Question

"Are you too stupid to do anything right?"These words-said by a woman to a little boy who was obviously her son-were spoken __36__ he had walked away from her. The boy returned, his eyes downcast.

Not a __37__ moment, perhaps. __38__ small moments sometimes last a very long time. And a few words-though they mean __39__ at the time to the people who say them-can have great __40__.

I recently heard a story from a man named Malcolm Dalkoff. For the last 24 years he has been a professional __41__. Here is what he told me:

As a boy in Rock Island, Dalkoff was terribly __42__. He had few __43__ and no self-confidence (自信心). One day, his English teacher, Ruth Brauch, gave the class an assignment(作业). The students had been reading To Kill a Mockingbird. Now they were to write their own chapter that would __44__ the last chapter of the novel. Dalkoff wrote his chapter and turned it __45__. Today he can not recall (回忆起) anything __46__ about the chapter he wrote, or what __47__ Mrs. Brauch gave him. What he does remember is the four words Mrs. Brauch wrote in the margin (空白处) of the paper, "This is __48__ writing."

Four words. They __49__ his life.

"__50__ I read those words, I had no idea of who I was or __51__ I was going to be," he said. "After reading her note, I went home and wrote a short story, something I had always been __52__ 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 school for Mrs. Brauch to evaluate (评价). She was __53__, tough and honest. "She was just what I__54__,"Dalkoff said.

His confidence__55__. Dalkoff believes that none of this would have happened had that woman not written those four words in the margin of his paper.

36. A. what B. which C. because D. who

37. A. wonderful B. difficult C. funny D. big

38. A. Yet B. Although C. Though D. Therefore

39. A. much B. little C. more D. most

40. A. way B. power C. means D. sense

41. A. writer B. player C. poet D. singer

42. A. sorry B. proud C. sick D. shy

43. A. books B. ideas C. friends D. chances

44. A. follow B. rise C. decide D. lift

45. A. on B. in C. out D. down

46. A. easy B. again C. special D. different

47. A. prices B. remarks C. prizes D. grades

48. A. poor B. serious C. good D. silly

49. A. changed B. damaged C. decreased D. increased

50. A. After B. Until C. When D. While

51. A. what B. how C. where D. which

52. A. tired B. caring C. proud D. dreaming

53. A. strict B. silly C. encouraging D. foolish

54. A. feared B. needed C. hated D. terrified

55. A. grew B. seemed C. appeared D. returned

Answer 1

36-40 CDABB

41-45 ADCAB 46-50 CDCAB 51-55 ADCBA