Question

When I entered Berkeley，I hoped to earn a scholarship.Having been a Straight?A student，I believed I could ____tough subjects and really learn something.One such course was World Literature given by Professor Jayne.I was extremely interested in the ideas he ____in class.

When I took the first exam，I was ____ to find a 77，C?plus，on my test paper，____ English was my best subject.I went to Professor Jayne, who listened to my arguments but remained ____.

I decided to try harder.Although I didn't know what that ____because school had always been easy for me.I read the books more carefully，but got another 77.Again，I ____with Professor Jayne.Again，he listened patiently but wouldn't change his ___.

One more test before the final exam.One more ____ to improve my grade.So I redoubled my efforts and，for the first time, ____the meaning of the word “thorough”．But my ___ did no good and everything ___ as before

The 1ast hurdle(障礙)was the final.No matter what ____ I got，it wouldn't cancel three C?pluses.I might as well kiss the ____ goodbye.

I stopped working hard.I felt I knew the course material as well as I ever would.The night before the final，I even ____ myself to a movie.The next day I decided for once I'd have ____ with a test.

A week later，I was surprised to find I got an A．I hurried into Professor Jayne's office.He ______to be expecting me.“If I gave you the As you ____，you wouldn't continue to work as hard.”

I stared at him，____ that his analysis and strategy(策略)were correct.I had worked my head ____，as I had never done before.

I was speechless when my course grade arrived：A?plus.It was the only A?plus given.The next year I received my scholarship.I've always remembered Professor Jayne's lesson：you alone must set your own standard of excellence.

1.A.take B．discuss C．cover D．get

2.A.sought B．presented C．exchanged D．obtained

3.A.shocked B．worried C．scared D．a(chǎn)nxious

4.A.but B．so C．for D．or

5.A.unchanged B．unpleasant C．unfriendly D．unmoved

6.A.reflected B．meant C．improved D．a(chǎn)ffected

7.A.quarreled B．reasoned C．bargained D．chatted

8.A.attitude B．mind C．plan D．view

9.A.choice B．step C．chance D．measure

10.A.memorized B．considered C．a(chǎn)ccepted D．learned

11.A.ambition B．confidence C．effort D．method

12.A.stayed B．went C．worked D．changed

13.A.grade B．a(chǎn)nswer C．lesson D．comment

14.A.scholarship B．course C．degree D．subject

15.A.helped B．favored C．treated D．relaxed

16.A.fun B．luck C．problems D．tricks

17.A.happened B．proved C．pretended D．seemed

18.A.valued B．imagined C．expected D．welcomed

19.A.remembering B．guessing C．supposing D．realizing

20.A.out B．over C．on D．off

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.D

6.B

7.B

8.B

9.C

10.D

11.C

12.B

13.A

14.A

15.C

16.A

17.D

18.C

19.D

20.D

【解析】

1.答案　A　[句意：由于一直是個(gè)優(yōu)秀的學(xué)生，我相信我能夠?qū)W習(xí)難學(xué)的課程并且真正學(xué)習(xí)到知識(shí)。表示“學(xué)習(xí)……課程”用take...subjects。]

2.2】答案　B　[本句中表示老師授課時(shí)表達(dá)出來(lái)的思想，應(yīng)該用present，表示“呈現(xiàn)，展示”。]

3.3】答案　A　[與上文的Having been a Straight?A student，I believed...形成對(duì)比，當(dāng)知道自己得了77分時(shí)，作者無(wú)疑是“震驚的”。]

4.4】答案　C　[該句是下句I went to Professor Jayne的原因，故用for，表示原因。]

5.5】答案　D　[與下文中的．..but wouldn't change his __8__相對(duì)應(yīng)，本句中應(yīng)表示Jayne教授并沒(méi)有被打動(dòng)，故用unmoved。unchanged不改變；unpleasant不愉快的；unfriendly不友好的；unmoved冷漠的，不被打動(dòng)的。]

6.6】答案　B　[mean在此表示“意味著”。]

7.7】答案　B　[當(dāng)又得了一個(gè)77分時(shí)，“我”去與Jayne教授評(píng)理，表示“評(píng)理”用reason。quarrel爭(zhēng)吵，用在學(xué)生與老師之間明顯不妥；bargain討價(jià)還價(jià)，與語(yǔ)境不符；chat聊天，自己在生氣的情況下不可能去與老師“閑聊”。]

8.8】答案　B　[change表示“改變”。雖然“我”去與教授評(píng)理，但他并沒(méi)有改變“主意”。故空格處須用mind。]

9.9】答案　C　[在沒(méi)法說(shuō)動(dòng)教授的情況下，“我”所能做的只有盡全力提高成績(jī)，因而每一次考試都是“我”提高自己成績(jī)的“機(jī)會(huì)”。故應(yīng)使用chance。]

10.0】答案　D　[由于自己竭盡全力學(xué)習(xí)，“我”領(lǐng)悟到了“一絲不茍”的含義，表示“領(lǐng)悟”用learn。]

11.1】答案　C　[but一詞對(duì)于本段中描述的情形進(jìn)行轉(zhuǎn)折，也就是說(shuō)，雖然自己付出了巨大的努力，但是考試成績(jī)并沒(méi)有改進(jìn)，故應(yīng)使用effort，表示“努力”。]

12.2】答案　B　[as before表示“像以前一樣”。由11題解析可知，該空格處用go。]

13.3】答案　A　[最后的障礙是期末考試，而由于整個(gè)學(xué)期我的成績(jī)一直是在C等，所以無(wú)論期末考試我得到什么等級(jí)，我的三個(gè)C等成績(jī)也不會(huì)取消，所以應(yīng)選擇grade，表示“等級(jí)”。]

14.4】答案　A　[既然成績(jī)是C等，那么也就與獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金無(wú)緣了，故應(yīng)選擇A項(xiàng)。]

15.5】答案　C　[在對(duì)獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金不抱什么希望且對(duì)所學(xué)的知識(shí)已經(jīng)掌握很好的情況下，“我”在考試前去看了場(chǎng)電影，這里的看電影實(shí)際上是在“獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)”自己，故用treat，表示“款待”。]

16.6】答案　A　[for once表示“就此一次”。因?yàn)樽约簩沂艽煺�，故而自己決定這次考試不再“鄭重對(duì)待”，故用have fun with。]

17.7】答案　D　[由于有了前幾次自己去與Jayne教授的評(píng)理，故而出了成績(jī)后，教授似乎在等著“我”再去見他，也就是教授覺(jué)得“我”會(huì)再去找他。]

18.8】答案　C　[句意：如果我給了你所希望的A等，你就不會(huì)繼續(xù)那樣努力學(xué)習(xí)了。value重視；imagine想象；expect期望；welcome歡迎。故C項(xiàng)正確。]

19.9】答案　D　[Jayne教授說(shuō)明了給“我”C等的理由，“我”也意識(shí)到了他的分析和策略是正確的，表示“意識(shí)到”用realize。]

20.20】答案　D　[work one's head off表示“拼命工作，拼命學(xué)習(xí)”，是固定搭配。]