Question

My stutter（口吃）had always been much of a problem. I'd had so many specialists for my______35________ over the years. As l walked down the hallway to meet a new one, memories popped in my head of how painful（痛苦的）being a kid who stutters had been. It______36________ hurt.

    “Hello! I'm Mrs. Claussen. I hear you're from Texas!"

    “Ye-Ye-Ye-Yes m-m-m-m-m-m-m-aam I am…”My heart felt like it was pounding through my chest and my hands were dripping wet. I really blew that

______37________ .

    “Well," she said with a ______38________Smile. 161've always liked Texas."

    She turned out to be the best speech specialist I've ever had, not like those who

    told me to clap my hands while speaking. She was______39________.She spent the first several weeks just talking to me - asking me all kinds of questions about myself, especially my feelings. And she______40________ . She then began to teach me about the speech. Not just about my speech, but about everybody's.

       I______41________ in my old school and was a pretty good tenor（男高音）, but I learned that the new school's singing group was all filled up. It was such bad news, for I thought that was the one thing I could really do well - and I could do it

______42________ stuttering. Somehow Mrs. Claussen finally got me in the group. I felt like she really cared about me as a person, not just a speech student.

     During the next two years, my speech didn't get much better - except with her. When I was in college, things got worse. I once even wondered if I would ever be able to______43________ ! It was a very depressing time, and I often felt alone. When I was feeling really sorry for myself, I remembered Mrs. Claussen had told me whether I could______44________ my speech was all up to me. She had told me not to fight for perfect speech, just better speech. She was right about that. I finally improved my speech greatly.

     Many years have passed, but I think of her from time to time, wondering if she had as much______45________  0n her other students as she had on me. I like to think that she did. Her name was Mrs. Claussen... and she______46_______ . I'II never forget her.

1.A. speech                     B. study                  C. dream                 D. fear

2.A. maybe                      B. even                            C. still                              D. never

3.A. instruction                 B. description                    C. introduction                   D. presentation

4.A. shy                           B. cold                              C. weak                   D. kind

5.A. silent                                 B. simple                 C. direct                            D. different

6.A. cried                        B. listened                C. waited                 D. stopped

7.A. sang                          B. spoke                            C. played                 D. clapped

8.A. against                      B. besides                   C. beyond                D. without

9.A. practise                    B. communicate                 C. report                           D. reply

10.A. train                               B. share                  C. change                D. follow

11.A. advice                    B. influence             C. dependence                  D. action

12.A. continued               B. taught                           C. agreed                D. cared

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.D

5.D

6.B

7.A

8.D

9.B

10.C

11.B

12.D

【解析】短文大意：本文出自美国德克萨斯周杂志 The Staff，题目标题为"Her Name Was Mrs. Claussen - And She Cared by Dr. Lee Reeves"

1.根据文章开头告知作者存在的问题"口吃"和第五段第一句话中的speech specialist可知此处指的是我的语言问题，故选A。

2.根据第二段可知，目前问题还没有解决，所以这种痛苦仍然困扰我,F故选C，仍旧。

3.根据本段开头引号中的话可知，那是一段自我介绍。故选C，介绍。

4.根据第五段对这个老师的描述"best"可知，作者认可了这个老师，所以语意一定是积极向上且赞扬的。故选D。好心的，和蔼的。

5.根据上一句"not like those。。。"可知这个老师状况和其他老师不一样。故选D，不同的。

6.根据前文and可知表顺承关系，根据上一句她一直问我不同的问题，然后听我回答。故选B，听。

7.根据本段第一句后的"tenor（男高音）"和"singing group"可知答案为唱歌，故选A，唱。

8.根据前文"I could do it well"可知作者在唱歌这件事情上可以不口吃。故选D。没有。

9.根据本段前两句话可知，作者一开始说话还是不利索，甚至一度怀疑自己无法交流。故选B，交流。

10.根据本段最后一句话可知，最后作者的语言能力有了一个较大的提升，对比之前语法能力不好，可知我的语言老师告诉我是否我能改变语言能力完全取决于我。故选C，改变。

11.根据本空前后"as……as"短语和前文中这个老师对我所起的积极影响可知选B，影响。

12.根据全文可知，作者一直强调他的老师十分在意她教授的学生，可知填cared，关心。选D。