阅读短文，掌握其大意，然后从每小题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

A writer told a story about an eraser many times in different places:

It was at a book fair years ago. I was invited as a special ____11____ to introduce my new book. The book fair was ____12____ by the local government. Quite a few famous writers came to attend. They ____13____ great success in their fields. Lots of readers also came to see their ____14____ writers.

During this period, two lovely girls rushed to me and wanted my autograph (亲笔签名), smiling ____15____.

“I haven’t brought my pen. Is a pencil OK?” I asked politely. In fact, I knew they wouldn’t ____16____. I just wanted to show a well-known writer’s good manners to young readers.

“Sure,” the young girls happily ____17____. I could see they were very ____18____. Of course, their excitement also made me feel prouder. One of the girls ____19____ her beautiful notebook to me. I took out my pencil, wrote a few ____20____ of encouragement, and wrote down my name. The girl read my name carefully. Then she stared at me for a while. ____21____, she asked, “Aren’t you Robert Charboss?”

“No,” I told her proudly, “I’m the writer of Alice Adams and I’ve won two important ____22____ for writing.”

The young girl turned to the other one, shook her head and said, “Mary, lend your ____23____ to me. He is not the right person whom I want an autograph from.” At that moment, I felt my face go red. My ____24____ was all gone.

Now, I always ____25____ myself: no matter how excellent you are, don’t think highly of yourself.

1.11.

A cook

B guest

C student

D nurse

解析：选B。名词词义辨析。固定搭配as a special guest作为特邀嘉宾。作家被邀请参加书展，身份是活动嘉宾。A.cook 厨师；C.student 学生；D.nurse 护士。这三个职业和书展、作家的场景完全无关，直接排除。

2.12.

A heard

B taken

C held

D found

解析：选C。动词词义辨析（被动语态）。本句是被动语态：The book fair was held by…书展被当地政府举办。hold 动词，含义 “举办（活动）”，过去分词 held。hold a book fair举办书展是中考高频固定搭配。❌A.heard 听见；B.taken 拿，带走；D.found 发现。代入句子语义不通。

3.13.

A imagined

B collected

C decided

D achieved

解析：选D。动词词义辨析。固定短语achieve great success取得巨大成就。句意：这些知名作家，都在自己的领域取得巨大成功。❌A.imagined 想象；B.collected 收集；C.decided 决定。想象、收集、决定不能和 success（成就）搭配。

4.14.

A favorite

B similar

C brave

D shy

解析：选A。形容词词义辨析。语境：读者来到书展，是为了看自己最喜欢的作家。favorite writers喜爱的作家。❌B.similar 相似的；C.brave 勇敢的；D.shy 害羞的。文中没有描写作家相似、勇敢、害羞，逻辑不匹配。

5.15.

A coldly

B warmly

C strangely

D sadly

解析：选B。副词词义辨析（副词修饰动词）。空格修饰动词 smiling（微笑）。女孩主动冲过来要签名，情绪是积极热情。❌A.coldly 冷漠地；C.strangely 奇怪地；D.sadly 悲伤地。均是消极情绪，和女孩想要签名的开心状态矛盾。

6.16.

A report

B realize

C refuse

D remember

解析：选C。动词词义辨析。句意：作家问能不能用铅笔签名，内心笃定女孩想要签名，不会拒绝这个请求。❌A.report 报道；B.realize 意识到；D.remember 记得。易错提醒：不要误选 realize；这里表达 “不会拒绝我的提议”，语义才通顺。

7.17.

A guessed

B nodded

C counted

D practiced

解析：选B。动词词义辨析。女孩回答 “Sure（当然可以）”，是同意作家的提议，所以开心地点头。❌A.guessed 猜测；C.counted 数数；D.practiced 练习。猜测、数数、练习，和对话答复的场景无关。

8.18.

A excited

B bored

C quiet

D sorry

解析：选A。形容词词义辨析（词汇复现）。后文原句their excitement also made me feel prouder出现名词 excitement（兴奋），是 excited 的名词形式。女孩得到签名机会，内心十分兴奋。❌B.bored 无聊的；C.quiet 安静的；D.sorry 抱歉的。均不符合此时女孩的心情。

9.19.

A posted

B handed

C promised

D glued

解析：选B。动词词义辨析。固定搭配hand sth. to sb.把某物递给某人。要签名，就要把笔记本递到作家手里。❌A.posted 邮寄；C.promised 承诺；D.glued 粘贴。邮寄、承诺、粘贴都不符合现场动作。

10.20.

A words

B songs

C numbers

D articles

解析：选A。名词词义辨析。a few words of encouragement几句鼓励的话，完形高频短语。作家签名时写下简短鼓励的文字，再签名字。❌B.songs 歌曲；C.numbers 数字；D.articles 文章。现场不可能写歌曲、一堆数字、完整文章。

11.21.

A Usually

B Finally

C Recently

D Certainly

解析：选B。副词词义辨析（动作顺序） 动作流程：看签名→盯着作家看一会儿→最后开口提问。finally 用来描述一连串动作之后，最终发生的行为。❌A.Usually 通常（表习惯）；C.Recently 最近（表时间）；D.Certainly 当然（表语气），不能体现动作先后顺序。

12.22.

A points

B programs

C pictures

D prizes

解析：选D。名词词义辨析。固定搭配win prizes获奖。作家想要证明自己，说自己拿过两项写作大奖。❌A.points 分数；B.programs 节目；C.pictures 图片。分数、节目、图片不能用来体现作家的写作成就。

13.23.

A pencil

B eraser

C pen

D notebook

解析：选B。名词词义辨析（全文伏笔线索）。文章开篇第一句就点出关键词 eraser 橡皮。女孩发现签错人，铅笔写的签名，需要橡皮擦掉。❌A.pencil 铅笔；C.pen 钢笔；D.notebook 笔记本。已经写完签名，不需要笔和本子，需要橡皮消除字迹。⚠本题最大坑点：一定要读懂情节转折，不要脱离故事选铅笔。

14.24.

A luck

B worry

C pride

D fear

解析：选C。名词词义辨析（词形转换复现）。前文多次写作家感到proud（形容词，骄傲的）。女孩要擦掉签名，作家十分难堪，他的骄傲（pride 名词）全部消失。proud ↔ pride 形容词名词变形。❌A.luck 运气；B.worry 担忧；D.fear 恐惧。运气、担忧、恐惧，都不是作家此刻失去的东西。

15.25.

A warn

B help

C relax

D cut

解析：选A。动词词义辨析。warn oneself告诫自己。经历这件尴尬事后，作家常常告诫自己不要高估自我。❌B.help 帮助；C.relax 放松；D.cut 切割。帮助、放松、切割代入句意完全不通。