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【題目】 Whether they’re for a teenager or not, all great stories have certain elements: they have interesting characters we enjoy reading about; they show these characters in a world we can recognize and understand.

【1】 The main character faces a problem, usually quite a serious one. The thing that most draws us to reading the story is the way the character deals with the problem—whether the character gets the better of it, or it gets the better of the character.

Characters in a book for young adults are generally young adults themselves. 【2】 On the one hand, they’re not children anymore. They’re growing up and want to stretch their wings. On the other hand, they’re not yet adults. They can’t do certain things, as they’re not yet able to do them or because the world tells them that they can’t.

To make things even more complicated, almost all young adults feel at some point that the whole growing－up process is happening too quickly. 【3】

This year, TEENS has selected seven of the ten books, nominated (提名) for the US 2017 National Book Awards in the categories of Young People’s Literature.

Some stories are specifically written for teenagers or young adults, meaning that their authors are very sensitive to the “in－between” nature of teenage life. They’re about problems that appear for young people because of tensions between them and their parents and teachers, their siblings (兄弟姐妹)，or wider society. Often, these problems are presented very seriously by writers. 【4】

At the same time, fiction isn’t supposed to be just about the challenges people face in life, but also about how people overcome those problems. 【5】 They discover something about themselves that they never knew before, and which enables them to succeed. And the solution that they find opens the future up to them, setting them on the path to adulthood.

A.They want to hold back a little and remain a child a little longer.

B.But that’s what young adults want in fiction; to be taken seriously.

C.When closing a good book, we feel we’ve learned something about ourselves.

D.These are stories that someone of any age could pick up and enjoy.

E.And they are in a challenging period of life.

F.But most importantly, great stories have a central drama.

G.To some degree, challenges bring out the best in characters.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】F

【2】E

【3】A

【4】B

【5】G

【解析】

這是一篇說(shuō)明文。作者主要分析了優(yōu)秀小說(shuō)的特點(diǎn)，著重分析了寫(xiě)給年輕人的小說(shuō)。

【1】空格位于段首。第一段講了好的故事都共有的兩個(gè)因素，空后主要講了小說(shuō)中的主人公通常都要面臨一個(gè)相當(dāng)嚴(yán)重的問(wèn)題，并且講到最吸引人們讀小說(shuō)的是主人公處理問(wèn)題的方式。由此可知，這段主要談的是小說(shuō)的情節(jié)。選項(xiàng)F（最重要的是，好的故事都有一個(gè)中心戲�。┡c這段中描述的情節(jié)相吻合，故選F。

【2】空格位于段中。根據(jù)后面的“On the one hand, they’re not children anymore. They’re growing up and want to stretch their wings. On the other hand，they’re not yet adults. They can’t do certain things, as they’re not yet able to do them or because the world tells them that they can’t（一方面，他們不再是孩子了。他們想長(zhǎng)大，展翅飛翔。另一方面，他們還不是成人。有些事情他們不能做，因?yàn)樗麄冞�做不到或者因?yàn)橹苓叺氖澜绺嬖V他們不可以這樣做）”可以看出，這個(gè)時(shí)候的年輕人有著非常矛盾的心理感受。選項(xiàng)E（他們處在一個(gè)很有挑戰(zhàn)性的人生階段）與這段內(nèi)容吻合。并且選項(xiàng)E中的They與上句中的young adults形成指代關(guān)系，與下句中的they也相呼應(yīng)。故選E。

【3】空格位于段尾�？崭袂耙痪渚湟鉃椋鹤屖虑楦鼜�(fù)雜的是，幾乎所有的年輕人都會(huì)在某個(gè)階段感覺(jué)整個(gè)成長(zhǎng)過(guò)程發(fā)生得太快了，所以他們希望時(shí)光能倒回一點(diǎn)，讓他們?cè)佼?dāng)一段時(shí)間的小孩子。選項(xiàng)A（他們希望時(shí)光能倒回一點(diǎn)，讓他們?cè)佼?dāng)一段時(shí)間的小孩子）符合上下文邏輯關(guān)系。故選A。

【4】空格位于段尾�？崭袂耙痪渚湟鉃椋鹤髡咄ǔ�會(huì)很認(rèn)真地呈現(xiàn)這些問(wèn)題，而B項(xiàng)（但是這正是年輕人在小說(shuō)中想要看到的---被認(rèn)真對(duì)待）能很好地承接上文，并且選項(xiàng)B中的seriously與上句中的seriously完美呼應(yīng)。故選B。

【5】空格位于段中。空格上一句句意為：同時(shí)，小說(shuō)不只是要寫(xiě)人們生活中遇到的挑戰(zhàn)，還要寫(xiě)人們?nèi)绾慰朔�這些問(wèn)題。選項(xiàng)G（在某種程度上，挑戰(zhàn)能激發(fā)人物最優(yōu)秀的品質(zhì)）與上文能很好銜接，選項(xiàng)G中的challenges與上句中的challenges完美呼應(yīng)，其中的bring out與下文中的discover也是很好的呼應(yīng)。故選G。

七選五題目主要考查學(xué)生綜合的英語(yǔ)邏輯思維能力。一篇好的短文，不僅在內(nèi)容上要前后一致，而且還要語(yǔ)篇結(jié)構(gòu)清晰，上下文邏輯意義嚴(yán)謹(jǐn)。內(nèi)容的前后一致體現(xiàn)在段內(nèi)及語(yǔ)篇內(nèi)話題的自然過(guò)渡。語(yǔ)篇結(jié)構(gòu)主要體現(xiàn)為：文章是總分結(jié)構(gòu)，還是按時(shí)間或空間順序發(fā)展的，還是辯證三段論的編排的。邏輯意義的嚴(yán)謹(jǐn)最主要的可以通過(guò)代詞、連詞和副詞等形式來(lái)體現(xiàn)。例如本題中第一個(gè)空格位于段首，通過(guò)篇章結(jié)構(gòu)可以確定這是本段落主旨句。然后根據(jù)第二段主要描寫(xiě)故事情節(jié)可選出正確答案。第二題、第四題、第五題都可以依據(jù)上下句間的關(guān)鍵詞呼應(yīng)解題。第三題主要依據(jù)上下句邏輯關(guān)系解題。每題具體解題步驟見(jiàn)詳情。這些原則做題時(shí)比內(nèi)容一致性更容易發(fā)現(xiàn)，準(zhǔn)確度也更高，因?yàn)樗鼈凅w現(xiàn)的是語(yǔ)言間的邏輯關(guān)系。