Question

Mr Bean, who is silly, awkward (笨拙的)    1   always funny and enjoyable, is a world-famous comedy character on TV and in movies. He makes people    2 through a series of simple and funny acts   3  body languages. Rowan Atkinson is the   4  who plays Mr Bean. Mr Atkinson is quite   5   for playing Mr Bean. 

Rowan was born on January 6, 1955, and   6  his early years on the family farm with his mother, three older brothers and his strict father, who did not believe   7  the value of television. For a time, he attended the same school as Tony Blair, who was two years older than him. At the age of 13, he   8   at Newcastle University where he had the highest marks in his year. At Oxford he got his Master’s degree (碩士學(xué)位) in electrical engineering. He was particularly  9  fast cars, of which he has a large collection.

Rowan’s career change from an electrical engineer to a famous comedian was partly   10  some speaking problems he had in his childhood.

While he was still at primary school, Rowan had already shown great talent in    11  . Although his teachers predicted (預(yù)言) a career in acting, Rowan was not confident   12   he met a group of talented people at university, and he realized this could be a career for him. Another important event    13  . One day in 1976, he was playing around and making faces  14 . He realized something. “I discovered my face,” he said later. John Lloyd, who worked for the BBC, says, “When I watched Mr Atkinson act for the first time, I was   15  that he would be more famous than Chaplin.”

1.                A．a(chǎn)nd            B．or             C．but  D．while

 

2.                A．laugh          B．sing            C．cry  D．dance

 

3.                A．use            B．using           C．to use    D．to using

 

4.                A．doctor         B．writer          C．a(chǎn)ctor     D．farmer

 

5.                A．honest         B．friendly `        C．helpful   D．famous

 

6.                A．cost           B．took           C．paid D．spent

 

7.                A．in             B．on             C．a(chǎn)t   D．/

 

8.                A．worked         B．studied         C．played   D．helped

 

9.                A．good at         B．a(chǎn)mazed at       C．interested in   D．worried about

 

10.               A．because        B．because of      C．so    D．since

 

11.               A．swimming       B．driving         C．a(chǎn)cting D．singing

 

12.               A．until           B．but            C．a(chǎn)fter  D．before

 

13.               A．caused         B．missed         C．caught    D．occurred

 

14.               A．in the mirror    B．in class         C．on the wall D．in the playground

 

15.               A．a(chǎn)fraid          B．sure           C．worried   D．surprised

 

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.D

6.D

7.A

8.B

9.C

10.B

11.C

12.A

13.D

14.A

15.B

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹了美國(guó)的著名喜劇演員，憨豆先生的扮演者羅溫艾金森的成長(zhǎng)歷史。

1.連詞辨析。A. 和，并且；B. 或者，否則；C.但是，可是；D.然而，當(dāng)……時(shí)。聯(lián)系上下文，可知前后是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，故選C。

2.結(jié)合語(yǔ)境可知此處指的是他讓人們大笑，故選A，笑。

3.考察非謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞。句意：他通過(guò)一系列的簡(jiǎn)單而有趣的，用肢體語(yǔ)言讓人們大笑不已�，F(xiàn)在分詞作伴隨狀語(yǔ)表示伴隨性的正在進(jìn)行的動(dòng)作，結(jié)合語(yǔ)境可知選B。

4.根據(jù)常識(shí)可知羅溫艾金森是扮演憨豆先生的演員，故選C，演員。

5.結(jié)合語(yǔ)境可知指的是他因?yàn)榘缪莺┒瓜壬�而非常著名，故選D，著名的。

6.動(dòng)詞辨析。take 用于 it takes sb ... to do sth句型，僅指花費(fèi)時(shí)間（three hours等），必須用it作形式主語(yǔ)，指代下文不定式內(nèi)容；spend用于sb spend...on sth或者sb spend...in doing sth（in可以省略），spend的主語(yǔ)必須是人，可以指花費(fèi)時(shí)間、也可以指花費(fèi)金錢；cost用于 sth costs sb sth，主語(yǔ)必須是物，多指花費(fèi)金錢，少數(shù)情況可指花費(fèi)時(shí)間、氣力，有時(shí)表示成本的消耗；pay的基本用法是：(1) pay (sb.) money for sth. 付錢（給某人）買……。 (2)pay for sth. 付……的錢。 (3)pay for sb. 替某人付錢。(4)pay sb. 付錢給某人。句意：他把他的早年時(shí)光花費(fèi)在農(nóng)場(chǎng)上，結(jié)合語(yǔ)境可知本句主語(yǔ)是人，故選D。

7.考察短語(yǔ)believe in信仰，信任。故選A。

8.聯(lián)系下文at Newcastle University where he had the highest marks in his year，可知此處指的是他在紐卡斯?fàn)柎髮W(xué)學(xué)習(xí)，故選B，學(xué)習(xí)。

9.聯(lián)系下文of which he has a large collection.可知此處指的是他尤其對(duì)高速2汽車感興趣，故選C，對(duì)……感興趣。

10.連詞辨析。A. 因?yàn)椋�后面接從句；B.因?yàn)椋�接名詞性短語(yǔ)；C.因此；D.自從，由于，表示原因時(shí)接從句。聯(lián)系下文some speaking problems 可知是名詞性從句，故選B。

11.聯(lián)系上下文，可知此處指的是他在表演方面的天賦，故選C，表演。

12.連詞辨析。A.直到；B.但是；C. 在……之后；D.在……之前。句意：直到他在大學(xué)內(nèi)遇到一群有才能的人，他才開(kāi)始相信自己。短語(yǔ)not……until，直到……才，故選A。

13.動(dòng)詞辨析。A. 引起，使遭受；B.想念，錯(cuò)過(guò)；C. 抓住，趕上；D. 發(fā)生，出現(xiàn)。聯(lián)系下文，可知此處指的是另一件重要的事情發(fā)生了。故選D。

14.聯(lián)系下文描述，可知此處指的是他正在鏡子里面做鬼臉。故選A，在鏡子里面。

15.形容詞辨析。A.害怕的；B.確信的，可靠的；C. 擔(dān)心的；D. 出人意料的，驚奇的。結(jié)合語(yǔ)境可知此處指的是，我確信他會(huì)比卓別林更出名。故選B。

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點(diǎn)評(píng)：這篇短文內(nèi)容比較簡(jiǎn)單，理解不難。各小題與上下文聯(lián)系比較緊密，答題中一定要注意聯(lián)系上下文。答完后多讀幾遍，看看是否符合邏輯，適當(dāng)修改。個(gè)別小題可以當(dāng)作單獨(dú)的詞義辨析題來(lái)做，先區(qū)分詞義，結(jié)合語(yǔ)境選出最能使語(yǔ)句通順的答案。