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专题限时检测(十)完形填空之记叙文体(一)(共2篇，每篇限时18分钟)A(2019南京、盐城一模)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, _1_ four middlegrade novels and six picture books almost only to editors.This was _2_ in the snail mail age.Remember the _3_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 middlegrade historical novelinverse to a _4_ at a local writing conference.I knew in my heart that it was my _5_ work, but I wasnt sure how it would be _6_ alongside pieces meant for the adult market.But then I won.My prize _7_ a oneonone interview with an editor who, after _8_ my manuscript, asked, “Why dont you have a(n) _9_ yet？”Not long after that, I _10_ with my first agent.Then in 2013, after parting with my first agent, I was again faced with the _11_ for representation.This time I submitted to three agencies and got two _12_.Over the span of 20 years, Ive got 18 completed manuscripts and was _13_ almost 350 times.It took me 14 years to see my first book _14_ the shelf.You could look at these numbers and get pretty _15_.I can look at these numbers and feel the same.I know plenty of people with a _16_ apprenticeship (学徒期)I have friends who have been more _17_.All sorts of authors I _18_ with in 2012 have published far more than I have.But heres the _19_ thing Ive 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 longterm journey.There is no right way.There is no _20_ fix.There is no easy road.There is a lot of frustration and disappointment, but there is joy and satisfaction, too.语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。作者在文中回顾了自己的写作生涯。作者从自己写完书到出版的经历领悟到写作是一个漫长的旅程，没有捷径可走，过程中会有挫折与不满，但是也交织着喜悦与满足。1A.submittingBlendingCkeeping Dpresenting解析：选A十年来，我写了四本中档小说和六本图画书，几乎只交给编辑。submit to“提交”。第三段的第三句“This time I submitted to three agencies .”也有提到。2. Asoon BbackCalready Dlater解析：选B由空格后“snail mail age”可知是回到传统邮寄信件的年代，选B。3A.appreciation BentertainmentCanticipation Dembarrassment解析：选C根据后面的“waiting for birthday presents to arrive in the mail？”，可知作者等待的心情是充满期待的。anticipation “期待，希望”，符合语境。appreciation“感激，欣赏”；entertainment“娱乐”； embarrassment“难堪； 窘迫”。4A.publisher BnewspaperCreception Dcompetition解析：选D我在当地的写作会议上决定用一本历史小说参加竞赛。根据第7题前面的“My prize”，可知是一个竞赛。5A.initial BcasualCinnovative Dsubjective解析：选C这些书是我的创新之作。innovative“创新的”，符合语境。initial“最初的；开始的”；casual“随便的；偶然的”；subjective“主观的；个人的”。6A.criticized BprocessedCreceived Ddistributed解析：选C我不知道我的书在成人读物市场received (收获)什么样的评价。获得反响，用receive。criticize“批评”； process“处理；加工”；distribute “分配，散布”。7A.followed BincludedCensured Dconfirmed解析：选B我赢得的奖品包括(included)，故选B。8A.correcting BpolishingCmonitoring Dreviewing解析：选D出版商审查了我的原稿。 review“回顾；检查”，符合语境。9A.agent BclientCinstructor Dfan解析：选A原词重现，下文多次出现agent(代理商)。10A.signed BbargainedCdealt Dreasoned解析：选Asign with“与签订”，固定搭配。11A.excuse BaffectionChunt Drequest解析：选C上文中说道：dont have an agent，两次都是没有代理，所以现在要寻找代理。hunt for representation“寻找代理商”。12A.offers BsubstitutionsCprofessions Dcomplaints解析：选A我向三家出版社投稿，得到两份offer。13A.registered BrejectedCdefeated Ddeserted解析：选B在过去的20年里，我有18份手稿，被拒绝350次。14A.under BbesideCoff Don解析：选D看到我的第一本书上架用了我14年。on the shelf，“在书架上”，固定搭配。15A.amused BinspiredCtouched Dfrustrated解析：选D一本书被拒绝350次，修改了14年才得以上架，读者看见这些数字心情可能是frustrated，和尾段最后一句“There is a lot of frustration .”呼应。16A.longer BheavierCshorter Dnewer解析：选C相同的时间其他的作者“have published far more than I have”出版了更多作品，因此推测他们的学徒期更加短暂。17A.famous BintelligentCenthusiastic Dproductive解析：选D由下句“have published far more than I have”可知相较于作者，其他作家是productive(能生产的，高产的)。18A.debated BmixedCcooperated Ddisagreed解析：选B我交往过的形形色色的作家，mix with 表示与某人交往，该句是定语从句I mixed with all sorts of authors .。19A.key BhandyCfunny Dlively解析：选A作者在过去20年的写作中学会的最重要的事情：the key thing。20A.temporary BquickCpossible Dflexible解析：选BThere is no quick fix“写作无捷径”，quick fix“速成之计”。B(2019南京三模)“Whats all this treeplanting for？” I was asked when I began writing about _1_ a piece of land I had bought in Somerset.The truth is, I just love trees.And I am not _2_.“As I get older, all I really _3_ is to plant trees，” Prince Charles says in a BBC documentary in which he is _4_ in the wood he planted on the day Prince George was born.There are _5_ and wonderful trees in our cities and villages.They were planted, or selfsown, years, even centuries ago.We take them for granted, _6_ the creatures living among them, remain in ignorance of the _7_ trees are doing us(cleaning the air, for instance) and cut them down for new _8_.Yet we keep a feeling of _9_ for them.This may account for the _10_the government faced in 2010 when it sought to sell off publicly owned woods, and for the wide support that the Woodland Trust(a treeprotecting charity) _11_.Trees need _12_， which is why I, a city resident, bought my Somerset woodland in 1999.At that time, climate change was already well proved, _13_ my hopes of planting longlived oaks and pines gradually developed into anxiety about their _14_.Tree diseases new to the UK, wind, drought and flood were all _15_ against them.But I did not _16_ things to move so fast.The woodland is still good, the new trees are growing like mad, but the creatures are _17_.The rabbits have disappeared and the owl has moved.The bees and butterflies are _18_ there but in smaller numbers.How can this happen on land _19_ pesticides (杀虫剂)? Surely, it indicates we need to give nature the chance to restore its own_20_.Meanwhile, I love my wood, and so do many of its visitors.And treeplanting has done wonders for restoring my balance between town and country.语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。主要叙述了作者因为喜欢树，买下了一块土地专门种树。树长得出乎意料的好，但是生活在树林里的动物的数量反而减少了，作者感到不解。后来作者领悟到了我们要给大自然机会去维持自身的平衡。1A.replacing BrestoringCrecycling Dreturning解析：选B当我写我在恢复萨默塞特购买的那片土地时，我被问道“种这些树是为了什么？”根据文章倒数第三句话可以知道答案。2A.rich BweakCalone Dsocial解析：选C空格后引用了 Prince Charles的话“我开始变老，我所想的就是种树”，可见他与作者有相同的观点，因而作者说自己 not alone。3A.apply for Bwait forCmake for Dlong for解析：选D根据语境可知long for“渴望，期望”，符合语境。apply for “申请”； wait for“等待”；make for“走向；导致；促成”。4A.filmed BtrackedCreflected Ddiscovered解析：选A根据 documentary (纪录片)可知选 filmed。句意：在乔治王子出生那天，查尔斯王子在英国广播公司拍摄的一部纪录片中这样说道。5A.holy ByoungCmature Dmysterious解析：选C空格后面一句写到这些树被种或者自己成长在几年以前或者是几个世纪前，因而推测出我们村庄的这些树是成熟的。mature“成熟的”。6A.raise BwatchCignore Dabuse解析：选C我们认为这些树是理所当然的，忽视了生活在其中的其他生物，忽视(ignore)了树给我们带来的净化空气等等的好处。空格后有ignorance，所以这里选C。7A.honor BgoodCcredit Djustice解析：选B空格后有clean the air (净化空气)等好处，所以赞扬了树木。8A.use BspiritClife Dhope解析：选A砍掉它们以供新的用途。9A.trust BsadnessCbetrayal Daffection解析：选Dyet 表示转折，上文写我们忽视了树木给我们带来的好处，砍伐它们，然而我们内心对树木还是有喜爱之情的。affection“喜爱”，符合语境。trust“信任”； sadness “悲伤”；betray“出卖”。10A.approval BoppositionCoption Ddilemma解析：选B这可以解释政府在2010年试图卖掉公有树木时遭遇了反对，因为获得了广泛的支持， Woodland Trust (树木保护组织)获胜了。opposition“反对”，符合语境。 approval“赞成；通过”；option“选项”；dilemma“困境”。11A.wins BrejectsCrequires Dwithdraws解析：选A参见上题解析。因为获得了wide support所以 Woodland Trust (树木保护组织)成功了。12A.space BtimeCcompany Dnutrition解析：选A树木生长需要空间，这就是我在1999年买下萨默塞特林地的原因。13A.since BforCyet Dso解析：选D在那时，气候变化已被证实，所以我想种一些寿命长的橡树、松树的愿望逐渐变成了对他们是否有生长机会的忧虑。14A.benefits BchancesClocation Dappearance解析：选B参见上题解析。20空前有“give nature the chance to restore”，是提示。15A.piling up Bspeeding upCkeeping up Dmixing up解析：选A新出现在英国的树木疾病、风、旱灾和洪水都对它们产生了影响。piling up“堆放、堆积”，符合语境。speeding up“加速”；keeping up“保持”；mixing up“混淆”。16A.wish BintendCallow Dexpect解析：选D但是我不希望(expect)事态发展的如此之快。因为林地目前很好，但新树苗在疯长。17A.in place Bin orderCin decline Din question解析：选C前面写树木在疯长，用 but 转折，可知creature的数量应该在减少。in decline “在减少”，符合语境。 in place“就位”；in order“井然有序”；in question“讨论中的；相关的”。18A.even BstillCever Donce解析：选B蚂蚁和蝴蝶仍然(still)有，但是数量减少了，故选B。19A.short of Bsick ofCfree of Dfull of解析：选C在没有杀虫剂的土地上怎么会发生这种情况？free of “免于，没有”，符合语境。short of“缺乏”；sick of“厌烦”；full of“充满”。20A.glory BfunctionCimpact Dbalance解析：选D我们要给自然机会去维持自身的均衡，和最后一句“restoring my balance”呼应。7
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