完形填空 (共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
There is a fine line between a parent who is active and open-minded and one that doesn’t know when to let go. As my daughter, Nicole, prepares to leave home for college, I’m discovering how hard it is to stay on the 16 side of this line. When I hold 17 the apron strings connecting us, Nicole, eager to 18 independence, tries to loosen my grasp. What results is a (an) 19 mother-daughter, push-me, pull-you kind of tango.
For the past two years, it’s gone like this:
Mother’s question: “Have you thought of taking an advanced class so that you can earn college credit?”
Daughter’s 20 : “No, I’m not interested in that.”
……
Two months ago, she was 21 to a great university. However, I was still the mother having a 22 time letting go. The night before the introductory meeting of the university, I had read the course catalog carefully and 23 courses which I thought looked good. We met on the campus the next afternoon, and Nicole’s face 24 with excitement. “I have had my entire schedule figured out,” she said. “Already?” I was astonished, 25 she should have discussed it with me. I examined the schedule. Nicole hadn’t taken a (an) 26 one of the courses I had suggested. Every course she had chosen 27 suited her interests. Just then I saw a mature, capable young woman with a 28 mind and the ability to shape her future. She no longer needed her mother 29 every decision she made. I felt proud, though still a bit 30 .
I 31 the lessons carefully. Nicole has struggled to learn over the past 18 years: 32 , sympathy, and hard work. There have been a few holes along the way. 33 , she is well-equipped and eager to 34 the future. The next step, I recognized, was mine to take: giving my daughter and myself the 35 we both needed.
| 16. A. left | B. right | C. either | D. each |
| 17. A. onto | B. up | C. back | D. out |
| 18. A. keep | B. refuse | C. taste | D. bear |
| 19. A. awkward | B. relaxing | C. lively | D. beautiful |
| 20. A. comment | B. word | C. concept | D. response |
| 21. A. received | B. invited | C. treated | D. accepted |
| 22. A. good | B. great | C. hard | D. easy |
| 23. A. taken | B. underlined | C. offered | D. emphasized |
| 24. A. lit up | B. built up | C. turned up | D. made up |
| 25. A. imagining | B. thinking | C. hoping | D. adding |
| 26. A. only | B. just | C. even | D. single |
| 27. A. mostly | B. hardly | C. exactly | D. slightly |
| 28. A. sharp | B. normal | C. different | D. typical |
| 29. A. encouraging | B. evaluating | C. disagreeing | D. agreeing |
| 30. A. anxious | B. excited | C. sad | D. tense |
| 31. A. reviewed | B. observed | C. checked | D. studied |
| 32. A. competence | B. honesty | C. confidence | D. responsibility |
| 33. A. Therefore | B. Instead | C. Still | D. Besides |
| 34. A. determine | B. embrace | C. discover | D. control |
| 35. A. character | B. strength | C. relief | D. independence |
There are many similarities between the teacher’s work and the actor’s. However, the fact that a good teacher has some of the gifts of a good actor __1__ mean that he will indeed be able to act well on the stage; for there are very important differences __2__ the teacher’s work and the actor’s work. The actor has to speak words which he has learned __3__; he has to repeat exactly the same work each time he plays a certain part; __4__his movements and the way he uses his voice are usually fixed __5__. What he has to do is to make all these carefully learned words and actions seem natural on the stage.
The good teacher works in __6__ different way. His audience takes an active part in his play, they ask and answer question, they __7__ orders, and if they don’t understand something, they say so. The teacher therefore has to suit his act __8__ the need of his audience which is his class.
I have known many teachers who were fine actors in __9__ but were unable to play a part in a stage-play because their brains would not keep discipline; they could not keep strictly to __10__.
| A. not | B. don’t | C. doesn’t | D. do |
| A. among | B. with | C. from | D. between |
| A. by mind | B. by the mind | C. by heart | D. by the heart |
| A. but | B. if | C. although | D. even |
| A. ago | B. before | C. later | D. long |
| A. very the | B. very a | C. quite a | D. quite the |
| A. listen | B. hear | C. keep | D. obey |
| A. for | B. with | C. to | D. of |
| A. class | B. stage | C. life | D. action |
| A. what another has written | B. what another had written | ||
| C. that another has written | D. which another had written | ||