Section A: Banked Cloze

Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.

Sir Alfred Hitchcock was an English movie director and producer. Famously (26) ______ to as “The Master of Suspense”, Hitchcock is one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of (27) ______. He was an extraordinary director who entertained his audience with (28) ______ and gripping suspense movies.

His fascination with crime began at an early age when he was (29) ______ by his father who made him spend a few minutes inside a prison for his misconduct. Hence, his movies are (30) ______ of the guilt and innocence of the wrongdoer and the victim. He had a gift for creating stories that consisted of deceit, robbery, murder, corruption, and other criminal (31) ______ with incredible plot twists in the storyline. The principal characters in his movies were often ordinary people (32) ______ in unwanted and unavoidable situations.

He was (33) ______ productive and his amazing body of work is considered fascinating by the critics. Most of his movies have (34) ______ the test of time and are considered to be masterpieces. He is also remembered by other filmmakers, for he continues to inspire them to be passionate about their work. He is also (35) ______ by people around the world for his entertaining and exciting stories.

Word Bank

A) caught

B) cinema

C) engaging

D) graphically

E) highly

F) incentive

G) instincts

H) offences

I) punished

J) referred

K) stood

L) symbolic

M) tuned

N) visually

O) worshipped

Answers & Explanations

26. J (referred)。解析：位于副词 Famously（著名地）之后，搭配介词 to as，作句子的非谓语动词。固定搭配 `be referred to as` 意为“被称为”。他著名地“被称为 (referred)”悬念大师。

27. B (cinema)。解析：位于 the history of 之后，需要填入名词。根据上下文，希区柯克是电影导演，因此他是“电影/电影业 (cinema)”史上最具影响力的电影制作人之一。

28. C (engaging)。解析：位于介词 with 之后，与 gripping（扣人心弦的）并列修饰 suspense movies，需要填入形容词。他用“迷人的/引人入胜的 (engaging)”且扣人心弦的电影娱乐观众。

29. I (punished)。解析：位于 was 之后，搭配 by his father，需要填入过去分词构成被动语态。因为他的不当行为（misconduct），他被父亲“惩罚 (punished)”。

30. L (symbolic)。解析：位于系动词 are 之后，搭配介词 of，需要填入形容词作表语。他的电影是作恶者和受害者有罪与无辜的“象征 (symbolic)”。

31. H (offences)。解析：位于形容词 criminal 之后，与欺骗、抢劫、谋杀并列，需要填入可数名词复数。意为和其他的犯罪“行为/罪行 (offences)”。

32. A (caught)。解析：修饰名词 ordinary people，且搭配 in unwanted and unavoidable situations，需要填入过去分词作后置定语。意为“被困在/陷入 (caught)”不想要且不可避免的处境中的普通人。

33. E (highly)。解析：位于系动词 was 之后，修饰形容词 productive（多产的），需要填入副词。他“非常/高度地 (highly)”多产。

34. K (stood)。解析：位于助动词 have 之后，搭配 the test of time，需要填入过去分词构成现在完成时。固定搭配 `stand the test of time` 意为“经受住时间的考验”。这里使用过去分词“经受住 (stood)”。

35. O (worshipped)。解析：位于 is also 之后，搭配 by people around the world，需要填入过去分词构成被动语态。他同样因其极具娱乐性和刺激性的故事而被世界各地的人们所“崇拜/敬仰 (worshipped)”。

核心搭配与高分句型

【核心搭配与高频短语】

• be referred to as：被称为，被称作（Famously referred to as "The Master of Suspense"）
• stand the test of time：经受住时间的考验（have stood the test of time）
• be symbolic of：是...的象征（are symbolic of the guilt and innocence）
• have a gift for：有...的天赋（had a gift for creating stories）
• consist of：由...组成，包含（consisted of deceit, robbery, murder...）
• at an early age：在很小的时候，早年（His fascination with crime began at an early age）
• be caught in：陷入，被困于（caught in unwanted and unavoidable situations）

【亮点句型解析】

• 过去分词短语作状语：
  "Famously referred to as 'The Master of Suspense', Hitchcock is one of the most influential filmmakers..."
  （著名地被称为“悬念大师”，希区柯克是最具影响力的电影制作人之一...）过去分词短语 `referred to as...` 置于句首作原因或背景状语，主语是 `Hitchcock`。这种结构使得主句的信息更加集中，是四六级阅读和写作中的高级表达方式。
• Who 引导的定语从句 (多重嵌套)：
  "His fascination with crime began at an early age when he was punished by his father who made him spend a few minutes inside a prison for his misconduct."
  （他对犯罪的迷恋始于早年，当时他因行为不端被父亲惩罚，父亲让他在监狱里待了几分钟。）`when` 引导时间状语从句，里面又嵌套了 `who` 引导的定语从句修饰 `father`。这种层层递进的从句结构能够清晰地交代事情的来龙去脉。