22. A. followed B. concluded C. ensured D. confirmed 23. A. correcting B. polishing C. monitoring D. reviewing 24. A. agent B. client C. instructor D. fan 25. A. signed B. bargained C. dealt D. reasoned 26. A. excuse B. affection C. hunt D. request
27. A. offers B. substitutions C. professions D. complaints 28. A. registered B. rejected C. defeated D. deserted 29. A. under B. beside C. off D. on
30. A. amused B. inspired C. touched D. frustrated 31. A. longer B. heavier C. shorter D. newer
32. A. famous B. intelligent C. enthusiastic D. productive 33. A. debated B. mixed C. cooperated D. disagreed 34. A. key B. handy C. funny D. lively
35. A. temporary B. quick C. possible D. flexible
【答案】16. A 17. B 18. C 19. D 20. C 21. C 22. B 23. D 24. A 25. A 26. C 27. A 28. B 29. D 30. D 31. C 32. D 33. B 34. A 35. B 【解析】
本文为议论文,作者回忆了自己的写作经历,感悟到写作生涯是一个长期的旅程,没有正确的方法,没有捷径可走。有很多挫折和失望,但也有喜悦和满足。 【16题详解】
考查词义辨析。A. submitting提交 B. lending借 C. keeping 保持 D. presenting呈现,赠送。作者十年的写作期间,向编辑提交了几部小说和图画书,故选A。 【17题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。A. soon很快 B. back以前,过去 C. already已经 D. later后来。作者回忆自己写作时还是过去信件还需要邮寄的年代,故选B。 【18题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。A. appreciation欣赏 B. entertainment娱乐 C. anticipation希望,预感 D. embarrassment尴尬,困窘,根据下文“That was me for the better part of a decade.”那是我十年中较好的一段时光,因此可知此处句意:还记得小时候你希望收到生日礼物的经历吗? 故选C。 【19题详解】
考查名词词义。A. publisher出版者 B. newspaper报纸 C. reception接待 D. competition
竞争,比赛,这里指作者在2009年春天参加了一次当地的写作会议,提交了作品来参赛,故选D。 【20题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。A. initial最初的 B. casual休闲的,随意的 C. innovative创新的,革新的 D. subjective主观的,个人的,作者内心知道这是他的革新之作,故选C。 【21题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。A. criticized批评 B. processed加工 C. received接到,收到 D. distributed分布,作者担心自己的作品是否可以被人们接受,故选C。 【22题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。A. followed跟随 B. concluded结束 C. ensured 确保 D. confirmed证实,批准,作者获奖以一次一对一与编辑面谈的机会作为结束。故选B。 【23题详解】
考查动词词义。A. correcting 纠正 B. polishing 磨光,改进 C. monitoring监控 D. reviewing复习,评论。编辑审阅了我的手稿。故选D。 【24题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。A. agent 代理人 B. client客户 C. instructor教师 D. fan迷;编辑向作者提议应该有一个代理人,故选A。 【25题详解】
考查动词词义。A. signed签字 B. bargained 交易 C. dealt处理 D. reasoned推论,不久之后,作者签约了第一位代理人,故选A。 【26题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。A. excuse原谅 B. affection影响 C. hunt寻找 D. request请求,在与第一个经纪人分手后,作者又一次面临寻找代理人的问题。故选C。 【27题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。A. offers提供 B. substitutions替代 C. professions专业 D. complaints投诉,这次我向三家中介提交了申请,得到了两份回应。故选A。 【28题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。A. registered登记 B. rejected拒绝 C. defeated 打败 D. deserted遗弃,在20年的时间里,作者已经完成了18篇手稿,其中被拒绝了将近350次。故选B。 【29题详解】
考查介词词义。我花了14年的时间才在书架上看到我的第一本书。在书架上,用介词on,故选D。 【30题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。A. amused愉悦的 B. inspired 受启发的 C. touched感动的 D. frustrated受挫的;沮丧的,看着这些数字,你会感到沮丧挫败,故选D。 【31题详解】
考查形容词比较级。A. longer 更长 B. heavier更重 C. shorter 更短 D. newer更新的,作者认识很多学徒期更短的人,故选C。 【32题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。A. famous 著名 B. intelligent聪明的 C. enthusiastic热情的 D. productive多产的,这里指作者有很多朋友作品很多。故选D。 【33题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。A. debated争论,辩论 B. mixed混合 C. cooperated合作 D. disagreed有分歧,不一致,句意:2012年,各种各样与我意见相左的作家发表的文章都比我多得多。故选B。 【34题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。A. key关键的 B. handy 手边的 C. funny 有趣的 D. lively活泼的,由下文“My process is mine. My journey is mine. Each book finds its way on its own.”可知,此处讲得是:作者在过去20年里学到的最重要的一件事,故选A。 【35题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。A. temporary临时的 B. quick迅速的 C. possible可能的 D. flexible灵活的,由上下文可知,此处作者总结说写作生涯是一个长期的旅程。没有正确的方法。没有捷径可走。故选B。
第三部分 阅读理解(共15小题:每小题2分,满分30分)
请认真阅读下列短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
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Company Names That Have Secret Meanings Co-founder Larry Page was at a brainstorming session at Stanford for a new massive data indexing website. Someone suggested “googolplex”—one of the largest describable NUMBERS. Page shortened it to “googol.” When he later checked for the availability of the domain name, he made a mistake and typed in “google”
instead. But he liked the name and registered it for himself and co-founder Sergey Brin. This luxury car maker combined elements from the Ford and Oldsmobile companies when it was started in 1902 and later became known for its innovation and high quality. The company was named for the French explorer Antoine Laumet de la Mothe Cadillac, who founded the city of Detroit in 1701. Company co-founder Gordon Bowker has said that while brainstorming names, someone brought out a map that featured the old mining town of Starbo. That may have led him to think of Starbuck, the first mate in Herman Melville’s famous novel, Moby Dick. Not only the company name but also the origin of its logo has aroused great curiosity. The inventor of Rolex, Hans Wilsdorf, was looking to make an elegant, yet precise, wristwatch. He wanted a name that was easy to say, worked in different languages, and looked good on the watches. He settled on Rolex in 1908.
36. Which company name has a close relationship with literature? A. Google. B. Cadillac. C. Starbucks. D. Rolex.
37. Which of the following statements is True?
A. Google was adopted because “googol” was not available then. B. Cadillac was named after the founding father of the company.