Question

    ―Sixteen, I said. I have forgotten the math question my second-grade teacher, Joyce Cooper, asked that day, but I will never forget my answer. As soon as the number left my mouth, the whole class started laughing. I felt like the   _________________ person in the world.

Mrs. Cooper___________them with a firm look. Then she said, ―We’re all here to learn.

Once Mrs. Cooper asked us to write a report about what we hoped to do in the future. I wrote: ―I want to be a teacher like Mrs. Cooper.

She wrote on my report, ―You would    ___________an outstanding teacher because you are determined and you try hard. I was to carry those___________in my heart for the 27 years.

After I graduated from high school, I got married and had children.

We needed money just to get by. College and teaching were impossible.

Then one day I thought of my dream. I talked it over with my family and_______to attend college classes in the mornings before work. And when I got home from work, I would study. Finally, after seven years, my dream had been realized and I became a teacher.

Not long after I started teaching, something happened that brought the past rushing back to me. I had written a sentence with grammatical errors on the blackboard. Then I asked students to come and_________________ the mistakes.

One girl got halfway through, became _________ and stopped. As the other children laughed, tears rolled down her cheeks. I gave her a hug and told her to have a drink of water. Then, remembering Mrs. Cooper, I fixed the_____________ of the class with a firm look. ―We are all here to learn, I said.

1.A.cleverest B.happiest C. stupidest D.shiest

2.A.looked B.stared C.saw D.fixed

3.A.make B.change C.return D.develop

4.A.teachers B.reports C.words D.classmates

5.A.supposed B.decided C.promised D.agreed

6.A.prove B.correct C.check D.read

7.A.mad B.excited C.confident D.confused

8.A.rest B.most C.whole D.half

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.B

6.B

7.D

8.A

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。讲述了我在学习的时候遇见了一位优秀的老师，让我也有了做老师的梦想，后来经过自己的努力，我终于成为了一名老师，遇见了自己做学生的时候的同样的事情。表达出作者对自己老师浓浓的感激之情。

1.句意：我感觉我是世界上最傻的人。

cleverest最聪明的；happiest最开心的；stupidest最傻的；shiest最害羞的。根据前文“As soon as the number left my mouth, the whole class started laughing.”可知，一说出答案，全班开始哄堂大笑。所以我闹了笑话，被别人嘲笑了，我感觉自己是世界上最愚蠢的人。故选C。

2.句意：Cooper老师用坚定的眼神盯着他们。

looked看；stared盯；saw看见；fixed固定。根据前文“As soon as the number left my mouth, the whole class started laughing.”可知，一说出答案，全班开始哄堂大笑；以及本句和后文“Mrs. Cooper…them with a firm look… We’re all here to learn!”可知，他们嘲笑了我，Cooper老师用坚定的眼神盯着他们，说我们都是来学习的。所以不要嘲笑别人，fix固定，这里表示两眼直直地盯着，显示出老师的威严以及盯这个动作的坚决性。同时根据本文最后“Then, remembering Mrs. Cooper, I fixed the…of the class with a firm look.”可知，这里也是fix，故选D。

3.句意：她在我的报告上写到，你会成为一个出色的老师因为你充满信心并且你很努力。

make制作，成为；change改变；return回归；develop发展。根据本句“…you would…an outstanding teacher because you are determined and you try hard.”可知，你会成为一个出色的老师因为你充满信心并且你很努力。make在这里是成为的意思，故选A。

4.句意：在接下来的27年里我的心里永远都记得这些话。

teachers老师；reports报告；words话语；classmates同班同学。根据本句“I was to carry those…in my heart for the 27 years.”可知，在接下来的27年里我的心里永远都记得这些话。这些话语是words，故选C。

5.句意：我把这件事和家人谈了谈决定工作前去读大学课程。

supposed猜想；decided决定；promised许诺；agreed同意。根据前文和本句“Then one day I thought of my dream. I talked it over with my family and…to attend college classes in the mornings before work.”可知，有一天作者想起了梦想。和家人说完后决定去读大学。决定做某事，decide to do。故选B。

6.句意：然后我让一个学生过来改正错误。

prove证明；correct纠正改正；check检查；read读。根据前文和本句“I had written a sentence with grammatical errors on the blackboard. Then I asked students to come and…the mistakes.”可知，作者在黑板上写了有语法错误的句子，然后让学生过来改正错误。故选B。

7.句意：一个女孩做到一半，开始困惑并停了下来。

mad疯狂的；excited兴奋的；confident有信心的；confused困惑的。根据本句“One girl got halfway through, became…and stopped.”可知，女孩做到一半，肯定是困惑犹豫了。故选D。

8.句意：然后，我想起了Cooper老师，我用坚定的表情盯着其余的学生。

rest其余的；most大多数的；whole全部的；half一半。根据前文以及本句“As the other children laughed, tears rolled down her cheeks. I gave her a hug and told her to have a drink of water. Then, remembering Mrs. Cooper, I fixed the…of the class with a firm look.”可知，女孩走到半路停了下来，肯定是困惑犹豫了。班里其他孩子开始笑话她。我给了孩子一个拥抱，让她去喝口水，然后想起了Cooper，我像我的老师那样，用坚定的眼神让班里其他孩子安静下来。故选A。