（四）
Entering the drama room I am immediately surrounded by the familiar sights, smells and sounds. Streaks(条纹，线条) of light cast by the blinds of the tall ___1___ send shafts(杆状物) of light through the dusty air. I take a ___2___ and the concrete and paint ___3___ tickle my nose. I ___4___everything about this room.
Some of the ___5___ times of my life have been spent here. It’s ironic(讽刺的), but the ___6___ is the only place where I feel that I don’t have to ___7___ to be someone I’m not. Like many teenagers, I almost ___8___ think that people are judging me, but when I act, that feeling disappears. People only look at your ___9___ ability, not your clothing, money, choice of friends, or any of the other ways people are usually ___10___.
When I’m on stage, everything else vanishes(消失). All the worries and ___11___ of the outside world are put on hold. Nervousness is still present, ___12___ it’s the excited and tingly kind, not the queasy(不稳定的) ___13___ of being different and alone.
I___14___ love to work backstage and on lighting. I ___15___ you could find another girl who would work on a ladder ___16___ her elbows in cables and dust and love every second of it. It makes me unique and gives me a sense of ___17___ to know that I succeed in an area where ___18___ others—and virtually(事实上) no girls—do.
High school is a difficult atmosphere, to put it ___19___. Like others, I’m often insecure(不安的), not ___20___ who I am or where I’m going in life. Wherever that may be, I will always have the confidence I get from theater.
1. A. doors B. windows C. roofs D. walls
2. A. last look B. long walk C. short breath D. deep breath
3. A. smells B. tastes C. sounds D. looks
4. A. hate B. love C. miss D. forget
5. A. worst B. tiring C. best D. better
6. A. room B. office C. building D. stage
7. A. pretend B. expect C. want D. decide
8. A. hardly B. seriously C. constantly D. happily
9. A. acting B. speaking C. moving D. repeating
10. A. thought of B. judged C. taken care of D. feeling
11. A. happiness B. anxieties C. chances D. pressures
12. A. and B. however C. but D. though
13. A. feeling B. idea C. hope D. fact
14. A. seldom B. almost C. relatively D. absolutely
15. A. hope B. doubt C. think D. suspect
16. A. up for B. out at C. up to D. down to
17. A. pride B. duty C. humor D. sight
18. A. few B. many C. a few D. some
19. A. cruelly B. tensely C. friendly D. mildly
20. A. fond of B. afraid for C. sure of D. interested in
答案与解析
1. B 句意为“阳光透过高大的窗户上的百叶窗，照射到空气中的灰尘里，被分割成条状的光束”。
2. D take a deep breath 意为“深呼吸”，与下空有关。
3. A 只有“气味”刺鼻(tickle my nose)，首句有提示。
4. B 纵观下文和全文主题句(尾句)可知答案选 B。miss 意为“想念”，作者已在现场，故不妥。w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m
5. C 根据上下文语境和上空可知答案应选 C。
6. D 根据首句中的 the drama room 和第 3 段中的 when I’m on stage 可知答案应选 D。
7. A 舞台是假装(演戏)的地方，此处是转折句。
8. C 句意为“像很多年轻人一样，我不停地想到人们在评判我，但是当我演出时，这种感觉没有了”。but之后是时间状语，故其前也应是时间副词。
9. A 根据上文的 when I act 可知答案应选 A。
10. B 根据前文的提示 people are judging me 可知答案选 B。
11. D 句意为“我所担心的和来自外界的压力都被制止了”。
12.C / 13. A 这是一个意义上发生转折的并列分句。句意为“紧张是肯定的，但是也很刺激，很让人兴奋，不是那种与众不同的孤单的感觉”。
14. D relatively 意为“相对地，比较地”，absolutely 意为“绝对地，完全地”。根据下文可知应选 D。句意为“我非常喜欢在后台工作，还有上台表演”。
15. B doubt 表示“怀疑其无”，suspect 表示“怀疑其有”。句意为“我估计没有别的女孩愿意在满是绳索和灰尘的梯子上工作，而我却非常喜欢”。
16.C elbow 意为“肘”。be up to the elbow in 意为“埋头于，专心于”，out at elbows 意为“衣衫褴褛的；贫困的”。
17. A / 18. A 句意为“我能够在一个很少有人(尤其女孩)能胜任的领域里很成功，这让我觉得自己很独特，让我很自豪”。
19. D cruelly 意为“残忍地”，tensely 意为“紧张地”，friendly 意为“友好的”，mildly 意为“温柔地”。
20. C 句意为“跟其他人一样，我也经常觉得不安，不知道我是谁，不知道将来会发生什么”。
（五）
I remember vividly the call that changed my life. It was Tuesday, February 18. When the 1 rang in the kitchen of my Los Angeles, the 2 was Marty Banderas, a literary agent to whom I had sent a draft( 草稿 )of my novel three weeks earlier. “I have a couple of 3 .” Banderas saiD. “First, how old are you?” “I'm 48,” I replieD. “Are you in good 4 ?” “Yes, excellent. What’s this about? ” “I’ve sold your novels 5 one and a half million dollars.” I sat down in 6 . I had written fourteen novels in twenty years, but each one had been 7 by the publishers. I suppose many people would have been 8 , but not me. Each time, I just 9 writing another one. My husband advised me to find something else to do, but I refused to 10 up. Seeing this book 11 was the best thing that has ever happened to me. It's a mystery story (like all the others) and it was on the best-seller 12 two weeks after publication! I got my first lesson in story 13 from my grandmother. She used to read my stories. She was the one who gave me a 14 of words. She sparked (激发) my 15 and she has been a 16 influence on me. I always had stories running through my 17 and as soon as I could write, I 18 them down on paper. I married young and I have three children, but I never stopped writing. 19 novels between doing the diapers(婴儿的尿布) and dishes. I'm writing another novel now. Yes, my 20 has changed my life.
1. A. phone B. bell C. clock D. alarm
2. A. line B. step C. outside D. doorway
3. A. novels B. things C. questions D. problems
4. A. wealth B. health C. condition D. order
5. A. to B. for C. on D. in
6. A. need B. joy C. settlements D. shock
7. A. rejected B. received C. decided D. lost
8. A. worried B. encouraged C. discouraged D. excited
9. A. couldn't help B. got down to C. got used to D. went on
10. A. hold B. look C. give D. set
11. A. sold B. published C. printed D. passed
12. A. books B. shops C. record D. list
13. A. writing B. organizing C. telling D. reading
14. A. use B. love C. meaning D. respect
15. A. hope B. efforts C. novels D. imagination
16. A. lasting B. normal C. careful D. general
17. A. head B. mouth C. voice D. work
18. A. took B. put C. broke D. added
19. A. writing B. reading C. developing D. translating
20. A. friend B. call C. success D. work
答案与解析
1. A 前面提到了“记得一个电话”。call是电话之意，当然下文仍然指当电话响的时候我正在家的厨房里，当然选phone。
2. A line 仍然指电话的意思。
3. C 从下句可知有几个问题要问。
4. B be in good health .身体状况良好。
5. B for 我把你的小说卖了一百五十万块钱。
6. D 意为：听了这一好消息很是震惊。
7. A 指以前写的小说一直都被出版社拒绝。
8. C 句意是说：很多人都会泄气。
9. B get down to doing 开始着手做某事。承接上文意思，这句说：每次被出版社拒绝后，我不灰心，开始着手写另一本。
10. C 固定短语give up。 本句意思是“丈夫建议我做点别的事情，但我不放弃。”
11. B see sth. done，当然就是看到这本书被出版了。
12. D 指这本书列入了畅销品之内。
13. C 意为讲述故事。
14. B love “是grandmother给我讲故事让我喜欢上写小说。”
15. D 由于那些故事激发了我的想象力。
16. A 那些故事对我有持久的影响。
17. A 大脑中老是有故事。
18. B put down 意为write down。
19. C develop novels 展开故事
20. C 指我写小说这件事的成功改变了我的一生。