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台儿庄2014高考英语短语总结、阅读理解训练（18）及答案in praise of sb. 为了赞颂、为了表扬 in reach 够得着 in return 回报 in search of 寻找 in silence 沉默地、不作声地 in space 在太空 in spite of doing/sth. 尽管 in that case 如果那样的话 in that 因为、在方面说 in the (1870)s/(1870)s 在(19)世纪(70)年代in the beginning 在开始 in the case of sth./sb. 某人(事)的情况 in the dark 在暗处(光线弱，用于指地点) in the direction of 向方向 in the distance 在远方、在远处 in the early days 早期 in the fields of sth. 在领域 in the following years 在接下来的几年里 in the front of 在内的最前面 in the future 在未来；在将来 in the hope of doing 带着的期望 in the hospital 在医院里 in the last hour 在最后几个小时里(用于现在完成时) in the old days 过去的时候 in the past (ten) years 在最后(十)年里(用于现在完成时) in the same way 用相同的方法 in the sand 在沙子里 in the shade 在树阴下 in the years that followed 在接下来的几年里 in the years to come 在未来几年里 in this way 用这种方法 in time 及时 in total 总计；一共 increase by 增加 insist (that) sb. (should) do 坚持要某人做某事(虚拟语气) insist on doing/sth. 坚持 insist that 坚持说、坚持主张 intend for 为准备 intend to do 打算去做 invite sb. to sp. 邀请到 ai left university with a good degree in english literature, but no sense of what i wanted to do. over the next six years, i was treading water, just trying to earn an income. i tried journalism, but i didnt think i was any good, then finance, which i hated. finally, i got a job as a rights assistant at a famous publisher. i loved working with books, although the job that i did was dull. i had enough savings to take a year off work, and i decided to try to satisfy a deep-down wish to write a novel. attending a novel writing ma course gave me the structure i needed to write my first 55,000 words. then i met an agent（代理商）who said i should send my novel out to agents. so, i did and, to my surprise, got some wonderful feedback. i felt a little hope that i might actually become a published writer and, after signing with an agent, i finished the second half of the novel. the next problem was finding a publisher. after two-and-a-half years of no income, just waiting and wondering, a publisher offered me a book dealthat publisher turned out to be the one i once worked for. it feels like an unbelievable stroke of luckof fate, really. when you set out to do something different, theres no end in sight, so to find myself in a position where i now have my own name on a contract（合同）of the publisher to be a published writer is unbelievably rewarding（有回报的）.56. what does the underlined part in paragraph 1 mean?a. i was waiting for good fortune.b. i was trying to find an admirable job.c. i was being aimless about a suitable job.d. i was doing several jobs for more pay at a time.57. the author decided to write a novel _ .a. to finish the writing courseb. to realize her own dreamc. to satisfy readers wish d. to earn more money58. how did the writer feel halfway with the novel?a. disturbed. b. ashamed. c. confident. d. uncertain.59. what does the author mainly want to tell readers in the last paragraph?a. it pays to stick to ones goal.b. hard work can lead to success.c. she feels like being unexpectedly lucky.d. there is no end in sight when starting to do something.参考答案 56-59 cbda *结束 mini book excerpts（节选） biography when salinger learned that a car park was to be built on the land, the middle-aged writer was shocked and quickly bought the neighboring area to protect it the townspeople never forgot the rescue and came to help their most famous neighbor. j. d. salinger：a life by kenneth slawenski（random house,$27）mystery（疑案小说） “youre a smart boy. bennys death was no accident, and youre the only who saw it happen. do you think the murderer should get away with it?”the boy was starting stubbornly at his lap again. a thought suddenly occurred to annika,“did you you recognized the man in the car, didnt you?” the boy hesitated, twisting his fingers,“maybe,”he said quietly. red wolf by liza marklund（atria books, $25. 99）humor do your kids like to have fun? come to fun times! do you like to watch your kids having fun? bring them to fun times! fun times! “amusement cycling”is the most fun you can have, legally, in the united states right now. why spend thousands of dollars flying to disney world when you can spend less than half to that within a days drive lf most cities？ happy and other bad thoughts by larry doyle（ecco,$14. 99）60. if the readers want to know about the title of salinger, they should buy the book published by . a. ecco b. atria books c. riverhead books d. random house61. the book happy and other bad thoughts is intended for . a. young children b. disney world workers c. middle school teachers d. parents with young children62. which book describes women with characters of their own?a. happy and other bad thoughts b. j. d. salinger: a life c. you are free d. red wolf 63. after finishing the book red wolf, the readers would learn that . a. the boy helped arrest the murderer b. benny died of an accident c. the murderer got away with the crime d. annika carried out the crime参考答案 60-63 ddca *结束the english language, thanks to the rapid progress of technology, is changing fastwe all have a rapid choice: we can either bury our heads in the sand and spend the rest of our lives wishing shakespeare were alive and wellor we can accept the new english, enter into the spirit of the internet age called weblishyou cant avoid it ,for the simple reason that whenever a new variety of language comes along, it inevitably impacts （冲击） on the language as-a whole says drdavid crystal, honorary professor of linguistics（语言学家）at the university of wales in bang or, whose book language and the internet has just been published the trouble with keeping up with the new english is not so much that there are so many new words but that the old words no longer mean what we thought they didin the past, if someone said they did not have windows, you would have to suppose they lived in a cavethese days, it is probably because they use a mac （which is a computer, not a rain coat）spam is as disliked as it ever was, which once meant an unappetizing （引不起食欲的） canned meatit now stands for unwanted “junk”email. spellings are changing, toonot only is text-messaging playing hvc wth vrbs（havoe（混乱）with verbs）, but the conventions of email communication place little emphasis on perfect speakingweblish loves to see nouns happily become verbs （please bookmark this site） and verbs become nouns （send me the download）verbs and prepositions are regularly thrown together to become new nouns or adjectives （dial-up, logon, print-on,pulldown, up-load ） , while others are created from simply pairing nouns: cyberspace, ethernet, emit internet, hyperlink, metatag, netspeak68the best title of this passage would be _akeep up with the latest weblishbkeep up with the latest development in englishcnewly invented english wordsdtechnology and english69we can infer from the first paragraph that _asome people wish shakespeare were still alivebpeople may have different attitudes towards weblishcall people welcome weblishdweblish; causes fear among people70the author thinks the main difficulty for people in keeping up with weblish is that .aold words take on new meaningsbthere are so many new wordscthe technology is changing too fastdweblish words are full of spelling mistakes参考答案 *结束passage *the three youths leaned over the metal rails along the sea-wall and watched a few fishermen pull in their netsabout thirty metres away, a boat pulled alongside the slippery steps leading 36 to the sea“hey, look!” exclaimed rahim“those two men are 37 heavy rocksi thought we no longer do muscle labour in this technological 38 ”“you dont 39 a crane（起重机）to unload less than a dozen rocks, do you?” smiled joshua.“but those men dont 40 to have muscles at all.” said michael, rather surprised. joshua smiled.“they are 41 labourers who know how to spread the weight of the rocks they 42 see how the man positions the rock just at the slope of his 43 some of the rocks weight is set 44 his head, some on the right hand and some on the left handhis body isnt benthis legs are well 45 .”“youre right, joshhe may have a small build 46 he certainly well knows his jobdear me! and to think we have been studying 47 ! ” rahim thought about all that was happeningsuddenly, he said, “technology wont 48 the human being completely, it appears”“i dont think it will” 49 joshua“you can harvest a crop of potatoes or wheat with one of those large, multi-purpose tractors, but you 50 use that equipment to harvest tea leaves and tomatoes, will you?”“you can get a computer to 51 multiple-choice assessments, but you cannot get the computer to produce or assess essays, can you?” asked michael“well, the washing machine leaves my shirt collar quite as 52 as ever thats domestic technology for you! ” said rahim“one day, perhaps, there wont be anybody 53 who can carry a large rock the way thos