【題目】

Roberta appeared on the stage. She took a deep breath and began to 【1】 . Now she was Portia, a strong-willed 【2】 in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. The theater was filled with people. She was speaking with a power she had never before experienced, the words flowing 【3】 from her. 【4】 ，Roberta had never acted in her life before the audition(選拔試演）. She 【5】 being in front of other people. She was very 【6】 at school. She had never thought she was good enough at anything to 【7】 much attention. She stayed mostly to herself, making 【8】 friends. She had excellent grades, 【9】 she always thought that something was missing.

Two weeks before the audition, Roberta's mother had heard about it and _ 【10】 her to join in.

“I can't think of anyone else better suited to 【11】 the part. Remember all the plays you used to act out for us?" Roberta looked down. “I’m not interested.” Her mother wouldn't let the 【12】 drop. " You're just a little scared(害怕）. Everyone gets scared. You know you 【13】 do it. The trick is to look past the 【14】 to find the love of what you're doing. "

So Roberta had made an appointment(預(yù)約）with the head of the Drama Club. She had read the play and found herself excited by the 【15】 of speaking such rich words. In secret she practiced Portia's part, 【16】 the lines by repeating them over and over. It wasn't hard, she 【17】 every minute of it. Every time she spoke the words, she had a new 【18】 of the lines, as if Shakespeare had written Portia on many levels.

On the day of the audition, she 【19】 two of Portia's famous speeches for the auditors. When she had finished, the head of the Drama Club announced the 【20】 was hers.

A. singB. danceC. speak D. report

A. memberB. actressC. player D. character

A. weaklyB. rapidlyC. smoothlyD. slowly

A. At firstB. In factC. After allD. In all

A. hatedB. enjoyedC. appreciatedD. regretted

A. honestB. shyC. polite D. patient

A. avoidB. focusC. pay D. attract

A. fewB. a fewC. several D. many

A. orB. soC. for D. but

A. forcedB. requestedC. encouragedD. reminded

A. acceptB. playC. offer D. learn

A. roleB. matterC. interestD. grade

A. canB. mustC. may D. should

A. angerB. painC. sadness D. fear

A. purposeB. wayC. ideaD. importance

A. memorizingB. organizing C. checking D. improving

A. disliked B. loved C. expected D. bore

A.consideration B. Description C. selectionD. understanding

A. practicedB. plannedC. performedD. delivered

A. partB. playC. speech D. Position

【答案】【1】C

【2】D

【3】C

【4】B

【5】A

【6】B

【7】D

【8】A

【9】D

【10】C

【11】B

【12】B

【13】A

【14】D

【15】C

【16】A

【17】B

【18】D

【19】C

【20】A

【解析】【1】據(jù)后文得知文章的主人公站在舞臺上表演的是話劇《威尼斯商人》，話劇的臺詞需要開口 “說”，不是“唱”，不是“舞”，更不是“報告，報道”，故選C。另外，She was speaking with a power. . . 也能提示答案。

【2】文中交代，現(xiàn)在她是Portia, Portia是戲劇《威尼斯商人》中的一個“人物”。這里一定要注意介詞短語" in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice " 在句中作所選名詞的定語，所以不能選member (成員）。注意：Portia不是actress(女演員），更不是player(選手，表演者），故選D。

【3】 由 She was speaking with a power she had never before experienced. . . (她的話語之中帶有一種她以前從未有過的力量……）可知她應(yīng)是“流暢地，順暢地”說出臺詞。故選C。

【4】上文已交代，她在舞臺上表現(xiàn)出色，下文又說她在選拔試演之前從來沒有演過戲，因此應(yīng)選in fact (實際上）。at first意為“起先”；after all(畢竟）和in all(合計）皆不合題意，故選B。

【5】前句說她從來沒有演過戲，后文說她認為自己不擅長做引人關(guān)注的事情，因此，她應(yīng)該“討厭” 在眾人面前表現(xiàn)。其他三項都不符合題意。故選A。

【6】 根據(jù)上文" She hated being in front of other people " 可知，她在學(xué)校里是靦腆的，在這個情景下涉及不到“誠實，禮貌以及耐心”方面的內(nèi)容，故選B。

【7】前文說，她不喜歡在眾人面前表現(xiàn)，又靦腆，她認為自己不擅長能夠“吸引”眾人注意的事情，avoid(避開）和focus(聚集，集中）均與題意不符，當(dāng)然這里也不用pay, 故選D。

【8】根據(jù)前半句She stayed mostly to herself(她多數(shù)時候總是獨自一人待著）可知她“很少”交朋友，我們必須結(jié)合上下文來確定答案。few意為“很少的，幾乎沒有的”；a few表肯定，“幾個”；several意為“幾個，數(shù)個”，故選A。

【9】比較一下前后分句所表達的意思，便可得到正確的答案，前一個分句中" She had excellent grades " 意為“她成績出色”后一個分句中" she always thought something was missing " 意為“她總以為丟失了某種東西”，前后句之間存在轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，故選D。

【10】媽媽聽說了選拔試演的事情，對于這個靦腆又缺乏自信心的女兒，媽媽當(dāng)然會“鼓勵”她去報名了。force意為“迫使”；request意為“請求，要求”；remind意為“提醒”，均不符合題意。故選C。

【11】此句意為：“我”想不出任何別的更加適合“扮演”這個角色的人了。故選B。

【12】 let the matter drop意為“放棄這件事”，在此文中媽媽鼓勵她參加選拔，她表示沒有興趣，但她媽媽不想讓此事就此結(jié)束。故選B。

【13】情態(tài)動詞can在此表示“能，有能力”。其他三項都不合題意，故選A。

【14】媽媽已經(jīng)看出女兒不想?yún)⒓舆x拔預(yù)演的原因是有“恐懼”心理，她教女兒的技巧Portia. 是等去尋找對所做事情的熱愛。故選D。

【15】 此句中 found herself excited by the idea of speaking such rich words意為“想到要說如此豐富的臺詞，她便覺得興奮”。故選C。

【16】前半句的意思為“她悄悄地練習(xí)著Portia的角色”，又通過“一遍一遍地重復(fù)”可知，應(yīng)是“記憶”臺詞（lines)，故選A.

【17】love/enjoy every minute (of sth.)意為“每分鐘都過得愉快”，如：1 have enjoyed every minute of my stay here. 在此逗留的每一分鐘我都感到很愉快。It was a sunny day and I enjoyed every minute of the run. 在這陽光明媚的日子里，我盡情享受著慢跑的每一分鐘。

【18】 根據(jù)后半句 as if Shakespeare had written Portia on many levels. (好像莎翁在很多不同層次上描寫了 Portia這個人物。）我們可以看出，她每讀一遍臺詞，都會有新的“理解”(understanding)，而不是“考慮”(consideration)或者“描寫”(description)，更不是“挑選”(selection)，故選 D。

【19】在選拔試演那一天她為評委們“表演”了兩段Portia的著名臺詞（speech)。故選C。

【20】這個“角色”是她的了。因為她爭取的是Portia這個角色而不是這部“戲”、“臺詞”或者“職位”。故選A。

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