Small moments sometimes last a very long time. And a few words—though they mean    21   at the time to the people who say them—can have great power.

  I recently heard a story from Malcolm Dalkoff, who has been a professional   22 for the last twenty-four years, mostly in advertising.

  As a boy, Dalkoff was terribly shy and     23   . He had few friends and no self-confidence. Then one day, his high-school English teacher, Ruth Brauch, asked the class to write their own chapter that would    24     the last chapter of the novel since they had been reading To Kill a Mockingbird. Dalkoff wrote his chapter and turned it in. Today he cannot recall anything special about the chapter he wrote, or what    25   Mrs. Brauch gave him.   26    , what he does remember is the four words in the paper: “This is good writing.” Four words. They    27   his life.

  “Until I read those words, I had no idea of who I was or what I was or what I was going to be,” he said, “After reading her    28    ,I went home and wrote a short story,    29   I had always dreamed of doing but never believed I could do.”

  Over the rest of that year in school, he wrote many short stories and always brought them to Mrs. Brauch for instruction. “She was    30   , helping and honest. She was just what I needed,” Dalkoff said. 

21

A. much

B. little

C. well

D. ill

22

A .report

B. designer

C. writer

D. teacher

23

A .weak

B. independent

C. troublesome

D. helpless

24

A. follow

B. change

C. connect

D. explain

25

A .help

B. encouragement

C. grade

D. words

26

A. Therefore

B. However

C. Meanwhile

D. Besides

27

A .improved

B. developed

C. changed

D. enriched

28

A. chapter

B. novel

C. note

D .explanation

29

A. everything

B. something

C. nothing

D. anything

30

A. encouraging

B. careful

C. strict

D. effective

完形填空(共20小题;每小题l分,共20分)

    阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

       I met Mrs. Neidl in the ninth grade on a stage-design team for a play and she was one of the directors. Almost instantly I loved her. She had an unpleasant voice and a direct way of speaking,   41  she was encouraging and inspiring. For some reason, she was impressed with my work and me.

       Mrs. Neidl would ask me for my   42  . She wanted to know how I thought we should   43   things. At first I had no idea how to answer because I knew   44   about stage design! But I slowly began to respond to her   45. It was cause and effect: She believed I had opinions, so I began to   46 them. She trusted me to complete things, so I completed them perfectly. She loved how   47 I was, so I began to show up to paint more and more. She believed in me, so I began to believe in myself.

       Mrs. Neidl's   48  that year was, "Try it. We can always paint over it   49  !"I began to take   50  . I had been so afraid of failing but suddenly there was no failing--only things to be   51   upon. I learned to dip my brush into the paint and   52   create something.

       The shy, quiet freshman achieved success that year. I was   53   in the program

as "Student Art Assistant" because of the time and effort I'd put in. It was that year that I   54   I wanted to spend the rest of my life doing stage design.

       Being on that stage-design team   55   Mrs. Neidl changed me completely. Not only was I stronger and more competent than I had thought, but I also   56   a strong interest and a world I hadn't known existed. She taught me not to   57  what people think I should do: She taught me to take chances and not be   58  . Mrs. Neidl was my comforter when I was upset. Her   59   in me has inspired me to do things that I never imagined   60  .

A. and             B. yet              C. so               D. for

A. opinion         B. impression       C. information     D. intention

A. make            B. keep             C. handle           D. change

A. anything       B. something        C. everything      D. nothing

A. questions          B. comments         C. explanations    D. remarks

A. hold          B. follow           C. evaluate        D. form

A. happy           B. lively          C. reliable        D. punctual

A. message         B. motto            C. saying           D. suggestion

A. again         B. more             C. instead         D. later

A. steps              B. control         C. charge           D. risks

A. improved      B. acted            C. looked           D. reflected

A. easily             B. carefully       C. confidently     D. proudly

A. introduced         B. recognized       C. identified           D. considered

A. confirmed     B. decided          C. realized        D. acknowledged

A. with          B. below            C. of               D. by

A. developed     B. discovered           C. took             D. fostered

A. accept        B. care             C. judge            D. wonder

A. bored         B. lazy             C. sad              D. afraid

A. trust           B. patience           C. curiosity            D. interest

A. accessible          B. enjoyable          C. possible              D. favorable

A month after Hurricace Katrina, I returned home in New Orleans. There lay my house, reduced to waist-high rains, smelly and dirty.

Before the trip, I’d had my car fixed. When the office employee of the garage was writing up the bill, she noticed my Louisiana license plate. “You from New Orleans?” she asked. I said I was, “No charge.” She said, and firmly shock her head when I reached for my wallet. The next day I went for a haircut, and the same thing happened.

As my wife was studying in Florida, we decided to move there and tried to find a rental house that we could afford while also paying off a mortgage(抵押贷款)on our ruined house. We looked at many places, but none was satisfactory. We’d began to accept that we’d have to live in extremely reduced circumstances for a while, when I got a very curious e-mail from a James Kemmedy in California. He’d read some pieces I’d written about our sufferings for state, the online magazine and wanted to give us (“no conditions attached”) a new house across the lake from New Orleans.

It sounded a good to her return, but I replied, thinking him for his exceptional generosity, then we          to go back. Then the University of Florida offered to let him house to me. While he want to England on his one year, paid leave. The rent was rather reasonable. I mentioned the poet’s offer to James Kemdedy, and the next day he sent a check covering our entire rent for eight months.

Throughout this painful experience , the kindness of strangers back my faith in humanity .It’s almost worth losing you wordy possessions to be reminded that people really when given had a channel.

The garage employee’s attitude toward the author was that of           

A.unconcern         B.sympathy

C.doubt             D.tolerance

What do we know about James Kemnedy?

A.He was a written of an online magazine.

B.He was a poet at the University of Florida

C.He offered the author a new house free of charge.

D.He learned about the author’s sufferings.

It can be inferred from the text that          

A.the author’s family was in financial difficulty

B.rents were comparatively reasonable despite the disaster

C.houses were difficult to find in the hurricane-stricken area

D.the mortgage on the ruined house was paid off by the bank

The author learned from his experience that           

A.worldly possessions can be given up when necessary

B.generosity should be encouraged in some cases

C.people benefit from their sad stories

D.human beings are kind after all.

I was having my dinner at McDonald’s one evening when an old couple slowly walked in. They   21   their meal. Took a table near the window and started   22    food out of the plate. There was one hamburger, one order of French fries(炸薯条) and one drink. The man  23   the food into two halves and carefully placed  24   before his wife.

       He took a sip(一小口)of the drink. His wife also took one and then  25   the cup down between them. “That  26   old couple!All they can  27   is one meal for the two of them,” thought I. 28   the man began to eat his French fries. I  29   to my feet, went over and said that I was  30   to buy another meal for them. Bet he 31   refused me and said that they made it a   32   to share everything.

         33  ,the lady didn’t take a bite, She sat there   34   her husband eat, and taking turns (轮流) sipping the drink, Again I   35   to buy them something but was refused, When the man finished eating and was   36   his face with a napkin (纸巾).I   37   no longer stand it. I made an offer to them a third time.  38   being politely refused, I asked the lady   39   ,“Madam, why aren’t you eating? You said that you share everything,   40   is it that you are waiting for?” “The teeth,” she answered.

21. A. served                       B. requested                 C. collected                         D. ordered

22. A. carrying                    B. raking                     C. fetching                          D. bringing

23. A. divided              B. cut                          C. changed                          D. formed     

24. A. it                              B. this                         C. that                                D. one    

25. A. got                           B. settled                     C. set                                 D. turned

26. A. funny                       B. crazy                       C. strange                           D. poor  

27. A. afford                       B. pay                         C. demand                          D. choose      

28. A. While                       B. Since                      C. As                                  D. Until  

29. A. came                        B. struggled                 C. rushed                      D. rose   

30. A. anxious                     B. willing             C. satisfied                          D. quick 

31. A. warmly                     B. proudly                   C. kindly                            D. seriously

32. A. way                          B. habit                       C. case                               D. model

33. A. Surprisingly       B. Sadly                      C. Shockingly                     D. Bitterly

34. A. seeing                       B. noticing                   C. watching                        D. finding

35. A. wanted                      B. asked                      C. planned                          D. attempted

36. A. wiping                      B. touching                  C. bathing                           D. washing

37. A. should                      B. could                      C. might                             D. would

38. A. In                             B. Upon                      C. After                              D. With

39. A. curiously            B. carefully                  C. naturally                  D. plainly

40. A. How                         B. Who                       C. Why                              D. What

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