第二节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分)
It
seems to me that all writers, including those famous novelists, need
encouragement, particular in their early years. As a writer, I was __36__ to
meet such a teacher when I was a middle school student. Her name was Marguerite
Byrne. She not only __37__ me English, which, of course, involved writing
skills but also __38__ me to begin my writing to the press--- chiefly poems at
that time.
To
my __39__, the Chicago Tribune not
only published several of my verses, but also __40__ me--- the highest
encouragement an unknown author can __41__. The editor wrote a secret letter to
Miss Byrne, asking her to see __42__ my poems were written by myself. He found
it __43__ to believe that a seventeen-year-old student could create material on
such a professional level. When Miss Byrne __44__ the letter with me, I was
very __45__ ! It was wonderfully encouraging.
Miss
Byrne also encouraged me to join in a __46__ organized by the CIVITAN
organization. I was literally astonished when I received a letter saying that I
was the __47__ of the contest. The prize was a __48__ for one hundred dollars
and an invitation to a banquet at a hotel in downtown Chicago.
My
mother, at the time, was not even __49__ that I was interested in writing.
__50__ I arrived back home that evening, she didn’t ask how the evening had
gone. I __51__ the one-hundred-dollar check on the breakfast table __52__ she
would see it when she __53__ in the morning, and then I went immediately to
bed.
__54__
later, I was able to repay my debt to Marguerite Byrne by dedicating one of my
books, Wry on the rocks, to her. __55__ her encouragement, I wouldn’t have
achieved so much.
36. A. lucky B.
surprising C.
probable D.
sure
37. A.
offered B.
practiced C.
gave D.
taught
38. A. taught B.
showed C.
encouraged D.
suggested
39. A. shame B.
surprise C.
shock D.
pity
40. A. paid B.
praised C.
hoped D.
admitted
41. A. refuse B.
publish C.
receive D.
contain
42. A. how B.
if C.
when D.
why
43. A. natural B.
wrong C.
possible D.
hard
44. A. showed B.
shared C.
unloaded D.
delivered
45. A. calm B.
sad C.
afraid D.
excited
46. A. contest B.
show C.
match D.
game
47. A. owner B.
loser C.
holder D.
winner
48. A. card B.
check C.
credit card D.
note
49. A. aware B.
sure C.
curious D.
familiar
50. A. Before B.
The moment C.
While D.
When
51. A. kept B.
hid C.
placed D.
settled
52. A. that B.
where C.
which D.
and
53. A. awoke B.
visited C.
arrived D.
recognized
54. A. Days B.
Years C.
Weeks D.
Hours
55. A. With B.
Besides C.
Without D.
For
