(二)A Lucky Break
Actor Antonio Banderas is used to breaking bones, and it always seems to happen when he's 1 sport. In the film Play It to the Bone he 2 the part of a middleweight boxer alongside Woody Harrelson. 3 the making of the film Harrelson 4 complaining that the fight 5 weren't very convincing, so one day he suggested that he and Banderas should have a fight for real. The Spanish actor wasn't 6 on the idea at first, but he was 7 persuaded by his co-star to put on his gloves and climb into the boxing ring. However, when he realized how seriously his 8 was taking it all, he began to regret his decision to fight. And then in the third round, Harrelson hit Banderas 9 hard in the face that he actually broke his nose. His wife, actress Melanie Griffith, was furious that he had been playing "silly macho games". "She was right," confesses Banderas, "and I was a fool to 10 a risk like that in the middle of a movie."
He was 11 of the time he broke his leg during a football match in his native Malaga. He had always 12 of becoming a soccer star, of performing in front of a big crowd, but doctors told him his playing days were probably over. "That's when I decided to take 13 acting; I saw it as 14 way of performing, and achieving recognition. What happened to me on that football 15 was, you might say, my first lucky break."
練習(xí):
1. A) practising B) making C) doing D) losing
2. A) plays B) does C) gives D) fights
3. A) When B) As C) While D) During
4. A) kept B) continued C) carried D) insisted
5. A) actions B) matches C) scenes D) stages
6. A) interested B) keen C) enthusiastic D) happy
7. A) lastly B) eventually C) at the end D) after
8. A) competitor B) contender C) opponent D) participant
9. A) very B) more C) such D) so
10. A) take B) make C) have D) get
11. A) remembered B) reminded C) recorded D) replayed
12. A) hoped B) pretended C) dreamed D) looked forward
13. A) up B) on C) to D) over
14. A) further B) additional C) different D) another
15. A) match B) pitch C) court D) course
答案與題解:
1. C 根據(jù)句意,每次骨折似乎總是發(fā)生在做運動時,應(yīng)當(dāng)選用動詞 do 0 practise 表示“練習(xí)”, 后面應(yīng)跟某一項具體的訓(xùn)練,而不是 sport,所以正確答案為 C。
2. A play the part of ...為固定搭配,意為“扮演一個......的角色”,其他三項均不合適。
3. D 聯(lián)系上下文,根據(jù)句意,在影片制作過程中,所以應(yīng)當(dāng)用 during。
4. A 根據(jù)句意,Harrelson 在影片制作過程中不斷地抱怨,而且后面的動詞complain 用的是ing 形式,因此動詞 keep“連續(xù),不斷”最為恰當(dāng)。continue 后加動詞 ing 形式一般表示在停頓后重新開始、繼續(xù),carry 一般后面跟介詞on ,表示“進行某項事務(wù)”,insist 表示“堅決主張”,不合句意,所以選 A。
5. C 聯(lián)系上下文,因為是影片中的打斗場景,所以這里 scene 是正確答案。
6. B be keen on 為固定搭配,表示“對……感興趣,對......熱衷”,interest 后面配介詞 in ,enthusiastic 后面配介詞 of。
7. B 聯(lián)系上下文,作者要表達的是最終他還是被他的搭檔說服了,副詞eventually 放在動詞 persuade 之前,lastly 表示“最后一點,最后”,“at the end”一般放在段落的最后,表示最后怎么樣。
8. C 根據(jù)句意,"當(dāng)他意識到……是全心全意投人進來時,他開始后悔自己要打斗的決定",顯然是對手非常認真的對待這場打斗,所以 opponent 是正確答案。
9. D so... that ...固定搭配,太……以至于,根據(jù)句意,“Harrelson 如此狠地打在 Banderas 的臉上,以至于居然打破了 Banderas 的鼻子”,其他選項都不適合。
10. A 固定搭配 take a risk ,表示“冒險”。
11. B 聯(lián)系上下文,根據(jù)句意,"他記起在他的故鄉(xiāng)馬拉加進行的一場足球比賽",是因為鼻子骨折這件事促使他想起了故鄉(xiāng)的那次比賽,remind 表示“提醒”,符合句意。remember 表示“自然想起,記起”不合句意。
12. C 根據(jù)句意和后面的介詞of ,顯然,“他一直夢想成為一個足球明星”,dream 是正確答案。 pretend 表示“假裝”,后面眼介詞 to,不合句意;look forward 表示叫“向往”,后面跟介詞1 0 ,不合句意。
13. A 固定搭配 take up sth. ,表示“開始從事某事”,根據(jù)句意,作者要表達的是“我決定開始演戲”,因此 up 是正確答案。
14. D 聯(lián)系上下文,作者顯然把它看成是另外一種比賽,所以只有 another 符合句意。
15. B 詞組 football pitch,表示"足球場"。前面由介詞 on 引導(dǎo),后面一定是場地,也就是足球場,而不是 match“比賽”。court 表示“網(wǎng)球場”,course 表示“跑道”,均不符合句意。