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 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 A-pluses 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.

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When I entered Berkeley, I hoped to acquire 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 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.

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. off

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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(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