单选题 {{B}}Directions:{{/B}} Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for
each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.
Many professions are associated with a
particular stereotype. The classic {{U}}(1) {{/U}} of a writer, for
example, is {{U}}(2) {{/U}} a slightly crazy-looking person,{{U}}
(3) {{/U}} in an attic, writing away furiously for days {{U}}(4)
{{/U}} end. Naturally, he has his favorite pen and note-paper, or a beat-up
typewriter, {{U}}(5) {{/U}} which he could not produce a readable
word. Nowadays, we know that such images bear little
{{U}}(6) {{/U}} to reality. But are they completely {{U}}(7)
{{/U}}? In the case of at least one writer, it would seem not. Dame Muriel
Spark, who {{U}}(8) {{/U}} 80 in February, in many ways resembles this
stereotypical "writer". She is certainly not {{U}}(9) {{/U}}, and she
doesn't work in an attic. But she is rather particular {{U}}(10) {{/U}}
the tools of her trade. She insists on writing with a
{{U}}(11) {{/U}} type of pen in a certain type of notebook, which she
buys from a certain stationer in Edinburgh called James Thin. In fact, so
{{U}}(12) {{/U}} is she that, if someone uses one of her pens by
{{U}}(13) {{/U}}, she immediately throws it away. And she claims she
{{U}}(14) {{/U}} enormous difficulty writing in any notebook other than
{{U}}(15) {{/U}} sold by James Thin. This could soon be a {{U}}(16)
{{/U}}, as the shop no longer stocks them, {{U}}(17) {{/U}} Dame
Muriel's supply of 72-page spiral bound is nearly {{U}}(18)
{{/U}}. As well as her "obsession" about writing materials,
Muriel Spark {{U}}(19) {{/U}} one other characteristic with the
stereotypical "writer": her work is the most {{U}}(20) {{/U}} thing in
her life. It has stopped her from marrying; cost her old friends and made her
new ones, and driven her from London to New York to Rome. Today she lives in the
Italian province of Tuscany with a friend.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】此处语境指的是作家留给人的印象,image有一项英文释义为:The opinion or concept of something that is held by the public,用在这里符合文意。drawing指绘画,显然不符文意。description指“描述,描绘”,但文中并非指某作品(或某人)对作家的描述,而是指作家留给大众的印象。illustration意为“说明,例证”,指通过实例或图解等方式说明某一问题,明显不符文意。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】本题考of表示所修饰的名词内容的用法。of加名词的结构修饰另—个名词,可以表示其内容,称为同格名词修饰。在the image of a slightly crazy-looking person…中,of后面的名词词组即为所修饰名词image的内容。本句中,of加名词作为表语,修饰主语image,表示主语image的内容,即,这个形象是怎么样的人。about用于某事跟另一事相关,文中并不是说image是关于a slightly crazy-looking person的image,而是说是怎么样的image。 for放在这里,上下文逻辑不通。文中并不是把作家的image与另外一种事物的image进行类比,因此用like也不合适。
【答案解析】此处语境是定语从句,引导代词which前面缺一个介词。上文谈到he has his favorite pen。从句后面谈到he could not produce a readable word,不难推断出,这里应该是说没有这些工具他写不出东西来。故without正确。 except和besides作介词时表示“除…之外”,这两个词后面所接的宾语应该与句子的一个成分相对应。比如everyone except her、He had few friends besides us中her与everyone对应,而us与he对应。在本题中,没有这种对应的成分,无法用这两个词。with容易排除。
【答案解析】turn后面可接数字,表示(某人)进入某个年龄,放在这里符合文意。age后面也可接数字表示年龄,但必须用于被动语态。此文中是主动语态,故不正确。grew表示年龄时,一般不接数字,可用grow to(be)…years old。enter后面也不能直接跟数字,在表示年龄时,后面一般接年龄段,比如enter his eighties。
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】由空白后的“and she doesn't work in an attic”,可知本处也是谈论该作家与那种模式化形象的不同之处,模式化形象第一个特点就是“crazy-looking”,因此本题选[D]“crazy”符合文意且与前文呼应。其余三项都不是模式化形象的特点,而且也没有呼应关系。
【答案解析】此处语境意为该作家使用特定的笔和稿纸。在空白后是“in a certain type of notebook”,因此空白处的词应该与certain同义。在四个选项中,C、D显然不符文意。typical意为“典型的,代表性的”,文中只是泛指某种特定的文具,并没有典型的含义,用在这里不合适。故只有[A]“certain”正确。
【答案解析】本题考定语从句中关系代词的特殊用法。those可作先行词,其后的that和部分结构可以省略,因此those放在这里等同于those that are,不难看出,这与上下文内容相符。them,they和these没有这种功能。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】由空白后的“as the shop no longer stocks them”可知该商店已经不供货了,因此该作家的这个习惯将会成为一个问题。故B项“problem”正确。merit,virtue明显不符题意。defect指事物的某种缺陷,放在这里不合适。
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】空白前“the shop no longer stocks them”与空白后“Dame Muriel's supply of 72-page spiral bound is nearly…”是并列关系,一起构成“as”引导的原因从句,故连接应该用“and”。这两个分句都是前面主句“This could soon be a problem”的原因,因此是并列关系,而不是因果或承接关系,故其余三项都不对。
【答案解析】由空白处下文谈到的“It has stopped her from marrying…”,可知Muriel Spark为了写作付出很多,她的生活都是围着写作转,也就是说她把写作视为一件非常重要的事,故A项“important”正确。urgent意为“紧急的,重要的”,强调时间的紧迫性,文中显然没有时间紧迫的含义。文中并未谈到她对写作的兴趣或写作令她愉悦,因此interesting和pleasant不正确。