【正文】 s do what the writer wants them to do． Sometimes they cause trouble， take on lives of their own， or even work against the writer． It’ s not just a problem for inexperienced authors： famed children’ s novelist Roald Dahl said he got the main character in his book Matilda so“ wrong” that when he’d finished his first version， he threw it away and started again． Of course it’ s not the characters’ fault． The problem lies with the author． Take Stephen King， who admitted that writing workingclass characters is more difficult nowadays because his own circumstances have changed．“ It is definitely harder，” King said．“ When I wrote Carrie many years ago， I was one step away from physical labour．” This is also true for characters’ ages， added King．“ When you have small children， it is easy to write young characters because you observe them and you have them in your life all the time． But your kids grow up． It’ s been harder for me to write about this little 12yearold girl in my new book because my models are gone．” For other authors， such as Karen Fowler， there’ s one quality that can stop a character in its tracks： boredom．“ I had particular problems with the main character in my historical novel Sister Noon，” she says．“ She had attitudes about race and religion that seemed appropriate to me for her time and class， but they were not attitudes I liked． Eventually I grew quite bored with her． You can write a book about a character you dislike or a character you disagree with， but I don’ t think you can write a book about a character who bores you．” According to Neel Mukherjee， it was Adinath， a character in The Lives of Others， who made him work the hardest．“ I think I struggled because it’ s difficult to write a character whose most prominent personal feature is weakness， as Adinath’ s is， without making that feature define him．” Mukherjee says． But a troublesome character is far from an unwele guest， he continues， arguing that“ when characters work against the author they e alive and bee unpredictable”． “ That is a fantastic thing to happen，” Mukherjee says． “ I celebrate it． It is one of the great， lucky gifts given to a writer．” 32． What can we infer about Stephen King’ s book Carrie? A． It was his most difficult book to write． B． It was the first successful novel King wrote． C． There were few children featured in the story． D． Some of its main characters were working class． 33． Why did Karen Fowler have trouble writing the main character in her novel Sister Noon? A． She disagreed with the character’ s attitudes． B． The age difference between the two was too large． C． She found the character very uninteresting． D． The historical setting made accuracy difficult． 34． What does Neel Mukherjee think of his difficulttowrite characters? A． They are a sign that the story is not realistic． B． They are often the most interesting． C． They should be praised by an authors． D． They need to be researched more thoroughly． 35． In which part of the newspaper would you expect to find the passage? A． Careers． B． Culture． C． Entertainment． D． Lifestyle． 第二節(jié) (共 5 小題；每小題 2 分，滿分 10 分 ) 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后 的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。 8． What are the speakers mainly talking about? A． Warm clothes． B． Mary’ s house． C． Weekend plan． 9． How many people will go? A． Two． B． Three． C． Four． 聽第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 題。聽完每段對(duì)話后，你都有 10 秒鐘的時(shí)間來回答有關(guān)小題和閱讀下一小題。如需改動(dòng)，用橡皮擦干凈后，再選涂其他答案標(biāo)號(hào)。滿分 150分。考試用時(shí) 120分鐘。不能答在本試卷上，否則無效。每段對(duì)話僅讀一遍。 10． Why does the man wish to break up with his girlfriend? A． She is not as pretty as she once was． B． They don’ t get along well． C． He will move soon． 11． What does the woman think of the matter? A． The man should not take the job． B． The man might be reasonable． C． The man should maintain this relationship． 12． How will the man’ s girlfriend feel at his decision? A． Sad． B． Calm． C． Happy． 聽第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 題。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)?？忌仨毷褂? 毫米黑色簽字筆在答題紙上各題目的指定答題區(qū)域內(nèi)作答，在試卷上作答無效。每處錯(cuò)誤僅涉及一個(gè)單詞的增加、刪除或修改。 注意： 1．每處錯(cuò)誤及其修改均僅限一詞； 2．只允許修改 10 處，多者 (從第 11 處起 )不計(jì)分。 注意： 1．詞數(shù) 100 左右； 2．開頭和結(jié)尾已給出，不計(jì)入總數(shù)； 3．可以適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫。你計(jì)劃寒假期