Question

“A” for Attitude

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. approved B. appointed C. expected D. urged

4.A. flexible B. creativeC. disappointing D. controversial

5.A. college-level B. basedC. difficultD. easy

6.A. married B. workedC. succeeded D. progressed

7.A. Sad B. Confident C. AnxiousD. Curious

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

9.A. counted B. remembered C. approachedD. discovered

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

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

12.A. impolite B. impatientC. inexperienced D. sympathetic

13.A. grade B. figureC. paperD. entry

14.A. tearB. fire C. cryD. escape

15.A. warned B. 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. change B. riskC. defeat D. reminded

20.A. looked B. 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：文章大意：英語一直是作者最喜歡的科目，雖然在高一時因為英語老師剛剛大學畢業(yè)，沒有經(jīng)驗所教的學生都的C或D等級，但作者一直還是深愛著英語，并不認為自己就是D等級應(yīng)該是A等級。作者一直相信自己而不是相信自己的成績所以不受自己成績的干擾在英語方面擁有熱情與創(chuàng)造，取得成就。

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