【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 n at my kitchen table at 7:30 am and made a resolution. Every day I would write until lunchtime. Then I would lie down on the floor for 20 minutes to rest my mind. After that, I would return to work for a few more hours. In my first year, I sold two stories. Then I wrote a novel, but I thought it wasn39。t good enough, so I ended up putting it in a drawer. My second novel, Billy Lynn39。s Long Halftime Walk, was published to glowing reviews and received the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction. My success sounds like a familiar story, but actually it was far from sudden. I quit my job, and for every story I published in those years, I had at least 30 rejections. The novel that I put away in the drawer took my four years. My breakthrough came in 2006, 18 years after I first sat down to write at my kitchen table. Sometimes genius (天才) is just the thing that es out after 20 years of working at your kitchen. Also, doing something truly creative requires the energy of youth. Orson Welles made his masterpiece, Citizen Kan, at 25. T. S. Eliot wrote The Love Song of J. Afred Prufrock at 23.（1）When did the author decide to devote himself to writing fictions? A.When he was tired from his work.B.Straight after graduation from law school.C.On being informed his lawreview article came out.D.When his hobby was disturbed by his work.（2）We can infer from the second paragraph that the author . A.led a wealthy lifeB.arranged his life reasonablyC.was too diligent to relax himselfD.remained single（3）What does the author mainly intend to tell us in this passage? A.Failure is the mother of success.B.A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.C.It is never too old to learn.D.It is the first step that costs troublesome.（4）Why did the author give the example of Orson Welles and T. S. Eliot? A.To make a parison between them and himself.B.To show creativity needs energy and efforts.C.To persuade the readers of their great talents.D.To remend their two masterpieces.【答案】（1）D（2）B（3）A（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，作者通過講述自己成功的經(jīng)歷，進(jìn)一步證實(shí)了“失敗是成功之母”的道理。(1)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中的“I had made great efforts to write when I came home at night after work, but I was too tired. I decided to quit my job.”可知，當(dāng)他的愛好被他的工作打擾時，作者決定投身于寫作小說。故選D。(2)考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段中的“I began my new life on a February morning. I sat down at my kitchen table at 7:30 am and made a resolution. Every day I would write until lunchtime. Then I would lie down on the floor for 20 minutes to rest my mind. After that, I would return to work for a few more hours.”可知，我們可以從第二段推斷出作者合理安排了他的生活。故選B。(3)考查目的意圖。根據(jù)第四段中的“My success sounds like a familiar story, but actually it was far from sudden. I quit my job, and for every story I published in those years, I had at least 30 rejections. The novel that I put away in the drawer took my four years. My breakthrough came in 2006, 18 years after I first sat down to write at my kitchen table.”可推知，失敗是成功之母。故選A。(4)考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Sometimes genius (天才) is just the thing that es out after 20 years of working at your kitchen. Also, doing something truly creative requires the energy of youth. Orson Welles made his masterpiece, Citizen Kan, at 25. T. S. Eliot wrote The Love Song of J. Afred Prufrock at 23.”可知，作者引用Orson Welles and T. S. Eliot的例子是為了要表現(xiàn)出創(chuàng)造力需要能量和努力。故選B?！军c(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，推理判斷和目的意圖三個題型的考查，是一篇教育類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確掌握捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，選出正確答案。5．閱讀理解 Regardless of how far we39。d like to believe gender(性別) equality in the workplace has e, there39。s still a yawning gap between male and female leaders in the professional world. A 2018 statistic shows that women nowadays hold just percent of CEOs positions at Samp。P 500 panies, according to Catalyst. While it39。s not a huge shock that women are somewhat underrepresented in leadership positions, what is surprising though, is the fact that females may actually be better suited to lead in almost every area, at least according to new findings from the BI Norwegian Business School. In their research，Professor yvind L. Martinsen and Professor Lars Glas surveyed (調(diào)查)2,900 managers with a special focus on personality types. The results were clear: Women scored higher than men in four of the five major leadershipcentric categories. While some people believe that men inherently make better leaders — probably because they picture a leader with a manding voice, which is more typical of men than women — this piece of research suggests that women are better at methodical management and goalsetting, openness, sociability and supportiveness, as well as ability to municate clearly. There was one area in which men scored higher than women, though, and that was on emotional stability and ability to face jobrelated pressure and stress. The results suggest that women are more sensitive to the effects of highpressure or highly emotional situations. Obviously，it39。s important to consider individual(個人的) differences. Anyone, regardless of gender, may be an inspiring leader and a petent boss. But next time you39。re hiring for a management position, you just might want to give the resumes(簡歷) from female candidates a harder look.（1）What makes us shocked much at leadership positions? A.Women are worse than men.B.Men take almost all high positions.C.There is a huge gap between genders.D.Women might behave better in every field.（2）Which of the following can best replace the underlined word 39。39。inherently” in paragraph 4? A.properly