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完形填空.

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I was in my third year of teaching creative writing at a high school in New York, when one of my students, 15-year-old Micky, gave me a note from his mother. It ______ his absence from class the day before.

I had seen Micky himself writing the note at his desk. Most parental-excuse notes I received were penned by my ______. The forged(伪造的) excuse notes made a large pile, with writing that ranged from imaginative to crazy. The ______ of those notes didn’t realize that honest excuse notes were usually ______: “Peter was late because the alarm clock didn’t go off.”

The students always said that it was hard putting 200 words together on any subject, but when they ______ excuse notes, they were brilliant.

So one day I gave the excuse notes to my classes, saying, “They’re ______ to be written by parents, but actually they are not. True, Micky ? ” The students looked at me ______.

“Now, this will be the first class to study the ______ of the excuse notes --- the first class, ever, to practice writing them. You’re so______ to have a teacher like me who has taken your best writing and turned it into a ______ worthy of study. ”

Everyone smiled as I went on, “You used your ______. So try more now. Today I’d like you to write ‘An Excuse Note from Adam/Eve to God’.” ______ went down. Pens raced ______ paper. For the first time ever I saw students so ______ in their writing that they had to be asked to go to lunch by their friends.

The next day everyone had excuse notes. ______ discussions followed. The headmaster entered the classroom and walked ______, looking at papers, and then said, “I’d like you to see me in my office.” My heart ______.

When I stepped into his office, he came to ______ my hand and said, “I just want to tell you that that lesson, that task, whatever the hell you were doing, was ______. Those kids were writing on the college ______. Thank you. ”

1.A. explained      B. described        C. introduced      D. announced

2.A. parents         B. students        C. teachers       D. partners

3.A. editors         B. readers         C. writers        D. speakers

4.A. true            B. false            C. easy           D. dull

5.A. produced       B. considered      C. imagined       D. delivered

6.A. designed        B. collected        C. supposed        D. improved

7.A. eagerly         B. nervously        C. excitedly      D. coldly

8.A. form           B. difficulty       C. meaning         D. art

9.A. lucky          B. helpful         C. lovely         D. active

10.A. talent         B. habit            C. product        D. subject

11.A. devotion       B. imagination     C. Concentration  D. information

12.A. hands          B. eyes            C. heads           D. ears

13.A. across         B. with             C. against        D. behind

14.A. curious        B. careful          C. casual         D. calm

15.A. Separated      B. Surprising       C. Heated         D. Lasting

16.A. day and night  B. in and out      C. now and then   D. up and down

17.A. sank           B. rose             C. flew           D. hurt

18.A. watch          B. touch           C. shake           D. catch

19.A. sure          B. dim             C. tough           D. great

20.A. base          B. level           C. paper           D. theme

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.A

6.C

7.B

8.D

9.A

10.D

11.B

12.C

13.A

14.B

15.C

16.D

17.A

18.C

19.D

20.B

【解析】

试题分析：作者是创意写作的教师，通过创新请假条写作的方式来激励同学们用心写作。

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2.名词辨析。A. parents父母；B. students学生；C. teachers老师；D. partners 伙伴；从上文when one of my students可知作者是老师，故选B。

3.名词辨析。A. editors 编辑；B. readers 读者；C. writers作者；D. speakers说话人；从语境可以判断此处指写请假条的人，选C。

4.形容词辨析。A. true真实的；B. false假的； C. easy容易的；D. dull呆板的；从家长写的请假条的内容可知家长写的请假条仅仅是说明请假原因，内容无趣，选D。

5.动词辨析。A. produced制造；产生；B. considered考虑，认为；C. imagined想象；D. delivered发表，运送；从本句内容可知此处指学生写请假条的时候他们写的非常好，选A。

6.动词辨析。A. designed设计；B. collected 收集；C. supposed 假设；D. improved提高，改善；老师说请假条本来应该是家长写的，固定短语：be supposed to do“应该”，选C。

7.副词辨析。A. eagerly热切地；B. nervously紧张地；C. excitedly兴奋地；D. coldly冷淡地；听了老师的话，学生们都知道老师知道他们撒谎了，本来该家长写的请假条都是学生们自己写的，因此判断他们会很紧张，不知道老师会怎样惩罚他们，选B。

8.名词辨析。A. form 形式；B. difficulty 困难；C. meaning 意思； D. art艺术；从下文内容可知作者利用写作课的时间去探索写请假条的艺术，让学生们发挥他们的才能，选D。

9.形容词辨析。A. lucky 幸运的；B. helpful 有帮助的；C. lovely可爱的；D. active积极的；老师不仅没有因为学生们假借家长名义写请假条而惩罚他们，反而让他们自由地艺术地来写请假条，由此判断作者说学生们幸运，故选A。

10.名词辨析。A. talent天赋；B. habit 习惯；C. product产品；D. subject学科，话题；老师让学生们研究写请假条的艺术，把学生们的不诚实行为转变成一个可以研究的话题，故选D。

11.名词辨析。A. devotion 奉献；B. imagination想象；C. concentration集中；专心； D. information信息；上文提到学生们写的请假条都很好，会想到各种理由，借口，由此判断老师鼓励他们运用自己的想象力去写，选B。

12.名词辨析。A. hands手；B. eyes 眼睛；C. heads头；D. ears耳朵；从后句内容可知学生们低头去写作，选C。

13.介词辨析。A. across 穿过；B. with 和；C. against 对抗；D. behind在后面；此处强调从纸的一边写到另一边，选A。

14.形容词辨析。A. curious 好奇的；B. careful 认真的；C. casual 随意的；D. calm冷静的；根据后句that they had to be asked to go to lunch by their friends可知学生们写的非常认真，选B。

15.形容词辨析。A. Separated分开的；B. Surprising令人惊讶的；C. Heated 激烈的；D. Lasting 持续的；用heated形容学生们讨论地很热烈。

16.短语辨析。A. day and night 日日夜夜；B. in and out 进进出出； C. now and then时而；D. up and down上上下下；来来回回。校长走进教室看学生们的讨论情况，来回走动，选D。

17.动词辨析。A. sank下沉；B. rose起身；C. flew飞；D. hurt受伤；作者让学生们写请假条，而且就此在班上进行讨论，当校长叫他的时候，他认为校长会因此批评他，因而心沉下去，故选A。

18.动词辨析。A. watch观看；B. touch 触动，触摸；C. shake 摇晃；D. catch抓住；从校长说的话可以知道，校长很欣赏作者的做法，所以是握手表示祝贺和感谢，shake one’s hand“握手”，选C。

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20. B学生们现在的创意写作都是大学水平了。校长教室里面巡视过学生的写作，所以由此感叹。

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