Question

English was always my favorite subject. In my freshman year of high school, I could write a killer composition. In my second year, my teacher me to give spelling tests to the class. I had a time of my junior year. Mrs Alexander me to sit at her desk and take over the class when she had to leave the room. Only my senior English class was , as we had a teacher right out of college who expected work. Every student received a "C" or "D" grade the first quarter. But English was still my favorite subject.

I graduated from high school, early and had children. about my English, I often helped my kids with their English homework. And I wrote long articles and beautiful poetry as a columnist for a newspaper. Fifteen years later, I went to college, and because I had been an "A" student, I remained an "A" student. I up to my own expectations.

Yesterday, I my high school report cards when I was reading old papers. That bundle of report cards back the old days. I remembered sitting in my advisor's office, explaining that I had always be at English, and recommending that I did not deserve a '"D" from that inexperienced teacher of my senior year. The advisor was but unable to change a （an） . Reading through my old report cards revealed something else too. I wanted to them or hide them. I was not an "A" student in high school English! Somehow, I had myself of this, when the grades clearly reflected an average student with an "A" or "B" but mostly "C” S.

Had I lived up to those grades and myself according to those letters, I would have never confidently sought my writing career. Had I my early grades instead of myself, I would have allowed my fear of failure to enthusiasm and damage my creativity. Instead, I my younger self as an "A" English student, except for that undeserved "D".

1.A. scolded B. allowedC. ordered D. reminded

2.A. badB. complexC. terribleD. wonderful

3.A. approve B. appointedC. expectedD. urged

4.A. flexible B. creativeC. disappointingD. controversial

5.A. college-levelB. basedC. difficultD. easy

6.A. marriedB. workedC. succeeded D. progressed

7.A. SadB. Confident C. AnxiousD. Curious

8.A. added B. lived C. grew D. went

9.A. countedB. rememberedC. approachedD. discovered

10.A. brought B. turned C. heldD. kept

11.A. nervous B. excelled C. poorD. terrible

12.A. impolite B. impatientC. inexperiencedD. sympathetic

13.A. gradeB. figureC. paperD. entry

14.A. tearB. fireC. cryD. escape

15.A. warnedB. reminded C. informedD. convinced

16.A. average B. enthusiastic C. outstanding D. occasional

17.A. considered B. definedC. reflected D. described

18.A. abandoned B. given C. believed inD. doubted

19.A. changeB. riskC. defeat D. reminded

20.A. lookedB. viewedC. sang D. criticized

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.D

3.B

4.C

5.A

6.A

7.B

8.B

9.D

10.A

11.B

12.D

13.A

14.A

15.D

16.D

17.B

18.C

19.C

20.B

【解析】

試題分析：作者在初中時因英語出色而深受老師賞識，由此也產生了對自己的自信。到了高中時候盡管他的成績時常會得C，但是他卻一直深信自己的英語水平。多年后當作者無意中看到當年的成績單時他才突然意識到人生中重要的不是成績而是人的自信和態(tài)度。

1. A.責罵 ；B.允許；C. 命令；D. 提醒。根據(jù)上文可知作者英語非常好，由此判斷老師在課上允許她代替老師來對同學們進行測驗，allow sb to do sth “允許某人做某事”，其他選項不符合語境，答案選B。

2.A. 壞的；B.復雜的；C.糟糕的；D. 精彩的。從上下文的敘述中可知作者文章寫的非常優(yōu)美，又為學校報紙寫稿，老師對作者非常信任，所以她的學校生活非常精彩，故答案選D。

3.A. 贊同；B. 失望；C. 期望；D. 爭吵。從語境可知老師離開教室的時候讓作者替自己管理班級，由此判斷老師指著自己的座位，讓她坐在老師的位置上，故答案選B。

4.A. 靈活的；B. 有創(chuàng)意的；C. 失望的；D. 有爭議的。從下文的講述可知作者在高中的生活不如初中時候那么得意，英語成績時常是C或者D，故答案選C。

5.A. 大學水平的；B.基礎的C. 困難的；D. 容易的。根據(jù)作者的介紹可知剛剛大學畢業(yè)的老師都給學生們CD級別， 由此判斷老師對學生們要求比較高，故答案選A。

6.A. 結婚；B. 工作；C. 成功；D.進步。根據(jù)后句had children可以判斷作者畢業(yè)后，結婚，然后有孩子，故此處填married，答案選A。

7.A. 悲傷的；B. 自信的；C. 焦慮；D.好奇的。從上文的講述可知作者上學時候英語一直是她的強項，故輔導孩子的時候是非常有自信，故答案選B。

8.A. 加；B. 居��；C. 生長；D. 去。固定短語：live up to one’s expectations“達到某人的期望”，故答案選B。

9.A. 數(shù)數(shù)；B.想起；C. 接近； D.發(fā)現(xiàn)。從下文內容可知當作者翻舊報紙的時候發(fā)現(xiàn)了自己以前的成績報告單，故答案選D。

10. A. 帶來；B.轉；C. 抓��；D. 保持。由下文I remembered sitting in my advisor's office….可知當作者看到過去的物品時不由自主地想起過去的事情，bring back “帶來，帶回”，故答案選A。

11.A.緊張的；B.擅長；C. 貧窮的；D.糟糕的。從文章第一段內容可知作者初中時候英語成績一向非常好，be excelled at “擅長”，故答案選B。

12. A. 不禮貌的；B. 不耐心的；C.無經驗的；D. 可憐的。根據(jù)后面but unable to……可以判斷前后內容是轉折關系，此處表示顧問對此很同情，但是無能為力，故答案選D。

13.A. 成績，年級；B. 人物；C. 紙；D. 進入。從上文作者提到I did not deserve a '"D" from that inexperienced teacher可知此處指的是學習成績的等級，故答案選A。

14.A. 眼淚；B.火；C. 哭；D.逃走。從后句中作者突然的頓悟 I was not an "A" student in high school English!可以判斷作者面對這個事實非常尷尬，不想面對這個事實，不想見到這些成績單，所以他想把這些成績報告藏起來或者撕掉，故答案選A。

15.A. 想要；B.想起；C. 熟悉；D. 堅信。從上文內容可知作者一直以為自己高中英語成績不錯，只是因為年輕教師的嚴格才會得到C或者D等級的分數(shù)，所以此處指作者自己雖然面對那樣的成績卻一直深信自己的英語水平高，convinced sb of sth “使某人深信”，故答案選D。

16.A.平均的；B熱情的 ；C. 杰出的；D.偶然的。根據(jù)空后but mostly "C” S.可以判斷作者在高中時候的英語成績只是偶爾才會得到A。

17.A. 認為；B.闡明；C映射，D.描述。從語境可知作者認為如果自己當時就認為自己成績不行，并且把自己定位到英語差的學生行列，他就沒有信心去得到現(xiàn)在的這份工作，故答案選B。

18.A.舍棄；B. 給；C. 信任；D. 懷疑。從上文作者的講述可知作者一直把自己看做是一個擅長英語的學生，深信自己成績優(yōu)異，故答案選C。

19. A.改變；B. 危險； C.打��；D. 想起。根據(jù)語境判斷作者認為如果他在當時承認自己成績是C或者D的話，他就會失去自信，就會被失敗的恐懼所戰(zhàn)勝，而沒有了那種銳氣，故選C。

20.A. 看 ；B.瀏覽；C. 唱；D. 批評。由上文內容可知作者一直是認為自己是一個英語優(yōu)秀的學生，view sb as ….把某人看作，故答案選B。

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