnt thought about. It just _18_.” One day, an agent called from Australia. Three weeks later, Moira had a publication deal. Her novel, Cicada, was published in March. “_ 19_ it hadnt bee
7、n published I still gained so much from the _20_, ” says Moira. 【语篇解读】 本文通过 Moira 爱好写作并坚持写作的故事告诉我们:每个人都要为实现自己的梦想而去努力尝试,只有经历过才能够有所得,在追求的过程中不要过于担心结果,只有这样才能成功。 1. A. learnt B. avoided C. considered D. enjoyed 答案与解析: D 根据首句 “From childhood, Moira loved to write” 可知,从童年开始, Moira 就爱好写作;由此推断,在上学期间,她仍然喜欢 (e
8、njoyed)写作。 2. A. actively B. professionally C. energetically D. permanently 答案与解析: B根据生活常识及该句中的关键词 “never a possibility” 可知,把写作当做职业来追求几乎是不可能的。 actively“ 积极地 ” ; professionally“ 作为职业 ” ;energetically“ 精力充沛地 ” ; permanently“ 永久地 ” 。 3. A. influential B. clear C. terrible D. safe 答案与解析: D根据空处前一句 “Her f
9、ather was a doctor , her mother a nurse”可知,她的父母会给予她医学方面很多的帮助,所以 Moira 认为医学是一个十分安全的 (safe)选择。 influential“ 有影响力的 ” 。 【 精品教育资源文库 】 4. A. dream B. purpose C. choice D. certainty 答案与解析: D根据空后的 “youd have high income” 可知, Moira 也认为写作是一个不一定能带来高收入的职业。 certainty“ 确定的事 ” ,符合语境, 所以选项 D 正确。 5. A. promising B.
10、 discouraging C. demanding D. interesting 答案与解析: C根据空后的 “she didnt take up writing until her thirties” 可知,医生是一个要求很高的职业,因此她直到三十多岁才开始写作。 promising“ 有希望的,有前途的 ” ; discouraging“ 使人泄气的 ” ; demanding“ 苛刻的,要求高的 ” ;interesting“ 有趣的 ” 。所以选项 C 正确。 6. A. produced B. introduced C. bought D. received 答案与解析: A根据语
11、境可知,她以大学毕业后在中国的旅游经历为背景创作了一本小说。 produce“ 创作,生产,产生 ” ; introduce“ 介绍 ” ; buy“ 买 ” ; receive“ 收到 ” 。所以选项 A 正确。 7. A. rewards B. readers C. reviews D. praises 答案与解析: C根据该段最后一句 “Suddenly , it seemed she was on her 9 as an author” 可以判断,这部小说写出来后,她得到了极好的评论。 reward“ 报酬 ” ; reader“ 读者 ” ; review“ 评论 ” ; prais
12、e“ 赞扬 ” 。所以选项 C 正确。 8. A. employ B. represent C. trust D. guide 答案与解析: B根据语境可知,在众多的代理人中有一个人愿意代理出版这本小说。employ“ 雇用,使用 ” ; represent“ 代表,代理 ” ; trust“ 信任 ” ; guide“ 指导 ” 。所以选项 B 正确。 9. A. own B. feet C. way D. business 答案与解析: C根据语境可知,她似乎突然就要成为作家了。 on ones way“ 即将到达或发生 ” ,所以选项 C 正确。 10. A. took off B. w
13、ent through C. pulled down D. came over 答案与解析: B根据语境可知, Moira 在电话中与代理人就小说中所有代理人认为需要润色 (polishing)的地方进行了仔细琢磨 (went through)。 take off“ 脱下,起飞 ” ; go through“ 仔细察看,仔细琢磨 ” ; pull down“ 拆毁,推翻 ” ; come over“ 过来,来访 ” 。所以选项 B 正确。 11. A. deleting B. adapting C. polishing D. covering 答案与解析: C参见上题 解析。 delete“
14、删除 ” ; adapt“ 适应,改编 ” ; polish“ 修改,润色 ” ; cover“ 覆盖,报道 ” 。所以选项 C 正确。 12. A. before B. after C. since D. when 答案与解析: A根据上文中的 “sent it back to her but didnt hear anything” 可知, Moira 重新把小说发给代理人但是没有收到任何回复,不久之后 Moira 找到了另外一个代理人。句型 It wasnt long before.意思是 “ 不久之后 ?” 。所以选项 A 正确。 13. A. fascinated B. intere
15、sted C. anxious D. amused 答案与解析: B根据下文中的 “Im no longer interested” 可知,此处指这位代理人对她的书感兴趣。 fascinated“ 入迷的 ” ; interested“ 感兴趣的 ” ; anxious“ 焦急的,忧虑的 ” ; amused“ 逗笑的 ” 。所以选项 B 正确。 【 精品教育资源文库 】 14. A. common B. absurd C. terrifying D. disappointing 答案与解析: D从两位代理人的态度可知, Moira 这两次都以失败告终,所以这件事情肯定令她感到失望。 com
16、mon“ 共同的 ” ; absurd“ 荒谬的 ” ; terrifying“ 令人恐惧的 ” ;disappointing“ 令人失望的 ” 。所以选项 D 正确。 15. A. purely B. wonderfully C. instantly D. sadly 答案与解析: A根据该句中的 “found herself eager to write again.own enjoyment” 可知,她发现自己渴望再次写作,而这次写作仅仅 (purely)是为了个人乐趣。purely“ 仅仅,纯粹地 ” ; wonderfully“ 非常好,非常 ” ; instantly“ 立即 ”
17、; sadly“ 悲伤地 ” 。所以选项 A 正确。 16. A. set B. found C. made D. permitted 答案与解析: A根据语境可知, Moira 向自己提出 (set)了一个挑战,写一部惊险小说。find“ 发现 ” ; permit“ 允许,许可 ” 。所以选项 A 正确。 17. A. put up B. took on C. went over D. got down 答案与解析: B根据该句 “The characters _ a life of their own; they started doing things I hadnt thought
18、about” 可知,小说中的人物开始具有 (took on)他们自己的生活。 put up“ 建造,张贴 ” ; take on“ 开始具有 (某种特征、面貌等 )” ; go over“ 仔细检查 ” ; get down“ 下来,取下 ” 。所以选项 B 正确。 18. A. flew B. flashed C. broke D. survived 答案与解析: A根据下文可知, Moira 的书得到了一位澳大利亚代理人的关注并顺利出版;据此可以推断,这部小说成功了。 fly“ 成功 ” 。所以选项 A 正确。 19. A. Ever since B. As if C. If only D. Even if 答案与解析: D根据语境可推断出,即使 (Even if)这部小说没有出版, Moira 仍然在这个过程 (process)中得到许多。 ever since“ 自从 ” ; as if“ 好像,似乎 ” ; if only“ 要是 ? 就好了 ” ; even if“ 即使,尽管 ” 。所以选项 D 正确。 20. A. adventure B. practice C. process D. result 答