题目内容
The teacher stood before his class and was going to hand out the final exam papers. “I know how 1 you have all worked to prepare for this test,” he said. “And because I know you can do it well, I am willing to offer a B to anyone who would 2 not to take the test. ”
Many students jumped up to 3 the teacher and left the classroom. The teacher looked at the 4 students and said, “Does anyone else want to get a B? This is your last 5 . ” Two more students decided to go. Seven students remained. The teacher then handed out the 6 . There were only three sentences typed on the paper: Congratulations! You have just 7 an A in this class. Keep believing in yourself.
I never had a teacher like that, but I think it is a test 8 any teacher could and should give. Students who are not 9 in what they have learned are B students at best(充其量). The same is 10 in real life. The A students are those who believe in what they are doing because they have 11 both successes and failures.
They have learned life’s lessons, either from normal education 12 from events in their lives, and have become 13 people.
Scientists say that by the age of eight, 80% of what we believe about ourselves has already been formed. You are a big kid now, and you 14 that you have some limits (限制). However, there is 15 you can’t do or learn or be. Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest said, “It’s not the mountain we conquer(克服) but ourselves. ”
【小题1】A. luckily B. terribly C. hard
【小题2】A. dislike B. help C. prefer
【小题3】A. thank B. praise C. fight
【小题4】A. following B. relaxing C. remaining
【小题5】A. chance B. trouble C. test
【小题6】A. results B. presents C. papers
【小题7】A. given B. sent C. received
【小题8】A. where B. that C. what
【小题9】A. confident B. necessary C. mysterious
【小题10】A. unusual B. impossible C. true
【小题11】A. broken off B. dreamed of C. learned from
【小题12】A. and B. or C. but
【小题13】A. ruder B. cuter C. better
【小题14】A. decide B. forget C. realize
【小题15】A. something B. anything C. nothing
【小题1】C
【小题2】C
【小题3】A
【小题4】C
【小题5】A
【小题6】C
【小题7】C
【小题8】B
【小题9】A
【小题10】C
【小题11】C
【小题12】B
【小题13】C
【小题14】C
【小题15】C
解析试题分析：这篇短文以一个老师做过的一次特殊的考试为例，向我们讲述了在生活中自信的重要性。
【小题1】副词辨析。A.幸运地；B.可怕地，极度地；C.努力地，困难地。联系下文，可知此处指的是努力学习准备这次考试。故选C。
【小题2】动词辨析。A. 不喜欢；B. 帮助，有助于；C.更喜欢，宁愿。联系下文描述，可知此处指的是谁愿意不参加这次考试。故选C。
【小题3】动词辨析。A.感谢；B.赞美，表扬；C.打架，战斗。联系上文，可知此处指的是许多学生跳起来感谢老师。故选A。
【小题4】联系前一句描述，可知此处指的是留下的学生。故选C，剩下的，剩余的。
【小题5】名词辨析。A.机会；B.麻烦，烦恼；C.试验，检验。联系前文描述，可知此处老师指的是最后一次机会。故选A。
【小题6】联系下文，可知此处指的是老师分发了试卷。故选C，论文，纸，试卷。
【小题7】动词辨析。A. 给；B.送；C.收到。联系下文，可知这些学生得到一个A。故选C。
【小题8】考察定语从句。句意：但是我认为这是一个任何老师都能并且应该进行的一次考试。本句中先从此a test 为下文定语从句中的逻辑宾语，指物。故引导词应该用which或者that，结合所给选项，可知选B。
【小题9】形容词辨析。A.自信的，确信的；B.必要的；C.神秘的，不可思议的。联系前文描述，可知此处指的是那些最自己所学不自信的学生。故选A。
【小题10】形容词辨析。A.不寻常的，与众不同的；B.不可能的；C.真实的。结合语境可知这句话指的是，在实际生活中也是一样。故选C。
【小题11】短语辨析。A.折断，突然停止；B.梦想，想到；C.向某人学习。联系下文，可知此处指的是他们从成功和失败中学习。故选C。
【小题12】连词辨析。A.和，并且；B.是否，或者；C.但是，可是。联系前文either，可知此处指的是或者从正规教育中，或者从生活中的事件中。故选B。
【小题13】词义辨析。A. 更无礼的；B.更可爱的；C.更好的。联系上下文，可知此处指的是变成更好的人。故选C。
【小题14】动词辨析。A.决定；B.忘记；C.认识到，了解。联系上下文，可知此处指的是，你意识到你有一些限制。故选C。
【小题15】不定代词辨析。something一些东西，一般用于肯定句及表示请求建议等含义的疑问句中；anything也是表示一些东西，任何东西，一般用于否定及疑问句中。Nothing没有东西，用于肯定句表示否定含义；结合语境可知此处指的是，没有什么是你不能做，不能学或者不能成功的事情。故选C。
考点：关于自信问题的议论文
点评：这篇短文内容比较简单，理解不难。各小题与上下文联系比较紧密，答题中一定要注意联系上下文。答完后多读几遍，看看是否符合逻辑，适当修改。个别小题可以当作单独的词义辨析题来做，先区分词义，结合语境选出最能使语句通顺的答案。
