Question

    The boy sat on his chair, with his hand above the keyboard. He thought about what to write.

He recalled that the competition deadline was merely a week away. But he still had not even started on his piece. He looked at the brochure again. “ WRITING COMPETITION!” the title read. His mom had encouraged him to enter the writing competition, and now he was taking it on as his personal task for the holidays.

As the boy reflected on his previous writing efforts, he realized how hopeless his task of winning was. Every story he ever wrote was based on other stories. He had little imagination, and unfortunately, imagination was the key to writing.

Suddenly, he had a brainwave. This time, he came up with an original and imaginative story.

The words shot towards him like a storm of leaves. Words were coming easily, flowing through him, faster than he could type. He typed faster than he ever had before. He continued to type, amazed at how easy writing this story was. The boy could not stop writing. He looked at the word count and saw the number “ 248 ” staring right back at him. He was not even halfway yet.

Then he heard the call of his mother saying time for bed. He continued writing the piece, ignoring her. He had to make up for the time he had lost thinking about a topic to write.

Finally, he finished. The word count now read “498”.

“Perfect,” he thought, “just under the word limit.” He knew this was the story that would win.

He went onto Google and searched for the competition. He found the page but there was no “Enter” button.

1.What caused the boy to take part in the writing competition?

A. A new computer. B. The prize money.

C. His own interest. D. His mom’s advice.

2.How did the boy finish his earlier writing?

A. His mom helped him. B. He copied others’ ideas.

C. His friends assisted him. D. He used his imagination.

3.Why did the boy delay his writing?

A. Because he was terribly lazy. B. Because he didn’t know what to write.

C. Because he wasn’t confident. D. Because he read too many stories.

4.Which might be the maximum word limit for each entry?

A. 100. B. 250.

C. 500. D. 1000.

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.B

4.C

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲了一个男孩，在妈妈的建议下，参加了写作比赛。一开始，他不知道写些什么，后来，有了创作的灵感，文章一气呵成。

1.细节理解题。答案定位在第二段His mom had encouraged him to enter the writing competition可知这个男孩妈妈的建议使这个男孩参加了写作比赛，故选D。

2.推理判断题。答案定位在第三段Every story he ever wrote was based on other stories. He had little imagination, and unfortunately, imagination was the key to writing.（他写的每一个故事都是根据其他故事改编的。他缺乏想象力，不幸的是，想象力是写作的关键。）由此推断出这个男孩是通过抄袭别人的想法，来完成他早期的写作的，故选B。

3.推理判断题。答案定位在第四段Suddenly, he had a brainwave. This time, he came up with an original and imaginative story.（突然，他灵光一闪。这一次，他想出了一个新颖而富有想象力的故事。）和第六段He had to make up for the time he had lost thinking about a topic to write.由此推断出，男孩推迟写作是因为他不知道该写什么，故选B。

4.推理判断题。答案定位在倒数第三段Finally, he finished. The word count now read “498”.以及倒数第二段“Perfect,” he thought, “just under the word limit.” He knew this was the story that would win.可知他写了498个字，刚好在字数限制内，由此推断出每篇文章的最大字数限制是500字，故选C。