完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）
閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。
When I met Mr Jim Lemon I was a seventeen-year-old freshman at Houston's Jackson Junior High.The chances of my finishing high school were
36 . I was a troubled teenage.
Mr Lemon taught American history and was quite
37 from the other teachers I had known. Not only was he
38 , but also he was a great teacher. He pushed and never tolerated the mediocrity(平庸) that had become my standard.
On the occasion of our first semester report cards, Mr Lemon
39 me aside and asked how it was possible that I was a B student in his class and a C student in the
40 of my classes. I passionately told him about my
41 parents, the local gangs, the drugs, the fights, the police---all of the evils I had been
42 to. It was then that Mr Lemon
43 explained that the only person
44 for my situation was me. And the only person with the
45 to change my situation was me. He
46 me that I was failing not because I was a failure. He inspired me to become a better student and he
47 my life.
Ten years later I was preparing to graduate from a university when I spoke to him again .
48 I did get him on the phone, I told him that I had been saving money so that I could invite him to come to Hawaii at my
49 to be a part of my graduation.
I'll never forget his
50 . He said,"Who is this again?" I was just one of hundreds of the students whose life he changed
51 he had no idea of his influence.
Mr Lemon never came to my graduation, but his
52 taught me another valuable lesson. His final lesson for me was that we will never know or understand the
53 we have on other people's lives. He taught me that we all have the
54 to effect people's lives for the
55 ... Or for the worse.
小題1:
| | A．near | | B．ready | | C．great | | D．slim |
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小題2:
| | A．kind | | B．excellent | | C．different | | D．same |
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小題3:
| | A．strict | | B．tough | | C．sympathetic | | D．warm-hearted |
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小題4:
| | A．scolded | | B．called | | C．pushed | | D．dragged |
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小題5:
| | A．rest | | B．most | | C．others | | D．a(chǎn)ll |
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小題6:
| | A．qualified | | B．learned | | C．well-educated | | D．divorced |
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小題7:
| | A．subjected | | B．a(chǎn)ddicted | | C．referred | | D．forced |
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小題8:
| | A．nervously | | B．patiently | | C．strictly | | D．confidently |
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小題9:
| | A．blamed | | B．capable | | C．struggling | | D．responsible |
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小題10:
| | A．sense | | B．potential | | C．direction | | D．mood |
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小題11:
| | A．persuaded | | B．pointed | | C．convinced | | D．confirmed |
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小題12:
| | A．changed | | B．turned | | C．supported | | D．a(chǎn)rranged |
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小題13:
| | A．While | | B．Before | | C．When | | D．After |
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小題14:
| | A．cost | | B．expense | | C．treat | | D．invitation |
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小題15:
| | A．a(chǎn)ttitude | | B．unwillingness | | C．teaching | | D．response |
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小題16:
| | A．a(chǎn)nd | | B．however | | C．or | | D．so |
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小題17:
| | A．a(chǎn)bsence | | B．refusal | | C．confusion | | D．decision |
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小題18:
| | A．importance | | B．a(chǎn)bility | | C．impression | | D．influence |
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小題19:
| | A．duty | | B．opportunity | | C．responsibility | | D．courage |
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小題20:
| | A．easier | | B．better | | C．happier | | D．simpler |
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beef with potatoes in it. I can remember 33 my grandmother by saying that she loved that dog better than she loved her family.
ther from a distance as she dropped Robby off or waited in her aged car to 26 him up. She always 27 and smiled but never visited my class. Then one day Robby 28 com
ing to our lessons. He telephoned me and said his mother was 29 .
ad heard 35 his fingers were light on the keys. They even 36 on the keys… He played so well that everyone was on their 37 in wild applause (鼓掌). In tears I ran up on stage. “Oh Robby! How 38 you do it?”
er Emilio Estefan came to speak at her high school, Gloria sang for him. He asked her to join his band. It was the beginning of the Miami Sound Machine.
work.’ You’ve got to be firm in spite of difficulties. Stick to it—that’s the main thing.”
for years?