Question

Roberta appeared on the stage. She took a deep breath and began to ___16___. Now she was Portia, a strongwilled ___17___ in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. The theater was filled with people. She was speaking with a power she had never before experienced, the words flowing ___18___ form her.

___19___, Roberta had never acted in her life before the audition (選拔試演). She ___20___ being in front of other people. She was very ___21___ at school. She had never thought she was good enough at anything to ___22___ much attention. She stayed mostly to herself, making ___23___ friends. She had excellent grades, ___24___ she always thought that something was missing.

Two weeks before the audition, Robertsa’s mother had heard about it and ___25___ her to join in.

“I can’t think of anyone else better suited to ___26___ the part. Remember all the plays you used to act our for us?”

Her mother wouldn’t let the ___27___ drop. “You’re just a little scared (害怕). Everyone gets scared. You know you ___28___ do it. The trick is to look past the ___29___ to find the love of what you’re doing.”

So Roberta had made an appointment (預(yù)約) with the head of the Drama Club. She had read the play and found herself excited by the ___30___ of speaking such rich words. In secret she practiced Portia’s part, ___31___ the lines by repeating them over and over. It wasn’t hard; she ___32___ every minute of it. Every time she spoke the words, she had a new ___33___ of the lines, as if Shakespeare had written Portia on many levels.

On the day of the audition, she ___34___ two of Portia’s famous speeches for the auditors. When she had finished, the head of the Drama Club announced the ___35___ was hers.

16. A. sing               B. dance               C. speak                     D. report

17. A. member         B. actress             C. player                    D. character

18. A. weakly          B. rapidly              C. smoothly                D. slowly

19. A. At first          B. In fact              C. After all                  D. In all

20. A. hated             B. enjoyed            C. appreciated             D. regretted

21. A. honest           B. shy                  C. polite                     D. patient

22. A. avoid             B. focus               C. pay                        D. attract

23. A. few               B. a few               C. several                   D. many

24. A. or                 B. so                    C. for                         D. but

25. A. forced           B. requested          C. encouraged             D. reminded

26. A. accept           B. play                 C. offer                      D. learn

27. A. role               B. matter              C. interest                   D. grade

28. A. can               B. must                C. may                       D. should

29. A. anger             B. pain                 C. sadness                  D. fear

30. A. purpose         B. way                 C. idea                       D. importance

31. A. memorizing  B. organizing          C. checking                D. improving

32. A. disliked          B. loved                C. expected                D. bore

33. A. considerationB. description         C. selection                 D. understanding

34. A. practiced     B. planned              C. performed              D. delivered

35. A. part               B. play                 C. speech                   D. position

Answer 1

解析：

16． C

 從下文“she was speaking with a power”判斷出應(yīng)選speak.

17． D

 從文章中看出，Roberta正在扮演莎士比亞“威尼斯商人”中的角色“Portia”。下文中也提到“In secret she practiced Portia’s part”。故選character(part角色)。

18． C

 從下文31空后Roberta “repeat the lines over and over”判斷出“臺詞流利地從她口中說出”。故選C。

19． B

 緊接著上文“words flowing smoothly from her”,后面作者口氣一轉(zhuǎn)“事實上，在選拔試演之前她以前從來沒有表演過”。at first起初; in fact事實上；after all畢竟，到底；in all共計，總共。

20． A

 根據(jù)下文以及她母親說的話“You are just a bit scared. Everyone gets scared”得出“由于膽小/害怕，所以不愿意在眾人面前表現(xiàn)”。

21． B

 見20題。shy害羞的；honest誠實的；polite禮貌的；patient耐心的

22． D

 本句意思為“她從來沒有想到她有什么擅長的地方來吸引很多注意力�！盿ttract attention吸引注意力；avoid attention避開注意；focus/pay attention 集中注意力于。

23． A

    考點：本題考查語境中的形容詞辨析。

 由于“大部分時間自己呆著，結(jié)果朋友很少”，故選few,表示“很少，不多”。

24． D

 本句意思為“盡管她成績很優(yōu)秀，可是她總認為缺些什么.”,故選but表轉(zhuǎn)折。

25． C

 從下文她母親說的話“你只是有點害怕。你會成功的�！笨闯觯�母親是在“鼓勵”她。

26． B

 本句意思為“我想不出別的任何人更適合扮演這個角色�！眕lay the part扮演角色

 

27． B

 本句意思為“她母親不想就此擱下這事�！保�因此選“matter”。

28． A

 can能夠，會; must必需，一定; may可能; should應(yīng)該。見25題。

29． D

 根據(jù)上文中的“scared”,可以斷定選fear。

30． C

 于是“她讀了這部戲，一想到要說那么多豐富的語言她就很激動。”idea想法；purpose目的；way方式；importance重要性

31． A

 通過“repeating the lines over and over”來“memorizing(記住)”臺詞。

32． B

 因為“喜歡”，才不難，故選loved.

33． D

解析：本句意思為“每次讀，她都對這些臺詞有新的見解，好像莎士比亞從不同的層面寫的Portia.”。故選D.。understanding理解，見解；description描述；selection選擇；consideration考慮

34． C

 practice練習(xí)；plan計劃；perform演出，表演；deliver移交，發(fā)表（演講，講話）。根據(jù)句意，“在試演的當天，Roberta為觀眾表演了兩段Portia的著名演講。”，而不是“發(fā)表了Portia的著名的演講”。

35． A

 根據(jù)句意“演完后，俱樂部的主席宣布Portia這個角色是她的了�！保�選part。