Question

从下面方框中选出10个单词，并将其正确形式填写在答题卡相应题号的位置上，使短文意思正确通顺（每词限用一次）。

A calligrapher (书法家) taught handwriting. One of his students often practiced handwriting with old pieces of newspapers. He _1._______ that he made very little progress _2._______ he had learned for a long time. His teacher said to him, “Why not try _3.______ the best paper. Maybe you'll write _4._____.”

  The student did as he _5.________.It really worked. He made progress not long afterwards and felt _6.________.He asked his teacher about the _7.________.The calligrapher answered, “When you used old newspapers to practice handwriting, you would think you were writing a draft(草稿). It didn't _8._______ if you wrote badly. Maybe you thought there were plenty of old newspapers to use. In that case you wouldn't pay much _9._________to it. Now you use the best paper and you'll treasure it. Each time you write you feel strongly about the rarity (稀少)of chances and you'll devote all your heart and soul; you'll do the handwriting much more carefully than practicing. Of course you've _10._______ rapid progress.”

        Every day of our life is something new. Let us take every day as a piece of the best paper.

Answer

1.complained

2.though

3.to use

4.better

5.was told

6.strange

7.reason

8.matter

9.attention

10.make

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了一个学生在旧报纸上练字，总是抱怨几乎没有什么进步，老师建议他使用好纸练习，果然他取得了很快的进步。原因是他在使用好纸时，注意力比使用旧报纸时更集中。

1.根据上文可知那个学生抱怨几乎没有什么进步，故填complained

2.根据句意虽然他学习了很长时间，但几乎没有什么进步，故填though

3.根据句意，为什么不设法使用最好的纸呢？try to do sth ,故填to use

4.也许你能写得更好一些，故填better

5.学生照着老师说的去做了，he 指学生，主语和动词之间是被动关系，故用被动结构，故填was told

6.这个方法起了作用，他取得了进步，他感到奇怪，故填strange

7.他问老师原因，故填reason

8.根据句意，在草纸上写你写的不好，你认为没有关系，故填matter

9.你认为还有许多的旧报纸使用，所以你就不注意，故填attention

10.当然你就取得了快速的进步，故填make

考点：教育故事类短文。