[沖刺中考]英語(yǔ)閱讀與填空：3-Friday 作家 216詞

3-Friday 作家 216詞

題材： 作家　 詞數(shù)： 216　 建議閱讀時(shí)間： 4.5分鐘

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People like artists and writers usually work on their own，with no one else around．Most of my friends all work 　1　 other people in shops and so on，and they tell me that they would never get things done if they worked alone．I'm not 　2　 that all artists and writers do，either．

I was born in a small village in the country where everyone knew 　3　 else：that is，they knew everyone except a writer who 　4　 himself to himself．By the time I was 　5　 enough to learn people's names，he had been living in the village for at least twenty years，but the villagers still regarded him as a 　6　 ！

Every morning he would walk down to the local shops to do his 　7　 ，and although he had to greet everyone he met，only two or three would 　8　 his greeting．Just occasionally，someone would ask him 　9　 he was doing，and every time his answer would be the same：“I'm still writing the book.”And that was all we 　10　 learned about him．

Because no one had ever visited his house，I 　11　 once walking up to the house with three or four other boys to see 　12　 we could see what he did．We climbed up to the 　13　 and looked in，expecting to see our writer typing 　14　 his desk．Instead，he was sitting in an armchair 　15　 a book.

生詞

keep oneself to oneself 　不與人來(lái)往，離群索居：She seems to be a very nice girl though nobody really knows much about her because she keeps herself very much to herself．盡管她與人沒有什么來(lái)往，沒人對(duì)她真正了解，可她看上去像是個(gè)非常好的姑娘。

occasionally　adv． 偶爾：We go to the theatre only very occasionally．我們只是偶爾去看看戲。

armchair　n． 扶手椅

1．A．without B．a(chǎn)round C．with D．for

2．A．sure B．a(chǎn)fraid C．glad D．sorry

3．A．someone B．no one C．one D．everyone

4．A．talked B．kept C．taught D．paid

5．A．young B．old C．tall D．strong

6．A．stranger B．writer C．friend D．fool

7．A．washing B．cooking C．shopping D．typing

8．A．hear B．like C．return D．hate

9．A．what B．how C．why D．where

10．A．a(chǎn)lways B．still C．hardly D．ever

11．A．finish B．enjoy C．remember D．plan

12．A．that B．if C．when D．whom

13．A．chimneys B．doors C．windows D．walls

14．A．off B．on C．in D．a(chǎn)t

15．A．reading B．writing C．copying D．selling

參考譯文

像藝術(shù)家和作家這樣的人通常都是獨(dú)自工作，沒有別人在身邊。而我的大多數(shù)朋友都是在商店之類的地方和別人一起工作，他們告訴我，如果一個(gè)人干，他們將什么也弄不成。我也不相信所有的藝術(shù)家和作家都能獨(dú)立完成工作。

我出生在鄉(xiāng)下的一個(gè)小村子里，那里的每個(gè)人都互相認(rèn)識(shí)：也就是說，除了一個(gè)把自己封閉起來(lái)的作家外，其他人他們都認(rèn)識(shí)。到我長(zhǎng)大到能夠記住別人名字的時(shí)候，他已經(jīng)在村子里生活了至少20年，而村民還把他看做陌生人！每天早上，他都會(huì)走到當(dāng)?shù)氐纳痰昀镔I東西，盡管他不得不向碰到的每個(gè)人打招呼，但只有兩三個(gè)人搭理他。只是在偶然的情況下，才有人問他做什么工作，而每次他的回答都一樣：“我還在寫書?！蹦蔷褪俏覀儗?duì)他的全部了解。

因?yàn)闆]有人去過他家，所以有一次，我和三四個(gè)男孩去他家，想看看他在干什么。我們爬上窗戶向里張望，希望看見我們的作家坐在桌旁打字。而實(shí)際情況是，他正坐在扶手椅上看書。

參考答案

Friday 1．C　2．A　3．D　4．B　5．B　6．A　7．C　8．C　9．A　10．D　11．C　12．B　13．C　14．D　15．A