Question

My uncle John used to live in a beautiful little house by the sea in Atlantic City. I say he “used to” live there    he doesn’t live there any more. He was killed two years ago.

Uncle John wrote novels. He not only     his job, but also made a lot of money doing it. When he died, he had $ 60 million in the bank.

After Uncle John’s death, I came to stay in his house for a while. I had been there for two days when     a message on the screen of the old computer. I was very surprised, because I thought the computer had been    . The message said, “You have new     ! ” When I read it, I thought it looked like the     of a novel. “This looks interesting,” I thought. “It must be     one of Uncle John’s friends.” I decided I should make an answer to the e-mail to tell him or her that Uncle John was   . However, the computer would not let me     .

Every day for the next three weeks, more e-mail kept arriving. I printed     of all of them. The story was about Jane Winterbourne, a young writer working on her first novel. She sent her novel to Jack Tanner, an old writer and asked him to    her to publish it. However, he cheated her, and published the novel himself — pretending that he had    it. The novel was very     . Tanner made a lot of money, and bought himself a house by the sea in Atlantic City. It was then that I realized that “Jack Tanner” and “Jane Winterbourne” were     names. “Jack was     to be Uncle John.”

1.A. so     B. because   C. though   D. once

2.A. lost   B. finished  C. changed   D. enjoyed

3.A. sent   B. noticed   C. read  D. typed

4.A. broke down B. turned off C. sold out  D. put away

5.A. information B. post  C. mail  D. business

6.A. picture B. story     C. end  D. beginning

7.A. like    B. about   C. from   D. to

8.A. dead  B. sick     C. out    D. busy

9.A. play    B. reply   C. watch    D. stop

10.A. copies B. pieces   C. parts   D. covers

11.A. teach  B. help     C. show    D. refuse

12.A. missed B. corrected C. written    D. bought

13.A. new   B. expensive  C. important   D. successful

14.A. false  B. true   C. long     D. beautiful

15.A. pointed  B. spelt  C. meant  D. called

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.B

4.B

5.C

6.D

7.C

8.A

9.B

10.A

11.B

12.C

13.D

14.A

15.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了作者的叔叔是一位作家，赚了很多钱。他在两年前被杀死了。他死后，作者在他房间里的电脑上收到很多封电子邮件，于是作者把这些电子邮件打印下来，这是一个关于Jack Tanner和Jane Winterbourne的故事。原来Jack Tanner把Jane Winterbourne的小说假装成自己的，出版后赚了很多钱。作者意识到Jack就是约翰叔叔。

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3. 4 .可知作者感到惊讶，可知这条消息是他无意中察觉到的。故选B。句意：我在那里呆了两天，突然在一台旧电脑的荧屏上注意到一条消息。

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6. ! ”可知这是新邮件，因此开始读，应是小说的开头，故选D。句意：当我开始读这封邮件时，我认为它像一个小说的开头。

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8.

9. .可知此处指的是回复邮件，故选B。句意：然而这台电脑不让我回复。

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14. to be Uncle John可知Jack就是约翰叔叔，因此Jack Tanner和Jane Winterbourne是虚构的名字，故选A。句意：正是在那时我才意识到Jack Tanner和Jane Winterbourne是虚构的名字。

15.

考点：故事类短文。