第十二周　热考话题集训--兴趣与爱好

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　　When I was growing up, our family often started a jigsaw puzzle (拼图游戏) in the evening. Everyone would go to bed, but I wouldn't. I cannot leave a puzzle unfinished. I would just keep going, and finish it at five in the morning. When everyone got up in the morning, too bad － the puzzle was done.

　　In eighth grade, I decided to be a professional puzzle maker. However, I attended law school eventually. The spring of my first year in law school, I wrote my parents that I'd be dropping out to work on puzzles. My mom wrote back a very thoughtful letter saying, "This is a terrible idea，" and listing all the reasons why. I thought her reasoning was good, so I did get my law degree.

　　I have worked as a crossword (纵横字谜) editor since 1993 and invented hundreds of varieties of puzzles. I get 75 to 100 crossword submissions (投稿) a week. Every puzzle has to be looked at and responded to: yes or no. Usually, I write some comments on the puzzle. On average, about half the clues in the puzzles are mine. The most important thing for my work is accuracy, so I check anything that I'm not 100% sure of. I also edit for the proper level of difficulty, freshness, color, and just a sense of fun. After the puzzles are edited, they are typeset (排版) and sent to four test solvers.

　　In our daily life, we're faced with various problems. We do the best we can, but we never know if we've got the best solution. The great thing about a human­made puzzle is when we're done, we know we have achieved perfection. We don't get that feeling much in everyday life.

　　I enjoy everything I do. I'll never get tired of doing this.

　　语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。作者从小就热爱做各种谜题游戏，长大后从事和谜题有关的工作并乐此不疲。

　　1．When the author was a child, why did he stay up to finish a puzzle?

　　A．Because he couldn't fall asleep early.

　　B．Because he had a great love for puzzles.

　　C．Because he didn't have time to do it in the day.

　　D．Because he wanted to win the family competition.

解析：选B　推理判断题。根据第一段中的"I cannot leave a puzzle unfinished."及下文介绍作者从事和谜题有关的工作并乐此不疲可以看出，由于作者醉心于谜题游戏，所以他