Question

Kenneth Williams 1. (consider) one of the greatest British comedy actors of the twentieth century. His voice, as his outstanding gift, actually defended him as a 2. (perform). Williams would often spend weeks 3. (decide) how a character should sound and this “voice” determined his approach to each role. 4. even after he had chosen his “voice”, he didn’t always stick to it. In the middle of a single performance, he would occasionally change the tone or speed of his speech, for 5. (great) comic effect. While still a beginner, he felt he should be given the freedom to do as he wished on stage and often 6. (ignore) his directors’ instructions. This greatly annoyed some directors, who refused 7. (work) with him. Sometimes, he would completely ignore the script and make up his own lines during performance. Although he was proud of his ability to go “off script”, he became extremely angry if other actors tried to do the same, 8.(argue) that they were simply not good at it. Williams loved to make his audience laugh. When performing a scene 9. there were few laughs, he would often make up 10. own jokes, which always entertained the audience, but sometimes also ruined the scene.

Answer

1. is considered

2. performer

3. (in) deciding

4. But

5. greater

6. ignored

7. to work

8. arguing

9. where

10. his

【解析】

这是一篇人物类说明文。文章介绍了Kenneth Williams被认为是二十世纪英国最伟大的喜剧演员之一，本文讲述了他表演生涯的一些小故事。

1.考查时态语态。句意：Kenneth Williams被认为是二十世纪英国最伟大的喜剧演员之一。主语Kenneth Williams与consider之间是被动关系，而且这也是从过去到现在公认的事实，用一般现在时的被动语态，故填is considered。

2.考查名词。在不定冠词a后面使用可数名词的单数形式，此处指Kenneth Williams是个演员，故填performer。

3.考查固定句型。Spend time (in) doing sth.花费时间做某事，该句型是固定句型，所以填(in) deciding。

4.考查连词。前一句说他选择了适合自己的声音，而后一句说他有时候不会坚持，所以前后两个分句之间是转折关系，故填But。

5.考查形容词。此处指“为了更好的喜剧效果”，是一种暗含的比较，用形容词的比较级，故填greater。

6.考查时态。这里是说Kenneth Williams 表演的时候会忽略导演和表演指示，前后都是一般过去时，讲述过去的事情，用一般过去时，故填ignored。

7.考查固定句型。refuse to sth.是固定句型，意思是“拒绝做某事”，故填to work。

8.考查非谓语动词。本句的谓语是became，所以此处用非谓语动词，主语he与argue之间是主动关系，所以用现在分词作伴随状语，故填arguing。

9.考查定语从句。此处运用了定语从句____9____ there were few laughs，先行词是a scene，此处表示“在这个场景中”，关系词在从句中作地点状语，故填关系副词where。

10.考查代词。题干中表示“他经常编造自己的笑话”，此处用形容词性物主代词，构成one’s own sth.结构，故填his。