在职申硕英语考试

解析：{{B}}Passage One{{/B}} Joh

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【单选题】
{{B}}Passage One{{/B}}

John Grisham was born on February 2, 1955, in Jonesboro,Arkansas, in the USA、His father was a construction worker and moved his family all around the southern states ofAmerica, stopping wherever he could find work.Eventually they settled in Mississippi. Graduating from law school in 1981, Grisham practiced law for nearly a decade in Southaven, specializing in criminal defense and personal injury litigation (诉讼). In 1983, he was elected to the state House of Representatives and served until 1990.
One day at theDessotoCounty courthouse, Grisham heard the horrifying testimony of a 12-year-old rape victim. He decided to write a novel exploring what would have happened if the girl’s father had murdered her attackers. He proceeded to get up every morning at 5A、m. to work on the novel, calledA、Time to Kill, which was published in 1988. Grisham’s next novel, The Firm, was one of the biggest hits of 1991, spending 47 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list. Grisham lives with his wife and two children, div/ding their time between their Victorian home on a 67 acre firm in Mississippi and a 204 acre plantation nearCharlottesville, VirginiA、
When he’s not writing, Grisham devotes time to charitable causes, including mission trips with his church group.As a child, he dreamt of becoming a professional baseball player, and now serves as the local Little League commissioner. He has built six ballfields on his property and hosts children from 26 Little League teams.
John Grisham is ______ at present.A．a writer
B．a lawyer
C．a professional baseball player
D．a congressman

网考网参考答案：A
网考网解析：
第二段中提到“他能够放弃法律工作，集中精力搞写作”，可以确定目前他是一位作家。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>

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