Question

    Ever since I was a little girl, I’ve loved reading crime and detective novels, so I guess it was pretty normal that I started writing them when I was older. However, my family is very big on having a traditional career and so when I said that I wanted to go to college and study writing, my parents told me that I couldn’t. They told me that I had to study for a degree so that I would achieve a career, and not something as risky as writing. I suppose I could have studied journalism, but I didn’t want to lose interest in writing because it would be something I would do every day for work, not for pleasure. I thought that teaching looked like a pretty good compromise, especially because of the long holidays. It was a good choice: by the time I was twenty-five, I’d already finished two novels and had an agent.

To be honest, I never meant to keep my being a crime writer a secret or anything, and my friends have always known. One of the reasons most people don’t know is because my agent told me that my name Hazel sounded too much like a romance novelist for older women. She suggested Brooke Lane and I thought, “Well, if you think it’ll make me successful, okay,” I’d totally forgotten about it until I walked into school one day and saw one of my workmates reading my novel. I asked her some questions about it, and it was so clear that she had no idea that I’d written it—she even offered to lend it to me after she’d finished! Of course, sometimes I wonder what my students would think if they knew that their teacher was going home on the weekend to write about murders and dead bodies, but I think my parents probably did me a favor: my teaching job keeps me in touch with the real world.

1.Hazel is probably    .

A.a teacher and writer B.a journalist

C.a teacher and artist D.an agent

2.The underlined words “is very big on” in the passage most probably mean    .

A.to give no advice B.to misunderstand something

C.to have more experiences D.to like something very much

3.From the passage we can know that Hazel   .

A.told her workmates about her writing novels B.would like to write something for teaching

C.accepted Brooke Lane as her pen name D.agreed to study journalism for a degree

4.Hazel finally realized that her parents’ advice on her career was    .

A.helpful B.exciting C.disappointing D.risky

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.A

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者从小喜欢读犯罪和侦探小说，长大后也成为了作家。但是为了不违背家人的意愿，作者也从事教师的工作。文章还描写了作者身边的人阅读作者写的书的反应，也意识到父母的选择让自己能够将教学工作与现实世界保持联系。

1.

推理判断题。根据第一段中I thought that teaching looked like a pretty good compromise, especially because of the long holidays. It was a good choice: by the time I was twenty-five, I’d already finished two novels and had an agent.可知我认为教学是一个很好的折衷方案，尤其是因为假期很长。这是个不错的选择：在我25岁的时候，我已经完成了两部小说，并且有了一个经纪人。由此可推知，Hazel可能是一名教师和作家。故选A。

2.

词义猜测题。根据后文so when I said that I wanted to go to college and study writing, my parents told me that I couldn’t.可知当作者说想上大学学习写作时，作者的父母不同意，说明作者家庭非常喜欢传统的职业。由此可知，划线短语意思为“非常喜欢某物”。故选D。

3.

细节理解题。根据第二段中One of the reasons most people don’t know is because my agent told me that my name Hazel sounded too much like a romance novelist for older women. She suggested Brooke Lane and I thought, “Well, if you think it’ll make me successful, okay,”可知大多数人不知道的一个原因是，我的经纪人告诉我，对于年长的女性来说，我的名字Hazel听起来太像浪漫小说家了。她建议我用Brooke Lane作为笔名，我想，“好吧，如果你觉得我能成功，可以”。由此可知，Hazel接受Brooke Lane作为她的笔名。故选C。

4.

推理判断题。根据第二段中Of course, sometimes I wonder what my students would think if they knew that their teacher was going home on the weekend to write about murders and dead bodies, but I think my parents probably did me a favor: my teaching job keeps me in touch with the real world.可知当然，有时我想知道，如果我的学生知道他们的老师周末回家写关于谋杀和尸体的文章，他们会怎么想，但我想我的父母可能帮了我一个忙：我的教学工作让我与现实世界保持联系。由此可推知，Hazel终于意识到她父母对她事业的建议是有帮助的。故选A。