【題目】After spending the first five years of his life in San Diego, Adam Driver's family packet up and moved to a small town in Indiana, where Adam enjoyed a relatively routine adolescence. Then the horrific events of September 11th made Adam's life become anything but routine.

Just a few months following the events, Driver decided to join the United States Marine Corps. He considered 9/11 as being one of the reasons for joining the army, with his desire to leave Indiana providing the rest. He once said,"I'm grateful for having grown up in Indiana, but I needed to go out and the Marine Corps was a nice, stable option." After serving for two and a half years, and just two months before he was sent to Iraq, Driver injured his sternum in a biking accident. After he was healed, he injured it again during military training, which resulted in an honorable medical discharge.

After leaving the military, Driver decided to try his hand at acting. At first he studied close to home at the University of Indianapolis, but after just a year, he transferred to Julliard in New York City. He lived in a tiny apartment in Hoboken, New Jersey apartment while studying drama at a prestigious performing arts conservatory（音樂(lè)學(xué)院）. Following his graduation in 2009, Driver immediately began appearing in plays, including 2010's Mrs. Warren's Profession.

Adam's first major television experience was a guest spot on Law & Order, and was soon followed by a small role in the award-winning film You Don't Know Jack, which was Driver's first experience working with Home Box Office. Then after landing his star-making role on Girls, Driver was cast in a handful of feature films, including 2011's J. Edgar and 2012's Gayby, Not Waving but Drowning and Frances Ha.

He'll appear next year in the Coen brother's Inside Llewyn Davis and Steven Spielberg's Lincoln.

【1】According to the passage one important reason why Adam Driver joined the army was that .

A. his father was an army officer

B. he wanted to become rich

C. he thought Indiana was a good place to live in

D. he didn't want to live in Indiana

【2】Adam Driver had to leave the army because .

A. he found the life there boring

B. his officer disliked him

C. his performance in the army was terrible

D. his chest was injured

【3】When did Adam Driver begin to study drama?

A. After leaving the army. B. After moving to Indiana.

C. When he was in the army. D. After his graduation.

【4】What does the underlined word "discharge" probably mean in the passage?

A. Discomfort B. Dismissal

C. Retirement D. Discouragement

【答案】

【1】D

【2】D

【3】A

【4】C

【解析】在圣地亞哥度過(guò)了最初的五年生活之后，亞當(dāng)一家搬到了印第安娜的一個(gè)小鎮(zhèn)并在那兒加入美國(guó)海軍陸戰(zhàn)隊(duì)。在服役期間亞當(dāng)在一次事故中撞傷了胸骨。他康復(fù)后，在軍事訓(xùn)練中又一次受傷因此光榮地退伍了。離開(kāi)軍隊(duì)后，他嘗試表演并在表演中取得一定的成就。

【1】D．

細(xì)解理解題。 根據(jù)第二段中的…… as being one of the reasons for joining the army, with his desire to leave Indiana providing the rest. He once said,"I'm grateful for having grown up in Indiana, but I needed to go out and the Marine Corps was a nice, stable option."可知他參軍的原因之一是他想離開(kāi)印第安娜�！�很感激在印第安娜長(zhǎng)大，但我需要出去，海軍陸戰(zhàn)隊(duì)是一個(gè)不錯(cuò)的選擇。故選D項(xiàng)。

【2】D

推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段最后兩句“After serving for two and a half years, and just two months before he was sent to Iraq, Driver injured his sternum in a biking accident. After he was healed, he injured it again during military training, which resulted in an honorable medical discharge. ”可知：在服役兩年半之后，在他被送往伊拉克前兩個(gè)月，司機(jī)在自行車事故中撞傷了胸骨。他康復(fù)后，在軍事訓(xùn)練中又一次受傷，導(dǎo)致了體面的因受傷而退伍。故選D項(xiàng)。

【3】A

細(xì)節(jié)判斷題。根據(jù)第三段中的倒數(shù)第二句“After leaving the military, Driver ……h(huán)e transferred to Julliard in New York City. He lived in a tiny apartment in Hoboken, New Jersey apartment while studying drama at a prestigious performing arts conservatory”.可知離開(kāi)軍隊(duì)后，亞當(dāng)決定嘗試表演。先在離家很近的印第安納波利斯大學(xué)學(xué)習(xí)，但僅僅一年之后，轉(zhuǎn)學(xué)去了紐約。他住在霍博肯，新澤西的一所小公寓里時(shí)在一個(gè)著名的表演藝術(shù)學(xué)院學(xué)習(xí)戲劇。故選A項(xiàng)。

【4】C

詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)第二段最后一句“After he was healed, he injured it again during military training, which resulted in an honorable medical discharge. ”再次受傷讓他光榮退伍。和第三段第一句“After leaving the military,……. ”離開(kāi)軍隊(duì)后…… 可猜測(cè)出是退伍(retirement)，故選C項(xiàng)。

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