Question

“A” for Attitude

English was always my favorite subject. In my freshman year of high school, I could write a killer composition. In my second year, my teacher         me to give spelling tests to the class. I had a       time of my junior year. Mrs Alexander        me to sit at her desk and take over the class when she had to leave the room. Only my senior English class was        , as we had a teacher right out of college who expected       work. Every student received a "C" or "D" grade the first quarter. But English was still my favorite subject.

    I graduated from high school,    early and had children.       about my English, I often helped my kids with their English homework. And I wrote long articles and beautiful poetry as a columnist for a newspaper. Fifteen years later, I went to college, and because I had been an "A" student, I remained an "A" student. I      up to my own expectations.

    Yesterday, I        my high school report cards when I was reading old papers. That bundle of report cards         back the old days. I remembered sitting in my advisor's office, explaining that I had always be     at  English, and recommending that I did not deserve a '"D" from that inexperienced teacher of my senior year. The  advisor was       but unable to change a（an）       . Reading through my old report cards revealed something else too. I wanted to     them or hide them. I was not an "A" student in high school English! Somehow, I had         myself of this, when the grades clearly reflected an average student with an       "A" or "B" but mostly "C” _S.

   Had I lived up to those grades and     myself according to those letters, I would have never confidently sought my writing career. Had I     my early grades instead of myself, I would have allowed my fear of failure to     enthusiasm and damage my creativity. Instead, I     my younger self as an "A" English student, except for that undeserved "D".

1.A. scolded         B. allowedC. ordered D. reminded

2.A. badB. complexC. terribleD. wonderful

3.A. approved        B. appointed      C. expected     D. urged

4.A. flexible         B. creativeC. disappointing D. controversial

5.A. college-level     B. basedC. difficultD. easy

6.A. married         B. workedC. succeeded    D. progressed

7.A. Sad            B. Confident      C. AnxiousD. Curious

8.A. added          B. lived C. grew D. went

9.A. counted        B. remembered    C. approachedD. discovered

10.A. brought       B. turned C. heldD. kept

11.A. nervous       B. excelled C. poorD. terrible

12.A. impolite       B. impatientC. inexperienced D. sympathetic

13.A. grade         B. figureC. paperD. entry

14.A. tearB. fire           C. cryD. escape

15.A. warned        B. reminded      C. informedD. convinced

16.A. average       B. enthusiastic     C. outstanding D. occasional

17.A. considered     B. definedC. reflected D. described

18.A. abandoned     B. given         C. believed inD. doubted

19.A. change        B. riskC. defeat D. reminded

20.A. looked        B. viewedC. sang D. criticized

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.B

4.C

5.A

6.A

7.B

8.B

9.D

10.A

11.B

12.D

13.A

14.A

15.D

16.D

17.B

18.C

19.C

20.B

【解析】

试题分析：文章大意：英语一直是作者最喜欢的科目，虽然在高一时因为英语老师刚刚大学毕业，没有经验所教的学生都的C或D等级，但作者一直还是深爱着英语，并不认为自己就是D等级应该是A等级。作者一直相信自己而不是相信自己的成绩所以不受自己成绩的干扰在英语方面拥有热情与创造，取得成就。

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考点：考查记叙文