containing my work. The first thing that struck me about the book was that it was bigger than A4. And it was thick. And on each page was a poem, next to another poem, next to another. The type was small and the paper thin enough to trace with. With three or four poems per page and more than 700 pages, I had a sinking realization. This was a scam, an illegal trick for making money.
If each poem had cost the author ￡ 45, they were sitting on a fortune. I felt ashamed. Everyone who had submitted something to the International Poetry Competition had fallen for the same hustle（忙碌）as me. I couldn’t bring myself to show my mum. And she never asked to see it. Perhaps she thought if the price of me learning a lesson was ￡50 we didn’t really have, then so be it.
But that stayed with me, that moment of realization. Because I determined to keep writing and ensure that my precious words always found a home worthy of them. Or at least that’s how, more than 20 years later, I justify falling for a scam. Because your first time being published should be special, and if I don’t convince myself that there was a reason for my first poem being in a vanity(无价值) book, then what good was it in the first place? And, strangely, someone is selling this book on Amazon at the moment. I wonder how many other writers who went on to do more stuff are in there.
45. What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 1 mean? A. The author was sure he was going to die like everyone else. B. The author was optimistic about the publication of his poetry.
C. The author was worried the tragedies in the poetry would happen to him. D. The author was considering writing positive poems instead of terrible ones. 46. When the author received the letter from the organizing committee, he felt ________.
A. upset B. calm C. excited D. surprised
47. While waiting for the anthology, the author ________. A. reflected on what he had written about B. set a higher criterion for his future works
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C. felt too miserable to write anything more D. wondered what future was in store for him
48. The author realized the anthology was a trick from the fact that ________. A. the poems were of poor quality
B. the organizers just made a quick profit C. he was charged higher than others D. the content was carelessly edited 49. The passage is mainly about ________.
A. why the author fell for the trick of a poetry competition B. what it took for a poetry enthusiast to be a published writer C. how a terrible teenage poem taught the author a lifelong lesson D. whether poetry enthusiasts could guard against tricks targeted at them 50. How did the author feel about the scam at the end of the story? A. He laughs best who laughs last.
B. A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit. C. Nothing is impossible to a willing heart. D. Follow your own course, and let people talk.
【答案】45. B 46. C 47. B 48. B 49. C 50. B
【解析】这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了自己第一次发表诗歌上当受骗的经历，以及这次经历带给作者的经验教训。
45. 句意理解题。由该段中的“I named one collection, ironically, The Eternal Optimist.”可知，作者将自己写的一本诗集命名为“The Eternal Optimist”可以推知，作
者写了很多诗集，他对自己的诗集有一天可以被发表持有乐观态度。故B选项正确。 46. 推理判断题。由第三段中的“I closed my eyes, I wanted to scream with happiness.”可知，当作者收到组织委员会的信的时候，他高兴地想尖叫，由此可以推知，他非常兴奋，C选项正确。
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48. 细节理解题。由第六段中的“With three or four poems per page and more than 700 pages, I had a sinking realization. This was a scam, an illegal trick for making money”可知，当作者看到这本诗选有700多页，每页上有三四首诗的时候，他意识到这是一个骗局，一个赚钱的非法的骗局。结合选项可知，B选项切题。
49. 主旨大意题。文章讲述了自己第一次发表诗歌上当受骗的经历，以及这次经历带给作者的经验教训。结合选项可知，C选项切合题意。
50. 推理判断题。由最后一段中的“But that stayed with me, that moment of realization. Because I determined to keep writing and ensure that my precious words always found a home worthy of them.”可知，作者意识到受骗之后，他决定要一直写下去，并且要确保自己宝贵的诗句会找到值得它们存在的地方。由此可知，这次骗局激起了作者更加努力的决心。故结合选项，B选项（吃一堑，长一智）正确。A选项意为“谁笑在最后，谁笑得最好”；C选项意为“心之所愿，无事不成”；D选项意为“走自己的路，让人家去说吧”均不符合文意。
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第四部分 任务型阅读（百强校英语解析团队专供）（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。 注意：每个空格只填1个单词。请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。
“Urgent action required”, “Do you still want to hear from us?”, “We’ve updated our privacy policy”, “Should we stop sending you updates? If not, act now!”
Many of us will have received emails like this during the past few weeks. Triggering this flood of emails is something called GDPR that comes into effect in just under two weeks’ time. Often the emails warn that if you don’t respond, you
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will be removed from the company’s database, which raises a lot of questions. What action, if any, do you need to take? Could it affect you financially?
GDPR, which stands for General Data Protection Regulation, has been described as the biggest overhaul（彻底检查）of online privacy since the birth of the internet. It is designed to give all EU citizens the right to know what data is stored on them and to have it deleted, plus protect them from privacy breaches（破坏）. It comes into effect on 25 May.
The new rules encourage the requirement for explicit and informed consent before data is processed. As a result, companies and organizations around the world are contacting users to check they are happy to carry on receiving their emails.
However, many of us seem to be going down with “GDPR fatigue（厌倦）”: one article last week claimed that the “reconfirmation rate” - the proportion of people saying they want to continue receiving a company’s emails - at UK micro-businesses was averaging just 10%, which meant “they could lose 90% of their subscribers - the life-blood for their business”. So it’s no wonder some firms have adopted policies such as offering to enter people into a prize draw in return for them going in and updating their communication preferences.
The average adult is said to have about 100 “data relationships” — companies and organizations that hold our personal data. Meanwhile, the reason why the company that occasionally emails you newsletters is now asking for your consent is perhaps because you never explicitly gave it permission to send you stuff. Maybe you only get its emails because you went to an event it organized ages ago or you once downloaded something from its website. Under the new regime, that almost certainly wouldn’t count as explicit and informed consent, hence it’s getting in touch now.
The bottom line is that if it is a company or organization that you want to continue hearing from, you should probably click the button or log in to ensure you keep getting its emails. If it doesn’t hear from you, it may decide to take you off its database.
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