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    I was 16 years old the day I skipped school for the first time. It was easily done: Both my parents left for work before my school bus arrived, so when it showed up at my house on that cold winter morning, I simply did not get on. The perfect crime!

And what did I do with myself on that glorious stolen day, with no adult in charge and no limits on my activities? Did I get high? Hit the mall for a shoplifting extravaganza (狂欢)?

Nope. I built a warm fire in the wood stove, prepared a bowl of popcorn, grabbed a blanket, and read. I was thrilled and transported by a book—it was Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises—and I just needed to be alone with it for a little while. I ached to know what would happen to Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley and Robert Cohn. I couldn’t bear the thought of sitting in a classroom taking another biology exam when I could be traveling through Spain in the 1920s with a bunch of expatriates (异乡客).

I spent that day lost in words. Time fell away, as the room around me turned to mist, and my role –as a daughter, sister, teenager, and student— in the world no longer had any meaning. I had accidentally come across the key to perfect happiness: I had become completely absorbed by something I loved.

Looking back on it now, I can see that some subtle things were happening to my mind and to my life while I was in that state of absorption. Hemingway’s language was quietly braiding itself into my imagination. I was downloading information about how to create simple and elegant sentences, a good and solid plot. In other words, I was learning how to write. Without realizing it, I was hot on the trail of my own fate. Writing now absorbs me the way reading once did and happiness is their generous side effect.

1.Why did the author skip school on that day?

A.Because her parents left home early.

B.Because it was a cold winter morning.

C.Because she was fascinated by a novel.

D.Because she hated to take the biology exam.

2.What did the author think is the source of true joy?

A.Reading by the fire. B.Travelling in Spain.

C.Breaking the regulations. D.Being occupied by one’s passion.

3.Which can best replace the underlined phrase “braiding itself into” in the last paragraph?

A.Entering. B.Destroying.

C.Mending. D.Blocking.

4.What can we infer from the passage?

A.I was tired of my real-life roles.

B.I learnt how to write on the internet.

C.Hemingway’s style influenced me a lot.

D.Becoming a writer was my childhood dream.

 

1.C 2.D 3.A 4.C 【解析】 本文为记叙文。作者小时候被海明威的《太阳也会升起》吸引,从此沉浸于小说美妙的语言中。海明威的语言风格慢慢地影响着作者,引导他走上了文学之路。 1.细节理解题。文章第一段的“I was 16 years old the day I skipped school for the first time.”根据文章第三段中“I was thrilled and transported by a book…and I just needed to be alone with it for a little while”, 第一次逃学的时候我16岁,是因为我被一本书所激动,我只想和它单独呆一会儿。可知作者被一本小说吸引了,故选C。 2.细节理解题。根据文章第四段中“I had accidentally come across the key to perfect happiness: I had become completely absorbed by something I loved” 我偶然发现了通往完美幸福的钥匙:我完全被我所爱的东西吸引。可知作者认为真正快乐的源泉是沉浸于自己所爱的东西中。分析选项可知D符合题意,故选D。 3.词义猜测题。根据上文“ I can see that some subtle things were happening to my mind and to my life while I was in that state of absorption.” 我可以看到一些微妙的事情出现在我的头脑和我的生活中,而我正处于吸收它的状态中。以及下文“I was downloading information about how to create simple and elegant sentences, a good and solid plot. In other words, I was learning how to write. Without realizing it, I was hot on the trail of my own fate.” 我下载的信息是关于如何创建简单优雅的句子,一个良好而坚实的情节。换句话说,我在学习如何写作。没有意识到,我在追寻自己的命运。由上下文内容可以推断出“海明威的语言风格在潜移默化之中影响了我对语言的感悟”,可知“Hemingway’s language was quietly braiding itself into my imagination.”即海明威的语言风格进入(enter)我的想象中,即影响了我,故选A 项。 4.推理判断题。根据最后一段中“Hemingway’s language was quietly braiding itself into my imagination. I was downloading information about how to create simple and elegant sentences, a good and solid plot. In other words, I was learning how to write” 海明威的语言悄悄地编织在我的想象中。我下载的信息是关于如何写出简单优雅的句子,一个良好而坚实的情节。换句话说,我在学习如何写作。,可推断出海明威的风格对我影响很大。故选C。
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