(湖北省宜昌市一中2009届高三5月仿真模拟考试)
Where the heart is?
In three days I will leave China behind for a few weeks and head back to Australia to spend time with my family and friends. This will be a very 31 trip for me as, for the first time ever, I will not be 32 to my hometown. You see, my parents sold their house in my hometown and moved about 500 kilometers away.
As it 33 me I would be returning to a whole new place, I was 34 with two questions: Do I still have a hometown? Where is my home? I needed to do some research.
After reading A Story from the Chinese Diaspora, I learned I was not alone in feeling 35 about where I call home. In the story, a Chinese American girl 36 with finding her identity and 37 her past with her present. I realized the place we live now and the place we lived then, have a great 38 over who we are, where we long to be and where we feel 39 and safety.
Back to My Motherland 40 of a woman who left her motherland years ago and started a new life in America--the place she now calls home. But, 41 some people move on from their hometown and 42 a new life somewhere else, others have a strong 43 to the city that they grew up in. In Hometown Boy we learn of a man who clings(坚持) to his 44 and continues to make his hometown a 45 of his life for now and for the future. He makes it his 46 to give back to the community that has given so much to him and his family.
As I 47 the days until I head back to my motherland and 48 where exactly my home is, I am 49 to decide where my heart is. And quite 50 , my heart is wherever I am.
31. A. strange B. serious C. unique D. curious
32. A. removing B. returning C. referring D. relating
33. A. struck B. clarified C. occurred D. impressed
34. A. satisfied B. charged C. appointed D. presented
35. A. confused B. convinced C. depressed D. excited
36. A. sticks B. starts C. struggles D. supplies
37. A. consulting B. connecting C. confirming D. contenting
38. A. difference B. advantage C. impression D. influence
39. A. comfort B. tension C. unrest D. stress
40. A. talks B. shows C. tells D. learns
41. A. why B. how C. where D. while
42. A. build B. trend C. survive D. expand
43. A. attachment B. commitment C. devotion D. ambition
44. A. bases B. roots C. rules D. tasks
45. A. soul B. sign C. role D. part
46. A. duty B. urge C. conduct D. purpose
47. A. account for B. appeal to C. centre upon D. count down
48. A. consider B. remind C. foresee D. expect
49. A. directed B. annoyed C. sacred D. forced
50. A. simply B. gently C. merely D. awfully
科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
(湖北省宜昌市一中2009届高三5月仿真模拟考试D篇)
Writing being largely a self-taught occupation, texts on how to get about it —though great in number— seldom are of much use.
You try, and fail. Then try again. Until at last, if you have some gift for it, the failures become less frequent, or at any rate less apparantly.
It is this ability to cover up one’s defects that is finally regarded as accomplishment or achievement.
Along the way there are the discouragements of unkind criticism, outright rejection, troublesome insecurity and irregular inability to meet debts.
It is uncommon, therefore, to come across a book containing advice of much practical value for anyone toying(漫不经心地考虑) with the dangerous idea of staring on a writing life.
A friend recently lent me such a book, however — one I wish I’d had the luck to read years ago, and which I would recommend to any young person devoted to making a career of words. It is the autobiography (自传) of the English novelist Anthony Trollope, first published in 1883, the year after his death.
Needing some means to support himself, Trollope at age 19 worked as a junior clerk in the British postal service. He was at his desk at 5:30 each morning to write for three hours. And he remained in the mail service 33 years, long after reputation and prosperity had come to him.
Now, what of his advice in his works?
1. For safety’s sake, arm yourself with some other skills, some other line of work to fall back on(求助). That way, failure at writing, though the disappointment may appear, will not mean ruin.
2. Do not depend too much on inspiration. Writing is a craft, which Trollope compared to the craft of shoemaking. The shoemaker who has just turned out one pair of his work sets to work immediately on the next pair.
3. Have a story to tell, but, more important than that, people with characters who will speak and move as living creatures in the reader’s mind. Without memorable characters, story alone is nothing.
4. Meet your deadlines. Life is endlessly “painful and troublesome” for writers who can’t finish their work on time.
5. Do not be carried away by praise. And, above all, do not be injured by criticism.
6. Understand the risks of writing for a living. “The career, when successful, is pleasant enough certainly; but when unsuccessful, it is of all careers the most painful.”
63. This passage mainly discusses .
A. the difficulties and risks of making a career of words
B. the uselessness of instructions contained in writing guidebooks
C. the autobiography of the 19th century English novelist Anthony Trollope
D. sound advice provided in Anthony. Trollope’s autobiography
64. From the context we can figure out that the underlined word “defect” in Paragraph 3 means .
A. advantage B. fault C. truth D. disadvantage
65. According to the author, writing .
A. is basically a self-taught occupation and no instructions on how to deal with it are of any practical use
B. is a “trial and error” process and it does not count whether you have the gift for writing or not
C. for a living is the most pleasant of all careers, full of praise and enjoyment
D. sometimes provides good hopes of winning public praise and escaping poverty
66. From the passage we may infer that the author is most probably .
A. an instructor of writing B. a writer C. an educator D. a publisher
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