Michael Scofield has won fans all over the world. The star of the hit show Prison Break is kind, clever and good-looking. But what about the man the character?
Wentworth Miller, the 35-year-old actor who plays Scofield, is a hard guy to figure out. He does not come from a traditional background and doesn’t a traditional path.
Miller didn’t take a road to fame. He graduated from Princeton University in 1995 with a degree in English, not a degree in or film. He didn’t even act when he was in college. His only experience was in his university’s well-known singing group. Yet, at graduation, Miller still decided to make the to Hollywood.
Miller has always been . Although he is American, he was born in Britain when his father was studying there. His family background is a of cultures. “My father is black and my mother is white. That means I have always been caught in the middle. I could be one, which can make you feel out of place,” Miller says.
Following his unusual path, Miller did not start trying out for films when he got to Hollywood. , he worked as a production assistant. Working on production side, he learned a lot about what makes a good .
In 2002, Miller played a role in the drama Dinotopia. He starred as a shy man. The producers his performance when they were making Prison Break two years later.
| 小题1: | | A．beside | B．behind | C．outside | D．after |
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| 小题2: | | A．share | B．know | C．follow | D．find |
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| 小题3: | | A．direct | B．special | C．wide | D．correct |
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| 小题4: | | A．engineering | B．communication | C．literature | D．theatre |
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| 小题5: | | A．graduation | B．performance | C．production | D．education |
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| 小题6: | | A．move | B．role | C．decision | D．movie |
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| 小题7: | | A．strange | B．outstanding | C．different | D．successful |
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| 小题8: | | A．mixture | B．result | C．mystery | D．representative |
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| 小题9: | | A．each | B．either | C．another | D．every |
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| 小题10: | | A．Moreover | B．Therefore | C．Instead | D．Finally |
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| 小题11: | | A．film | B．actor | C．drama | D．director |
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| 小题12: | | A．denied | B．made | C．recorded | D．remembered |
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小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:D
小题5:B
小题6:A
小题7:C
小题8:A
小题9:B
小题10:C
小题11:B
小题12:D |
试题分析： 本文叙述了扮演《越狱》的男主角Michael Scofield的演员Wentworth Miller的家庭背景以及他不同于他人的成名之路，。
小题1:B 介词辨析。A在…旁边B在…后面C在..外面D在…之后；句意：在Michael Scofield背后的那个人怎么样？也就是询问扮演Michael Scofield的演员的情况。
小题2:C 动词辨析。A分享B知道C跟随，采纳D发现；根据询问可知Wentworth Miller并没有走和其他演员一样的道路，他是一名英语系的毕业生，成名指路完全不一样。故C正确。
小题3:A 形容词辨析。A直接的B特别的C宽阔的D正确的；根据本文描述可知Wentworth Miller并不是直接去表演的，而是走了一条迂回的道路，他是英语专业，后来学了表演，所以说他不是直接去表演的。
小题4:D 上下文串联。根据横线后面的film可知所填之词应该是和film表示类似的意思的词，故theatre是正确的。都是指影视专业。
小题5:B 名词辨析。A毕业B表演C生产D教育；他唯一的表演经历只是在自己的乐队里表演过。
小题6:A 名词辨析。A移动，转变B作用C决定D电影；Wentworth Miller在大学里几乎没有表演的经历，但是在毕业以后他却想要转变为表演专业。故A正确。
小题7:C 形容词辨析。A奇怪的B杰出的C不同的D成功的；根据下文描述，他的生活和个人出生都不同于别人，包括他的成名之路也与别人完全不同。故C正确。
小题8:A 名词辨析。A混合物B结果C谜D代表；他的家庭背景是多种文化的混合物。父亲是黑人，妈妈是白人。他可能是这两种文化中的任意一种。
小题9:B 语法分析。Either指两者中的某一个；上文提及爸爸妈妈的两种种族，他可能是其中的一个。Each指二者或者三者以上的任何一个；every每一个；another另外一个。
小题10:.C 副词辨析。A而且B因此C代替，而不是D最后；当他开始来到好莱坞的时候，并没有去主演电影，而是选择做了制片人助手。以这样的身份熟悉与电影有关的事情。
小题11:B 名词辨析。A电影B演员C戏剧D导演；作为制片人助手，他学习了很多关于如何做一名好的演员的事情。后来他也的确成为了一名优秀的演员。这样的经历很有帮助。
小题12:D 动词辨析。A否认B生产C记录D记得；当两年已经导演要拍摄《越狱》的时候，导演记起来他的表演，最终选择了他来做男主角。 |
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试题【Michael Scofield has won fans all over the world. The star of the hit show Priso】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
[详细]举一反三
I will be the first to say that I am not materialistic. My friends regard me as a goody-goody; my parents say I am conservative and modest when it comes to clothes. None of my skirts or shorts end above my knees.
So why, why did I feel so invited? My family and I were in Target, and there it was, waiting. A skirt, specifically designed not to cover anything. It looked like something that one of those modern schoolgirls would wear.
I checked my purse. The skirt cost $10. I had the money. I could buy it. I imagined walking into school and my friends’ jaws (下巴) dropping. Guys would ask me out, and I would be happy. I could buy it, no, — I should buy it.
I showed my mother. She was surprised but said it was my decision. My sister looked on enviously.
I went into the dressing room to try it on. So sure was I that this skirt would change me, somehow make me not what I am but what I wished to be. I slid my jeans off and put it on. I looked in the mirror. There I was — a terrible girl in a Superman T-shirt and sneakers. My glasses fogged up as I started to cry.
The skirt did not change me. Though it fit well and might make me look good in the eyes of today’s world, it was not me. I am not a girl who wears cool clothes to fit in.
I took the thing off and slid back into the comfort of modesty. My mom knocked on the door. “Emily, are you okay?”
I wiped away my tears. “I’m fine.” I looked in the mirror again and saw a slim girl with funny glasses. I saw myself.
小题1:In the author’s eyes the skirt that interested her was ______.| A．not modern | B．very short | | C．too expensive | D．poorly designed |
小题2:The author thought if she went to school in this skirt her schoolmates would be ______.| A．shocked | B．hurt | C．confused | D．happier |
小题3:The underlined sentence in the 3rd paragraph indicates the author ______.| A．hesitated about buying the skirt | | B．made up her mind to buy the skirt | | C．was able to afford to buy the skirt | | D．worried about others’ opinion on the skirt |
小题4:The author cried because ______.| A．she found that she looked ugly in the skirt | | B．she was aware the skirt didn’t fit her well | | C．she realized it’s a wrong decision to make a change | | D．she was disappointed the skirt failed to change her |
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Last Friday, after doing all the family shopping in the town, I wanted to have a rest before catching the train. I ____ a newspaper and some chocolate and ____ into the station coffee shop. It was a cheap self-service place with long tables to ____ at. I put my heavy bag down on the floor, ____ the newspaper and the chocolate on the table and then went to get a cup of coffee.
When I came back with the coffee, There was someone ____ in the next seat. ____ was a boy, with dark glasses and old clothes, and ____ bright red at the front. He had started to eat my chocolate!
Naturally, I was rather uneasy about him, but I didn’t want to have any ____. I just read the newspaper, tasted my coffee and took a bit of chocolate. The boy looked at me in ____.Then he took a ____ piece of my chocolate. I could hardly believe it. Still I didn’t say anything to him. When he took a third piece, I felt more angry than uneasy. I thought, “Well, I shall have the last piece.” And I got it.
The boy gave me a strange look, then ____ up. As he left, he shouted out, “There’s something ____ with that woman!” Everyone looked at me, ____ I didn’t want to quarrel with the boy, so I kept quiet. I did not realize that I had ____ a mistake until I finished my coffee and was ready to ____. My face turned red when I saw my unopened chocolate under the newspaper. The chocolate that I had been eating was the boy’s!
| 小题1: | | A．stole | B．bought | C．sold | D．wrote |
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| 小题2: | | A．went | B．sat | C．seated | D．looked |
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| 小题4: | | A．pushed | B．took | C．put | D．pulled |
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| 小题5: | | A．jumping | B．playing | C．sitting | D．sleeping |
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| 小题7: | | A．cut | B．washed | C．covered | D．colored |
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| 小题8: | | A．coffee | B．trouble | C．chocolate | D．matter |
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| 小题9: | | A．carelessness | B．anger | C．surprise | D．happiness |
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| 小题10: | | A．first | B．second | C．very | D．last |
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| 小题11: | | A．stood | B．took | C．cried | D．looked |
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| 小题12: | | A．strange | B．wrong | C．OK | D．funny |
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| 小题14: | | A．spelt | B．corrected | C．made | D．found |
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A businessman was deep in debt (欠债)and could see no way out. He sat on the park bench, 21 in hands, wondering if anything could his company.
Suddenly an old man appeared. “I can see is troubling you,” he said. After listening to the businessman"s , the old man said, “I believe I can you.” He asked the businessman’s name ,and a check (支票), saying , “Take this money. Meet me here exactly one year from today, and you can me back at that time.” Then he left quickly.
The businessman in his hand a check for $ 500,000,signed(签字)by John D. Rockefeller, who was then one of the men in the world! “I can get rid of my money worries now!” he realized. But instead, he to put the check in his case, just knowing it was there to give him the strength to work out a to save his company.
Within a few months, he was out of debt and money once again. Exactly one year later, he returned to the with the check. At the agreed-on , the old man appeared. Just the businessman was about to hand back the cheek and his successful story, a nurse came running up and grabbed the old man.“I am so I caught him!” she cried, “I hope he hasn"t been bothering you. He"s escaping from the rest home and people he’s John D. Rockefeller.” And she led him away by the arm. The businessman just stood there, .
Suddenly, he realized it wasn"t the money, real or imagined, but his newfound self-confidence that gave him the power to achieve anything he went after.
| 小题1: | | A．money | B．hair | C．check | D．head |
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| 小题2: | | A．start | B．stop | C．save | D．sell |
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| 小题3: | | A．something | B．everything | C．nothing | D．anything |
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| 小题4: | | A．programs | B．troubles | C．wishes | D．dreams |
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| 小题5: | | A．find | B．teach | C．help | D．protect |
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| 小题6: | | A．packed up | B．picked up | C．took out | D．wrote out |
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| 小题9: | | A．tallest | B．richest | C．strongest | D．busiest |
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| 小题10: | | A．continued | B．refused | C．decided | D．forgot |
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| 小题11: | | A．record | B．result | C．problem | D．way |
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| 小题12: | | A．losing | B．making | C．lending | D．raising |
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| 小题13: | | A．park | B．room | C．company | D．hospital |
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| 小题14: | | A．time | B．corner | C．price | D．weekend |
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| 小题16: | | A．read | B．test | C．share | D．hear |
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| 小题17: | | A．sad | B．angry | C．tired | D．glad |
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| 小题18: | | A．seldom | B．hardly | C．never | D．always |
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| 小题19: | | A．ordering | B．warning | C．telling | D．reminding |
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I felt excited, curious and nervous at the same time. I was excited because I would be skipping(跳级)two grades. I was curious because I didn"t know how high school students were taught. However, I was most nervous at the idea that I would be doing high school homework.
I had just walked into the class when the bell rang. This wasn"t a good start. But the kid in front of me looked very friendly. Luckily, since it was the first day of school, my teacher talked for about half of the period and we just had the rest of the period to start the class. I didn"t know what he was saying at first, but when I saw the problems on the paper, I knew what to do.
The next day, the kid said hi and I said hi back. We got into a conversation. It seemed that whenever I was talking to my friend, everyone stopped staring at (盯着看)me. Then the class started. It was easy. But I was still uncomfortable because I couldn"t look around without meeting others’eyes, so I just kept my eyes on the whiteboard and on my textbook.
However, my friend didn"t show up the next day, and the eighth graders just kept on staring at me. I didn"t know why.
The next day everything changed. My friend was back to school. I was praised for my homework. Everyone stared at me less. Some started to be a little friendlier towards me. I felt at home at last here. My teachers also seemed pretty nice.
小题1:If the author didn"t skip, he should study in _________ .| A．the fourth grade | B．the sixth grade | | C．the seventh grade | D．the eighth grade |
小题2:What may make the author curious?| A．What his old friends are doing. | | B．How high school students study. | | C．How he will do his high school homework. | | D．What the eighth graders" homework is. |
小题3:Why did the author always keep his eyes on the whiteboard and the textbook?| A．To pay attention to his teachers. | | B．To attract his teachers" attention. | | C．To follow his teachers" teaching. | | D．To avoid meeting others" eyes. |
小题4:According to the passage, we know that the author ___________ .| A．got along well with his new class very soon | | B．felt sorry about having skipped two grades | | C．had one friend in his class all the time | | D．got used to others" stares in the classroom |
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My friend Jessie and I have known each other since we were very young. After we both got married we seldom had time to get together I always promised myself that I would meet her whenever I was free.
Friendships get more as we get older, and when we reached our forties, we to do something to keep our strong, healthy and growing. We picked out one Saturday a month and to do something together that day. Sometimes we had a long lunch out, and other times we went to see a movie or went shopping. We also promised to have a(n) every few days. In some adventures we drove to our favorite places and a night there. Other times we just , stopping wherever we wanted.
One of our adventures us to a very small town in South Georgia. The people there were a special festival. We were to buy the handmade gifts and to eat the food. There was also a parade. Everyone in the parade and waved to us! It was so great! We had a great time that day!
is always on the menu, whether it’s a weekend trip or a couple of hours’ chat over lunch. We are so happy and have a great on each other’s lives. We share our sorrow and and we ask for and receive advice. We always laugh, too!
Don’t keep promising yourself that “someday” you’ll your friends. Do it now. Pick up your phone and make a for THIS weekend. You’ll be a happier and person for it! You need it and your friends need it, too.
| 小题1: | | A．as | B．unless | C．though | D．since |
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| 小题2: | | A．precious | B．difficult | C．boring | D．interesting |
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| 小题3: | | A．refused | B．decided | C．remembered | D．regretted |
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| 小题4: | | A．friendship | B．connection | C．marriage | D．life |
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| 小题5: | | A．paused | B．promised | C．prepared | D．pretended |
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| 小题6: | | A．revision | B．adventure | C．operation | D．appointment |
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| 小题7: | | A．consumed | B．took | C．cost | D．spent |
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| 小题8: | | A．disappeared | B．left | C．drove | D．ran |
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| 小题9: | | A．showed | B．took | C．pushed | D．forced |
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| 小题10: | | A．offering | B．enjoying | C．presenting | D．conducting |
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| 小题11: | | A．willing | B．eager | C．delighted | D．allowed |
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| 小题12: | | A．delicious | B．terrible | C．awful | D．valuable |
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| 小题13: | | A．wiped | B．stared | C．smiled | D．announced |
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| 小题14: | | A．hardly | B．nearly | C．really | D．probably |
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| 小题15: | | A．Fun | B．Mercy | C．Concern | D．Disagreement |
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| 小题16: | | A．consideration | B．influence | C．discussion | D．impression |
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| 小题17: | | A．weakness | B．benefits | C．problems | D．happiness |
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| 小题18: | | A．meet | B．impress | C．support | D．forgive |
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| 小题19: | | A．design | B．plan | C．speech | D．record |
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| 小题20: | | A．busier | B．prettier | C．healthier | D．cleaner |
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