3-Friday 作家 216词

题材： 作家　 词数： 216　 建议阅读时间： 4.5分钟

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People like artists and writers usually work on their own，with no one else around．Most of my friends all work 　1　 other people in shops and so on，and they tell me that they would never get things done if they worked alone．I'm not 　2　 that all artists and writers do，either．

I was born in a small village in the country where everyone knew 　3　 else：that is，they knew everyone except a writer who 　4　 himself to himself．By the time I was 　5　 enough to learn people's names，he had been living in the village for at least twenty years，but the villagers still regarded him as a 　6　 ！

Every morning he would walk down to the local shops to do his 　7　 ，and although he had to greet everyone he met，only two or three would 　8　 his greeting．Just occasionally，someone would ask him 　9　 he was doing，and every time his answer would be the same：“I'm still writing the book.”And that was all we 　10　 learned about him．

Because no one had ever visited his house，I 　11　 once walking up to the house with three or four other boys to see 　12　 we could see what he did．We climbed up to the 　13　 and looked in，expecting to see our writer typing 　14　 his desk．Instead，he was sitting in an armchair 　15　 a book.

生词

keep oneself to oneself 　不与人来往，离群索居：She seems to be a very nice girl though nobody really knows much about her because she keeps herself very much to herself．尽管她与人没有什么来往，没人对她真正了解，可她看上去像是个非常好的姑娘。

occasionally　adv． 偶尔：We go to the theatre only very occasionally．我们只是偶尔去看看戏。

armchair　n． 扶手椅

1．A．without B．around C．with D．for

2．A．sure B．afraid C．glad D．sorry

3．A．someone B．no one C．one D．everyone

4．A．talked B．kept C．taught D．paid

5．A．young B．old C．tall D．strong

6．A．stranger B．writer C．friend D．fool

7．A．washing B．cooking C．shopping D．typing

8．A．hear B．like C．return D．hate

9．A．what B．how C．why D．where

10．A．always B．still C．hardly D．ever

11．A．finish B．enjoy C．remember D．plan

12．A．that B．if C．when D．whom

13．A．chimneys B．doors C．windows D．walls

14．A．off B．on C．in D．at

15．A．reading B．writing C．copying D．selling

参考译文

像艺术家和作家这样的人通常都是独自工作，没有别人在身边。而我的大多数朋友都是在商店之类的地方和别人一起工作，他们告诉我，如果一个人干，他们将什么也弄不成。我也不相信所有的艺术家和作家都能独立完成工作。

我出生在乡下的一个小村子里，那里的每个人都互相认识：也就是说，除了一个把自己封闭起来的作家外，其他人他们都认识。到我长大到能够记住别人名字的时候，他已经在村子里生活了至少20年，而村民还把他看做陌生人！每天早上，他都会走到当地的商店里买东西，尽管他不得不向碰到的每个人打招呼，但只有两三个人搭理他。只是在偶然的情况下，才有人问他做什么工作，而每次他的回答都一样：“我还在写书。”那就是我们对他的全部了解。

因为没有人去过他家，所以有一次，我和三四个男孩去他家，想看看他在干什么。我们爬上窗户向里张望，希望看见我们的作家坐在桌旁打字。而实际情况是，他正坐在扶手椅上看书。

参考答案

Friday 1．C　2．A　3．D　4．B　5．B　6．A　7．C　8．C　9．A　10．D　11．C　12．B　13．C　14．D　15．A