浙江省瓯海区三溪中学高三英语一轮复习《Unit 5 Nelson Mandela-a modern hero》练习题（人教版必修1）.docVIP

Unit 5　Nelson Mandela—a modern hero Ⅰ. 完形填空 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～15各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 Some plays achieve so much success that they run for years on end.In many ways，this is __1__for the poor actors who are required to go on repeating the same __2__night after night.One would __3__them to know their parts by heart and never have cause to falter(结巴)．Yet the thing is not always the case. A famous actor in a __4__successful play was once cast in the role of an aristocrat(贵族)who had been imprisoned in Bastille for twenty years.In the last act，a gaoler(监狱长，看守)would always come on to the stage with a letter which he could hand to the prisoner.Even though the noble was expected to read the letter at each __5__，he always insisted that it should be written out in full. One night，the gaoler decided to play a joke on his colleague to find out if，after so many performances，he had managed to learn the __6__of the letter by heart.The curtain went up on the final act of the play and revealed the aristocrat sitting alone behind bars in his dark cell.Just then，the gaoler __7__with the precious letter in his hands.He entered the __8__and presented the letter to the aristocrat.But the copy he gave him had not been written out in __9__as usual.It was simply a blank sheet of paper.The gaoler looked on eagerly，__10__to see if his fellow actor had at last learnt his lines.The noble stared at the blank sheet of paper for a few seconds.Then，squinting(眯着眼看)his eyes，he said，“The light is __11__.Read the letter to me.”And he promptly handed the sheet of paper to the gaoler.__12__that he could not remember a word of the letter either，the gaoler replied，“The light is indeed dim，sir.I must get my __13__.”With this，he hurried off the stage.Much to the aristocrat’s __14__，the gaoler returned a few moments later with a pair of glasses and the __15__copy of the letter which he proceeded to read to the prisoner. 【解题导语】 如演员记不住台词时而被同事考验时该怎么办？本文就讲了一个演狱卒和一个演贵族囚犯演员的故事。 1．A.fortunate B．unfortunate C．