Question

【題目】 The boy sat on his chair, with his hands above the keyboard. He thought about what to write.

He recalled that the competition deadline was merely a week away. But he still had not even started on his piece. He looked at the brochure again.“WRITING COMPETITION！” the title read. His mom had encouraged him to enter the writing competition, and now he was taking it on as his personal task for the holidays.

As the boy reflected on his previous writing efforts, he realized how hopeless his task of winning was. Every story he ever wrote was based on other stories. He had little imagination, and unfortunately, imagination was the key to writing.

Suddenly, he had a brainwave. This time, he came up with an original and imaginative story.

The words shot towards him like a storm of leaves. Words were coming easily, flowing through him, faster than he could type. He typed faster than he ever had before. He continued to type, amazed how easy writing this story was. The boy could not stop writing. He looked at the word count and saw the number “248” staring right back at him. He was not even halfway yet.

Then he heard his mother’s call of saying time for bed. He continued writing the piece, ignoring her. He had to make up for the time he had lost in thinking about a topic to write.

Finally, he finished. The word count now read “498”.

“Perfect，” he thought, “just under the word limit.” He knew this was the story that would win.

He went to the website and searched for the competition. He found the page but there was no “Enter” button.

Confused, he then reread the page again. It read COMPETITION CLOSED.

【1】What caused the boy to take part in the writing competition?

A.A new computer.

B.The prize money.

C.His own interest.

D.His mom’s encouragement.

【2】How did the boy finish his earlier writing?

A.His mom helped him.

B.He copied others’ ideas.

C.His friends assisted him.

D.He used his imagination.

【3】Why did the boy delay his writing?

A.Because he was terribly lazy.

B.Because he didn’t know what to write.

C.Because he wasn’t confident.

D.Because he read too many stories.

【4】Which might be the maximum word limit for each entry?

A.100.B.250.

C.500.D.1000.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】B

【4】C

【解析】

本文是一篇記敘文。文章記敘了一位小男孩參加網(wǎng)絡(luò)寫作比賽，當他寫好文章準備提交時，頁面上卻顯示比賽結(jié)束了。

【1】

細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段His mom had encouraged him to enter the writing competition, and now he was taking it on as his personal task for the holidays.他的媽媽鼓勵他參加寫作比賽，現(xiàn)在他把寫作作為假期的個人任務(wù)�？芍�，他參加寫作比賽是他媽媽鼓勵的。故選D項。

【2】

細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段Every story he ever wrote was based on other stories.他之前寫的每一個故事都是以其他故事為基礎(chǔ)�？芍�，以前寫作時，他總是仿照別人的故事寫。故選B項。

【3】

細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段中的He thought about what to write.他思考著寫什么�？芍�，由于他不知道寫什么，延誤了寫作時間。故選B項。

【4】

推理判斷題。根據(jù)第七段Finally, he finished. The word count now read “498”.他寫了498個詞，終于完成了。及第八段“Perfect,” he thought, “just under the word limit.”他認為太完美了，剛好低于限定的詞數(shù)。推測文章的最高限定詞數(shù)可能為500。故選C項。