Question

    I teach at a university and recently had an interesting interaction with a student who approached my desk with an assignment. I watched as he _______ it from his pocket and held the crumpled (皱的) sheet out to me.

“What’s that?” I asked. His _______ : “My work.”

I was shocked. All I could do was staring at it long enough to _______ my voice.

Then I told him to redo the _______ and hand it back to me as a clean, _______ and spotless copy. As the student _______ , I picked up the merest anger.

In this case, if I have some _______ as a teacher, then this is it: quality. In the long _______ of my teaching career, I have given my students great creative freedom and _______ many extensions of deadlines. But my ________ of quality remains anchored in concrete. I have always felt that should I ________ on this one essential issue, then all is lost.

So what became of my ________ with the crumpled paper? He gave me the paper like a soldier presenting something to a king respectfully ________ a cat casually, which is why I ________ him. I called him back. We sat down together, and I ________ his draft, which was disorganized. I explained, ________ and clearly, that one’s first effort is exactly that: a start. And we took it from there, moving a paragraph, deleting the ________ words or sentences, and ________ grammar.

Once those basic things were ________ , my student asked, “Are we done?” “Not yet,” I smiled. “One last step.” I told him to read his work out loud and listen to his words. After he ________, he lowered the paper and looked at me, with his expression filled with hope.

1.A.ruined B.pulled C.blocked D.harvested

2.A.belief B.solution C.notice D.response

3.A.repair B.recover C.raise D.recognize

4.A.arrangement B.preparation C.adaptation D.assignment

5.A.obvious B.flat C.long D.sharp

6.A.panicked B.registered C.left D.remained

7.A.complaint B.celebration C.appreciation D.attraction

8.A.lesson B.distance C.course D.silence

9.A.excused B.prohibited C.required D.allowed

10.A.expectation B.assumption C.comprehension D.judgment

11.A.burst out B.cut down C.give in D.keep up

12.A.career B.teacher C.draft D.student

13.A.rather than B.or rather C.other than D.as well as

14.A.forgave B.scolded C.troubled D.influenced

15.A.torn B.introduced C.examined D.selected

16.A.hopefully B.specially C.strangely D.quietly

17.A.difficult B.unnecessary C.valuable D.unconditional

18.A.copying B.stressing C.correcting D.reviewing

19.A.handled B.listed C.enjoyed D.tested

20.A.demanded B.finished C.recorded D.settled

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.B

4.D

5.B

6.C

7.A

8.C

9.D

10.A

11.C

12.D

13.A

14.A

15.C

16.D

17.B

18.C

19.A

20.B

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章作者讲述了自己帮助一个学生修改作业的一次经历。

1.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我看着他从口袋里掏出那张皱巴巴的纸递给我。A. ruined毁灭；B. pulled抽、拉；C. blocked阻塞；D. harvested收获。根据本空后的"it from his pocket and held the crumpled(皱的）sheet out to me.可知，我看着他从口袋里掏出皱巴巴的纸递给我，故选B。

2.考查名词词义辨析。句意：他的回答是:“我的作业。”A. belief信仰；B. solution解决办法；C. notice通知；D. response回答。根据本空前的"I asked可知，这里是学生在回答，故选D。

3.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我所能做的就是盯着它，直到我的声音恢复过来。A. repair修理；B. recover恢复；C. raise养育；D. recognize认出。根据本空前的"I was shocked. All I could do was stare at it long enough to可知，我很震惊，学生竟然交上来这样的作业，因此我好长时间说不出话来，故选B。

4.考查名词词义辨析。句意：然后我让他重做一遍作业，把一个干净、平整、一尘不染的作业本交给我。A. arrangement安排；B. preparation准备；C. adaptation适应；D. assignment作业。根据本空的and hand it back to me as a clean, ___5___ and spotless copy.可知，我让他重做作业，把一份干净、平整、不勾不抹的作业交给我，故选D。

5.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：然后我让他重做一遍作业，把一个干净、平整、一尘不染的作业本交给我。A. obvious明显的；B. flat平整的；C. long长的；D. sharp锋利的。根据语境可知，我让他做一份干净、平整、不勾不抹的作业交给我，故选B。

6.考查动词词义辨析。句意：当那个学生离开时，我感到了一丝愤怒。A. panicked使恐慌；B. registered 登记；C. left离开；D. remained保持。根据下文中的"I called him back."可知，此处指学生走了，故选C。

7.考查名词词义辨析。句意：在这种情况下，如果我作为一名教师有一些抱怨，那就是：质量。A. complaint抱怨；B. celebration庆祝；C. appreciation感激；D. attraction吸引力。根据本空后的as a teacher, then this is it: quality.可知，作为一名教师，如果我有什么要抱怨的话，那就是质量，故选A。

8.考查名词词义辨析。句意：在我漫长的教学生涯中，我给学生很大的创造性自由，允许他们多次延长截止日期。A. lesson教训；B. distance距离；C. course过程；D. silence沉默。根据本空后的of my teaching career可知，此处指在我漫长的教学生涯中，故选C。

9.考查动词词义辨析。句意：在我漫长的教学生涯中，我给学生很大的创造性自由，允许他们多次延长截止日期。A. excused原谅；B. prohibited禁止；C. required要求；D. allowed允许。根据本空前的I have given my students great creative freedom 可知，在我漫长的教学生涯中，我给了学生很大的创造性自由，允许他们延迟交作业，故选D。

10.考查名词词义辨析。句意：但是我对作业质量的期望是不会变的。A. expectation期望；B. assumption假定；C. comprehension理解；D. judgement判断。根据本空后的of quality remains anchored in concrete.可知，但是我对作业质量的期望是不会变的，故选A。

11.考查动词短语辨析。句意：我一直觉得，如果我在这个关键问题上让步，那么一切都完了。A. burst out突发；B. cut down削减；C. give in让步；D. keep up保持。根据本空后的on this one essential issue, then all is lost.可知，我一直觉得，如果我在这个关键问题上有所让步，那么一切都完了，故选C。

12.考查名词词义辨析。句意：我的那个拿着那张皱巴巴的作业的学生后来怎么样了? A. career生涯；B. teacher老师；C. draft草稿；D. student学生。根据上文内容可知，一个学生拿出皱巴巴的作业交给我，此处指那个学生，故选D。

13.考查介词短语辨析。句意：他给了我那份作业，就像一个士兵恭恭敬敬地向国王呈递东西，而不是像一只猫那样随随便便，所以我原谅了他。A. rather than而不是；B. or rather倒不如说；C. other than除了；D. as well as。根据本空后的a cat casually, which is why I ___14___ him.可知，他给我作业的时候就像士兵向国王呈递东西一样地恭敬，而不是像给猫一样随意地拿出来，这也是我原谅他的原因，故选A。

14.考查动词词义辨析。句意：他给我这份作业，就像一个士兵恭恭敬敬地向国王呈递东西，而不是像一只猫那样随随便便，所以我原谅了他。A. forgave原谅；B. scolded贵骂；C. troubled折磨；D. influenced影响。根据上文语境可知，他给我作业的时候就像士兵向国王呈递东西一样地恭敬，而不是像给猫一样随意地拿出来，这也是我原谅他的原因，故选A。

15.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们坐在一起，我检查了他的草稿，那是杂乱无章的。A. torn撕开；B. introduced介绍；C. examined检查；D. selected挑选。根据本空后的his draft, which was disorganized.可知，我们一起坐下来，我检查了他的草稿，草稿杂乱无章，故选C。

16.考查副词词义辨析。句意：我平静而清晰地解释道，一个人的第一次努力正是开始。A. hopefully有希望地；B. specially专门地；C. strangely奇怪地；D. quietly平静地。根据本空后的and clearly, that one’s first effort is exactly that: a start.可知，我平静而清晰地解释说，一个人的第一次努力就是开始，故选D。

17.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我们从这里开始，移动一个段落，删除不必要的单词或句子，纠正语法。A. difficult困难的；B. unnecessary不必要的；C. valuable有价值的；D. unconditional无条件的。根据本空前的moving a paragraph可知，这里指的是对学生作业的修改移动一个段落，删除不必要的单词或句子并修改语法，故选B。

18.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们从这里开始，移动一个段落，删除不必要的单词或句子，纠正语法。A. copying复制；B. stressing强调；C. correcting改正；D. reviewing复习。根据上文语境可知，这里指的是对学生作业的修改移动一个段落，删除不必要的单词或句子并修改语法，故选C。

19.考查动词词义辨析。句意：一旦这些基本的事情都处理好了，我的学生就会问:“我们做完了吗?”A. handled处理；B. listed列清单；C. enjoyed享受；D. tested测试。上文说我们对他的作业进行了修改，这里指的是一些基本的错误被处理了，故选A。

20.考查动词词义辨析。句意：写完后，他放下报纸看着我，脸上充满了希望。A. demanded要求；B. finished完成；C. recorded记录；D. settled解决。根据本空前的I told him to read his work out loud and listen to his words.可知，我让他大声地朗读，当他读完后，他放下作业看着我，脸上充满了希望，故选B。