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Do you still remember the scores in your past exams? Perhaps the only test score that I remember is the 55 I got when I was in high school.

The test was the final for a course. I remembered waiting anxiously (焦虑地) as my teacher Mr. Right passed out our papers one by one. It was a rather 1.___________ test. I heard my classmates groaning (叹息), and I could tell by the groans that the scores weren’t looking good.

Mr. Right put my paper on my desk. There in big red numbers, was my score, 55! I lowered my head, and 2.___________ the score up quickly. A 55 is not something that you wanted your classmates to see. “The scores were not very good, none of you 3.____________,” Mr. Right said. “The4.____________ score in the class was a 55.”

A 55? That’s me! I didn’t feel so bad. I had the highest score. I felt a lot 5.____________.

I walked home alone that day with the low but high score. My mother6.___________ that I had a big test that day and asked me as soon as I got home, “How did you do in your test?”  “I made a 55,” I said. A frown (皱眉) now stood on my mother’s face. I knew I had to 7.___________ at once. “But Mum, I had the highest score in the class,” I proudly said. I thought that explanation would make a difference. “You 8.___________!” my mother replied. “But it’s the highest!” I insisted (坚持). “I don’t care what scores others had, but you failed. What matters is what you do!” my mother firmly said.

For years, my mother was 9.__________ in that way. It didn’t matter what others did, it only mattered what I did and that I did it excellently.

We often don’t understand the 10.___________ of good parents until we ourselves stand in the parents’ shoes. My mother’s words have helped me throughout life.

Answer

1.difficult

2.covered

3.passed

4.highest

5.better

6.knew

7.explain

8.failed

9.always

10.kindness

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了作者一次考试不及格但是确是班级里的最高分。作者的母亲教育作者不要关注其他人考试的分数，重要的是他是不及格的。作者认识到别人做了什么并不重要，重要的自己做了什么，自己做的是不是好。

1.根据上下文可知那是一次相当难的测试，故填difficult

2.根据后文这个分数不是想让同学看到的，可知作者迅速的盖上分数。故填covered

3.根据后文提到的最高分是55，可知没有人考试及格，故填passed

4.班级里的最高分是55。根据句意，故填highest

5.根据上文可知作者感到比刚才好多了。故填better

6.妈妈知道我进行了大型的考试。根据句意，故填knew

7.我知道我必须马上解释。根据句意，故填explain

8.根据后文作者强调自己的分数最高，可知妈妈说：你考试不及格。故填failed

9.根据后文描述可知好多年了，妈妈总是用那中方式，故填always

10.

考点：情感故事类短文。