三、完形填空
From childhood，Moira loved to write. Throughout school she 1 writing, but pursuing(追求) it 2 was never a possibility. Her father was a doctor, her mother a nurse.“Medicine was a fairly 3 option，” Moira says. “And writing was a career where it wasn’t a 4 that you’d have high income.”
She became a doctor but still wanted to do some writing. However, being a doctor was so 5 that she didn’t take up writing until her thirties. She 6 a novel—a fictionalized version of her travels in China after university. She got excellent 7 . Moira sent it off to as many agents as she could find, and found one who wanted to 8 her. Suddenly, it seemed she was on her 9 as an author.
“I had one lengthy phone call with the agent where we 10 all possible areas she thought needed 11 ．I worked on those and sent it back to her but didn’t hear anything.” It was not long 12 Moira found another agent who was 13 if she was willing to rewrite it from the first person to the third person. She did the hard work and sent it off again. “I got back a really brief letter：‘Thank you, I’m no longer interested.’ It was really 14 ．”
A decade went by, and Moira found herself eager to write again, this time 15 for her own enjoyment. She 16 herself the challenge of creating a thriller and chose Western Australia as her setting.
As she was writing just for herself, something surprising began to happen. “The characters 17 a life of their own; they started doing things I hadn’t thought about. It just 18 out.” One day, an agent called from Australia. Three weeks later, Moira had a publication deal. Her novel, Cicada, was published in March.
“ 19 it hadn’t been published I still gained so much from the 20 ，” says Moira. 【解题导语】 本文通过Moira爱好写作并坚持写作的故事告诉我们：每个人都要为实现自己的梦想而去努力尝试，只有经历过才能够有所得，在追求的过程中不要过于担心结果，只有这样才能成功。
1．A.learnt C．considered
B．avoided D．enjoyed
D 解析：根据首句“From childhood，Moira loved to write.”可知，从童年开始，Moira
就爱好写作；由此推断，在上学期间，她仍然喜欢(enjoyed)写作。
2．A.actively C．energetically
B．professionally D．permanently
B 解析：根据生活常识及该句中的关键词“never a possibility”可知，把写作当作职业来追求几乎是不可能的。actively“积极地”；professionally“作为职业地”；energetically“精力充沛地”；permanently“永久地”。
3．A.influential C．terrible
B．explicit D．safe
D 解析：根据空处前一句“Her father was a doctor，her mother a nurse.”可知，她的父母会给予她医学方面很多的帮助，所以Moira认为医学是一个十分安全的(safe)选择。
4．A.dream C．choice
B．purpose D．certainty
D 解析：根据空后的“you’d have high income”可知，Moira也认为写作是一个不一定能带来高收入的职业。certainty“确定的事”，符合语境，所以选项D正确。
5．A.promising C．demanding
B．discouraging D．interesting
C 解析：根据空后的“she didn’t take up writing until her thirties”可知，医生是一个要求很高的职业，因此她直到三十多岁才开始写作。promising“有希望的，有前途的”；discouraging“使人泄气的”；demanding“苛刻的，要求高的”；interesting“有趣的”。所以选项C正确。
6．A.produced C．bought
B．introduced D．received
A 解析：根据语境可知，她以大学毕业后在中国的旅游经历为背景创作了一本小说。produce“创作，生产，产生”；introduce“介绍”；buy“买”；receive“收到”。所以选项A正确。
7．A.rewards C．reviews
B．readers D．praises
C 解析：根据该段最后一句“Suddenly，it seemed she was on her as an author.”可以判断，这部小说写出来后，她得到了极好的评论。reward“报酬”；reader“读者”；review“评论”；praise“赞扬”。所以选项C正确。
8．A.employ
B．represent
C．trust D．guide
B 解析：根据语境可知，在众多的代理人中有一个人愿意代理出版这本小说。employ“雇用，使用”；represent“代表，代理”；trust“信任”；guide“指导”。所以选项B正确。
9．A.own C．way
B．feet D．business
C 解析：根据语境可知，她似乎突然就要成为作家了。on one’s way“即将到达或发生”，所以选项C正确。
10．A.took off C．pulled down
B．went through D．came over
B 解析：根据语境可知，Moira在电话中与代理人就小说中所有代理人认为需要润色(polishing)的地方进行了仔细琢磨(went through)。take off“脱下，起飞”；go through“仔细察看，仔细琢磨”；pull down“拆毁，推翻”；come over“过来，来访”。所以选项B正确。
11．A.deleting C．polishing
B．adapting D．covering
C 解析：参见上题解析。delete“删除”；adapt“适应，改编”；polish“修改，润色”；cover“覆盖，报道”。所以选项C正确。
12．A.before C．since
B．after D．when
A 解析：根据上文中的“sent it back to her but didn’t hear anything”可知，Moira重新把小说发给代理人但是没有收到任何回复，不久之后Moira找到了另外一个代理人。句型It wasn’t long before...意思是“不久之后……”。所以选项A正确。
13．A.fascinated C．anxious
B．interested D．amused
B 解析：根据下文中的“I’m no longer interested”可知，此处指这位代理人对她的书感兴趣。fascinated“入迷的”；interested“感兴趣的”；anxious“焦急的，忧虑的”；amused“逗笑的”。所以选项B正确。
14．A.common C．terrifying
B．absurd D．disappointing
D 解析：从两位代理人的态度可知，Moira这两次都以失败告终，所以这件事情肯定令她感到失望。common“共同的”；absurd“荒谬的”；terrifying“令人恐惧的”；disappointing“令
人失望的”。所以选项D正确。
15．A.purely C．instantly
B．wonderfully D．sadly
A 解析：根据该句中的“found herself eager to write again...own enjoyment”可知，她发现自己渴望再次写作，而这次写作仅仅(purely)是为了个人乐趣。purely“仅仅，纯粹地”；wonderfully“非常好，非常”；instantly“立即”；sadly“悲伤地”。所以选项A正确。
16.A.set C．made
B．found D．permitted
A 解析：根据语境可知，Moira向自己提出(set)了一个挑战，写一部惊险小说。find“发现”；make“整理；进行”；permit“允许，许可”。所以选项A正确。
17．A.put up C．went over
B．took on D．got down
B 解析：根据该句“The characters a life of their own；they started doing things I hadn’t thought about.”可知，小说中的人物开始具有(took on)他们自己的生活。put up“建造；张贴”；take on“开始具有(某种特征、面貌等)”；go over“仔细检查”；get down“下来；取下”。所以选项B正确。
18．A.flew C．broke
B．brought D．carried
A 解析：根据下文可知，Moira的书得到了一位澳大利亚代理人的关注并顺利出版；据此可以推断，这部小说成功了。所以选项A正确。
19．A.Ever since C．If only
B．As if D．Even if
D 解析：根据语境可推断出，即使(Even if)这部小说没有出版，Moira仍然在这个过程(process)中得到许多。ever since“自从”；as if“好像，似乎”；if only“要是……就好了”；even if“即使，尽管”。所以选项D正确。
20．A.adventure C．process
B．practice D．result
C 解析：参见上题解析。adventure“冒险”；practice“实践”；process“过程”；result“结果”。所以选项C正确。 四、短文改错
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第一处：most前加the。考查冠词。母亲节前一天，我周围的所有人都在谈论什么是他们将为母亲买的最合适的礼物。根据句意可知，此处为形容词的最高级，故在most前加the。 第二处：were→was。考查主谓一致。动名词短语Buying flowers作主语时谓语动词需用单数形式，故将were改为was。
第三处：differently→different。考查形容词。修饰不定代词something需用形容词。注意：different在此作后置定语。
第四处：去掉so。考查连词。as“因为”，引导原因状语从句，故后面的so多余。
第五处：sent→send。考查动词。and连接的不是并列的谓语动词，而是不定式，第二个不定式前的to承前省略了。
第六处：what→which。考查定语从句。先行词为suggestions，非限制性定语从句缺主语，故用关系代词which引导。注意：what不可引导定语从句。
第七处：it→them。考查代词。指代前面的suggestions，需用复数代词them。
第八处：feel→feeling。考查名词。feel作名词表示“触觉，印象”，而feeling作名词表示“想法，意见，感觉”，显然此处要用feeling。
第九处：in→up。考查动词短语。give in是“让步，屈服”的意思，与语义不符。give up意为“放弃”，符合语境要求。
2019版译林牛津高考英语一轮选训习题：模块1U1及答案 含解析
