“Scotty!” Mr. Brown, my Year 11 English teacher, called me by my nickname (綽號(hào)) across the classroom. His eyes were bright and a secret   36   was half hidden behind the beard.

Once he finished joking over my unbearable   37  , I realized he was going to read my story aloud to the class. I turned red, feeling at once both embarrassed and   38  . I had my very   39   reading audience! Though my classmates were a ‘passive audience’, it didn’t weaken my feeling of being   40  .

After that, I came to   41   those Year 11 English classes. Throughout school I had always studied hard and achieved well in my school subjects. But creative   42   was a passion, and it was not an assignment, but a way of understanding the world and of   43   my thoughts and feelings about events and attitudes.

Mr. Brown was the first to   44   me for my writing so openly. My scores were always 19/20 or 20/20. My stories were often read out to the class. He even   45   one with the respected Head of English teachers, which was the most   46   part that is impressed on my memory. But   47   that, he offered a belief in me that no other teacher had.

My school   48   often stated, ‘Candice is a quiet achiever.’ I thought it was meant as a(n)   49   for being hard-working. I was someone that no one really   50   before, but Mr. Brown managed to   51   all that by bringing me to the attention of the world. Though it was the relatively   52   world of school, it put the seed of belief in myself that some day I could be an   53   person rather than the person who faded into the background.

I   54   touch with my teacher long ago, as we do when we move away from the school system and enter life. I wish I could tell him now how much he   55   me.

1.A. trick            B. fear                                   C. surprise                    D. smile

2.A. sadness      B. shyness          C. weakness      D. kindness

3.A. ashamed    B. calm      C. thrilled D. depressed

4.A. unfriendly B. devoted         C. small     D. first

5.A. special        B. intelligent      C. famous D. diligent

6.A. love   B. hate      C. attend   D. miss

7.A. thinking      B. reading C. writing  D. speaking

8.A. organizing  B. collecting      C. expressing    D. hiding

9.A. train  B. recommend  C. criticize          D. acknowledge

10.A. compared         B. shared  C. composed    D. exchanged

11.A. interesting B. shocking     C. challenging D. exciting

12.A. more than        B. other than     C. instead of     D. in spite of

13.A. days         B. efforts           C. books    D. reports

14.A. praise       B. urge           C. reason    D. competition

15.A. believed  B. noticed C. supported     D. respected

16.A. forget       B. compensate  C. change D. prove

17.A. developed        B. limited  C. preserved     D. disturbed

18.A. important  B. educated   C. honest  D. optimistic

19.A. sought      B. regained        C. lost      D. ignored

20.A. owed        B. influenced    C. satisfied         D. attracted

 

【答案】

 

1.D

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.A

6.A

7.C

8.C

9.D

10.B

11.D

12.A

13.D

14.A

15.B

16.C

17.B

18.A

19.C

20.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了作者在上大學(xué)的時(shí)候，他的英語老師Brown經(jīng)常鼓勵(lì)他，還在班里當(dāng)著同學(xué)的面大聲朗讀他寫的文章，Brown老師和作者的系主任還一起讀過作者的文章，使作者在學(xué)校大有名氣。作者愿意再次見到自己的英語老師，來表示謝意。

1.考查名詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。 trick伎倆； fear害怕； surprise吃驚； smile微笑。根據(jù)下文可知老師愛講笑話，總是微笑著。他的眼睛是亮的，在胡須后還有隱藏的微笑，故選D。

2.考查名詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。 sadness傷心； shyness害羞； weakness弱點(diǎn)； kindness善意。根據(jù)下文I turned red, feeling at once both embarrassed作者是因?yàn)楹π叨樇t。一旦他完成了笑話我的無法忍受的害羞，我就意識(shí)到他要大聲地在全班面前讀我的文章了，故選B。

3.考查形容詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。 ashamed慚愧的； calm平靜的； thrilled興奮地； depressed沮喪的根據(jù)常識(shí)老師要在班上讀自己的文章，當(dāng)然很高興。我感覺我非常尷尬和興奮，故選C。

4.考查形容詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。 unfriendly不友好的； devoted獻(xiàn)身的，忠誠的； small小的； first 第一。對于這篇文章來說這是第一批聽眾。我第一次有了聽眾，故選D。

5.考查形容詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。 special特別的； intelligent聰明的； famous著名的； diligent勤勉的。因?yàn)檫@是第一次自己的文章在班上被讀，所以心情是特別的。盡管我的同學(xué)是被動(dòng)的聽眾，但是它也不會(huì)減弱特別的心情，故選 A。

6.考查動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。 love愛； hate恨； attend參加； miss錯(cuò)過。根據(jù)下文可知Throughout school I had always studied hard and achieved well in my school subjects.在那之后，我喜歡11班的英語班級的課程了，故選A。

7.考查動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。 thinking想，認(rèn)為； reading讀書； writing寫； speaking說。根據(jù)上文可知這是作者寫的文章。但是創(chuàng)造性的寫作是一種激情，而不是一項(xiàng)任務(wù)，故選C。

8.考查動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。 organizing組織； collecting搜集； expressing表達(dá)； hiding隱藏。根據(jù)my thoughts and feelings需要用語言來表達(dá)出來。但是它是一種理解世界的方式，也是表達(dá)對事件和態(tài)度的一些想法和感情，故選C。

9.考查動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。 train訓(xùn)練； recommend推薦； criticize批評； acknowledge承認(rèn)。根據(jù)上文可知Brown 先生在班上公開讀作者的文章。Brown 先生是公開承認(rèn)我的寫作的人，故選D。

10.考查動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。 compare比較； share分享； compose寫作； exchange變化。這里是短語share sth with sb與某人分享某物。這里指的是作者的文章。他甚至和我尊敬的英語系的主任在一起讀我的文章，故選B。

11.考查形容詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。interesting有趣的； shocking震驚的； challenging挑戰(zhàn)的； exciting令人高興的。根據(jù)常識(shí)可知作者得知有系主任也在讀他的文章當(dāng)然很高興。這是最讓我高興的一部分，它也是我印象很深的部分，故選D。

12.考查固定短語及上下文的呼應(yīng)。more than不僅僅，超出，多于； other than除了，不同于； instead of代替； in spite of不管。不僅僅這樣，他還給我其他老師沒有給出的自信心，故選A。

13.考查名詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。days天； efforts努力； books書； reports報(bào)告。根據(jù)Candice is a quiet achiever.可知是在報(bào)告里寫的。我學(xué)校的報(bào)告上經(jīng)常陳述，“Candice是一個(gè)安靜的成功者”，故選D。

14.考查名詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。 praise贊揚(yáng)； urge強(qiáng)烈要求； reason理由； competition競爭。根據(jù)上下文可知這是表揚(yáng)。我原來認(rèn)為那不是一種因?yàn)榍趭^而受到表揚(yáng)的，故選A。

15.考查動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。 believe相信； notice注意到； support支持； respect尊敬。在這之前作者認(rèn)為自己沒有引起大家的注意。我是一個(gè)以前真正引起沒有注意的人，故選B。

16.考查動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。 forget忘記； compensate賠償； change改變，       變化；prove證明。根據(jù)上文可知是Brown 先生改變了作者不為人知的狀態(tài)。Brown 先生通過讓許多人都關(guān)注我設(shè)法改變了這一切，故選C。

17.考查動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。 develop發(fā)展； limit限制； preserve保存；disturb打擾。當(dāng)然這種出名僅限于學(xué)校內(nèi)部。盡管它只是限于學(xué)校這個(gè)圈子，故選B。

18.考查形容詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。 important重要的； educated受教育的； honest誠實(shí)的； optimistic樂觀的。當(dāng)然作者認(rèn)為在學(xué)校內(nèi)部出名都是非常重要的事情。它給我播下了自信的種子有一天我將成為一個(gè)重量級的人，故選A。

19.考查動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。seek尋找； regain恢復(fù)； lose失去； ignore忽視。這里是固定短語lose touch with sb和某人失去聯(lián)系。很久以前我和我的老師失去了聯(lián)系，故選C。

20.考查動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。owe感激，欠； influence影響； satisfy滿意； attract吸引。根據(jù)上文可知是這位老師影響了自己。我現(xiàn)在多么想告訴他是他影響了我，故選B。

考點(diǎn)：故事類短文。

 

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