Question

There was a very special teacher who made a far-reaching difference in my life.  

Fall, 1959, the first day of class at Bethesda Chevy Chase High School was about to begin. “Who”, I asked a senior, “is Mrs. McNamara, my 10^th grade English teacher?” He just  31  and said something about my being in  32 . Soon, I understood what he meant. Mrs. McNamara had a pattern of  33  that she repeated again and again. We would have a literature reading task for  34 . The next day, when we came to class, there would be two or three topics on the blackboard  35  to the homework reading. We were  36  to write an in-class essay about one of the topics. The following day, she would  37  the corrected and graded essays and each person would be called  38  to stand in front of the class and to  39  his/her essay. The class were required to criticize （评论） that essay,  40  the grade of everyone in class would be reduced.  

The first time that I  41  her read-write-criticize method, I had not  42 to do the homework and had written something without knowing what it meant.  43  the extreme embarrassment I suffered, standing before my classmates,  44  myself. No one laughed at me; no one would be  45  enough, or foolish enough, to do that in Mrs. McNamara’s class. The embarrassment came from  46  and along with it came a strong  47  not to let it happen again.  

Mrs. McNamara kept all of our written work in files; it was easy to see the  48  in writing that had occurred. What was not so easy to see was the inner transformation that had taken place, at least for me. What Mrs. McNamara  49  me to do was to see myself as others see me and, having done that, I could improve myself. And I  50 . Thank you, Mrs. McNamara.  

31..A.nodded	B. laughed	C. apologized	D. shouted
32. A. trouble	B. sorrow	C. danger	D. anger
33. A. behaviour	B. evaluation	C. activity	D. thought
34. A. review	B. performance	C. practice	D. homework
35. A. added	B. related	C. contributed	D. compared
36. A. expected	B. persuaded	C. allowed	D. advised
37.  A. collect	B. return	C. send	D. receive
38. A. on purpose	B. at first	C. by chance	D. in turn
39. A. talk through	B. hand over	C. read out	D. show off
40. A. so	B. and	C. but	D. or
41. A. tried	B. adopted	C. examined	D. experienced
42. A. undertaken	B. attempted	C. bothered	D. hesitated
43. A. Remember	B. Predict	C. Bear	D. Imagine
44. A. playing jokes on	B. making a fool of	C. setting a trap for	D. taking advantage of
45. A. brave	B. careless	C. proud	D. selfish
46. A. above	B. within	C. behind	D. below
47. A. tendency	B. preference	C. determination	D. sense
48. A. improvements	B. pains	C. difficulties	D. advantages
49. A. trusted	B. invited	C. forced	D. permitted
50. A. did	B. could	C. had	D. would

Answer 1

31 B  

解析： 考查动词。根据下文可知同学知道作者会陷入麻烦，因此在这里只是笑了笑，并不作答，有幸灾乐祸之意，故选择laughed。nodded点头，apologized道歉，shouted叫喊。  

32 A．  

解析： 考查名词。从下文看作者因对老师的教法和布置的作业不认真对待，因此会陷入麻烦，故选择trouble，与in搭配也很协调。sorrow悲哀，danger危险，anger愤怒。  

 33C．  

解析： 考查名词。此处是指Mrs. McNamara有一种特殊的课堂方法或者是组织的一种课堂活动，选项中只有activity 与含义相符，behaviour是指言行举止，evaluation评估，       thought思想。  

34 D．  

解析： 考查名词。根据35空后面的to the homework reading可推出此处也是homework。不应是面试、表演或实践。  

35.  B．  

解析： 考查动词。这里是指老师在黑板上写上与家庭作业有关的一些话题，应选择related“相关”。added增加，contributed奉献，compared比较。  

36. A．  

解析： 考查动词。此处含义是老师要求我们写一篇课内文章，be expected to do也是一个搭配，表示“被希望做某事”。persuaded劝服，allowed允许，advised奉劝。  

37 B．  

解析： 考查动词。作业做完了肯定要交给老师批阅，然后老师第二天退还给我们，此处选择return。collect收集，send发送，receive接收。  

38 D．  

解析： 考查介词短语。这里是指学生们轮流站在讲台前向全班学生读出自己作品，故选择in turn。on purpose故意地，at first首先，by chance偶然。  

39 C．  

解析： 考查动词短语。根据上下文可知此处是指先读出作品，然后由其他同学点评。选择read out“朗读出”。talk through电话接通（开始讲话）、通话完毕，hand over交出，移交；show off炫耀，显示。  

40. D．  

解析： 考查连词。根据上下文可知若不能按照要求朗读而后每人评价，每个人的成绩就会减分，选择or“不然的话”符合逻辑。so表因果，and表并列，but表转折。  

41 D．  

解析： 考查动词。这里是指第一次经历老师的教学方法，应选择experienced。tried尝试，adopted吸收，收养，examined检查。  

42 C．  

解析： 考查动词。bother to do sth是一个常见结构，表示“不嫌麻烦做某事”，此处因是否定句，意思可理解成“懒得做……”。undertaken担任, 承揽；attempted企图，hesitated犹豫。  

 43D．  

解析： 考查动词。此处含义是“试想我所遭受的极度的尴尬……”，选择Imagine表示“想像”，Remember记住，Predict预测，Bear忍受。  

 44B．  

解析： 考查动词短语。make a fool of有“出洋相”之意，符合文意。play jokes on愚弄，捉弄，set a trap for为……设下圈套，take advantage of利用。  

45 A．  

解析： 考查形容词。根据上文可知这是一项很严格的活动，因此没有哪个学生敢在Mrs. McNamara课堂上嘲笑起哄别人的。应选择brave。careless，proud和selfish都不合句意。  

46. B．  

解析： 考查介词。此处是指尴尬来自自身，选择within与from一起表示来自自身（内部）。其它介词都与文意不符。  

 47C．  

解析： 考查名词。根据下文…not to let it happen again可知此处表示决心不让此事再次发生，选择determination 表示“决心”，tendency倾向，preference偏爱，sense意识，意义。  

48 A．  

解析： 考查名词。根据这种方法，学生们可以清楚看到自己在写作上所取得的进步，选择improvements表示“发展，进步”，pains痛苦，difficulties困难，难处，advantages优点，用途。  

49 C．  

解析： 考查动词。根据上文所述，这种方法是带有强制性的，即强迫学生们读评。应选择forced。trusted信任，invited邀请，permitted允许。  

 50 A．  

解析： 考查助动词。此处考查动词do/did/does代替另一动词的用法。根据上文I could improve myself可知应使用did代替improved，即“我的确发展了自我”，不能选择could，因此处强调的是动词improve本身而并非是“能”。