第一节完形填空(共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从

题目内容：

第一节完形填空(共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21~30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

There is a popular saying, “All of us have a Guardian Angel, guiding us”.

Some of the greatest success stories of history have followed a word of 21 or an act of confidence by a loved one or a 22 friend. Had it not been for a confident wife, Sophia, we might not have listed Nathaniel Hawthorne among the great 23of literature. When Nathaniel, a 24 man, went home to tell his wife that he was a failure and had been fired from his job in the customs, she surprised him with a cry of joy.

"Now," she said 25 , "you can write your book!"

"Yes," replied the man, with little confidence, "and what shall we 26 while I am writing it?"

To his 27 , she opened a drawer and pulled out a sum of money.

"Where on earth did you get that?" he asked.

"I have always known you were a man of genius," she told him. "I knew that someday you would write a great novel. So every week, out of the money you gave me for housekeeping, I

28 a little bit. So here is enough to 29 us for one whole year."

From her trust and 30 came one of the greatest novels of American literature, The Scarlet Letter.

21. A. enjoyment B. encouragement C. kindness D. delight

22. A. trusting B. merciful C. cautious D. intelligent

24. A. successful B. courageousC. sorrowful D. heartbroken

25. A. sadly B. willingly C. proudly D. deliberately

26. A. stick to B. try out C. take up D. live on

27. A. amazement B. satisfaction C. expectation D. disappointment

28. A. spent B. saved C. consumed D. contributed

29. A. lead B. hold C. last D. leave

30. A. confidence B. experience C. competence D. guidance

最佳答案：

21-25 BACDC 26-30 DABCA

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。