（一）

American actor Johnny Depp can best be describ

ed as unconventional. From his early life, his path into acting and even in his choice of movie roles，we can see that Depp has seldom taken the easy road. His willingness to take risks and do the unexpected has made Depp one of the few Hollywood actors able to achieve huge commercial success while maintaining his artistic reputation.

Born in 1963，Depp was somewhat troublesome as a youth,

.occasionally turning to petty-crime and drugs. When his parents divorced in 1978，Depp dropped out of school aga inst his mother’s wishes and started a music band called the Kids. Although the band achieved some success, they were seldom able to make ends meet， with Depp often unable to pay his rent, sleeping rough on friends’ s ofas and even in his car. In 1983，the ever-optimistic Depp and his new wife, Lori Anderson, moved to Hollywood California to further Depp’s musical career. But life there continued to be a struggle and Depp was forced to take a job selling pens door to door to support his new family. His luck changed when Lori’s ex-boyfriend, the famous actor Nicholas Cage, impressed by Depp’s good looks and intelligence, suggested he become an actor and helped him get a small part in a movie. Several other minor movie roles — and a divorce from Lori — followed，before Depp got his big break three years later. He landed the leading role in the television series 21 Jump Street，playing a youthful undercover police o fficer. The hugely popular show turned Depp into a teenage heartthrob overnight. He appeared on the cover of countless magazines and was much sought after by movie producers, eager to exploit his popularity with teenage girls. But Depp left 21 Jump Street after three years, when it was at the height of its popularity, later admitting that he hated the show’s unoriginal storylines and his “pretty boy” character. In the decade that followed, Depp rejected repeated offers of “pretty boy” roles in big-budget Hollywood films. Instead he established himself as a serious, somewhat dark, peculiar performer, consistently selecting roles in smaller, inde

pendent films that surprise critics and audiences alike Even i

n the movie that made Depp an international superstar, The Pirates of the Caribbean (2003 )，he was barely recognizable as Captain Jack Sparrow, the British，long-haired golden-toothed pirate. This and subsequent hit movies have placed Depp at the very top of the commercial film industry ( with a pay-check of $20 million for each such movie) but he still continues to make the smaller, stranger films for which he is so greatly admired. 41.As a youth, Depp could be described as a _____.

A. serious criminal B. trouble maker

C. drug addict D. successful musician

【答案】B

【解析】细节理解题。第二段“Depp was somewhat troublesome as a youth, occasionally turning to petty-crime and drugs.“ Depp 作为一个青年有点麻烦， 偶尔还会犯点小罪和吸毒。这说明他是一个惹事生非的人。故选B。

42. The underlined expression “make ends meet” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to 。

A. get together after a show B. meet their audience

C. play to the end D. earn en ough to live

【答案】D

【解析】词义猜测题。后半句“with Depp often unable to pay his rent, sleeping rough on friends’ sofas and even in his car.” “Depp 经常不能付租金，睡在朋友的沙发上甚至是车里。”说明他们经常入不敷出， 也就是很少能收支相抵。即挣不到足够的钱来生活。故选D。

43. In which order did the following events take place in Depp’s life?

a. met Nicholas Cage

b. started a band called the Kids

c. played a British pirate

d. sold pens door to door

e. got married to Lori Anderson f. starred in a TV show

A. d, b, e, a，c, f B. b，e，d，a，f，c

C. a, b, f，c, d, e D. e，d, a，c，f, b

【答案】B

【解析】细节理解题。这几个事件最先出现的是第二段的“started a music band called the Kids.”他开创了这个乐队。故选B。

44. Why did Depp leave the TV show 21 Jump Street ?

A. The show was no longer popular.

B. He wanted to perform in movies.

C. He thought the show was terrible.

D. He rejected planned changes to his role.

【答案】C

【解析】细节理解题。第四段“later admitting that he hated the show’s unoriginal storylines and his “pretty boy” character.” “后来确认，他讨厌这个节目模仿的故事情节和他漂亮男孩的角色。”可以看出，他离开21 Jump Street，是因为他认为这个节目很糟糕。故选C。

45.Depp’s choice of movie roles throughout most of his career suggests that _____.

A. he valued interesting work over money

B. he believed he couldn’t play αpretty boy” roles well

C. he was very popular with Hollywood movie producers

D. he was more interested in shocking audiences than entertaining

【答案】A

【解析】推理判断题。文章最后一句话，尽管Depp位于商业电影的顶端，但他任然继续制作那种他所倾慕的更小，更陌生的电影。可见与钱相比，Depp更注重对工作的兴趣。故选A。

（二）

Six years ago, I walked into a local animal shelter on a cold, rainy day. Although my house was already full of cats and dogs, I still couldn’t resist an occasional visit to the shelter. This time as I was walking down the row of pens full of barking dogs I noticed a small boy looking into one of them.

He had a malnourished(营养不良的) look ing body and a bony face with a big nose sticking out of the middle of it. He was looking at a small, golden dog. Its bony ribs were showing and its thin tail was folded between its legs. It wasn’t begging for attention like the other puppies but was hiding in the corner instead. The boy looked up at me with sad eyes and asked what was wrong with it. “It was probably abused and abandoned”, I said. “That is why it is so scared.” The boy immediately turned to an older lady and said, “Grandma, I want this one.” The old woman smiled and walked to the front desk to fill out the adoption forms. I followed and asked about the boy. I found out that he’d had a rough start in life too. She had just gotten custody(监护权) of him after the state had taken him from his parents. She had hoped getting a dog would make it easier on him. I looked back at him, holding his scared puppy, and said a prayer for them both. It was yesterday. I was driving down the road enjoying a gloriously sunny, spring day. Then in a green front yard I saw the boy. His teenage body was tall and strong. His nose no longer seemed big but fit well into his smiling face. He was throwing a ball to a healthy, happy dog with shining golden hair. His little act of love and kindness had indeed gone a long way. It had saved a dog’s life, healed his own heart, and given this middle -aged man fresh hope for us all.

1. The author entered the animal shelter because ____________ .

A. he loves dogs and pets

B. it was too cold outside

C. he wanted to buy a dog

D. he wanted to see the boy

【答案】A

【解析】细节理解题。根据Although my house was already full of cats and dogs, I still couldn’t resist an occasional visit to the shelter.因为他家已经有许多狗了，他因为喜欢去看狗和宠物，故选A。

2. The reas on why the dog was so scared is that _______ .

A. it was afraid of the cold

B. it had been ill-treated

C. it was frightened by the boy

D. it was frightened by the author

【答案】B

【解析】细节理解题。根据It was probably abused and abandoned它被虐待，所以看起来很害怕的样子，故选B。

3 . Why did the boy want to adopt the golden dog?

A. Because the dog looked attractive.

B. Because his grandma also liked the dog.

C. Because they had something in common.

D. Because the author advised him to adopt it.

【答案】C

【解析】细节理解题。根据I found out that he’d had a rough start in life too因为小男孩和这只小狗有共同之处，故选C。

4.The Grandma wanted the boy to adopt a dog so that ___________ .

A. his life could be easier

B. he could play balls with it[来源:Zxxk.Com]

C. he could forget about his parents

D. the dog could be taken good care of

【答案】A

【解析】细节理解题。根据She had hoped getting a dog would make it easier on him.她让小男孩领养一只狗以便让他的生活过得更加轻松，故选A 。

5. What can we learn from the last paragraph ?

A. The author is a ki nd-hearted old man.

B. The boy’s nose has become smaller than before.

C. The author enjoys watching people playing with dogs.

D. Both the boy and the dog are growing healthily and happily.

【答案】D

【解析】细节理解题。根据It had saved a dog’s life, healed his own heart,小狗和小男孩都幸福滴健康地成长，故选D。