Ⅲ .完形填空

“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 __1__ he had walked away from her. The boy returned, his eyes downcast.

Not a __2__ moment, perhaps, __3__ small moments sometimes last a very long time. And a few words—though they mean __4__ at the time to the people who say them—can have great __5__ .

I recently heard a story from a man named Malcolm Dalkoff. For the last 24 years he has been a professional __6__. Here is what he told me:
As a boy in Rock Island, Dalkoff was terribly __7__ . He had few __8__ and no selfconfidence. One day, his English teacher, Ruth Brach, gave the class an assignment(作業(yè)). The students had been reading To Kill a Mockingbird. Now they were to write their own chapter that would __9__ the last chapter of the novel.

Dalkoff wrote his chapter and turned it __10__ . Today he can not recall anything __11__ about the chapter he wrote, or what __12__ Mrs Branch gave him. What he does remember is the four words Mrs. Branch wrote in the margin(空白處) of the paper:“This is __13__ writing.”
Four words. They __14__ his life.

__15__ I read those words, I had no idea of who I was or __16__ I was going to be,”he said.“After reading her note, I went home and wrote a short story, something I had always been __17__ 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 Branch to evaluate. She was __18__ , tough and honest. “She was just what I __19__，” Dalkoff said.

His confidence __20__. Dalkoff believes that none of this would have happened if that woman had not written those four words in the margin of his paper.

1．A. where B. why? C. because D. when

2．A. wonderful B. difficult C. funny D. big

3．A. yet B. although? C. for D. therefore

4．A. much B. little? C. more D. most

5．A. meaning B. power C. force D. sense

6．A. writer B. player C. poet D. singer

7．A. sorry B. proud C. sick D. shy

8．A. books B. ideas C. friends D. chances

9．A. follow B. match C. decide D. improve

10．A. on B. in C. out D. down

11．A. more B. again? C. special D. different

12．A. honors B. remarks? C. prizes D. grade

13．A. poor B. serious? C. good D. silly

14．A. changed B. damaged? C. affected D. improved

15．A. Unless B. Until? C. When D. While

16．A. what B. how? C. where D. which

17．A. tired B. fond? C. proud D. dreaming

18．A. strict B. kind? C. encouraging D. praising

19．A. feared B. needed? C. expected D. loved

20．A. grew B. lifted? C. appeared D. returned

答案及解析：

1. C.媽媽說氣話是“因為”小孩從她身邊走開了。

2. D.從后句中的small moments推出。

3. A.根據(jù)句意表轉(zhuǎn)折。

4. B.有時候幾句話對說話者沒什么關(guān)系或影響，但對聽話者有時候有很大的影響。

5. g是“意思，含義”，power表“影響力”。

6．A.根據(jù)后文可知道Dalkoff是職業(yè)作家。

7．D.根據(jù)后文小男孩沒有朋友，沒有自信可推斷他“害羞”。

8．C.

9．A.接著小說的最后一章再自己寫一章。

10． in“上交”。

11．C.現(xiàn)在他不記得自己所寫的特別之處，也不記得老師所給的分?jǐn)?shù)。

12．D

13．C.老師贊揚他的文章。

14．A.老師對他的肯定評價改變了他的一生。

15．B.考查not...until...句型。

16．A.直到讀了這幾個字我才知道我是誰，我今后要干什么。

17．D.寫故事是我一直夢想但又從來不相信我能做的事。

18．C.根據(jù)前文知道老師是一個“給人鼓勵”的人。

19．B.Dalkoff從小是個害羞的人，如果沒有這個老師，沒有這個老師的鼓勵肯定，Dalkoff的一生就不會有改變，所以“老師正是他所需要的”。文章沒談到對老師的“愛”，所以排除D.

20．增加”。

Ⅳ.短文改錯

Time flies as an arrow. I'm already in the second half 1.____________________

of senior grade 3 before I realized it. It is only a little more 2.___________________

than three months before I graduate middle school.3._____________________

At the present, I'm busy reviewing my lessons in order to 4._______________________

答案是：as→like;realized→realize;graduate后加from；去掉the

take the college entrance examination. I hope to go to 5.___________________

Beijing University, that is one of the best universities not 6._________________

only in China but also in the world. I'll try my best to turn 7.___________________

my dream to reality. Most of my classmates are also 8.__________________

答案是：examination→examinations;that→which;√；to→into

studying very hard to realize our wishes. I do believe everyone 9._________________

will be able to enter a very good university and college. 10.________________

答案是：our→their;and→or