《2026年水木金卷高考模拟试卷精编英语》

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It’s certainly exciting to think about all the different options that could be explored in a story. But where to begin? Follow this step-by-step guide and writing tips to polish your creative writing skills.
Step 1: Determine Your Setting
Location is a very useful tool in novel-building. You should treat it as you would treat a character, allowing it to convey mood and letting it reveal more of itself over time. By selecting locations that excite you, you can transform relatively dull(乏味的) scenes into more attractive ones. Location can also provide the inspiration for scenes and can even shape the course of your story.
All the research you conducted in the first phase of writing will come in handy during your first draft, when you find yourself needing to describe a particular street, park, or other scene set somewhere previously unfamiliar to you.
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Step 2: Make Memorable Characters
Character and event are inseparable(不可分离的), because a person is what happens to them. Your job as a writer is to learn about your characters by observing how they interact with the world around them. Characters—like real people—have hobbies, pets, histories, etc. It’s essential to your novel that you understand these aspects of your characters so that you are equipped to understand how they may react under the pressures of events they encounter.
Step 3: Understand the 2 Types of Conflict
Every story is made up of both events and characters. A story happens because a pattern is interrupted. If you are writing about a day that is like any other day, it is most likely a routine, not a story. In order to be a story, something has to happen. We call what happens in a novel the plot.
There are two types of conflict:
1. Internal conflict (a threat from within)
2. External conflict (a threat from outside)
Both types of conflict create tension in a narrative(叙述) and help move the story forward. Conflict drives character development as well as plot. Your plot will develop naturally if you give your character a motivation, and then throw obstacles(阻碍) in her way.
36. Which of the following statements about the location is TRUE?
A. Location has nothing to do with shaping the story.
B. Choosing a location you’re unfamiliar with will excite you.
C. Location and character are of equal importance.
D. The role of location is mainly reflected in the first draft.
37. According to the passage, how to make memorable characters?
A. By putting pressure on them.
B. By watching them interact with the world around them.
C. By creating unique scenes.
D. By ignoring the characteristics of the characters and their environment.
38. What do we learn from Paragraph 4?
A. A story consists only of characters.
B. Every day in a story is the same experience.
C. Not all stories are made up of events and characters.
D. A story is different from a routine.
39. The role of conflict in a story is to .
A. drive the characters mad
B. create and drive the plot forward
C. introduce more characters naturally
D. set difficulties in the characters’ way
40. Where is the passage probably taken from?
A. A learning website.
B. A storybook.
C. A science fiction book.
D. A business magazine.

答案： 36.C 细节理解题。题干意为:关于地点,下列哪一种说法是正确的?根据第二段中“Location is a very useful tool in novel-building.You should treat it as you would treat a character”可知,地点和角色同等重要。故选C。
37.B 细节理解题。题干意为:根据文章,如何塑造令人难忘的角色?根据第三段中“Your job as a writer is to learn about your characters by observing how they interact with the world around them.”可知,通过观察角色与周围世界的互动可以塑造令人难忘的角色。故选B。
38.D 细节理解题。题干意为:我们从第四段中了解到什么?根据第四段中“If you are writing about a day that is like any other day,it is most likely a routine,not a story.”可知,故事与日常生活不同。故选D。
39.B 细节理解题。题干意为:一个故事里的冲突的作用是什么。根据最后一段中“Conflict drives character development as well as plot.”可知,冲突在故事中的作用是推动情节向前发展。故选B。
40.A 文章出处题。题干意为:这篇文章可能摘自哪里?根据文章内容以及第一段中“Follow this step-by-step guide and writing tips to polish your creative writing skills.”可知,文章主要介绍了如何提高创造性写作的技巧。由此可知,这篇文章可能摘自一个学习网站,来帮助读者提升写作技能。故选A。