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1、第 1 页 / 共 15 页建平中学高三英语周二练习（11.21）II. Grammar and Vocabulary（ 20%） Section A（10%）Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for t
2、he other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.Kazuo Ishiguro, who won this years Nobel Prize in Literature, has a number of strings to his bow, or rather his guitar.u The 62-year-old is world famous as a writer of fiction, but his early dream was to be a great singer and songwriter, like l
3、ast years winner, Bob Dylan.His friend and former publisher Robert McCrum recalls the young Ishiguro 21) (turn) up at the publishing house Faber and Faber with a bunch of his stories in one hand and a guitar over his shoulder. It was his stories22) earned him the great honor he received two weeks ag
4、o23) his name indicates, Ishiguro comes from a Japanese background, although he came to Britain from Japan at the age of 5 and is a British citizen who writes in English. He24) (educate) at the University of East Anglia, a school that has become known for training writers.Ishiguros writing is highly
5、 restrained. His characters are often reluctant to express25) , except in a kind of code. This certainly gives his writing a quality in common with that of Jane Austen, an author to 26) he is often compared. The best example of this is his novel The Remains of the Day, which later became a successfu
6、l film.The central character of the book is a butler called Stevens. He is an extremely loyal servant to an English lord, and is a character who some might call repressed. He misses out on affection and love 27) he will not confess his feelings to anyone.The story is told by Stevens, and his style i
7、s as polite and unrevealing as his behavior. Ofcourse, we 28 read between the lines to uncover the “real” story, which isnt quitethe one the butler is telling. Stevens finds it a challenge 29) (communicate), and communication is often a theme in Ishiguros novels.In this authors sense of the world, t
8、here is a gap between our feelings and our ability tocommunicate them. The Nobel Committee emphasized this theme 30) it talked aboutIshiguros work. The writer has, the committee claimed, “in novels of great emotional force . uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world
9、”.第 2 页 / 共 15 页Section B（10%）Directions:Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can onlybe used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. dominate B. echoed C. appeal D. dedicated E. highlightsF. criticismK. dominantG. vision H. interpreter I. featured
10、J. transformThere are few symbols of pure American culture more powerful than the Disney theme parks. To walk down Main Streets, U.S.A.,is to walk through a particular 31) of Americans collective memory. Its small-town values.Its optimism.Its energy.Its innovation .Its a certain kind of innocence. I
11、t is by design,the story of the “American Way” -and one that has played a(n) 32) role in shaping the collective memory of American hiatoryThough Disney Parks today are well-established cultural icons,the Walt Disney Companys start as a(n)33 of American history and ideals began long before it opened
12、the gates of Disneyland. It is a sophisticated process. From its creation in 1923 as “The Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio,” the Disney operation was producing films that 34) Americansideal version of themselves.Often set in a glorified 19th century rural American heartland,these animations 35) a hero
13、 (usually the indomitable (不屈不挠的) Mickey Mouse) whose strong work ethic and bravery in the face of risk always found the “little guy” and “common man”triumphant over his foe(敌人).Such optimistic sentiment held great 36) in the countrys Depression years,and most certainly led Mickey and company to bec
14、ome household names.This narrative of upholding American values continued at the brands theme parks, where Walt Disney translated it into a physical experience using American folk history. “Disneyland,”he said at the parks grand opening,”is37) to the ideals,the dreams,and the hard facts that have cr
15、eated American.”Visitors are made to feel as if they are stepping into moments of history, ones chosen to fit a tidy narrative that 38) the nations past and future commitment to lift, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.To be sure, Disneys unique ability to 39) American history in its own nostalgi
16、a-tinged(带有怀旧气息的) image-what has come to be called ”Disney fiction”-has drawn significant 40) . But when it comes to collective memory, it must be noted that the part can be remembered one way and exist faithfully in another, and that many different versions can have their place in the American mind. Even as characters change and Tomorrow land b
