Question

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. approve  B. appointedC. expectedD. urged

4.A. flexible B. creativeC. disappointingD. controversial

5.A. college-levelB. basedC. difficultD. easy

6.A. marriedB. workedC. succeeded D. progressed

7.A. SadB. Confident C. AnxiousD. Curious

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

9.A. countedB. rememberedC. approachedD. discovered

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

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

12.A. impolite B. impatientC. inexperiencedD. sympathetic

13.A. gradeB. figureC. paperD. entry

14.A. tearB. fireC. cryD. escape

15.A. warnedB. 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. changeB. riskC. defeat D. reminded

20.A. lookedB. 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：作者在初中时因英语出色而深受老师赏识，由此也产生了对自己的自信。到了高中时候尽管他的成绩时常会得C，但是他却一直深信自己的英语水平。多年后当作者无意中看到当年的成绩单时他才突然意识到人生中重要的不是成绩而是人的自信和态度。

1. A.责骂 ；B.允许；C. 命令；D. 提醒。根据上文可知作者英语非常好，由此判断老师在课上允许她代替老师来对同学们进行测验，allow sb to do sth “允许某人做某事”，其他选项不符合语境，答案选B。

2.A. 坏的；B.复杂的；C.糟糕的；D. 精彩的。从上下文的叙述中可知作者文章写的非常优美，又为学校报纸写稿，老师对作者非常信任，所以她的学校生活非常精彩，故答案选D。

3.A. 赞同；B. 失望；C. 期望；D. 争吵。从语境可知老师离开教室的时候让作者替自己管理班级，由此判断老师指着自己的座位，让她坐在老师的位置上，故答案选B。

4.A. 灵活的；B. 有创意的；C. 失望的；D. 有争议的。从下文的讲述可知作者在高中的生活不如初中时候那么得意，英语成绩时常是C或者D，故答案选C。

5.A. 大学水平的；B.基础的C. 困难的；D. 容易的。根据作者的介绍可知刚刚大学毕业的老师都给学生们CD级别， 由此判断老师对学生们要求比较高，故答案选A。

6.A. 结婚；B. 工作；C. 成功；D.进步。根据后句had children可以判断作者毕业后，结婚，然后有孩子，故此处填married，答案选A。

7.A. 悲伤的；B. 自信的；C. 焦虑；D.好奇的。从上文的讲述可知作者上学时候英语一直是她的强项，故辅导孩子的时候是非常有自信，故答案选B。

8.A. 加；B. 居住；C. 生长；D. 去。固定短语：live up to one’s expectations“达到某人的期望”，故答案选B。

9.A. 数数；B.想起；C. 接近； D.发现。从下文内容可知当作者翻旧报纸的时候发现了自己以前的成绩报告单，故答案选D。

10. A. 带来；B.转；C. 抓住；D. 保持。由下文I remembered sitting in my advisor's office….可知当作者看到过去的物品时不由自主地想起过去的事情，bring back “带来，带回”，故答案选A。

11.A.紧张的；B.擅长；C. 贫穷的；D.糟糕的。从文章第一段内容可知作者初中时候英语成绩一向非常好，be excelled at “擅长”，故答案选B。

12. A. 不礼貌的；B. 不耐心的；C.无经验的；D. 可怜的。根据后面but unable to……可以判断前后内容是转折关系，此处表示顾问对此很同情，但是无能为力，故答案选D。

13.A. 成绩，年级；B. 人物；C. 纸；D. 进入。从上文作者提到I did not deserve a '"D" from that inexperienced teacher可知此处指的是学习成绩的等级，故答案选A。

14.A. 眼泪；B.火；C. 哭；D.逃走。从后句中作者突然的顿悟 I was not an "A" student in high school English!可以判断作者面对这个事实非常尴尬，不想面对这个事实，不想见到这些成绩单，所以他想把这些成绩报告藏起来或者撕掉，故答案选A。

15.A. 想要；B.想起；C. 熟悉；D. 坚信。从上文内容可知作者一直以为自己高中英语成绩不错，只是因为年轻教师的严格才会得到C或者D等级的分数，所以此处指作者自己虽然面对那样的成绩却一直深信自己的英语水平高，convinced sb of sth “使某人深信”，故答案选D。

16.A.平均的；B热情的 ；C. 杰出的；D.偶然的。根据空后but mostly "C” S.可以判断作者在高中时候的英语成绩只是偶尔才会得到A。

17.A. 认为；B.阐明；C映射，D.描述。从语境可知作者认为如果自己当时就认为自己成绩不行，并且把自己定位到英语差的学生行列，他就没有信心去得到现在的这份工作，故答案选B。

18.A.舍弃；B. 给；C. 信任；D. 怀疑。从上文作者的讲述可知作者一直把自己看做是一个擅长英语的学生，深信自己成绩优异，故答案选C。

19. A.改变；B. 危险； C.打败；D. 想起。根据语境判断作者认为如果他在当时承认自己成绩是C或者D的话，他就会失去自信，就会被失败的恐惧所战胜，而没有了那种锐气，故选C。

20.A. 看 ；B.浏览；C. 唱；D. 批评。由上文内容可知作者一直是认为自己是一个英语优秀的学生，view sb as ….把某人看作，故答案选B。

考点：考查故事类阅读理解。