C. whether D. what 【答案】B 【解析】

【详解】考查名词性从句。句意为：不要因为觉得工作太小就拒绝它，你不知道它能引向何方。know后面接了宾语从句，lead是不及物动词，后面不缺成分，故用副词引导从句，根据句意，选B。 8.---I don’t understand why Catherine stopped short _____ she ought to have continued. ---It’s obvious that she lacked self-confidence. A. when B. while C. if D. as 【答案】A 【解析】

【详解】考查状语从句。句意为：——我不明白为什么凯瑟琳本该继续下去，却突然停了下来。——显然她缺乏自信。when在此表示“虽然，尽管”。while表示“尽管”必须置句首；if表示“如果”；as表示“尽管”需倒装。故选A。

9.Guangdong province rolled out new guidelines, _____ offensive nicknames and online violence as school bullying. A. defining B. defined C. to define D. having defined 【答案】A 【解析】

【详解】考查非谓语动词。句意为：广东省出台了新的规定，明确规定侮辱性绰号和网络暴力均属于校园欺凌。谓语都吃腻是rolled out是谓语动词，故define用非谓语动词形式，define与其逻辑主语guidelines之间是主动关系，故用现在分词作状语。故选A。

10.It is almost five years since Jimmy taught high school students and he _____ as an interpreter in a foreign enterprise. A. served B. had served C. is serving D. would serve 【答案】C 【解析】

【详解】考查时态。句意为：吉米不教高中生已经快五年了，他现在在一家外企做翻译。从前半句看，吉米不教高中生已经快五年了，后半句说的是他现在在外企做翻译，故用现在进行时。此题的关键是对前半

句要理解准确，不能理解为“吉米教高中已经快五年了”。故选C。 11.---We found a buyer for our house, but then the sale _____. --- Why not promote it by posting an advertisement online? A. fell through B. got through C. cleared up D. looked up 【答案】A 【解析】

【详解】考查短语动词。句意为：——我们为我们的房子找到了一个买主，但后来买卖失败了。——为什么不在网上登个广告来宣传呢？fall through表示“落空; 成为泡影”。get through 用完，完成，考试及格，接通电话；clear up 转晴，清理，清除疑虑；look up 仰视，改善，查阅。根据句意，选A。 12.Pele had bags of natural talent, but he ______ without the determination to deal with all the problems life threw in his path.

A. would never succeed B. never succeeded

C. would never have succeeded D. have never succeeded 【答案】C 【解析】

【详解】考查虚拟语气。句意为：贝利是很有天赋，但是如果没有处理生活中遇到的所有问题的决心，他是永远不会成功的。从句中的had看，此句讲的是过去的情况。本句是由without呈现的含蓄虚拟语气，且空格所在的地方是主句，谓语动词用would have +过去分词，否定式加never，置于would后面。故选C。

13.He was still full of optimism for the future despite many problems, and never once ______ him get worried or upset. A. I saw B. I would see C. did I see D. would I see 【答案】C 【解析】

【详解】考查倒装句式。句意为：尽管有许多问题，他对未来仍然充满乐观，我从未见过他感到忧虑或不安。and连接两个并列句，后面一个句子是以否定词never开头，故用倒装结构，助动词置于主语前，且从前面的句子时态来看，确定是用一般过去时，故选C。

【点睛】本句考查倒装句式。否定状语放在句首，主句用倒装语序是常考的语法点，熟练掌握这一语法点对阅读理解和写作都有很大益处，现总结如下：

“强调否定状语的倒装句”是指为了强调句子中针对全句的否定状语， 将其置于句首所引起部分倒装结构。常考的放于句首引起部分倒装的含有否定意义的状语有： never, seldom, rarely, little, few, hardly/scarcely when , no sooner than , at no time, by no means, no longer, not only but also , not until, nowhere, neither nor 等。 例如：

Hardly had she spoken than she regretted it bitterly. 话刚出口，她就后悔不迭。 Never shall I forget this lesson. 我绝对不会忘记这个教训。

No sooner had I got into the house than the phone rang. 我刚进屋，电话铃就响了。 At no time did he lose his self-control. 他始终没有失去控制力。

注意： 如果放在句首的否定状语只否定主语或句中的副词， 而不针对全句， 就不用进行倒装。例如： Not a soul was anywhere visible. 到处见不到一个人。 Hardly anybody believes that. 几乎没有人相信那件事。// Not long ago it rained. 不久前下过雨。

14.I was telling a joke and Sam just interrupted me to tell a different one. He always _____! A. bites his tongue B. saves his skin C. steals my thunder D. pulls my leg 【答案】C 【解析】

【详解】考查习语。句意为：我正在讲一个笑话，山姆却打断了我，他自己讲了另一个。他总是抢走我的风头！bite one’s tongue强忍着不说出自己的想法或感觉；save one’s skin免受伤害﹑ 损失﹑ 惩罚等；steal one’s thunder 抢在某人之前或贬低某人的言行使之不受他人注意；pull one’s leg开某人玩笑。根据句意，选C。

15.---I’ve heard a lot about you. You got promoted, right? ______ --- Many thanks.

A. Good for you B. You asked for it C. There you are D. You’ve gone too far 【答案】A 【解析】

【详解】考查情境交际。句意为：——我听说过很多关于你的事，你升职了，对吗？真为你高兴。——非常感谢！Good for you真为你高兴，祝贺你；You asked for it你自找的；There you are给你，就是这样；You’ve gone too far 你太过分了。根据句意，选A。

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I first started writing in the summer of 1998. Back then I was a teacher. After years of dreaming, I decided it was finally time to write a book. For 10 years I wrote, ___16___ four middle-grade novels and six pictures books almost only to editors. This was ___17___ in the snail-mail age. Remember the ___18___ you experienced as a child waiting for birthday presents to arrive in the mail? That was me for the better part of a decade.

In Spring 2009, at the last minute, I decided to hand in a middle-grade historical novel-in-verse to a ___19___ at a local writing conference. I knew in my heart that it was my ___20___ work, but I wasn’t sure how it would be ___21___ alongside pieces meant for the adult market. But then ----I won. My prize ___22___ a one-on-one interview with an editor who, after ___23___ my manuscript, asked, “Why don’t you have a(n) ___24___ yet?”

Not long after that, I ___25___ with my first agent. Then in 2013, after parting with my first agent, I was again faced with the ___26___ for representation. This time I submitted to three agencies and got two ___27___. Over the span of 20 years, I’ve got 18 completed manuscripts and was ___28___ almost 350 times. It took me 14 years to see my first book ___29___ the shelf. You could look at these numbers and get pretty ___30___. I can look at these numbers and feel the same. I know plenty of people with a ___31___ apprenticeship(学徒期). I have friends who have been more ___32___. All sorts of authors I ___33___ with in 2012 have published far more than I have. But here’s the ___34___ thing I’ve learned in the last 20 years: My process is mine. My journey is mine. Each book finds its way on its own.

The writing life is a long-term journey. There is no right way. There is no ___35___ fix. There is no easy road. There is a lot of frustration and disappointment, but there is joy and satisfaction, too.

16. A. submitting B. lending C. keeping D. presenting 17. A. soon B. back C. already D. later

18. A. appreciation B. entertainment C. anticipation D. embarrassment 19. A. publisher B. newspaper C. reception D. competition 20. A. initial B. casual C. innovative D. subjective 21. A. criticized B. processed C. received D. distributed