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(shí)因英語出色而深受老師賞識(shí)，由此也產(chǎn)生了對(duì)自己的自信。到了高中時(shí)候盡管他的成績(jī)時(shí)常會(huì)得C，但是他卻一直深信自己的英語水平。多年后當(dāng)作者無意中看到當(dāng)年的成績(jī)單時(shí)他才突然意識(shí)到人生中重要的不是成績(jī)而是人的自信和態(tài)度。

1. A.責(zé)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(duì)同學(xué)們進(jìn)行測(cè)驗(yàn)，allow sb to do sth “允許某人做某事”，其他選項(xiàng)不符合語境，答案選B。

2.A. 壞的；B.復(fù)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(xué)校報(bào)紙寫稿，老師對(duì)作者非常信任，所以她的學(xué)校生活非常精彩，故答案選D。

3.A. 贊同；B. 失望；C. 期望；D. 爭(zhēng)吵。從語境可知老師離開教室的時(shí)候讓作者替自己管理班級(jí)，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(zhēng)議的。從下文的講述可知作者在高中的生活不如初中時(shí)候那么得意，英語成績(jī)時(shí)常是C或者D，故答案選C。

5.A. 大學(xué)水平的；B.基礎(chǔ)的C. 困難的；D. 容易的。根據(jù)作者的介紹可知?jiǎng)倓偞髮W(xué)畢業(yè)的老師都給學(xué)生們CD級(jí)別， 由此判斷老師對(duì)學(xué)生們要求比較高，故答案選A。

6.A. 結(jié)婚；B. 工作；C. 成功；D.進(jìn)步。根據(jù)后句had children可以判斷作者畢業(yè)后，結(jié)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(xué)時(shí)候英語一直是她的強(qiáng)項(xiàng)，故輔導(dǎo)孩子的時(shí)候是非常有自信，故答案選B。

8.A. 加；B. 居��；C. 生長(zhǎng)；D. 去。固定短語：live up to one’s expectations“達(dá)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(nèi)容可知當(dāng)作者翻舊報(bào)紙的時(shí)候發(fā)現(xiàn)了自己以前的成績(jī)報(bào)告單，故答案選D。

10. A. 帶來；B.轉(zhuǎn)；C. 抓��；D. 保持。由下文I remembered sitting in my advisor's office….可知當(dāng)作者看到過去的物品時(shí)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(zhǎng)；C. 貧窮的；D.糟糕的。從文章第一段內(nèi)容可知作者初中時(shí)候英語成績(jī)一向非常好，be excelled at “擅長(zhǎng)”，故答案選B。

12. A. 不禮貌的；B. 不耐心的；C.無經(jīng)驗(yàn)的；D. 可憐的。根據(jù)后面but unable to……可以判斷前后內(nèi)容是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，此處表示顧問對(duì)此很同情，但是無能為力，故答案選D。

13.A. 成績(jī)，年級(jí)；B. 人物；C. 紙；D. 進(jìn)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(xué)習(xí)成績(jī)的等級(jí)，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(duì)這個(gè)事實(shí)非常尷尬，不想面對(duì)這個(gè)事實(shí)，不想見到這些成績(jī)單，所以他想把這些成績(jī)報(bào)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(jiān)信。從上文內(nèi)容可知作者一直以為自己高中英語成績(jī)不錯(cuò)，只是因?yàn)槟贻p教師的嚴(yán)格才會(huì)得到C或者D等級(jí)的分?jǐn)?shù)，所以此處指作者自己雖然面對(duì)那樣的成績(jī)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(shí)候的英語成績(jī)只是偶爾才會(huì)得到A。

17.A. 認(rèn)為；B.闡明；C映射，D.描述。從語境可知作者認(rèn)為如果自己當(dāng)時(shí)就認(rèn)為自己成績(jī)不行，并且把自己定位到英語差的學(xué)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(gè)擅長(zhǎng)英語的學(xué)生，深信自己成績(jī)優(yōu)異，故答案選C。

19. A.改變；B. 危險(xiǎn)； C.打��；D. 想起。根據(jù)語境判斷作者認(rèn)為如果他在當(dāng)時(shí)承認(rèn)自己成績(jī)是C或者D的話，他就會(huì)失去自信，就會(huì)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(píng)。由上文內(nèi)容可知作者一直是認(rèn)為自己是一個(gè)英語優(yōu)秀的學(xué)生，view sb as ….把某人看作，故答案選B。

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