Question

    Some teachers seem to be bad teachers, but they are not. Take my football coach for example. One day, we were doing some ______ practicing catching the football. He threw me a pass and I dropped it. He started ______ me. I went back in line, ______. My friend was up next. He dropped it, too. But the coach said nothing. Annoyed, I whispered, “Why ______ against me?”

After practice he came ______ to me and told me the reason he shouted at me ______ the other guy was that he expected more out of me. If he ______ my mistakes, it meant he had quit on me.

Another teacher ______ my memory was my PhD supervisor, Ken Crowe. He had  a(n) ______ for making grown men cry when they disappointed him, but I was ______ by the topic he was working on.

He gave me a(n) ______: to figure out what caused muons (介子) to get depolarized (去极 化 ) in liquids. After a week I came to Ken’s office to tell him about it. He listened for a few minutes and then ______  “You have no idea what you’re talking about! Get out and don’t come back until you do!” Now I was starting to get ______, complaining about him as cold- hearted.

Determined to change his attitude and ______ more relevant knowledge, I really got into it. ______, I understood it so well that to this day it is my most proud ______. Then I went back to tell Ken what I had figured out. Again he interrupted me a few minutes into my ______, but I carried on. When I finished, he praised me for doing some very original research. From that day forward, he supported and promoted me ______ we became great friends and respected colleagues.

So don’t ever complain about your “______” teachers. They may ______ you to make greater achievement you will be proud of decades later.

1.A.running B.drills C.operations D.actions

2.A.yelling at B.sending for C.getting rid of D.joking with

3.A.amazed B.encouraged C.frightened D.embarrassed

4.A.debate B.discriminate C.decide D.defend

5.A.in B.across C.over D.away

6.A.other than B.more than C.less than D.rather than

7.A.overlooked B.blamed C.resisted D.exposed

8.A.erasing B.strengthening C.jogging D.changing

9.A.reputation B.reference C.concern D.preference

10.A.astonished B.puzzled C.disturbed D.fascinated

11.A.principle B.assignment C.reward D.award

12.A.set out B.settle down C.cut in D.carried on

13.A.relaxed B.content C.comfortable D.mad

14.A.acquire B.acknowledge C.spread D.address

15.A.Suddenly B.Eventually C.Gradually D.Purposefully

16.A.accomplishment B.establishment C.development D.commitment

17.A.enquiry B.presentation C.schedule D.conference

18.A.although B.as C.before D.until

19.A.tolerant B.considerate C.mean D.kind

20.A.permit B.bother C.inspire D.discourage

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.C

6.D

7.A

8.C

9.A

10.D

11.B

12.C

13.D

14.A

15.B

16.A

17.B

18.D

19.C

20.C

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。有些老师表面上似乎是坏老师，但其实不是。作者在文章中介绍了曾经对自己看似刻薄其实是很认真负责的两位老师说明了永远不要抱怨你的“刻薄”老师。他们可能会激励你取得更大的成就，几十年后你会感到自豪。

1.考查名词词义辨析。句意：有一天，我们正在做一些操练练习接住足球。A. running跑步；B. drills操练；C. operations运营，运作；D. actions行动，动作。根据practicing catching the football可知此处表示操练之意。故选B。

2.考查动词短语词义辨析。句意：他开始对我大声喊叫。A. yelling at叫喊；B. sending for派送给…；C. getting rid of除去，摆脱；D. joking with和…开玩笑。根据下文中he shouted at me可知此处表示教练对我大声喊叫。故选A。

3.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我尴尬地回到队伍里。A. amazed吃惊的，惊讶的；B. encouraged受到鼓舞的；C. frightened害怕的；D. embarrassed尴尬的。根据上文He threw me a pass and I dropped it.可知此处表示我是尴尬的。故选D。

4.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我很生气，低声说：“为什么要歧视我？”A. debate辩论；B. discriminate歧视，区别；C. decide决定；D. defend保卫，辩护。根据Annoyed可知我对教练的行为不满，因此觉得他歧视我。故选B。

5.考查副词词义辨析。句意：训练结束后，他走到我身边，告诉我他之所以对我而不是对别人大喊大叫，是因为他对我期望更高。A. in在…里面；B. across穿过，在…对面，遍及；C. over在......上面，穿越；D. away离去，离开。根据told me the reason he shouted at me 6 the other guy was that he expected more out of me可知，短语come over“走过来。”符合句意。故选C。

6.考查连词短语词义辨析。句意：训练结束后，他走到我身边，告诉我他之所以对我而不是对别人大声喊叫，是因为他对我期望更高。A. other than除了，不同于；B. more than多于，超过；C. less than少于；D. rather than而不是。根据he shouted at me 和the other guy是转折对比关系。故选D。

7.考查动词词义辨析。句意：如果他忽略了我的错误，那就意味着他放弃了我。A. overlooked忽略，不理会；B. blamed责备；C. resisted反抗；D. exposed暴露。根据it meant he had quit on me可知此处表示忽略之意。故选A。

8.考查动词词义辨析。句意：另一位唤醒我记忆的老师是我的博士导师肯·克罗。A. erasing取消，清除；B. strengthening增强；C. jogging唤起，慢跑；D. changing改变。根据my memory可知此处表示唤起了我对他的记忆。故选C。

9.考查名词词义辨析。句意：他有个差的名声，因为当学生让他失望时他会让他们哭，但我对他正在研究的课题很感兴趣。A. reputation名声；B. reference参考，参照；C. concern担心，忧虑；D. preference偏爱，偏好。根据for making grown men cry when they disappointed him可知此处表示他因为这样所以名声差。故选A。

10.考查动词词义辨析。句意：他有个差的名声，因为当学生让他失望时他会让他们哭，但我对他正在研究的课题很感兴趣。A. astonished吃惊；B. puzzled使困惑；C. disturbed干扰；D. fascinated吸引。根据下文After a week I came to Ken’s office to tell him about it，可知此处表示我对他研究的课题感兴趣。故选D。

11.考查名词词义辨析。句意：他给了我一个任务：找出是什么导致了介子在液体中去极化。A. principle原则，原理；B. assignment任务；C. reward奖赏，报酬；D. award奖，增加。根据下文中to figure out可知此处表示他给我的任务。故选B。

12.考查动词短语词义辨析。句意：他听了几分钟，然后插嘴说：“你根本不知道你在说什么！滚出去，做不到你就别回来！”A. set out出发，开始；B. settle down定居，安定下来，专心于；C. cut in插嘴，超车；D. carried on参与，继续。根据下文中Again he interrupted me a few minutes…可知此处表示他插嘴打断了我的话。故选C。

13.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：现在我开始发疯了，抱怨他冷酷无情。A. relaxed轻松的；B. content满意的；C. comfortable舒服的；D. mad疯狂的。根据complaining about him as cold- hearted可知此处表示我要气疯了。故选D。

14.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我下定决心要改变他的态度，学习更多相关的知识，并且我真的投入进去了。A. acquire获得；B. acknowledge知识；C. spread传播，散布，展开；D. address写地址。根据more relevant knowledge可知此处表示获得更多相关的知识。故选A。

15.考查副词词义辨析。句意：最终，我对它理解得如此透彻，以至于直到今天，这仍然是我最自豪的成就。A. Suddenly突然地；B. Eventually最终，最后；C. Gradually逐渐地；D. Purposefully有目的地。根据I understood it so well that to this day…可知这是最终的结果。故选B。

16.考查名词词义辨析。句意：最终，我对它理解得如此透彻，以至于直到今天，这仍然是我最自豪的成就。A. accomplishment完成，成就；B. establishment确立，制定；C. development发展；D. commitment承诺，保证。根据I understood it so well that to this day 可知此处表示我理解它透彻是我最自豪的成就。故选A。

17.考查名词词义辨析。句意：我的介绍刚开始几分钟，他又一次打断了我，但我继续讲下去。A. enquiry询问；B. presentation介绍，展示，描述；C. schedule时间表；D. conference会议。根据下文When I finished, he praised me for doing some very original research.可知此处表示我在介绍。故选B。

18.考查连词词义辨析。句意：从那以后，他一直支持我，提拔我，直到我们成为了好朋友，成为了受人尊敬的同事。A. although尽管；B. as像，如同；C. before在之前；D. until直到.......才......。根据From that day forward可知，此处表示他一直支持我，提拔我，直到我们成为了好朋友，成为了受人尊敬的同事。故选D。

19.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：所以永远不要抱怨你的“刻薄”老师。A. tolerant宽容的，容忍的；B. considerate体贴的；C. mean吝啬的，卑鄙的；D. kind和蔼的。根据上文中complaining about him as cold- hearted可知我曾经认为他是冷酷无情，刻薄的老师。故选C。

20.考查动词词义辨析。句意：他们可能会激励你取得更大的成就，几十年后你会感到自豪。A. permit允许；B. bother干扰；C. inspire激励，鼓舞；D. discourage阻止，使泄气，使气馁。根据to make greater achievement可知此处表示他们会激励你取得更大的成就。故选C。