Question

Even people who don’t have much talent for acting or singing still dream of being discovered by a talent scout (星探). It seems just like      the lottery(彩票), but better        you get fame and money.

For me, the dream seemed likely to stay a dream. But everything        last week in Beijing. I was eating dinner with some friends. As I was getting ready to pay, a young Chinese woman came running up to me. I was        that I must have done something horrible to offend(冒犯) her without      it.

“You are a white man,” she said      when she got to our table.

“Yes, I am a white man,” I replied.

“Can you speak      ?” she asked.

“Yes.”

“Oh good. Come with me now, please.”

I walked outside and saw that a movie was being shot in front of one of the street’s largest _      .

The woman, a talent agent (经纪人), had      a foreigner for this movie, but he had forgotten to      . She needed to find a white guy who spoke English, and I was the only one      . My part was to walk from one end of the street to the other, and then      the club. When I got to the club, I was supposed to      to my friend and say, “Forget about the girl, man. We are here to party!” It took me three tries to say the line      or walk without tripping(绊倒), but      I got it right.

The talent scout ran to me afterward. “You are so      . I would like you to join my agency.” I know I am not going to be the next Jay Chou.      , it seems that my      “star” talents are being white and being able to speak English.      , next time you are watching a Chinese movie, look in the      . If you see a white guy stumbling (蹒跚) on his way into a nightclub, it might just be me on my way to stardom (星途)!

1.A. accepting        B. bargaining         C. predicting    D. winning

2.A. although       B. as if             C. since         D. unless

3.A. began            B. changed           C. disappeared     D. improved

4.A. amazed           B. curious            C. guilty          D. worried

5.A. admitting       B. imagining         C. pretending      D. realizing

6.A. breathlessly    B. cautiously        C. proudly        D. surprisingly

7.A. Chinese          B. English            C. French         D. Cantonese

8.A. cinemas          B. nightclubs         C. schools       D. restaurants

9.A. introduced      B. needed             C. persuaded       D. signed

10.A. come out        B. stay up            C. turn up         D. show off

11.A. away           B. around            C. beyond          D. up

12.A. enter          B. name               C. recognize     D. search

13.A. find            B. offer              C. turn           D. stick

14.A. quickly       B. simply             C. properly        D. reasonably

15.A. finally         B. hopefully          C. obviously       D. unfortunately

16.A. brave           B. interesting        C. strange         D. talented

17.A. In return       B. In brief          C. In turn        D. In fact

18.A. best            B. last               C. only            D. other

19.A. Instead         B. Besides           C. However         D. Otherwise

20.A. background      B. connection         C. expression      D. meaning

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.D

5.D

6.A

7.B

8.B

9.D

10.C

11.B

12.A

13.C

14.C

15.A

16.D

17.D

18.C

19.C

20.A

【解析】

试题分析：文章讲述了作者是如何开始演艺生涯的。即使没有太多的表演天赋，我们仍然可以拥有成为明星的演员梦。作者意外被一个摄制组发现，凭借会说英语又是白人的优势，作者临时扮演了一个角色。这为作者打开了演艺生涯的大门。

1.D考查动词辨析。A. accepting接受；B. bargaining谈判，讨价还价；C. predicting预测；D. winning获胜。根据“...dream of being discovered by a talent scout”可知，没有多少天赋的人仍然梦想着有一天能被星探发现，这就像是买彩票中大奖了一样，故选D。

2.C考查连词辨析。A. although虽然，尽管；B. as if好像；C. since自从，因为，既然；D. unless除非。句意：但被星探发现胜过中奖，因为既能得到钱，还能得到名誉。前后表示因果关系，故选C。

3.B考查动词辨析。A. began开始；B. changed改变；C. disappeared消失；D. improved提高，改善。句意：对于作者来说，梦想只是一个梦想而已，但是，上周在北京时，一切都改变了。这里指作者得到了实现梦想的机会，故选B。

4. A. amazed吃惊的；B. curious好奇的；C. guilty内疚的，有罪的；D. worried担心的。根据“I must have done something horrible to offend(冒犯) her ...”可知，作者当时担心是自己无意间冒犯了对方，故选D。

5.A. admitting承认，允许进入；B. imagining想象；C. pretending 假装；D. realizing实现，意识到。句意：作者以为自己无意间冒犯了对方，这里指没有意识到，故选D。

6.A. breathlessly气喘吁吁地；B. cautiously谨慎地；C. proudly自豪地；D. surprisingly惊讶地。根据“I must have done something horrible to offend(冒犯) her ”可知，经纪人是跑着去到作者身边的，由此可知，她当时是气喘吁吁地说话，故选A。

7.B考查名词辨析。A. Chinese汉语；B. English英语；C. French法语；D. Cantonese粤语。根据下文的“find a white guy who spoke English”可知，她问作者是否会说英语，故选B。

8.B考查名词辨析。A. cinemas电影院；B. nightclubs夜总会；C. schools学校；D. restaurants饭店。根据最后一段“If you see a white guy stumbling (蹒跚) on his way into a nightclub,”可知，作者当时扮演的是一个去夜总会的人，故选B。

9.D考查动词辨析。A. introduced介绍，引进；B. needed需要；C. persuaded劝说；D. signed签名，签字，签约，打手势。句意：经纪人之前签约了一名外国人作为演员，但是那个外国人忘记到场了，故选D。

10.C考查动词短语。A. come out出版，出现；B. stay up熬夜；C. turn up出现，调大；D. show off炫耀。句意：签约的外国人忘记现身，经纪人需要另找一个会说英语的白人，故选C。

11.B考查。A. away离开，向一边；B. around到处，在周围；C. beyond在远处；D. up向上。句意：作者是周围唯一一个会说英语的白人，故选B。

12.A考查动词辨析。A. enter进入；B. name命名；C. recognize认出；D. search搜查，寻找。根据“When I got to the club”可知，作者需要从路的一头走到另一头，然后进入夜总会，故选A。

13.C考查动词辨析。A. find 找到，发现；B. offer 提供；C. turn 变成，转身，转向，；D. stick刺，粘。句意：到夜总会之后，作者需要转向朋友并对朋友说......，turn to sb转向某人，故选C。

14.C考查副词辨析。A. quickly快速地；B. simply简单地，仅仅；C. properly恰当地；D. reasonably合理地。句意：作者试了三次才把台词说得恰到好处，故选C。

15.A考查副词辨析。A. finally最后；B. hopefully有希望地；C. obviously显然；D. unfortunately不幸地。句意：作者试了三次才把台词说好，也没再被绊倒，不过，最终，作者还是克服了这些困难，故选A。

16.D考查形容词辨析。A. brave勇敢的；B. interesting 令人感兴趣的；C. strange奇怪的；D. talented有天赋的，有才能的。根据“I would like you to join my agency.”可知，经纪人希望作者加入他们，由此可知，她认为作者很有表演天赋，故选D。

17.D考查介词短语。A. In return作为回报；B. In brief 简而言之；C. In turn反过来；D. In fact事实上。句意：事实上，作者的“天赋”只不过是白人和会说英语这两点，故选D。

18.C考查形容词辨析。A. best最好的；B. last最后的；C. only仅有的；D. other其他的。句意：作者仅有的天赋是白人和会英语，这里强调作者并没有什么表演才能，故选C。

19.C考查副词辨析。A. Instead相反，代替；B. Besides而且；C. However然而；D. Otherwise 否则，要不然。根据“it might just be me on my way to stardom (星途)”可知，作者认为自己虽然没有什么过人的才能，但是自己还是很有前途的。前后是转折关系，故选C。

20.A. background背景；B. connection联系；C. expression表情；D. meaning含义。in the background在背景中，隐隐约约，是固定搭配，故选A。

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