Question

    The teacher stood before his class and was going to hand out the final exam papers. “I know how ______(41) you have all worked to prepare for this test,” he said. “And because I know you can do it well, I am willing to offer a B to anyone who would ______(42) not to take the test.

Many students jumped up to ______(43) the teacher and left the classroom. The teacher looked at the _______(44) students and said, “Does anyone else want to get a B? This is your last _______(45).” Two more students decided to go.

Seven students remained. The teacher then handed out the _______(46). There were only three sentences typed on the paper: Congratulations! You have just ______(47) an A in this class. Keep believing in yourself.

I never had a teacher like that, but I think it is a test _______(48) any teacher could and should give. Students who are not ______(49) in what they have learned are B students at best(充其量).

The same is ______(50) in real life. The A students are those who believe in what they are doing because they have ______(51) both successes and failures. They have learned life’s lessons, either from normal education ______(52) from events in their lives, and have become ______(53) people.

Scientists say that by the age of eight, 80% of what we believe about ourselves has already been formed. You are a big kid now, and you _____(54) that you have some limits (限制). However, there is _____(55) you can’t do or learn or be. Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest said, “It’s not the mountain we conquer(克服) but ourselves.

41. A. luckily      B. terribly     C. quietly          D. hard

42. A. dislike      B. help         C. prefer           D. start

43. A. thank        B. praise           C. fight            D. criticize

44. A. following    B. relaxing     C. worrying     D. remaining

45. A. chance       B. trouble          C. test         D. idea

46. A. results      B. presents     C. papers           D. essays

47. A. given        B. sent         C. discovered       D. received

48. A. where        B. that         C. what         D. when

49. A. confident    B. necessary        C. mysterious       D. convenient

50. A. unusual      B. impossible       C. true         D. special

51. A. broken off   B. dreamed of       C. learned from D. cared about

52. A. and      B. or           C. but          D. so

53. A. ruder        B. cuter            C. worse            D. better

54. A. decide       B. forget           C. realize          D. imagine

55. A. something    B. anything     C. everything       D. nothing

Answer 1

【主旨大意】本文通過講述一位老師測試學生的自信心的故事，告訴我們自信是前進的動力。

41. D 根據(jù)下文此句“because I know you can do it well”可知答案。

42. C 固定詞組“prefer not to do sth.”寧愿不做某事。

43. A 通過語境意思可以得出答案。

44. D 代入法。A項意為“接下來的”；B項意為“放松的”；C項意為“發(fā)愁的”；D項意為“剩余的”。根據(jù)句意選D。

45. A  根據(jù)句意：這是你們的最后機會了。

46. C  從短文第一句得出答案。

47. D 根據(jù)句意，選D意為“得到”。

48. B 賓語從句引導詞。a test一次測試。

49. A 根據(jù)句意：這些想得B的學生沒有自信。故選A。

50. C 通過這個小故事，引申出生活的哲理。

51. C 根據(jù)句意：這些得A的學生，既學到了成功又體會到了失敗。

52. B 固定詞組“either…or…”意為“或者……或者……”

53. D 通過這一課他們會變得更好。

54. C 根據(jù)句意：你會明白這個道理的。

55. D 沒有你不可以完成的事。