第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然

题目内容：

第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago in 1954 to a Mexican American family. 36 the only girl in a family of 37children, she often 38she had “seven fathers,” because her six brothers, 39her father, tried to control her. Feeling shy and 40, she retreated(躲避) into books. 41her love of 42, she didn’t do well in elementary school because she was too shy to take part in the activities.

In high school, with the 43of one particular teacher, Cisneros 44her grades and worked for the school literary(文学的) magazine. Her father encouraged her to go to 45because he thought it would be a good way for her to find a 46. Cisneros did attend college, but instead of searching for a husband, she found a teacher who helped her join the famous graduate writing program at the University of Iowa. At the university’s Writers’ Workshop, 47, she felt lonely –– a(n) 48American from a poor neighborhood among students from wealthy families. The feeling of being so different 49Cisneros find her “Creative voice.”

“It was not until this moment 50_ I considered myself truly different that my writing got a voice. I knew I was a Mexican woman, but I didn’t think it had anything to 51with why I felt so much imbalance in my life. That’s when I decided I would 52about something my classmates couldn’t.”

Cisneros 53 her first work, The House on Mango Street, when she was twenty-nine. The book tells about a young Mexican American girl 54up in a Spanish-speaking area in Chicago, much like the neighborhoods in which Cisneros lived as a child. The book won an award in 1985 and has been used in classes from high school to graduate school level. 55then, Cisneros has published several books of poetry, a children’s book, and a short-story collection.

36. A. To B. For C. As D. By

37. A. eight B. seven C. six D. five

38. A. looked like B. felt like C. liked D. admired

39. A. beside B. except C. as well as D. except for

40. A. dependent B. confident C. unimportant D. shameful

41. A. While B. Although C. In spite D. Despite

42. A. hiding B. writing C. reading D. feeling

43. A. praise B. guidance C. improvement D. encouragement

44. A. increased B. analyzed C. improved D. developed

45. A. home B. school C. college D. library

46. A. friend B. husband C. teacher D. brother

47. A. butB. however C. besides D. therefore

48. A. Canadian B. African C. German D. Mexican

49. A. assisted B. led C. helped D. caused

50. A. that B. when C. then D. why

51. A. do B. deal C. handle D. affect

52. A. concern B. read C. write D. learn

53. A. printed B. invented C. punished D. published

54. A. growing B. grown C. to grow D. has grown

55. A. Until B. Before C. Since D. After

最佳答案：

36-40 CBBCC 41-45 DCDCC 46-50 BBDCB 51-55 ACDAC

答案解析：

略

考点核心：

人物传记类文章的文体特征：

人物传记是记叙文体的一种，主要描写某人的生平事迹、趣闻轶事、生活背景、个性特征、成长奋斗历程等，包含记叙文的时间、地点、人物、事件等要素。其特点是以时间的先后或事件的发展为主线，空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终，脉络清楚，可读性较强。