When I entered Berkeley, I hoped to earn a scholarship. Having been a Straight-A student(优等生), I believed I could  1   tough（=hard） subjects and really learn something. One such course was World Literature given by Professor Jayne. I was extremely interested in the ideas he  2 in class.
When I took the first exam, I was  3   to find a 77, C-plus, on my test paper,  4   English was my best subject. I went to reason with Professor Jayne, who listened to my arguments but remained 5  .
I decided to try harder, although I didn't know what that  6   because school had always been easy for me. I read the books more carefully, but got another 77. Again, I  7    with Professor Jayne. Again, he listened patiently but wouldn't change his  8   .
One more test before the final exam. One more  9  to improve my grade. So I redoubled my efforts(加倍努力) and, for the first time,  10  the meaning of the word "thorough"（彻底的）.But my  11  did no good and everything  12  as before.
The last hurdle（障碍）was the final. No matter what  13 I got, it wouldn't cancel three C-pluses. I might as well kiss the  14  goodbye.
I stopped working hard. I felt I knew the course material as well as I ever would. The night before the final, I even  15  myself to a movie. The next day I decided for once I'd have  16  with a test.
A week later, I was surprised to find I got an A. I hurried into Professor Jayne's office. He  17  to be expecting me. "If I gave you the As you  18  , you wouldn't continue to work as hard."
I stared at him,  19  that his analysis and strategy（策略）were correct. I had worked my head  20  , as I had never done before.
I was speechless when my course grade arrived: A-plus. It was the only A-plus given. The next year I received my scholarship. I've always remembered Professor Jayne's lesson: you alone must set your own standard of excellence.

通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的A，B，C，D四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

When I entered Berkeley, I hoped to earn a scholarship．Having been a Straight-A student，I believed I could 36 tough subjects and really learn something. One such course was World Literature given by Professor Jayne．I was extremely interested in the ideas he 37 in class．

When I took the first exam，I was 38  to find a 77，C-plus, on my test paper, 39 English was my best subject，I went to Professor Jayne, who listened to my arguments but remained 40．

I decided to try harder, although I didn’t know what that  41 because school had always been easy for me．I read the books more carefully, but got another 77. Again，I  42 with Professor Jayne．Again，he listened patiently but wouldn’t change his  43．

One more test before the final exam．One more  44  to improve my grade．So I redoubled my efforts and for the first time 45  the meaning of the word "thorough”. But my 46 did no good and everything 47 as before.

The last hurdle (障碍) was the final．No matter what 48  I got, it wouldn’t cancel three C-pluses．I might as well kiss the  49  goodbye．

I stopped working hard．I felt I knew the course material as well as I ever would．The night before the final，I even 50 myself to a movie．The next day I decided for once I'd have 51 with a test．

A week later, I was surprised to find I got an A．I hurried into Professor Jayne's office. He 52 to be expecting me．“If I gave you the As you 53，you wouldn’t continue to work as hard．

I stared at him，54 that his analysis and strategy were correct. I had worked my head 55, as I had never done before．

I was speechless when my course grade arrived：A-Plus．It was the only A-plus given．The next year I received my scholarship．I've always remembered Professor Jayne’s lesson：you alone must set your own standard of excellence．

1.                A．take           B．discuss         C．cover    D．get

2.                A．sought         B．presented       C．exchanged    D．obtained

3.                A．shocked        B．worried         C．scared   D．anxious

4.                A．but            B．so             C．for  D．or

5.                A．unchanged      B．unpleasant      C．unfriendly D．unmoved

6.                A．reflected       B．meant          C．improved D．affected

7.                A．quarreled       B．reasoned       C．bargained D．chatted

8.                A．attitude        B．mind           C．plan D．view

9.                A．choice         B．step           C．chance   D．measure

10.               A．memorized      B．considered      C．accepted D．1earned

11.               A．ambition        B．confidence      C．effort     D．method

12.               A．stayed         B．went           C．worked   D．changed

13.               A．grade          B．answer         C．lesson     D．comment

14.               A．scholarship      B．course         C．degree    D．subject

15.               A．helped         B．favored        C．treated    D．relaxed

16.               A．fun            B．luck           C．problems D．tricks

17.               A．happened      B．proved         C．pretended D．seemed

18.               A．valued         B．imagined       C．expected D．welcomed

19.               A．remembering    B．guessing        C．supposing  D．realizing

20.               A．out            B．over           C．on   D．off

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。
When I entered Berkeley, I hoped to earn a scholarship. Having been a Straight-A student, I believed I could __36__ tough subjects and really learn something. One such course was World Literature given by Professor Jayne. I was extremely interested in the ideas he 37 in class.
When I took the first exam, I was 38 to find a 77, C-plus, on my test paper,   39  English was my best subject. I went to Professor Jayne, who listened to my arguments but remained_ 40  .
I decided to try harder, although I didn’t know what that  41 because school had always been easy for me. I read the books more carefully, but got another 77. Again, I   42 with Professor Jayne. Again, he listened patiently but wouldn’t change his 43    .
One more test before the final exam. One more  44 to improve my grade. So I redoubled my efforts and, for the first time.   45  The meaning of the word “thorough”. But my  46__    did no good and everything  47  as before.
The last hurdle(障碍) was the final. No matter what   48  I got, it wouldn’t cancel three C-pluses. I might as well kiss the   49  goodbye.
I stopped working head. I felt I knew the course material as well as I ever would. The night before the final, I even  50 myself to a movie. The next day I decided for once I’d have  51__with a test.
A week later, I was surprised to find I got an A. I hurried into professor Jayne’s office. He  52__ to be expecting me. “If I gave you the As you  53 , you wouldn’t continue to work as hard.”
I stared at him.  54 That his analysis and strategy(策略) were correct. I had worked my head   55 , as I had never done before.
I was speechless when my course grade arrived: A-plus. It was the only A-plus given. The next year I received my scholarship. I’ve always remembered Professor Jayne’s lesson: you alone must set your own standard of excellence.
36.  A. take        B. discuss      C. cover         D. get
37.  A. sought      B. presented    C. exchanged     D. obtained
38.  A. shocked     B. worried      C. scared        D. anxious
39.  A. but         B. so          C. for           D. or
40.  A. unchanged   B. unpleasant   C. unfriendly     D. unmoved
41.  A. reflected     B. meant       C. improved     D. affected
42.  A. quarreled    B. reasoned     C. bargained     D. chatted
43.  A. attitude      B. mind        C. plan         D. view
44.  A. choice       B. step         C. chance       D. measure
45.  A. memorized    B. considered   C. accepted      D. learned
46.  A. ambition      B. confidence   C. effort         D. method
47.  A. stayed        B. went        C. worked       D. changed
48.  A. grade         B. answer      C. lesson        D. comment
49.  A. scholarship     B. course      C. degree       D. subject
50.  A. helped         B. favored     C. treated       D. relaxed
51.  A. fun            B. luck      C. problems      D. tricks.
52.  A. happened       B. proved     C. pretended     D. seemed
53.  A. valued         B. imagined    C. expected     D. welcomed
54.  A. remembering    B. guessing    C. supposing    D. realizing
55.  A. out            B. over       C. on           D. off

When I entered Berkeley, I hoped to earn a scholarship. Having been a Straight-A student, I believed I could __1__ tough subjects and really learn something. One such course was World Literature given by Professor Jayne. I was extremely interested in the ideas he 2 in class.

When I took the first exam, I was 3 to find a 77, C-plus, on my test paper,   4   English was my best subject. I went to Professor Jayne, who listened to my arguments but remained_ 5   .

I decided to try harder, although I didn’t know what that  6  because school had always been easy for me. I read the books more carefully, but got another 77. Again, I   7  with Professor Jayne. Again, he listened patiently but wouldn’t change his 8    .

One more test before the final exam. One more  8  to improve my grade. So I redoubled my efforts and, for the first time.   10   The meaning of the word “thorough”. But my  11_    did no good and everything  12   as before.

The last hurdle(障碍) was the final. No matter what   13  I got, it wouldn’t cancel three C-pluses. I might as well kiss the   14   goodbye.

I stopped working head. I felt I knew the course material as well as I ever would. The night before the final, I even  15  myself to a movie. The next day I decided for once I’d have  16__with a test.

A week later, I was surprised to find I got an A. I hurried into professor Jayne’s office. He  17__ to be expecting me. “If I gave you the As you  18  , you wouldn’t continue to work as hard.”

I stared at him.  19  That his analysis and strategy(策略) were correct. I had worked my head   20  , as I had never done before.

I was speechless when my course grade arrived: A-plus. It was the only A-plus given. The next year I received my scholarship. I’ve always remembered Professor Jayne’s lesson: you alone must set your own standard of excellence.

1.         A.  take        B. discuss      C. cover         D. get

2.         A. sought      B. presented    C. exchanged     D. obtained

3.         A. shocked     B. worried      C. scared        D. anxious

4.          A. but         B. so          C. for           D. or

5.          A. unchanged   B. unpleasant   C. unfriendly     D. unmoved

6.          A. reflected     B. meant       C. improved     D. affected

7.          A. quarreled    B. reasoned     C. bargained     D. chatted

8.          A. attitude      B. mind        C. plan         D. view

9.          A. choice       B. step         C. chance       D. measure

10.      A. memorized    B. considered   C. accepted      D. learned

11.      A. ambition      B. confidence   C. effort         D. method

12.      A. stayed        B. went        C. worked       D. changed

13.      A. grade         B. answer      C. lesson        D. comment

14.      A. scholarship     B. course      C. degree       D. subject

15.      A. helped         B. favored     C. treated       D. relaxed

16.      A. fun            B. luck       C. problems      D. tricks.

17.      A. happened       B. proved     C. pretended     D. seemed

18.      A. valued        B. imagined    C. expected     D. welcomed

19.      A. remembering    B. guessing    C. supposing    D. realizing

20.       A. out          B. over       C. on           D. of

When I entered Berkeley, I hoped to earn a scholarship. Having been a Straight-A student, I believed I could __36__ tough subjects and really learn something. One such course was World Literature given by Professor Jayne. I was extremely interested in the ideas he 37 in class.

When I took the first exam, I was 38 to find a 77, C-plus, on my test paper,   39   English was my best subject. I went to Professor Jayne, who listened to my arguments but remained_ 40   .

I decided to try harder, although I didn’t know what that  41  because school had always been easy for me. I read the books more carefully, but got another 77. Again, I   42  with Professor Jayne. Again, he listened patiently but wouldn’t change his 43     .

One more test before the final exam. One more  44  to improve my grade. So I redoubled my efforts and, for the first time.   45   The meaning of the word “thorough”. But my  46__    did no good and everything  47   as before.

The last hurdle(障碍) was the final. No matter what   48   I got, it wouldn’t cancel three C-pluses. I might as well kiss the   49   goodbye.

I stopped working head. I felt I knew the course material as well as I ever would. The night before the final, I even  50  myself to a movie. The next day I decided for once I’d have  51__with a test.

A week later, I was surprised to find I got an A. I hurried into professor Jayne’s office. He  52__ to be expecting me. “If I gave you the As you  53  , you wouldn’t continue to work as hard.”

I stared at him.  54  That his analysis and strategy(策略) were correct. I had worked my head   55  , as I had never done before.

I was speechless when my course grade arrived: A-plus. It was the only A-plus given. The next year I received my scholarship. I’ve always remembered Professor Jayne’s lesson: you alone must set your own standard of excellence.

36.   A. take        B. discuss      C. cover         D. get

37.   A. sought      B. presented    C. exchanged     D. obtained

38.   A. shocked     B. worried      C. scared        D. anxious

39.   A. but         B. so          C. for           D. or

40.   A. unchanged   B. unpleasant   C. unfriendly     D. unmoved

41.   A. reflected     B. meant       C. improved     D. affected

42.   A. quarreled    B. reasoned     C. bargained     D. chatted

43.   A. attitude      B. mind        C. plan         D. view

44.   A. choice       B. step         C. chance       D. measure

45.   A. memorized    B. considered   C. accepted      D. learned

46.   A. ambition      B. confidence   C. effort         D. method

47.   A. stayed        B. went        C. worked       D. changed

48.   A. grade         B. answer      C. lesson        D. comment

49.   A. scholarship     B. course      C. degree       D. subject

50.   A. helped         B. favored     C. treated       D. relaxed

51.   A. fun            B. luck       C. problems      D. tricks.

52.   A. happened       B. proved     C. pretended     D. seemed

53.   A. valued         B. imagined    C. expected     D. welcomed

54.   A. remembering    B. guessing    C. supposing    D. realizing

55.   A. out            B. over       C. on           D. off