【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 ho thought my writing a meaningless pastime, to part with 163。 50. She even asked the question: “Why do you have to pay to be in this book?” Nevertheless, she wrote a cheque for 163。 50 and I returned it with my letter of agreement. I was 16 and about to be a published poet. This was what it had all been about. This is what it had all been leading to. The months waiting for the anthology were a torture. I hit some sort of writer39。s block, I couldn39。t write anything. It was almost as if, now I was published, it mattered more what I mitted to page and I didn39。t want to write anything down unless it was good enough to go into an anthology like Awaken to a Dream. The book arrived through the post. Here it was. The first thing I had ever been published in a book called Awaken to a Dream, featuring a blistering take on the mundanity(世俗) of mortality by yours truly. I opened the package to find a book, containing my work. The first thing that struck me about the book was that it was bigger than A4. And it was thick. And on each page was a poem, next to another poem, next to another. The type was small and the paper thin enough to trace with. With three or four poems per page and more than 700 pages, I had a sinking realization. This was a scam, an illegal trick for making money. If each poem had cost the author 163。 45, they were sitting on a fortune. I felt ashamed. Everyone who had submitted something to the International Poetry Competition had fallen for the same hustle（忙碌）as me. I couldn39。t bring myself to show my mum. And she never asked to see it. Perhaps she thought if the price of me learning a lesson was 163。50 we didn39。t really have, then so be it. But that stayed with me, that moment of realization. Because I determined to keep writing and ensure that my precious words always found a home worthy of them. Or at least that39。s how, more than 20 years later, I justify falling for a scam. Because your first time being published should be special, and if I don39。t convince myself that there was a reason for my first poem being in a vanity(無(wú)價(jià)值) book, then what good was it in the first place? And, strangely, someone is selling this book on Amazon at the moment. I wonder how many other writers who went on to do more stuff are in there.（1）What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 1 mean? A.The author was sure he was going to die like everyone else.B.The author was optimistic about the publication of his poetry.C.The author was worried the tragedies in the poetry would happen to him.D.The author was considering writing positive poems instead of terrible ones.（2）When the author received the letter from the organizing mittee, he felt ________. A.upsetB.calmC.excitedD.surprised（3）While waiting for the anthology, the author ________. A.reflected on what he had written aboutB.set a higher criterion for his future worksC.felt too miserable to write anything moreD.wondered what future was in store for him（4）The author realized the anthology was a trick from the fact that ________. A.the poems were of poor qualityB.the organizers just made a quick profitC.he was charged higher than othersD.the content was carelessly edited（5）The passage is mainly about ________. A.why the author fell for the trick of a poetry petitionB.what it took for a poetry enthusiast to be a published writerC.how a terrible teenage poem taught the author a lifelong lessonD.whether poetry enthusiasts could guard against tricks targeted at them（6）How did the author feel about the scam at the end of the story? A.He laughs best who laughs last.B.A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.C.Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.D.Follow your own course, and let people talk.【答案】（1）B（2）C（3）B（4）B（5）C（6）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，講述了作者第一次發(fā)表詩(shī)歌上當(dāng)受騙的經(jīng)歷，以及帶給作者的經(jīng)驗(yàn)教訓(xùn)。(1)考查句義猜測(cè)。根據(jù)第一段中的“I named one collection, ironically, The Eternal Optimist.”可知，作者將自己寫(xiě)的一本詩(shī)集命名為“The Eternal Optimist”，可以推知，作者寫(xiě)了很多詩(shī)集，他對(duì)自己的詩(shī)集有一天可以被發(fā)表持有樂(lè)觀(guān)態(tài)度。故選B。(2)考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第三段中的“I closed my eyes, I wanted to scream with happiness.”可知，當(dāng)作者收到組織委員會(huì)的信的時(shí)候，他高興地想尖叫，由此可以推知，他非常興奮，故選C。(3)考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第五段中的“The months waiting for the anthology were a torture. I hit some sort of writer39。s block, I couldn39。t write anything… I didn39。t want to write anything down unless it was good enough to go into an anthology like Awaken to a Dream.”可知，等待詩(shī)選的日子對(duì)作者來(lái)說(shuō)是一種折磨。作者遇到了障礙：他什么也寫(xiě)不出來(lái)，除非它足夠好足以達(dá)到進(jìn)入像詩(shī)選“Awaken to a Dream”這樣的水平。由此可以推知，作者對(duì)自己的作品提出了更高的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。故選B。(4)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第六段中的“With three or four poems per page and more than 700 pages, I had a sinking realization. This was a scam, an illegal trick for making money”可知，當(dāng)作者看到這本詩(shī)選有700多頁(yè)，每頁(yè)上有三四首詩(shī)的時(shí)候，他意識(shí)到這是一個(gè)騙局，一個(gè)賺錢(qián)的非法的騙局。故選B。(5)考查主旨大意。本文講述了作者第一次發(fā)表詩(shī)歌上當(dāng)受騙的經(jīng)歷，以及這次經(jīng)歷帶給作者的經(jīng)驗(yàn)教訓(xùn)。故選C。(6)考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“But that stayed with me, that moment of realization. Because I determined to keep writing and ensure that my precious words always found a home worthy of them.”可知，作者意識(shí)到受騙之后，他決定要一直寫(xiě)下去，并且要確保自己寶貴的詩(shī)句會(huì)找到值得它們存在的地方。由此可知，這次騙局激起了作者更加努力的決心。故選A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.“吃一塹，長(zhǎng)一智”。故選B?！军c(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測(cè)，推理判斷和主旨大意四個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇故事類(lèi)閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進(jìn)一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。5．閱讀理解 Take advantage of this offer to stay in the middle of the magic and save up to 25 % on rooms at select Disney Resort hotels. Valid for stays most nights from May 28 through August 31. Book through July 14 this year. Seeking a new adventure at Walt Disney World Resort? Be among the first to visit Pandora—The World of Avatar. This new land is set to open on May 27 at Disney39。s Animal Kingdom theme park. 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