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1、20182018 年自考英语阅读理解练习年自考英语阅读理解练习I have known very few writers, but those I have known, and whom I respected,confess at once that they have little idea where they are going when they first set pen topaper. They have a character, perhaps two; they are in that condition of eagerdiscomfort which passes f
2、or inspiration; all admit radical changes of destination oncethe joumey has begun; one, to my certain knowledge, spent nine months on a novelabout Kashmir, then reset the whole thing in the Scottish Highlands. I never heard ofanyone making a skeleton, as we were taught at school. In the breaking and
3、 remaking,in the timing, interweaving, beginning afresh, the writer comes to discern things in hismaterial which were not consciously in his mind when he began.This organic process, often leading to moments of extraordinary self-discovery, is ofan indescribable fascination. A blurred image appears,
4、he adds a brushstroke andanother, and it is gone; but something was there, and he will not rest till he has capturedit. Sometimes theyeast within a writer outlives a book he has written. I have heard ofwriters who read nothing but their own books, like adolescents they stand before themirror, and st
5、ill cannot fathom the exact outline of the vision before them. For the samereason, writers talk interminably about their own books, winkling out hidden meanings,superimposing new ones, begging response from those around them.Of course a writer doing this is misunderstood: he might as well try to exp
6、lain acrime or a love affair. He is also. Incidentally, an unforgivable bore. This temptation to1cover the distance between himself and the reader, to study his image in the sight ofthose who do not know him, can be his undoing: he has begun to write to please.Ayoung English writer made the pertinen
7、t observation a year or two back that thetalent goes into the first draft, and the art into the drafts that follow. For this reason alsothe writer, like any other artist, has no resting place, no crowd or movement in which hemay take comfort, no judgment from outside which can replace the judgment f
8、romwithin. A writer makes order out of the anarchy of his heart; he submits himself to amore ruthless discipline than any critic dreamed of, and when he flirts with fame, he istaking time off from living with himself, from the search for what his world contains atits inmost point.1、The writers that
9、the author is familiar with confess that they would.A. work out the ending of a novel in advance.B. follow the writing methods learned at school.C. remodel the main character in writing.D. make changes to the stories they first construct.答案：D 细节判断题。根据 familiar with，confess 及各选项内容定位到第 1 段。第 1 段指出，这些作
10、家在写作前后，作品的内容往往可能发生极大的变化，其中作者提到，有一位作家就将小说的背景从克什米尔搬到了苏格兰高地。由此可见，D 的表述符合文意，为本题答案。文中指出，这些作家动笔之2前不会有整篇的构思，也不会按学校所教的那样列出提纲，A、B 可排除。文中只说作者开始写作时可能心中已经设定了一两个角色，并没有提到会否重新塑造或改变作品的主要角色，故C应排除。2、According to the passage, the process of writing.A. depends on skillful planning.B. is predictable and methodological.C
11、. depends on the writersexperiences.D. is disorderly and unsystematic.答案：D 细节推断题。第 1 段明确指出，作者熟悉的那些作家在写作过程中没有既定的思路，情节设置也往往根据需要或更深了解素材后才做出相应的变化和调整，这就表明，写作过程有点“混乱”，构思也不很系统化；此外，第2 段提到。如果作家脑海中出现了朦胧的形象，他们会在此基础上做任意的改动。由此可见，D 正确。根据文中介绍，写作过程并没有完整的构思，也无法预见，只是在写作过程中不断完善，可很快将 A、B 排除。此外。作家在写作的过程中会更多地了解所搜集的素材，这也与
12、经历无关，故 C 也排除。3、The word undoing in the third paragraph probably suggests.A. success.B. happiness.3C. failure.D. sorrow.答案：C 词义推断题。第 3 段指出作家如果试图拉近自己与读者的距离， 企图通过他人的评论了解自己塑造的形象，就相当于为取悦他人而写作。四个选项中，较能概括这种行为性质的是 C。此外，undoing 有“毁灭”之义，故 C 为本题答案。4、According to the passage, the writer has no resting place bec
13、ause.A. he is not clear about what he will write at the beginning.B. he should constantly edit his work to make it perfect.C. he has to face a lot of responses given by readers.D. he should add brushstrokes to the appearing blurred images.答案：B 因果关系题。根据题干中的 no resting place 定位到第 4 段。第 4 段段首提到：作家的才华体现
14、在初稿，而艺术则体现在之后不断修改的稿子中。 第 2 句以 For this reason(鉴于此)引出作家不能休息的情形。由此可见，第4 段首句的内容，即作家需不断创作和修改作品：以实现由才华到艺术的转变是作家无法休息的真正原因。故 8 为答案，A、C、D 不合文意。5、Which of the following statements about writers is TRUE according to the lastparagraph?4A. They have little ideas before they start writing.B. Their talent goes into all their drafts.C. It does harm to their writing when they flirt with fame.D. They try to increase communication with readers.答案：C 细节判断题。末段末旬指出：“当他追逐名利时，他就脱离了自我生活，脱离了对自己内心最深处世界的探索”，故C 符合文意，为本题答案。选项A、D 均来自文中，但与末段无关，可排除。B 与原文表述“作家的才华体现在初稿，而艺术则体现在之后不断修改的稿子中”不符，可排除。5
