Ⅰ.完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Mrs Hyde was my fifth-and sixth-grade teacher.She was a nice and gentle teacher who wanted her students to learn and to do well in school.She was also 1 to those of us who showed an interest in a particular subject.For me it was 2.One of our assignments for writing class was to 3 some James Thurber’s stories.I loved this writer.Students would take turns reading his 4 stories out loud in class and when it came to my 5to read,it was difficult.I couldn’t 6 laughing at what I was reading.Mrs Hyde encouraged us to write our own short 7.I tried my best to make up a story,imitating Thurber’s style.I got an A+on my paper.Mrs Hyde 8 told me how good and funny she thought it was.She told me,“You really have a(n) 9for this.”From that day forward,I had aspirations (渴望) of 10 a writer.Along the way and for a long time,my friends and family 11tried to talk me out of this.“Writers don’t make any 12,” they would tell me.“You’ll starve to death.”I never forgot Mrs Hyde’s 13 to me.It took several years to turn my14 into reality,but today,I’m a working writer.It’s true I don’t make a lot of money doing it,but I’m doing what I 15.If it hadn’t been for Mrs Hyde’s encouragement to me so many years ago,I don’t know if I would have ever given writing a 16.Mrs Hyde died in the late 1980s.She never saw any of my 17 published,but she always knew how much I 18 writing.I wouldn’t have made it 19 her encouragement.How I wish I could see her and thank her for her words of encouragement.They 20 the world to me.【语篇导读】本文是记叙文。
老师的鼓励让作者实现了自己当作家的梦想。
1.A.patient B.encouragingC.strictD.friendly“Mrs Hyde encouraged us to write”和倒数第二段中的“Mrs Hyde’s encouragement to me”可知,Hyde老师对我们中对某个科目感兴趣的学生也“充满鼓励(encouraging)”。
2.A.dancing B.runningC.writingD.teaching,“我”感兴趣的科目是“写作(writing)”。
3.A.read B.analyze C.tell D.repeat“take turns reading his...stories out loud in class”可知,我们写作课上的任务之一是“阅读(read)”James Thurber写的故事。
4.A.scary B.popularplexD.funny“laughing at what I was reading”可知,James Thurber写的故事很“有趣(funny)”。
5.A.order B.jobC.turnD.mind“当轮到我读的时候”。
前文中的take turns是答案提示。
6.A.stop B.keep C.wait D.stand“it was difficult”可知,当轮到“我”读的时候,“我”总是“忍不住(can’t stop)”笑。
7.A.book B.poemC.passageD.story“I tried my best to make up a story”可知,Hyde老师鼓励我们写“故事(story)”。
8.A.immediately B.smilinglyC.calmlyD.quietly“told me how good and funny she thought it was”可知,Hyde老师“微笑着(smilingly)”告诉“我”她觉得“我”写的故事有多好、多有趣。
9.A. mind B.opportunityC.talentD.excuse,Hyde老师说“我”有写作的“天赋(talent)”。
10.A.meeting B.copyingC.supportingD.becoming,“我”就渴望“成为(becoming)”一名作家。
11.A.angrily B.constantlyC.hardlyD.politely,有很长一段时间,“我”的朋友和家人“不断(constantly)”试图说服“我”放弃写作。
12.A.money B.effortC.progressD.difference“You’ll starve to death.”和“I don’t make a lot of money doing it”可知,此处指当作家并不赚“钱(money)”。
13.A.hope B.attitudeC.wordsD.promise,“我”永远不会忘记Hyde老师对“我”说过的“话(words)”。
14.A.predictions B.lifeC.conceptD.dreams“I had aspirations of...a writer”可知,多年后“我”终于实现了自己的“梦想(dreams)”。
15.A.love B.imagineC.doubtD.remember我”虽然没有赚很多钱,但是“我”在做自己“热爱(love)”的事情。
16.A.break B.chanceC.missD.time,如果没有Hyde老师几年前的鼓励,“我”不知道自己是否会给写作一次“机会(chance)”。
17.A.paper B.lettersC.theoriesD.works老师从未看到“我”的“作品(works)”发表。
18.A.enjoyed B.triedC.finishedD.regrettedHyde老师知道“我”有多么“热爱(enjoyed)”写作。
19.A.due to B.because ofC.but forD.along with,“要不是(but for)”Hyde老师的鼓励,“我”不会成为一名作家。
20.A.showed B.meantC.ledD.introduced,Hyde老师的鼓励对“我”“意味(meant)”深远。
Ⅱ.语篇填空(共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分)阅读下面材料,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
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