Today I’m known for my voice. No one believes that I used to stuttered (口吃) badly when I was young. It is Professor Crouch’s trick that          my life completely. One day. after giving my poem to him, I waited for his comment. It didn't come. Instead, as the students gathered together, he challenged me. "Jim, I don't think you wrote this."

I        him in disbelief. "Why," I started, anger flooding me, "of course I        ! "Well, then," he said, "you've got to prove it by getting up and reciting it       memory."

By then the other students had settled at their desks. With knees shaking, I walked up. For a moment I stood        . Then I began, and kept going. I recited my poem all the way through!

Afterwards, Professor Crouch congratulated me, and       me to read other writers' poetry publicly.

Before long I discovered I did have a(n)         and found my fellow students actually looked forward to hearing me recite.

1.A. destroyed  B. turned  C. helped         D. changed

2.A. replied to  B. laughed at    C. pointed to     D. stared at

3.A. could B. did         C. should  D. had

4.A. with   B. of          C. from      D. in

5.A. changeless         B. hopeless       C. useless D. breathless

6.A. let      B. made   C. encouraged          D. supported

7.A. voice B. sound C. appearance           D. interest

 

【答案】

 

1.D

2.D

3.B

4.C

5.D

6.C

7.A

【解析】

試題分析:作者小時侯口吃的厲害,一次把自己寫的詩交給老師后,老師卻讓他當眾背誦出來,以此證明他不是抄襲的。在憤怒中,作者流利地把自己的詩背了出來,從此作者發(fā)現(xiàn)自己的嗓音很受同學們歡迎,由此找到了自信,也改變了自己口吃的毛病。

1.D動詞辨析。A. 毀滅;B. 轉(zhuǎn)身;C.幫助;D.改變。由上下文可知作者小時候口吃的厲害,而現(xiàn)在卻是因自己的嗓音而出名,由此判斷是教授改變了他的人生,故D選項正確。

2.D動詞短語辨析。A.回答;B嘲笑;C.指向;D.瞪著。從語境可知作者不相信老師這樣說,再根據(jù)下文"Why," I started,判斷此處作者開始沒有回應(yīng)老師的話,而是瞪著老師,所以D選項正確。

3.B動詞辨析。A.能夠;B. 做;C. 應(yīng)該;D.有。根據(jù)“I don't think you wrote this.”判斷此處用did代替動詞wrote,所以答案選B。

4.C介詞辨析。A. 具有;B.……的C. 來自;D.在……里面。固定短語 recite sth from memory“背誦”,答案選C。句意:你必須站起來背誦自己的詩,以此證明你不是抄襲的。

5.D形容詞辨析。A. 無變化的;B. 沒希望的;C. 無用的;D. 氣喘吁吁的。根據(jù)上文anger flooding me 和With knees shaking可知作者當時感到非常氣憤,由情理判斷D選項正確。

6.C動詞辨析。A. 讓;B. 讓,制作;C.鼓勵;D. 支持。根據(jù)語境可知老師鼓勵作者去朗讀別人的詩歌,而且從詞語搭配上encourage sb to do sth “鼓勵某人做某事”,而let/ make sb do sth,所以答案選C。

7.A名詞辨析。A嗓音;B. 聲音;C出現(xiàn);D.興趣。由文章開頭Today I’m known for my voice和文章末句students actually looked forward to hearing me recite.可知此處指的是自己的嗓音,所以答案選A。

考點:考查故事類短文。

 

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