A
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 expatiates(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.
41．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
42．Which can best replace the underlined phrase “braiding itself into” in the last paragraph?
A．Entering B．Destroying
C．Mending D．Blocking.
43．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.
41．A 42．A 43．C
【分析】
本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者沉迷于海明威的小说对自己的影响。
41．
细节理解题。根据第二段“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.（我在柴炉里生了一堆暖暖的火，准备了一碗爆米花，抓起一条毯子，读了起来。我被一本书震撼了，它是海明威的《太阳照样升起》，我只是想单独和它待一会儿。）”可知，作者认为在火边阅读是真正快乐的源泉。故选A。
42．
词义猜测题。根据前文“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.（现在回想起来，我可以看到一些微妙的事情发生在我的思想和我的生活中，当我沉浸在这种状态。）”以及后文“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.（我正在下载有关如何创建简单而优雅的句子，一个好的和坚实的情节的信息。换句话说，我正在学习如何写作。）”可知，海明威一些思想已经和作者融为一体。所以braiding itself into为“进入”之意。故选A。
43．
推理判断题。根据最后一段“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.（不知不觉中，我正在追寻自己的命运。写作现在吸引着我，就像以前的阅读一样，快乐是它们慷慨的副作用。）”可知，海明威的风格对作者影响很大。故选C。
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 expatiates(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.
41．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
42．Which can best replace the underlined phrase “braiding itself into” in the last paragraph?
A．Entering B．Destroying
C．Mending D．Blocking.
43．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.
41．A 42．A 43．C
【分析】
本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者沉迷于海明威的小说对自己的影响。
41．
细节理解题。根据第二段“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.（我在柴炉里生了一堆暖暖的火，准备了一碗爆米花，抓起一条毯子，读了起来。我被一本书震撼了，它是海明威的《太阳照样升起》，我只是想单独和它待一会儿。）”可知，作者认为在火边阅读是真正快乐的源泉。故选A。
42．
词义猜测题。根据前文“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.（现在回想起来，我可以看到一些微妙的事情发生在我的思想和我的生活中，当我沉浸在这种状态。）”以及后文“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.（我正在下载有关如何创建简单而优雅的句子，一个好的和坚实的情节的信息。换句话说，我正在学习如何写作。）”可知，海明威一些思想已经和作者融为一体。所以braiding itself into为“进入”之意。故选A。
43．
推理判断题。根据最后一段“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.（不知不觉中，我正在追寻自己的命运。写作现在吸引着我，就像以前的阅读一样，快乐是它们慷慨的副作用。）”可知，海明威的风格对作者影响很大。故选C。
