2021高三统考外研英语一轮复习课时作业：Book7Module3Literature(含解析)

1、课时作业I完形填空（2020 山西省祁县中学高三月考）From childhood, Moira loved to write. Throughoutschool she _1_ writing, but pursuing（追求）it _2_ was never a possibility. Her father wasa doctor, her mother was a nu rse. “ Medici ne was a fairly _3_ opti on，” Moira says.“ And writ ing was a career where it was nt a _4_ that

2、 youd have high in come.”She became a doctor but still wan ted to do some writi ng. However, being a doctor wasso _5_ that she did nt take up writ ing un til her thirties. She _6_ a no vel a ficti onalized vers ion of her travels in Chi na after uni versity. She got excelle nt _7_. Moira sent itoff

3、to as many age nts as she could find and found one who wan ted to _8_ her. Sudde nlyit seemed she was on her _9_ as an author.“ lhad one len gthy pho ne call with the age nt where we_10_ all possibleareas she thought needed _ 1_. I worked on those and sent it back to her but did nt hearanything.I”wa

4、s not long _12_ Moira found ano ther age nt who was _13_ ifshe was willing to rewrite it from the first person to the third person. She did the hard work andsent it off aga in. “ I got back a really brief letter: Thank you. Im no Ion ger in terestedIt was really _14_”A decade went by, and Moira foun

5、d herself itch ing to write aga in, this time _15_ forher own enjo yme nt. She _16 herself the challe nge of creati ng a thriller and choseWester n Australia as her sett ing.As she was writing just for herself, something surprising began to happen.“Thecharacters _17_ a life of their own; they starte

6、d doing things I had nt thought about. It just_18_ out. ” One day, an age nt called from Australia. Three weeks later, Moira had apublicati on deal. Her no vel, Cicada, was published in March.“ _19_ it had nt bee n published I still gained so much from the _20 _ ” saysMoira.篇章导读：本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了Moira

7、虽然作为一名医生，但她爱好写作并坚持写作，在追求的过程中努力尝试的故事。1. A.learnt B. avoidedC. considered D. enjoyed答案：D 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。故选 D。2A.actively BprofessionallyCenergetically Dpermanently答案： B actively “积极地”； professionally “作为职业地”； energetically “

8、精 力充沛地” ； permanently “永久地”。根据 but 转折及该句中的关键词 never a possibility 可知，尽管 Moira 喜欢写作，但是把写作当作职业来追求几乎是不可能 的。故选 B 。3A.influential BexplicitCterrible Dsafe答案：D influential “有影响的”；explicit “明确的”；terrible “可怕的”；safe “安全的”。根据空处前一句 “ Her father was a doctor, her mother was a nurse. 可知，她的父母会给予她医学方面很多的帮助， 所以 Mo

9、ira 认为医学是一个十分 安全的(safe)选择。 故选 D。4A.dream BpurposeCchoice Dcertainty答案： D 根据上文提到不会把写作当作职业可知， Moira 也认为写作不是一 个确定的事，也不一定能带来高收入的职业。故选 D 。5A.promising BdiscouragingCdemanding Dinteresting答案： C promising “有希望的，有前途的” ； discouraging “使人泄气的”； demandi ng “苛刻的，要求高的”；in teresti ng “有趣的”。根据空后的“ she did nt take u

10、pwriting 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。故选 C。6A.produced BintroducedCbought Dreceived答案： A produce “创作，生产，产生” 。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。故选A 。7A.rewards B readersC reviews Dpraises答案： C 根据下文提到她把她的小说寄给很多代理商，可以判断这部小说写 出来后，她得到了极好的评论。故选 C。8A.employ BrepresentC trust Dguide答案：

11、 B 根据语境可知， Moira 在众多的代理人中找到愿意代理出版这本小 说的人。故选 B 。9A.own BfeetC way Dbusiness答案：C 根据语境可知，她似乎突然就要成为作家了。on ones way “即将到达或发生”， 故选 C。10A.took off Bwent throughC pulled down Dcame over答案：B take off “脱下，起飞” ；go through “仔细察看，仔细琢磨” ；pull down “拆毁，推翻”； came over “过来，来访”。根据语境可知， Moira 在电话 中与代理人就小说中需要润色的地方进行了仔细

12、琢磨 (went through)。故选 B。11A.deleting BadaptingCpolishing Dcovering答案：C polish “修改，润色”。Moira 在电话中与代理人就小说中需要润色 (polishi ng)的地方进行了仔细琢磨。故选 C。12A.before BafterCsince Dwhen答案： A 根据上文中的 “ sent it back to her buitddnt 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 was nt Io ng befo

13、re .意思是“不久之后.”。故选 A。13. A.fascinated B. interestedC. anxious D. amused答案：B 根据下文中的“ Imno Ion ger in terested 可知”此处指这位代理人对 她的书感兴趣。故选 B。14. A.common B. absurdC. terrifying D. disappointing答案：D common “共同的” ；absurd “荒谬的” ；terrifying“令人恐惧的”；disappointing “令人失望的”。根据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

14、到失望。故选 D。15. A.purely B. wonderfullyC. instantly D. sadly答案： A 根据该句中的 “ found herself itching 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。故选A。16. A.set B. foundC. made D. permitted答案：A 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。set “提出”。故选 A。17. A.put up B. took onC. went over D. got down答案：B put up “建造，张贴” ；take on