1、課時作業(yè)I完形填空（2020 山西省祁縣中學高三月考）From childhood, Moira loved to write. Throughoutschool she _1_ writing, but pursuing（追求）it _2_ was never a possibility. Her father wasa doctor, her mother was a nu rse. “ Medici ne was a fairly _3_ opti on，” Moira says.“ And writ ing was a career where it was nt a _4_ that

2、 youd have high in come.”She became a doctor but still wan ted to do some writi ng. However, being a doctor wasso _5_ that she did nt take up writ ing un til her thirties. She _6_ a no vel a ficti onalized vers ion of her travels in Chi na after uni versity. She got excelle nt _7_. Moira sent itoff

3、to as many age nts as she could find and found one who wan ted to _8_ her. Sudde nlyit seemed she was on her _9_ as an author.“ lhad one len gthy pho ne call with the age nt where we_10_ all possibleareas she thought needed _ 1_. I worked on those and sent it back to her but did nt hearanything.I”wa

4、s not long _12_ Moira found ano ther age nt who was _13_ ifshe was willing to rewrite it from the first person to the third person. She did the hard work andsent it off aga in. “ I got back a really brief letter: Thank you. Im no Ion ger in terestedIt was really _14_”A decade went by, and Moira foun

5、d herself itch ing to write aga in, this time _15_ forher own enjo yme nt. She _16 herself the challe nge of creati ng a thriller and choseWester n Australia as her sett ing.As she was writing just for herself, something surprising began to happen.“Thecharacters _17_ a life of their own; they starte

6、d doing things I had nt thought about. It just_18_ out. ” One day, an age nt called from Australia. Three weeks later, Moira had apublicati on deal. Her no vel, Cicada, was published in March.“ _19_ it had nt bee n published I still gained so much from the _20 _ ” saysMoira.篇章導讀：本文是一篇記敘文。文章講述了Moira

7、雖然作為一名醫(yī)生，但她愛好寫作并堅持寫作，在追求的過程中努力嘗試的故事。1. A.learnt B. avoidedC. considered D. enjoyed答案：D 根據(jù)首句“ From childhood, Moira loved to write.”可知，從童年開 始，Moira就愛好寫作；由此推斷，在上學期間，她仍然喜歡(enjoyed)寫作。故選 D。2A.actively BprofessionallyCenergetically Dpermanently答案： B actively “積極地”； professionally “作為職業(yè)地”； energetically “

8、精 力充沛地” ； permanently “永久地”。根據(jù) but 轉(zhuǎn)折及該句中的關(guān)鍵詞 never a possibility 可知，盡管 Moira 喜歡寫作，但是把寫作當作職業(yè)來追求幾乎是不可能 的。故選 B 。3A.influential BexplicitCterrible Dsafe答案：D influential “有影響的”；explicit “明確的”；terrible “可怕的”；safe “安全的”。根據(jù)空處前一句 “ Her father was a doctor, her mother was a nurse. 可知，她的父母會給予她醫(yī)學方面很多的幫助， 所以 Mo

9、ira 認為醫(yī)學是一個十分 安全的(safe)選擇。 故選 D。4A.dream BpurposeCchoice Dcertainty答案： D 根據(jù)上文提到不會把寫作當作職業(yè)可知， Moira 也認為寫作不是一 個確定的事，也不一定能帶來高收入的職業(yè)。故選 D 。5A.promising BdiscouragingCdemanding Dinteresting答案： C promising “有希望的，有前途的” ； discouraging “使人泄氣的”； demandi ng “苛刻的，要求高的”；in teresti ng “有趣的”。根據(jù)空后的“ she did nt take u

10、pwriting until her thirties 可知，醫(yī)生”是一個要求很高的職業(yè)，因此她直到三十多 歲才開始寫作。故選 C。6A.produced BintroducedCbought Dreceived答案： A produce “創(chuàng)作，生產(chǎn)，產(chǎn)生” 。根據(jù)語境可知，她以大學畢業(yè)后在中國的旅游經(jīng)歷為背景創(chuàng)作了一本小說。故選A 。7A.rewards B readersC reviews Dpraises答案： C 根據(jù)下文提到她把她的小說寄給很多代理商，可以判斷這部小說寫 出來后，她得到了極好的評論。故選 C。8A.employ BrepresentC trust Dguide答案：

11、 B 根據(jù)語境可知， Moira 在眾多的代理人中找到愿意代理出版這本小 說的人。故選 B 。9A.own BfeetC way Dbusiness答案：C 根據(jù)語境可知，她似乎突然就要成為作家了。on ones way “即將到達或發(fā)生”， 故選 C。10A.took off Bwent throughC pulled down Dcame over答案：B take off “脫下，起飛” ；go through “仔細察看，仔細琢磨” ；pull down “拆毀，推翻”； came over “過來，來訪”。根據(jù)語境可知， Moira 在電話 中與代理人就小說中需要潤色的地方進行了仔細

12、琢磨 (went through)。故選 B。11A.deleting BadaptingCpolishing Dcovering答案：C polish “修改，潤色”。Moira 在電話中與代理人就小說中需要潤色 (polishi ng)的地方進行了仔細琢磨。故選 C。12A.before BafterCsince Dwhen答案： A 根據(jù)上文中的 “ sent it back to her buitddnt hear anything 可”知， Moira 重新把小說發(fā)給代理人但是沒有收到任何回復，不久之后 Moira 找到了另外一個代理人。句型 It was nt Io ng befo

13、re .意思是“不久之后.”。故選 A。13. A.fascinated B. interestedC. anxious D. amused答案：B 根據(jù)下文中的“ Imno Ion ger in terested 可知”此處指這位代理人對 她的書感興趣。故選 B。14. A.common B. absurdC. terrifying D. disappointing答案：D common “共同的” ；absurd “荒謬的” ；terrifying“令人恐懼的”；disappointing “令人失望的”。根據(jù)兩位代理人的態(tài)度可知， Moira 這兩次 都以失敗告終，所以這件事情肯定令她感

14、到失望。故選 D。15. A.purely B. wonderfullyC. instantly D. sadly答案： A 根據(jù)該句中的 “ found herself itching to write again own enjoyment 可知，她發(fā)現(xiàn)自己渴望再次寫作，而這次寫作僅僅(purely)是為了個人樂趣。故選A。16. A.set B. foundC. made D. permitted答案：A 根據(jù)語境可知，Moira 向自己提出(set)了一個挑戰(zhàn)，寫一部驚險小 說。set “提出”。故選 A。17. A.put up B. took onC. went over D. got down答案：B put up “建造，張貼” ；take on