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in D. was put in prison for stealing cattle 解析 本文考查細(xì)節(jié)理解,從第一段最后一句 “ he attended the local grammar school, where the principal subject taught was Laitn” 我們可以得知此答案。 答案 C 32. Why was he forced to leave his native place according to this passage? A. Because he did not want to go to school. B. Because he left for London to bee famous. C. Because he had stolen deer and was beaten. D. No one knows for certain. 解析 本題考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。第二段對(duì)于他的出走做出了種種猜測(cè),但在第三段第一句作者說(shuō) “ whatever caused him to leave the town of his birth, the world can be grateful that he did is certain is that he set his foot on the road to fame when he arrived in London.” 由此我們可以看出作者并沒(méi)有肯定哪種說(shuō)法。 答案 D 33. What is the reason why the world can be grateful? A. He wrote many world famous plays. B. He became a good rider. C. He was an actor. D. He liked to travel all over the world. 解析 本題考查推理判斷,從 “What is certain is that he set his foot on the road to fame when he arrived in London.”我們可以推斷出,正是因?yàn)樗x開(kāi)家鄉(xiāng)去了倫敦,他才走上文學(xué)的道路,我們才讀到他不朽的著作,因此世界感激他這樣做。 答案 A 34. The underlined phrase “In time” in the third paragraph means________. A. on time B. sometimes C. some time later D. some time 解析 本題考查推理判斷。聯(lián)系后面的 “ as he became a familiar figure to the actors in the theatre, they stopped and spoke to him.” 我們可以推測(cè)是過(guò)一段時(shí)間以后人們才熟悉他。 答案 C 35. The best title is ________. A. The Early Life of Shakespeare B. Shakespeare39。s Life in London C. Shakespeare39。s Role in Performance D. Shakespeare39。s Later Life 解析 本題考查主旨大意,整個(gè)文章主要敘述莎士比亞成為劇作家前的一些 情況。 答案 A C Pop stars today enjoy what once only belonged to the royalty( 皇室 ). Wherever they go, people turn out in their thousands to greet crowds go wild trying to catch a brief glimpse of their smiling, colorfully dressed stars are transported in their chauffeur driven Rolls Royces, private helicopters or executive are surrounded by a permanent entourage( 隨從 )of managers, press agents and of them appear regularly in the press and all their ings and goings are reported, for, like royalty, pop stars are they enjoy many of the privileges of royalty, they certainly share many of the inconveniences as is dangerous for them to make unscheduled appearances in must be constantly shielded from the adoring crowds who idolize are no longer private individuals, but public financial rewards they receive for this sacrifice cannot be calculated, for their rates of pay are great. And why not? Society has always rewarded its top entertainers great days of Hollywood have bee legendary: famous stars enjoyed fame, wealth and adulation(奉承 )on an all time today39。s standards, the excesses of Hollywood do not seem quite so single gramophone record nowadays may earn much more in royalties than the films of the past ever petition for the title“Top of the Pops”is fierce, but the rewards are truly huge. It is only right that the stars should be paid in this 39。t the top men in industry earn enormous salaries for the service they perform to their panies and their countries? Pop stars earn vast sums in foreign currency—often more than large industrial panies—and the taxman can only be grateful for their massive annual contributions to the exchequer(國(guó)庫(kù) ). So who would begrudge them their rewards? It39。s all very well for people in boring jobs to plain about the successes and rewards of who make envious remarks should remember that the most famous stars represent only the tip of the every famous star, there are hundreds of others struggling to earn a man working in a steady job and looking forward to a pension at the end of it has no right to expect very high has chosen security and peace of mind, so there will always be a limit to what he can a man who attempts to bee a star is taking enormous knows at the outset that only a handful of petitors ever get to the very knows that years of concentrated effort may be rewarded with plete he knows, too, that the rewards for success are very high indeed : they are the payback for the huge risks involved and once he makes it, he will certainly earn 39。s the essence of private enterprise. 【 解題導(dǎo)語(yǔ) 】 明星的生活總是令人羨慕不已。他們的生活中有光鮮的一面:不菲的收入,以豪華汽車和私人飛機(jī)代步,一言一行都成為人們關(guān)注的焦點(diǎn) ?? 然而,我們也應(yīng)看到,他們活得很累,他們?yōu)槌晒λ冻龅钠D辛和代價(jià)是一般人難以想象的。 36. The author develops the passage mainly by________. A. paring different ideas B. giving explanations C. inferring D. listing typical examples 解析 篇章結(jié)構(gòu)題。本文主要通過(guò)解釋向讀者闡明道理。 答案 B 37. The underlined word“begrudge”in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to________. A. be jealous of B. be satisfied with C. be anxious about D. be crazy about 解析 詞義猜測(cè)題。結(jié)合上下文的語(yǔ)境判斷本句意:誰(shuí)會(huì)對(duì)他們所得到的感到妒忌、不滿呢?接下來(lái)作者講了一般人從事枯燥但穩(wěn)定的工作,所以這里意思是:從事穩(wěn)定工作的人會(huì)妒忌這些明星。 答案 A 38. According to the passage, which of the following can match the view of the author? A. He who laughs last laughs best. B. If you venture nothing, you will gain nothing. C. He who makes no mistakes makes nothing. D. Succ