2015高一英语练习卷.docVIP

练习六 二． 阅读 （每题2分 共24分） A Joan Rivers was determined to become a successful comedian. “As far as I can remember,’ she said, ‘ I wanted a career in show business. And, as far back as I can remember people were telling me ‘no’. She was living in a dirty cheap hotel and had been turned down by every talent agent in New York, at this time she got her first job in 1958. How exciting! Maybe this was her big break. But after she acted that first night the manager called her over, saying “You’re fired.” “ I was completely diasappointed,’ she sighed(叹息道) “Fired! Fired from my first job! I went to my hotel room helplessly, I really couldn’t help crying.” Soon she was booked again and fired from her second job. “ There’s just no work,’ all the agents would say, shaking their heads, or worse yet, ‘ you’re too old. If you were going to make it, you would have made it by now.’ Even her mother told her, “You have no gift. You’re throwing your life away’, while her father threatened to send her to a mental hospital(精神病院)。 “I had no money. My office was a phone booth(电话亭) in Grand Central Station. I lived out with one small suitcase and slept in my car,’ said Joan Rivers, the famous comedianm author, mother and businesswoman. She is also best known for her Emmy Award-winning televison talk show and many other outstanding successes. What does Joan have to say about all those difficult pre-success days? “All in all, not an easy time,. It did, however, serve to shape the determination and an inner (内在的) strength that I have called on in my life many times since. And Joan’s final words were “ Never stop believing! Never give up! Never quit! Never!” 56. In paragraph 3, Joan Rivers couldn’t help crying because __________. A. She was not a comedian B. she lived a poor life C. she lost her first job D. she had no money 57. The undelined sentence in the fourth paragraph means that __________ A. Joan