命题点2 人物故事
本类考题解答锦囊
人物介绍也是高考完形填空经常选用的题材。作者所选的人物都是非常具有特点的,这些人物往往具有独特的品质或经历,值得人们学习或从中吸取教训。因此把握这些人物的特点和品质是做好这类完形填空的关键。
Ⅰ 高考最新热门题
1.(典型例题)
Tracy Wong is a well-known Chinese American writer. But her writing 1 was something she picked up by herself. After her first 2 , teaching disabled children, she became a part-time writer for IBM. 3 , writing stories was simply a 4 interest. Tracy sent three of her stories to a publisher (出版商) . 5 , they immediately sug gested that she put them together to make a single one long 6 and paid Tracy a $ 50,000 advance. "A pretty money," said the publisher, "for 7 writer."
8 Tracy's characters (人物)are in teresting, her stories sometimes 9 readers uneasy: those about the supernat- ural. "My mother believed I could 10 the afterlife world," she told a close friend. "She used to have me speak with my grandmother, who died many years ago. '
"Can I? I don't think I can," Tracy said with a laugh. "But I do have 11 when things come to me 12 . "Once, she was wondering how to complete a 13 set in ancient (古代的) China. 14 the doorbell rang. It was a FedEx delivery man, with a copy of a book on Chinese 15 . It cawithout her having 16 it.
Though she has published 10 books, Tracy has remain 17 by her fame. She lives in the same 18 , she lived years ago although in a more comfortable home. There's mc room for 19 in her life-and it wasn't just 20 .
1. A. skill B. experience C. practice D. method
2. A. duty B. effort C. job D. task
3. A. Instead B. Normally C. Certainly D. Then
4. A. general B. deep C. personal D. lively
5. A. Interested B. Anxiously
C. Seriously D. Encouraged
6. A. film B. story
C. program D. article
7. A. a foreign B. a popular
C. an unusual D. an unknown
8. A. Now that B. Even though |