人教高一英语必修1同步精练Unit5NelsonMandela-amodernhero.pdf

人教高一英语必修 1 同步精练 Unit 5 Nelson Mandela-a modern hero 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