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I started reading Shakespeare when I was nine, after my grandfather, an actor, sent me a copy of Romeo and Juliet. The story and the language attracted me. I found out about Shakespeare Globe Centre New Zealand (SGCNZ)and started volunteering for them when I was about 10. When I was 13, I managed to run a film project with SGCNZ.
I'm home-educated and a part-time correspondence student(函授生)as well. We have a drama group made up of quite a few people who are also home-educated .I've also joined Wellington Young Actors,a youth theatre company. There are many similarities and differences between being home-educated and attending a five-day programme. I love hearing other students' reactions when meeting them and share my different ways of experiencing the world with them. While explaining the way I learn can be a challenge, I love helping people to understand there isn't just one way of learning.
Being home-educated has offered me the freedom to have an individualized education and to pursue my passions. My education has always been about making those focuses but I do lots of the same things as people who attend five-day programs do. Shakespeare is a great approach to lots of things around English,history and the arts. I think something you learn when you perform is connection. You have to have a connection with your fellow actors, with the audience and with Shakespeare. I learn this from actually being on stage and from taking part in different Shakespeare festival programs.
I believe it's the emotion in Shakespeare that makes it relevant today. You can be reading something that was written 400 years ago and be able to see parts of your life in the work as it shows you how to understand the world and explore a lot of different ideas.
21. What can“a five-day program”be?
A. A film project. B. A reading activity.
C. School education. D. Stage performance.
22. Why does the author choose home education?
A. To be different from others. B. To better focus on his passions.
C. To enjoy more personal freedom. D. To improve his academic performance.
23. What do we know about the author?
A. A famous young actor. B. A loyal program volunteer.
C. a home education writer. D. A devoted Shakespeare-lover.
【答案】21. C 22. B 23. D
【解析】
【分析】
这是一篇记叙文。作者从九岁开始阅读莎士比亚，成为莎士比亚的忠实热爱者。为了追求自己的爱好，作者在家里接受教育。作者介绍了莎士比亚对自己的影响。
【21题详解】
词义猜测题。根据画线部分后面的“I love hearing other students' reactions when meeting them and share my different ways of experiencing the world with them”可知，当作者和其他学生分享自己不同的体验世界的方式时，作者很喜欢听见他们的反应。由此可知，这些学生的对世界的体验方式和作者的方式是不同的。根据第二段第一句可知，作者没有进行正规的学校教育。他在家里接受教育，同时还接受函授教育。那么，和作者的教育经历相反的当然是正规的学校教育。因此，该画线部分应该指“学校教育”。C选项正确。
【22题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段中的“Being home-educated has offered me the freedom to have an individualized education and to pursue my passions”可知，作者之所以在家里接受教育是因为这种教育方式为他提供了自由，让他可以追求自己的爱好。故B选项正确。
【23题详解】
推理判断题。第一段提到，作者从九岁起就阅读莎士比亚的作品。倒数第二段的最后一句中提到：作者参加了很多不同的莎士比亚节的活动（taking part in different Shakespeare festival programs）。最后一段介绍了作者对莎士比亚作品的感悟。由此可知，作者是个忠实的莎士比亚爱好者。故D选项正确。
【点睛】依据反义词和对比关系猜测词义：
运用对比手法描述事物或现象是文章写作的一种常用的修辞手法。在这种修辞手段下，作者常借用一些信号词来提供相反信息，从而表明一个词与前面的另一个词互为反义。常用的信号词有： but/yet/however/nevertheless; while/whereas; otherwise/or else; unlike/instead/ rather than; by contrast/compared to; on the contrary/ on the other hand 等。例如在第一小题中，作者在家里接受教育，他的教育方式和正规的学校教育是对立的。因此在该语境中，作者将自己所受的教育和学校教育作比较。考生可以根据这种对比，得出答案。
