English was always my favorite subject. In my freshman year of high school, I could write a killer composition. In my junior year, my   1  allowed me to give spelling tests to the class. I had wonderful   2  of this year. Mrs. Alexander   3  me to sit at her desk and take over the class when she had to leave the room. Only my senior English class was   4 , as we had a teacher right out of college who expected college-level work. Every student received a “C” or “D” grade the first quarter.   5  English was still my subject.

I graduated from high school,  6  early and had children.   7  about my English, I often helped my kids with their English homework. And I   8  long articles and beautiful poetry for a newspaper. Fifteen years later, I went to college, and because I had been an “A” student, I   9  an “A” student. I lived up to my own expectations.

Yesterday, I   10  my high school report cards when I was reading old papers. That bundle (捆) of report cards   11  back the old days. I remembered sitting in my advisor’s office, explaining that I had always been excellent at English and complaining that I did not   12  a “D” from that inexperienced teacher of my senior year. The advisor was   13  but unable to change a grade.

My old   14  cards showed something else too. I wanted to tear them up or   15  them. I was not an “A” student in high school English! Somehow, I had convinced myself of this, when the grades clearly reflected an   16  student with an occasional “A” or “B”, but mostly “C”s.

Had I lived up to those   17  and define (定義) myself according to those letters, I would have never confidently   18  my writing career. Had I believed in my early grades instead of myself, I would have allowed my fear of   19  to defeat my enthusiasm and damage my creativity.   20 , I regarded my younger self as an “A” English student, except for that undeserved “D”.

1.                A．teacher         B．headmaster      C．classmate D．monitor

 

2.                A．memories       B．thoughts        C．expectations   D． impressions

 

3.                A．forced         B．a(chǎn)ppointed       C．permitted D．begged

 

4.                A．a(chǎn)ctive          B．creative        C．interesting D． disappointing

 

5.                A．So             B．But            C．And D．Or

 

6.                A．worked         B．married         C．succeeded    D． progressed

 

7.                A．Confident       B．Happy          C．Sorry D． Anxious

 

8.                A．wrote          B．edited          C．read D． copied

 

9.                A．met           B．lost            C．a(chǎn)dmired  D．remained

 

10.               A． counted       B．remembered    C．discovered D．a(chǎn)pproached

 

11.               A． turned        B．brought        C．held  D． put

 

12.               A． deserve       B． make         C．receive   D． learn

 

13.               A． sympathetic    B． energetic      C．a(chǎn)ngry D． sad

 

14.               A． birthday       B． post          C．invitation  D． report

 

15.               A． keep          B． correct        C．hide  D． send

 

16.               A． silent         B． bright         C．a(chǎn)verage   D． outstanding

 

17.               A． figures        B． grades        C．papers    D． words

 

18.               A． changed       B． ended         C．damaged  D．sought

 

19.               A． change        B． risk           C． stress    D． failure

 

20.               A． Otherwise     B． Besides        C．Instead    D． Still

 

 

【答案】

1.A

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.B

6.B

7.A

8.A

9.D

10.C

11.B

12.A

13.A

14.D

15.C

16.C

17.B

18.D

19.D

20.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述了作者的小時候一直英語很好，到時到了高中英語沒有以前那么好了，可是作者并沒有因為分數(shù)而來評判自己的水平，相反，她一直認為自己很優(yōu)秀，最終還成為了作家。

1.從后文看，應該是我的老師允許我給班上進行一個拼寫考試，故選A

2.A. memories記憶       B. thoughts想法 C. expectations 期望D.  impressions印象，句意：那一年我有一些非常好的記憶，故選A

3.A. forced迫使      B. appointed指派       C. permitted允許       D. begged祈求；句意：亞歷山大老師，當她離開教室時指派我坐在她的位置上管理班級，故選B

4.從后文看作者的同學英語成績都只得了C等或者是D等，所以此處作者應該是對高三的英語分數(shù)很失望，故選D

5.句意：但是英語仍然是我最喜歡的科目，故選B

6.A. worked工作      B. married結(jié)婚      C. succeeded成功    D.  progressed前進，句意：我從大學畢業(yè)，很早就結(jié)婚了有了孩子，故選B

7.A. Confident自信的     B. Happy高興的      C. Sorry抱歉的  D.  Anxious焦慮的，句意：我對自己的英語非常自信，常常幫助我的孩子學習英語，故選A

8.句意：并且我也為報紙寫了很長的文章和詩，故選A

9.A. met遇見     B. lost迷失     C. admired欽佩  D. remained仍然，句意：我仍然是一個A等的學生，故選D

10.A.    counted 計算    B. remembered記得       C. discovered發(fā)現(xiàn)       D. approached接近，句意：昨天，我發(fā)現(xiàn)了我過去的成績單，故選C

11.從后文I remembered sitting in my advisor’s office可知那一成捆的成績單將我?guī)Щ氐搅诉^去，故選B

12.A.    deserve應得 B.  make制作        C. receive接收  D.  learn學習，句意：我解釋我是非常擅長英語的，抱怨自己不應只從這個經(jīng)驗不豐富的老師這里得了個D等，故選A

13.A.    sympathetic同情的   B.  energetic經(jīng)歷充沛的     C. angry生氣的  D. sad悲傷的，句意：我的輔導員是表示同情的，但是不能夠該動分數(shù)，故選A

14.前文講到了成績報告單，所以此處也應該是成績報告單，故選D

15.從后文I was not an “A” student in high school English!及前文作者想要撕掉它們，所以此處應該是隱藏這些成績單，故選C

16.A.    silent沉默的    B.  bright 明亮的  C. average平均的    D.  outstanding杰出的，句意： 但是分數(shù)很明顯的表明一個偶而是A或B的學生，他的平均水平往往是C等，故選C

17.A.    figures數(shù)據(jù) B.  grades分數(shù)      C. papers紙 D.  words話，句意：如果我承認這些分數(shù)，根據(jù)這些分數(shù)來定義我自己的話，故選B

18.A.    changed改變 B.  ended結(jié)束       C. damaged損害  D. sought尋求，句意：我就不會去尋求我的寫作生涯，故選D

19.句意：如果我相信我早期的成績，而沒有能相信自己，那么我將會讓失敗的恐懼來戰(zhàn)勝我的熱情，毀壞我的創(chuàng)造力，故選D

20.A.    Otherwise否則   B.  Besides除此之外     C. Instead相反，代替    D.  Still仍然；句意：相反，我相信我自己是A等的學生，故選C

考點：人物傳記類記敘文

點評：總體來說文章的題目設置有一定難度，圍繞著作者對自己成績的看法來展開講述。解答此類文章需要將自己設身處地的融入情節(jié)中，對于第一遍做不出的題目不要急于作答，將后續(xù)題目答完后再仔細作答。

 

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