Question

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.

1.A. beside                 B. behind                    C. outside          D. after

2.A. share                   B. know                       C. follow                      D. find

3.A. direct                            B. special                     C. wide                        D. correct

4.A. engineering        B. communication     C. literature                D. theatre

5.A. graduation          B. performance         C. production            D. education

6.A. move                   B. role                          C. decision                  D. movie

7.A. strange                B. outstanding            C. different                 D. successful

8.A. mixture               B. result                       C. mystery                   D. representative

9.A. each                     B. either                      C. another                   D. every

10.A. Moreover                  B. Therefore               C. Instead           D. Finally

11.A. film                    B. actor                        C. drama                      D. director

12.A. denied                        B. made                       C. recorded                D. remembered

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.B

6.A

7.C

8.A

9.B

10.C

11.B

12.D

【解析】

試題分析： 本文敘述了扮演《越獄》的男主角Michael Scofield的演員Wentworth Miller的家庭背景以及他不同于他人的成名之路，。

1.B 介詞辨析。A在…旁邊B在…后面C在..外面D在…之后；句意：在Michael Scofield背后的那個人怎么樣？也就是詢問扮演Michael Scofield的演員的情況。

2.C 動詞辨析。A分享B知道C跟隨，采納D發現；根據詢問可知Wentworth Miller并沒有走和其他演員一樣的道路，他是一名英語系的畢業生，成名指路完全不一樣。故C正確。

3.A 形容詞辨析。A直接的B特別的C寬闊的D正確的；根據本文描述可知Wentworth Miller并不是直接去表演的，而是走了一條迂回的道路，他是英語專業，后來學了表演，所以說他不是直接去表演的。

4.D 上下文串聯。根據橫線后面的film可知所填之詞應該是和film表示類似的意思的詞，故theatre是正確的。都是指影視專業。

5.B 名詞辨析。A畢業B表演C生產D教育；他唯一的表演經歷只是在自己的樂隊里表演過。

6.A 名詞辨析。A移動，轉變B作用C決定D電影；Wentworth Miller在大學里幾乎沒有表演的經歷，但是在畢業以后他卻想要轉變為表演專業。故A正確。

7.C 形容詞辨析。A奇怪的B杰出的C不同的D成功的；根據下文描述，他的生活和個人出生都不同于別人，包括他的成名之路也與別人完全不同。故C正確。

8.A 名詞辨析。A混合物B結果C謎D代表；他的家庭背景是多種文化的混合物。父親是黑人，媽媽是白人。他可能是這兩種文化中的任意一種。

9.B 語法分析。Either指兩者中的某一個；上文提及爸爸媽媽的兩種種族，他可能是其中的一個。Each指二者或者三者以上的任何一個；every每一個；another另外一個。

10..C 副詞辨析。A而且B因此C代替，而不是D最后；當他開始來到好萊塢的時候，并沒有去主演電影，而是選擇做了制片人助手。以這樣的身份熟悉與電影有關的事情。

11.B 名詞辨析。A電影B演員C戲劇D導演；作為制片人助手，他學習了很多關于如何做一名好的演員的事情。后來他也的確成為了一名優秀的演員。這樣的經歷很有幫助。

12.D 動詞辨析。A否認B生產C記錄D記得；當兩年已經導演要拍攝《越獄》的時候，導演記起來他的表演，最終選擇了他來做男主角。

考點：考察人物傳記類短文