Question

    I'm standing in a class of wild 14-year-old girls as they throw paper and howl （大喊）with laughter. They won't ____ me. I was 23 and I didn't know what I was doing. I never wanted to ____ .I wanted to be a writer. But when I arrived in London, they were short of teachers.

My efforts at teaching were _____. When the bell finally rang, I rushed to the staff room, red with anger. The other teachers weren't ____ . "That's 4B, the worst class in school," one said.

I dreaded （害怕）our next _____ , but I couldn't give up. I needed the job. So. I ______ formal lessons. Instead, I brought _____ for class discussions. One of the liveliest talks was about the arguments they had with their parents. They paid attention and shared about their lives. I was _____ . So I had them write about themselves. Most wrote about families with little money and big problems. As time went on, their essays became a ____ between us. I admired their humor, toughness and insight, and I think they ____ my interest in their lives.

The musical My Fair Lady was playing in the West End, but they had never seen a ______stage performance. They lived just a few subway stops from the West End, but none had ever been. 1 asked if they'd like to see the musical. They thought I was _____ . No teacher had ever ______taking them out. A few weeks later，4B and I were sitting in a _______ . They loved the music, the costumes and the characters. It was the _____ of their year, and they talked about it for days.

Near the end of the semester, someone knocked on the door of the staff room. The two most rebellious （叛逆的）girls in 4B were there - with flowers. I was proud to know I had ___their lives. I enjoyed teaching and getting along with _____ .

When I returned to Australia several years later, I still wanted to be a _____ . For the first time in my life, I stopped _____ and started writing. My first story was titled. My Fair Ladies. Teaching wasn't the _____ of my writing career; it was the beginning.

1.A.listen to B.hear about C.catch up with D.take care of

2.A.communicate B.teach C.discuss D.work

3.A.successful B.persistent C.unforgettable D.hopeless

4.A.embarrassed B.happy C.surprised D.worried

5.A.appointment B.meeting C.task D.performance

6.A.abandoned B.designed C.took D.hated

7.A.papers B.rewards C.topics D.assistants

8.A.fascinated B.disappointed C.puzzled D.relaxed

9.A.deal B.bridge C.guide D.secret

10.A.praised B.understood C.ignored D.appreciated

11.A.good B.familiar C.famous D.live

12.A.lying B.guessing C.joking D.promising

13.A.admitted B.disliked C.minded D.suggested

14.A.school B.theater C.library D.classroom

15.A.highlight B.goal C.story D.achievement

16.A.found B.touched C.created D.saved

17.A.teachers B.parents C.teenagers D.players

18.A.teacher B.writer C.performer D.listener

19.A.dreaming B.teaching C.travelling D.learning

20.A.idea B.part C.end D.plan

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.C

5.B

6.A

7.C

8.A

9.B

10.D

11.D

12.C

13.D

14.B

15.A

16.B

17.C

18.B

19.A

20.C

【解析】

本文为记叙文。作者一心想成为作家，没想到却成为学校最差班级的一名老师。作者用自己的爱心与智慧影响了一群狂野的女生，自己也从中得到了写作的素材，真正地成为了一名作家。

1.考查动词短语辨析。句意：她们不会听我的。A. listen to倾听；B. hear about听说；C. catch up with 跟上；D. take care of照顾。根据上文“I'm standing in a class of wild 14-year-old girls as they throw paper and howl （大喊）with laughter.” 我站在有一群狂野的14岁女孩的教室里，她们一边扔纸，一边笑着嚎叫。由此可知，她们不会听（listen to）我的。故选A。

2.考查动词辨析。句意：我从来不想教书。我想成为一名作家。A. communicate交流；B. teach教学；C. discuss讨论；D. work工作。根据下文可知，不想成为一句老师，但却做了一名老师，因此可知，此处是指教书（teach）,故选B。

3.考查形容词辨析。句意：我想上课的努力毫无希望。A. successful成功的；B. persistent坚持不懈的；C. unforgettable难忘的；D. hopeless没有希望的。根据第一段一群疯丫头在教室扔东西大喊大叫，根本不听课。所以作为一名新老师，无法上课的。即努力上课是没有希望的（hopeless），故选D。

4.考查形容词辨析。句意：下课铃终于响了，我冲进教工室，气得满脸通红。其他老师对此并不惊讶。A. embarrassed尴尬的；B. happy快乐的；C. surprised惊讶的；D. worried担心的。根据下句“the worst class in school”，可知这是学校最差的班，这样的情况其他老师不会惊讶的（surprised），故选C。

5.考查名词辨析。句意：我害怕我们（我和学生）的下一次会面。A. appointment任命；B. meeting会面；C. task任务；D. performance表现。根据上文可知，这是全校最差的班级，以及第一段第一句可知，作者非常害怕下一次（上课）与学生的会面（meeting）。故选B。

6.考查动词辨析。句意：我放弃了正式的上课模式。A. abandoned抛弃；B. designed设计；C. took带走；D. hated讨厌。根据下文的转折副词Instead, 以及“ I brought ___7___ for class discussions”可知，作者没有用正式的上课模式，而是开始了生动的讨论课。故选A。

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8.考查动词辨析。句意：他们注意力集中并分享他们的生活。这吸引了我。A. fascinated深深吸引，迷住；B. disappointed时失望；C. puzzled迷惑不解；D. relaxed放松。根据后面的“我欣赏他们的幽默、坚韧和洞察力，我认为他们激发了我对他们生活的兴趣。”可知，作者被学生分享的生活吸引了（fascinated），故选A。

9.考查名词辨析。句意：随着时间的推移，他们的文章成了我们之间的桥梁。A. deal交易；B. bridge桥梁；C. guide指南；D. secret秘密。根据下文“我钦佩他们的幽默、坚韧和洞察力，我想他们也重视我对他们生活的兴趣”可知，作者与学生关系和谐了，文章成为他们之间的桥梁（bridge），故选B。

10.考查动词辨析。句意： 我钦佩他们的幽默、坚韧和洞察力，我想他们很重视我对他们生活的兴趣。A. praised表扬；B. understood理解；C. ignored忽视；D. appreciated欣赏，感激。我钦佩他们的幽默、坚韧和洞察力，所以学生很重视我对他们生活的兴趣，故选D。

11.考查形容词辨析。句意：音乐剧《窈窕淑女》正在伦敦西区上演，但他们从未看过现场演出。A. good好的；B. familiar熟悉的；C. famous著名的；D. live现场直播的。根据下文可知，作者带着学生一起去观看现场（live）演出，故选D。

12.考查动词辨析。句意：我问他们是否想看这部音乐剧。他们以为我在开玩笑。A. lying说谎；B. guessing猜测；C. joking开玩笑；D. promising许诺。从来没有老师带他们出去看现场音乐剧，因此学生把作者的问题看作是开玩笑（joking）,故选C。

13.考查动词辨析。句意：从来没有老师提出建议要带他们出去。A. admitted承认；B. disliked不喜欢；C. minded在意；D. suggested提议。根据上文可知，这个班级很差，所以此处是指没有老师提议（suggest）带他们出去看音乐剧。故选D。

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15.考查名词辨析。句意：这是他们一年中最激动的时刻，他们谈论了好几天。A. highlight突出，最好(或最精彩、最激动人心)的部分；B. goal目标；C. story故事；D. achievement成就。根据“they talked about it for days.”她们讨论了好几天，可知，这是他们一年中最激动的部分（highlight）。故选A。

16.考查动词辨析。句意：我很自豪地知道我已经影响了他们的生活。A. found发现；B. touched触摸，影响到；C. created创造；D. saved节约。结合上文 The two most rebellious （叛逆的）girls in 4B were there - with flowers. ，可知，4B班级里最叛逆的两个女孩带着鲜花给我，可知我影响（touch）了4B班级的学生。故选B。

17.考查名词辨析。句意：我享受教书和与青少年相处。A. teachers教师；B. parents父母；C. teenagers青少年；D. players运动员。根据上文I 'm standing in a class of wild 14-year-old girls 可知，作者爱上了教学，爱上了这群14岁的青少年（teenagers），故选C。

18.考查名词辨析。句意：几年后，当我回到澳大利亚时，我仍然想成为一名作家。A. teacher老师；B. writer作家；C. performer表演者；D. listener听众。结合上文“I wanted to be a writer”的“writer”提示，可知，作者还是想成为一名作家（writer）,故选B。

19.考查动词辨析。句意：有生以来第一次我不在梦想什么了，我真正开始写作了。A. dreaming做梦，渴望；B. teaching教学；C. travelling旅行；D. learning学习。根据上下文的内容可知，作者原来只是梦想（dream）成为一名作家，现在不是梦想，而是行动，开始写作，故选A。

20.考查名词辨析。句意：我的第一个故事的标题是：我的美女们。教书并不是我写作生涯的结束，而是开始。A. idea想法；B. part部分；C. end(时间、事件、活动或故事等的)终止，终结，结局，结尾;末端；D. plan计划。根据上下文的内容可知，此处是指教学让作者成为一名作家，因此，教学不是写作的结束（end）,因为教学才有写作的素材，才开始写作。故选C。