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Moresco struggled to make that long walk a few blocks east. He studied acting, turned out for all the cattle calls (试戏通告)-- and during the decade of the 1970s made a total of $2,000. “I wasn’t a good actor, but I had a driving need to do something different with my life,” he says.
He moved to Hollywood, where he drove a cab and worked as a waiter. “ My father said, "Stop this craziness and get a job; you have a wife and daughter." ”But Moresco kept working at his chosen career.
Then in 1983 his younger brother Thomas was murdered in a killing. Moresco moved back to his old neighborhood and started writing as a way to explore the pain of Hell’s Kitchen. Half-Deserted Streets, based on his brother’s killing, opened at a small Off-Broadway theater in 1988. A Hollywood producer saw it and asked him to work on a screenplay.
His reputation grew, and he got enough assignments to move back to Hollywood. By 2003, he was again out of work and out of cash when he got a call from Paul Haggis, a director who had befriended him. Haggis wanted help writing a film about the country after September 11. The two worked on the writing Crash, but every studio in town turned it down. They kept trying. Studio executives, however, thought no one wanted to see hard lives in modern America.
Crash slipped into the theaters in May 2005, and quietly became both a hit and a critical success. It was nominated for six Academy Awards and won three -- Best Picture, Best Film Editing and Best Writing (Original Screenplay) by Paul Haggis and the kid from Hell’s Kitchen.
At age 54, Bobby Moresco became an overnight success. “If you have something you want to do in life, don’t think about the problems,” he says, “think about other ways to get it done.”
小题1:Why Bobby Moresco did not tell anyone that he started taking lessons at age 17?
A.He wanted to give his girlfriend a surprise. |
B.His girlfriend did not allow him to do this. |
C.He was afraid of being laughed at. |
D.He had no talent for acting. |
A.His father did not support his work as a bartender. |
B.Before he became an overnight success, his life experienced ups and downs. |
C.His brother’s death inspired his writing Half-Deserted Streets. |
D.Moresco grew up in New York’s Hell’s Kitchen which is a few blocks east of Broadway. |
A.they thought the script would not be popular. |
B.the script was not well written. |
C.they had no money to make the film based on the script. |
D.they thought Moresco was not famous. |
A.ambitious and persistent | B.shy but hardworking |
C.caring and brave | D.considerate and modest |
答案
小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:A
小题4:A
解析
试题分析:文章讲了Bobby Moresco的职业生涯,他先是梦想成为百老汇演员,但最终由于一系列事件转而作为作家写起了剧本。
小题1:细节题。根据文章第一段Fearing their making fun of him, he told no one可知他没有告诉别人是因为他害怕被嘲笑。所以选C
小题2:细节题。根据文章第二段Moresco struggled to make that long walk a few blocks east可知Broadway在Hell’s Kitchen的东边,反过来说就是Hell’s Kitchen在百老汇西边。所以选D
小题3:细节题。根据文章第五段Studio executives, however, thought no one wanted to see hard lives in modern America可知剧本被拒是因为监制认为它不会受欢迎。所以选A
小题4:主旨大意题。根据文章中描述的Bobby的形象可知他是个有理想能坚持的人。所以选A
核心考点
试题【Bobby Moresco grew up in New York’s Hell’s Kitchen, a poor working-class neighbo】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
Sitting on a rock and ____ what to do, she began crying. After a while, she____ to walk along a wide path lined with tall trees and thick bushes. ____ it was getting dark, she saw a small, dark wooden house. She opened the door and ____ stepped in. Suddenly, she heard a strange noise, and she ran out the door and back to the ____. Cold and tired, she fell asleep near a ____.
The girl’s parents were out and her dog, Laddy, was at home. Laddy ____ that his Mistress(女主人)was in danger. He jumped ____ a window, breaking the glass. He looked in the fields. But he couldn"t find his mistress anywhere. However, from the ground came a ____ scent (气味) as he lowered his head. He ____ the scent and walked across the grassland. Barking ____ into the air, the dog ____ through the woods until he found the ____ . But the girl was not there, so he headed back to the woods. Much to his ____ , he saw his mistress’ blue shirt in the distance. He ____ over some bushes and saw the little stream, where the girl was ____.
When she opened her eyes and her dog standing beside her, the girl said, “You me, Laddy,” and she kissed him several times. Seeing their daughter and dog coming back, the parents burst into tears of . That night Laddy had a Hero"s supper: a huge meal of steak.
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“Of course, we’ll still be friends when we’re eighty-two.” Jenna announced loudly.
The next year, in the fourth grade, we met Jamie.The three of us soon became close friends.We played together almost every day.I thought even time couldn’t pull us apart, but I was sadly mistaken.
The three of us started fighting a lot.Before Christmas, we had a really big fight, and Jamie and Jenna were against me, both saying I was bossy.I felt helpless and lonely.I thought Christmas would be horrible!
I was surprised when Jenna came to my house and gave me an awesome Christmas card she had made for me.I was so sure that she was still disappointed with me.
“Wow, ” I said, breaking the silence as we stood on either side of my front door.“Thanks.”
“Okay…well…I have to go,” she said softly.
“Okay.See you later then…” and I closed the door.
“Who was that at the door?” my mum asked.
The card started off with “Merry Christmas”, but then it said, “I am so glad we’re friends.I am sorry about what I said when we were fighting.A fight won’t stop us from being friends.Besides, we said we were going to be friends even when we’re eight-two.”
I stopped reading and started laughing.I couldn’t believe I had forgotten what she said that day in her backyard.I couldn’t believe I had been so selfish in making my friends feel sorry for me that I had forgotten about real friendship.
小题1:How would the author and Jenna get along with each other after Christmas?
A.They would be close friends again. |
B.They would not speak to each other. |
C.They would lose touch with each other. |
D.They would go on fighting with each other. |
A.I looked like a boss | B.I acted as a boss |
C.I was fond of giving orders | D.I was fond of fighting |
a.Jamie became our friend.
b.I felt lonely and unhappy.
c.Jenna, Jamie and I fought a lot.
d.Jenna brought me a Christmas card.
e.I was sorry for what I did to her.
f.Jenna and I promised to be lifelong friends.
A.f a b c e d | B.a c f b d e | C.a b c f e d | D.f a c b d e |
A.what Jenna wrote was funny |
B.Jenna would be her friend again |
C.she was happy about the coming Christmas |
D.she was happy to receive a Christmas card |
Unchangeable Love
One day I visited an art museum while waiting for my husband to finish a business meeting. I was expecting a quiet of the splendid artwork.
A young viewing the paintings ahead of me nonstop between themselves. I watched them a moment and decided the lady was doing all the talking. I admired the man"s for putting up with her stream of words. by their noise, I moved on.
I met them several times as I moved the various rooms of art. Each time I heard her continuous flow of words, I moved away .
I was standing at the counter of the museum gift shop making a when the couple approached the . Before they left, the man into his pocket and pulled out a white object. He it into a long stick and then tapped his way into the to get his wife"s jacket.
"He"s a man." the clerk at the counter said." Most of us would give up if we were blinded at such a young age. During his recovery, he made a promise his life wouldn"t change. So, as before, he and his wife come in there is a new art show." "But what does he get out of the art?" I asked." He can"t see." "Can"t see! You"re . He sees a lot. More than you and I do," the clerk said, " His wife each painting so he can see it in his head."
I learned something about patience, and love that day. I saw the patience of a young wife describing paintings to a person without ___ and the courage of a husband who would not blindness to change his life. And I saw the love shared by two people as I watched this couple walk away, hand in hand.
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Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,B,C and D. Fill in each blank with a word or phrase that best fits the context.One evening after dinner, Mr. And Mrs.Bond called a family meeting. " We"ve had to make a _______decison," Mr. Bond announced. " You see, your mother has been offered a post as co-director of a TV station in Chicago. However, the station is not here. After thinking long and hard about it, we"ve ________ that the right decision is to move to Chicago."
Marc looked ________, while his sister Rachel breathlessly started asking when they"d be moving. " It"s surprising but exciting!" she said. Marc simply said, " I can"t leave my _______. I"d rather stay here and live with Tommy Lyons!"
The Bonds hoped that by the time they moved to Chicago in August, Marc would grow more ________ the idea of leaving. However, he showed no signs of accepting the decision, refusing to __________ his belongings.
_______ the morning of their move, Marc was nowhere to be found. His parents called Tommy Lyons" house, but Mrs. Lyons said she hadn"t seen Marc. Mrs. Bond became increasingly anxious while her husband felt angry with their son for behaving so ________.
What they didn"t know was that Marc had started to walk over to Tommy"s house with a faint idea of hiding in Lyons" attic(阁楼) for a few days. But as he walked along, all the _______ landscape of his neighbourhood _________ him of the things he and his family had done together: the green fence he and his mother had painted; the trees he and his sister used to climb while playing hide- and- seek; the park where he and his father often took walks together. How much would these mean without his family, who made them special in the first place? Marc didn"t take the _____ to answer that question but instead, he hurried back to his house, ______ if there were any boxes the right size to hold his record collection.
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Many television programmes are very realistic. One who watches TV often feels that whatever happened in the film could well happen to him. With only a little imagination, every man in the street becomes a thief, a spy or a murderer. Jane had been watching a spy film at her friend’s house. In it, a young girl had been followed and murdered. She felt a little frightened, walking to the station. She took a train back to the centre of the city. There were a lot of people traveling with her, so she felt much safer.A man sitting opposite her, reading a newspaper, glanced at her. She thought nothing of it until she saw him staring at her. Remember the film and feeling very uncomfortable, she got off the train and went to the bus stop. When he got on the same bus as she did, she found that he was following her. As long as she had been with other people she wasn’t frightened. But when she got off the bus, the streets were almost empty. She walked as quickly as she could. She could hear footsteps following her but she didn’t dare to look around. After what seemed to have been hours, she was unable to find them, because she was so frightened. The footsteps stopped behind her. She felt a hand on her shoulder. Instead of feeling hands round her neck, however, she heard a pleasant voice. “I apologize if I frightened you. I’m your new neighbour. I thought I recognized you in the train, but I wasn’t sure.”
小题1:Jane felt frightened, walking to the station, because ________.
A.she had seen a murder on television |
B.she was being followed |
C.she had been at her friend’s house |
D.she was a girl of rich imagination |
A.very near | B.a short distance away from |
C.a long way from | D.next to |
A.the man who followed her was her new neighbour |
B.the man apologized |
C.the street was empty |
D.she thought she met a murderer |
A.kill | B.be friendly to | C.frighten | D.play a joke on |
A.she often watches TV |
B.she is followed by a stranger for a long time. |
C.she meets her neighbour suddenly |
D.she feels a hand on her shoulder |
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