中考英语真题阅读（11）
中考英语真题阅读（11）
Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover

Ever since I was a little girl, I’ve loved reading crime and detective(侦探) novels, so I guess it was pretty normal that I started writing them when I was older. However, my family is very big on having a traditional career(职业) and so when I said that I wanted to go to college and study writing, my parents told me that I couldn’t. They told me that I had to study for a degree so that I would achieve a career, and not something as risky as writing. I suppose I could have studied journalism(新闻), but I didn’t want to lose interest in writing because it would be something I would do every day for work, not for pleasure. I thought that teaching looked like a pretty good compromise(妥协 ) , especially because of the long holidays. It was a good choice: by the time I was twenty-five, I’d already finished two novels and had an agent. 
To be honest, I never meant to keep my being a crime writer a secret or anything, and my friends have always known. One of the reasons most people don’t know is because my agent told me that my name Hazel sounded too much like a romance(浪漫) novelist for older women. She suggested Brooke Lane and I thought, “Well, if you think it’ll make me successful, okay.” I’d totally forgotten about it until I walked into school one day and saw one of my workmates reading my novel. I asked her some questions about it, and it was so clear that she had no idea that I’d written it—she even offered to lend it to me after she’d finished! Of course, sometimes I wonder what my students would think if they knew that their teacher was going home on the weekend to write about murders and dead bodies, but I think my parents probably did me a favor: my teaching job keeps me in touch with the real world.

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1.Hazel is probably _______.

A an agent

B a journalist

C a teacher and artist

D a teacher and writer

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据第一段I thought that teaching looked like a pretty good compromise(妥协) , especially because of the long holidays以及I’d already finished two novels.可知，Hazel既是一名教师又是一名作家，故选D。

2.The underlined words “is very big on ” in the passage most probably mean _______.

A to give no advice

B to like something very much

C to have more experiences

D to misunderstand something

解析：选B。词义猜测题。根据They told me that I had to study for a degree so that I would achieve a career. However, my family is very big on having a traditional career(职业) and so when I said that I wanted to go to college and study writing, my parents told me that I couldn’t.可知，“他们告诉我，我必须为了学位而学习，这样我才能成就事业，我小的时候喜欢看犯罪和侦探小说，我长大后想当作家，但是我的家人想让我从事传统的职业，所以当我告诉他们我的志向时，他们不同意我这么做。”所以is very big on指的是“非常喜欢某事”，故选B。

3.It’s clear that Hazel _______.

A agreed to study journalism for a degree

B accepted Brooke Lane as her pen name

C would like to write something for teaching

D told her workmates about her writing novels

解析：选B。推理判断题。根据I suppose I could have studied journalism(新闻), but I didn’t want to lose interest in writing because it would be something I would do every day for work, not for pleasure可知，作者认为学习新闻学后，每天都要工作，没有乐趣，所以不想学新闻，排除A；根据Of course, sometimes I wonder what my students would think if they knew that their teacher was going home on the weekend to write about murders and dead bodies可知，她写的是谋杀和尸体，所以可推断出她不想写与教学有关的内容，排除C；根据I’d totally forgotten about it until I walked into school one day and saw one of my workmates reading my novel. I asked her some questions about it, and it was so clear that she had no idea that I’d written it—she even offered to lend it to me after she’d finished可知，同事提出来，当她读完这本小说后要将这本书借给她看，所以推断出她没有告诉同事她在写小说，排除D；根据She suggested Brooke Lane and I thought, “Well, if you think it’ll make me successful, okay.”可知，她接受了布鲁克莱恩这个笔名，故选B。

4.Hazel finally realized that her parents’ advice on her career was _______.

A helpful

B exciting

C disappointing

D risky

解析：选A。细节理解题。根据but I think my parents probably did me a favor: my teaching job keeps me in touch with the real world可知，她认为她的父母帮了他一个忙，所以她的父母对她的职业生涯是有帮助的，故选A。

5.We can infer from the passage that _______.

A Hazel likes showing off in public

B Hazel’s students all want to write novels

C Hazel’s agent has played a role in her success

D older women prefer the name Brooke to Hazel

解析：选C。推理判断题。根据She suggested Brooke Lane and I thought, “Well, if you think it’ll make me successful, okay,”以及全文可知，作者的经纪人让其改名字，后来获得了很大的成功，所以她的经纪人在她成功的事业上起着重大的作用，故选C。