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(作业). 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(空白处) 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.妈妈说气话是“因为”小孩从她身边走开了。

2. D.从后句中的small moments推出。

3. A.根据句意表转折。

4. B.有时候几句话对说话者没什么关系或影响，但对听话者有时候有很大的影响。

5. g是“意思，含义”，power表“影响力”。

6．A.根据后文可知道Dalkoff是职业作家。

7．D.根据后文小男孩没有朋友，没有自信可推断他“害羞”。

8．C.

9．A.接着小说的最后一章再自己写一章。

10． in“上交”。

11．C.现在他不记得自己所写的特别之处，也不记得老师所给的分数。

12．D

13．C.老师赞扬他的文章。

14．A.老师对他的肯定评价改变了他的一生。

15．B.考查not...until...句型。

16．A.直到读了这几个字我才知道我是谁，我今后要干什么。

17．D.写故事是我一直梦想但又从来不相信我能做的事。

18．C.根据前文知道老师是一个“给人鼓励”的人。

19．B.Dalkoff从小是个害羞的人，如果没有这个老师，没有这个老师的鼓励肯定，Dalkoff的一生就不会有改变，所以“老师正是他所需要的”。文章没谈到对老师的“爱”，所以排除D.

20．增加”。

Ⅳ.短文改错

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