题目内容
In this heavenly world, people live in perfect ________ (和谐/融洽) with nature and the
harmony
第四节完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
“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 26 he had walked away from her. The boy returned, his eyes downcast.
Not a 27 moment, perhaps, 28 small moments last a very long time. And a few words — though they mean 29 at the time to the people who say them — can have great 30 .
I recently heard a story from a man named Malcolm Dalkoff. For the last 24 years he has been a professional 31 . Here is what he told me:
As a boy in Rock Island, Dalkoff was terribly 32 . He had few 33 and no self-confidence. One day, his English teacher, Ruth Brach, gave the class an assignment . The students had been reading To Kill a Mockingbird. Now they were to write their own chapter that would 34 the last chapter of the novel.
Dalkoff wrote his chapter and turned it 35 . Today he can not recall anything 36 about the chapter he wrote, or what 37 Mrs Brach gave him. What he does remember is the four words Mrs Brach wrote in margin(空白)of the paper: “This is 38 writing.”
Four words. They 39 his life.
“ 40 I read those words, I had no ideal of who I was or 41 I was going to be,” he said. “After reading her note, I went home and wrote a short story, something I had always been 42 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 Brach to evaluate. She was 43 , tough and honest. “She was just what I 44 ,” Dalkoff said.
His confidence 45 . Dalkoff believed that none of this would have happened if that woman had not written those four words in the margin of the paper.
| 26. A. where | B. why | C. because | D. when |
| 27. A. wonderful | B. difficult | C. funny | D. big |
| 28. A. yet | B. although | C. for | D. therefore |
| 29. A. much | B. little | C. more | D. most |
| 30. A. meaning | B. power | C. force | D. sense |
| 31. A. writer | B. player | C. poet | D. singer |
| 32. A. sorry | B. proud | C. sick | D. shy |
| 33. A. books | B. ideals | C. friends | D. chances |
| 34. A. follow | B. match | C. decide | D. improve |
| 35. A. on | B. in | C. out | D. down |
| 36. A. more | B. again | C. different | D. special |
| 37. A. honors | B. remarks | C. prizes | D. grade |
| 38. A. poor | B. serious | C. good | D. silly |
| 39. A. changed | B. damaged | C. affected | D. improved |
| 40. A. Unless | B. Until | C. When | D. While |
| 41. A. what | B. how | C. where | D. which |
| 42. A. tired | B. fond | C. proud | D. dreaming |
| 43. A. strict | B. kind | C. encouraging | D. praising |
| 44. A. feared | B. needed | C. expected | D. loved |
| 45. A. grew | B. lifted | C. appeared | D. returned |
When I was a law professor, a student reported that I made an error in grading his exam by giving him too many points.He was 41 and after thanking him for his honesty, I changed the grade in my 42 . His beaming(欢笑的)face turned to shock."You're 43 my grade?" he said angrily."I would never have come in 44 …"
He didn't finish the 45_ , but it was obvious that his display of honesty was 46_ .He thought he'd have it all —praise and the higher grade.
Several colleagues thought I should have let the higher grade 47 because all I'd accomplished was to discourage him from being 48 in the future.And every time I tell this story, some people agree to this 49 .
But I can't see how I could give good reason for worsening my_ 50 in grading by undermining(损害) the honesty of all my grades by failing to 51 an error.The grade itself would be a dishonest 52 of his knowledge and it would have been 53 to other students.How could I 54 give a student a gift of an unearned grade?
I know 55 reporting an error in one's favor is unusual, but, like 56_ too much change, it's clearly the right thing to do.People of character, those with real honesty, hate to give up 57 as much as anyone else.The difference is that for them a good conscience and reputation is 58
enough to give reason for the cost of doing the right thing.
Perhaps lowering the student's grade did 59 him from being honest in the future, but bribing(贿赂)him to be honest so that he does the right thing when its cost-free would have 60 him even more.The duty to be honest is about right and wrong, not risks and rewards.
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