I sat at my seat waiting for the school paper to be passed around. I waited anxiously, knowing that once I received it I would know how good a writer I really am.
When the paper arrived at my classroom, I nearly knocked down five of my classmates to get to the first paper. With a school paper in my hands, I returned to my seat. About a month earlier, I had handed in one of, what I believed to be, my best stories. I named it Symbol of Success. The head of the English Department at my school, Professor Cullen had said that she would include some reviews of students’ stories in the latest school paper. Professor Cullen was known for her rough criticism. Impressing her was very hard but I wanted to be the first to do so.
I sat at the edge of my seat as I read through the other story reviews. There wasn’t one story that got more than three stars .I became calm and wasn’t anxious to know my review. It was long after that I heard someone shout out “Five stars?! Seriously!” from behind me. I turned around and saw the shocked expression of Gene’s face, “Peter, your story got five stars!” I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. I turned my attention back to my story and saw the five stars at the end of the review that I had not read yet. I looked through the review written by Professor Cullen. She wrote that I had a gift for story writing.
I was proud that I achieved what I thought was impossible .For so long I believed I wasn’t as good as I thought I was and that my talent was not enough to cover up my lack of wring skills .But this review proved that I was truly a good writer and that there was a future ahead of me in the field of fiction writing. The review and the five stars meant the world of me. Those five stars became the symbol of my success.
【小题1】How did the writer get the school paper?

I sat at my seat waiting for the school paper to be passed around. I waited anxiously, knowing that once I received it I would know how good a writer I really am.

When the paper arrived at my classroom, I nearly knocked down five of my classmates to get to the first paper. With a school paper in my hands, I returned to my seat. About a month earlier, I had handed in one of, what I believed to be, my best stories. I named it Symbol of Success. The head of the English Department at my school, Professor Cullen had said that she would include some reviews of students’ stories in the latest school paper. Professor Cullen was known for her rough criticism. Impressing her was very hard but I wanted to be the first to do so.

I sat at the edge of my seat as I read through the other story reviews. There wasn’t one story that got more than three stars .I became calm and wasn’t anxious to know my review. It was long after that I heard someone shout out “Five stars?! Seriously!” from behind me. I turned around and saw the shocked expression of Gene’s face, “Peter, your story got five stars!” I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. I turned my attention back to my story and saw the five stars at the end of the review that I had not read yet. I looked through the review written by Professor Cullen. She wrote that I had a gift for story writing.

I was proud that I achieved what I thought was impossible .For so long I believed I wasn’t as good as I thought I was and that my talent was not enough to cover up my lack of wring skills .But this review proved that I was truly a good writer and that there was a future ahead of me in the field of fiction writing. The review and the five stars meant the world of me. Those five stars became the symbol of my success.

1.How did the writer get the school paper?

A．His teacher gave it to him first

B．The publisher sent it to him first

C．His friend helped him get the first one.

D．He rushed ahead to get the first one by himself.

2.What can we learn about Professor Cullen?

A．She was very gentle to everyone.           B．She seldom praised her students.

C．She was very cold to her students.          D．She was respected by her students.

3.We can learn from this text that Peter_______.

A．had thought his story was better than those of others

B．was always anxious to know the review about him

C．didn’t know he got five stars until others told him

D．looked through a few stories that had got four stars

4.What did Professor Cullen think of Peter’s story?

A．She thought highly of it .

B．She thought it was just so-so.

C．She thought it was extremely bad

D．She doubted if it was written by him.

5.Why did the review and the five stars mean the world to Peter?

A．Because they helped him learn writing skills

B．Because they made him happy for some time

C．Because they helped him enter a key university

D．Because they made him see his writing talents

I sat at my seat waiting for the school paper to be passed around. I waited anxiously, knowing that once I received it I would know how good a writer I really am.

When the paper arrived at my classroom, I nearly knocked down five of my classmates to get to the first paper. With a school paper in my hands, I returned to my seat. About a month earlier, I had handed in one of, what I believed to be, my best stories. I named it Symbol of Success. The head of the English Department at my school, Professor Cullen had said that she would include some reviews of students’ stories in the latest school paper. Professor Cullen was known for her rough criticism. Impressing her was very hard but I wanted to be the first to do so.

I sat at the edge of my seat as I read through the other story reviews. There wasn’t one story that got more than three stars .I became calm and wasn’t anxious to know my review. It was long after that I heard someone shout out “Five stars?! Seriously!” from behind me. I turned around and saw the shocked expression of Gene’s face, “Peter, your story got five stars!” I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. I turned my attention back to my story and saw the five stars at the end of the review that I had not read yet. I looked through the review written by Professor Cullen. She wrote that I had a gift for story writing.

I was proud that I achieved what I thought was impossible .For so long I believed I wasn’t as good as I thought I was and that my talent was not enough to cover up my lack of wring skills .But this review proved that I was truly a good writer and that there was a future ahead of me in the field of fiction writing. The review and the five stars meant the world of me. Those five stars became the symbol of my success.

56. How did the writer get the school paper?

A. His teacher gave it to him first

B. The publisher sent it to him first

C. His friend helped him get the first one.

D. He rushed ahead to get the first one by himself.

57. What can we learn about Professor Cullen?

A. She was very gentle to everyone. 　B. She seldom praised her students.　

C. She was very cold to her students.　 D. She was respected by her students.

58. We can learn from this text that Peter_______.

A. had thought his story was better than those of others

B. was always anxious to know the review about him

C. didn’t know he got five stars until others told him

D. looked through a few stories that had got four stars

59. What did Professor Cullen think of Peter’s story?

A. She thought highly of it .

B. She thought it was just so-so.

C. She thought it was extremely bad

D. She doubted if it was written by him.

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　Since telegrams are paid by the word, every word costs money．In this case, people always try to use as 　1 　words as possible．　　 　2　　 　words like a, an, the disappear．So 　3　　　 all those auxiliary verbs that English students 　4　　 　: do, does, are, is, have, etc．So a reporter who wanted to 　5　　 　how old the film star Cary Grant 　6　　 　sent a telegram 　7 　, “How old Cary Grant?”

　Unluckily, although the “little words”have gone, nobody knows 　8　　 　where they have gone 　9　　 　．So, the reporter 　10　　 　a reply from Cary Grant which said, “Old Cary Grant fine．　　 　11　　 　you?”

　And 　12　　 　newspapers, at least in Britain, are famous 　13　　 　trying not to spend money, they try to express the ideas 　14 　the simplest way．The word “no”was put in front of other words 　15　　 　“un-”．So, “no money”became“unmoney”．The most famous of such messages 　16　　 　from an editor who called a reporter, “Why unnews?”The reporter 　17 　a message back：“Unnews．Good news．”The editor was not happy．He sent 　18　　 　telegram and it said, “Unnews．Unjob．”

　Oscar Wilde, an Irish writer, once cabled (拍电报给)his publisher to see how his new book was 　19 　．The message read：“?”The publisher cabled back;“!”Perhaps that is the 　20　　 　telegram in the English language．