Question

完形填空

阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

There’s always hope

I was sitting around the other morning thinking about some of my former(以前的) students. When I do that, my thoughts always turn to Vincent.

Eighteen years ago, on the first day of third grade, when I had my class write something about themselves, he just sat there. So I took him outside to see what was wrong. “You can ___________about something else; anything you want.” I offered .He turned to me and shouted,” I can’t write!” and threw his pencil.

Vincent was difficult and _________ .He acted out. He threw things. He refused to work, to be quiet, to sit down.

So these many years later, I wondered what he was up to. With time on my hands, I googled him and looked him up on Facebook and before long I found him .And after a few texts we agreed to meet. And he told me his _________.

Vincent knew he was smart, but he also knew he couldn’t do what other kids did. He had to move around and talk. For him, sitting still, listening and reading, didn’t __________. The more he tried to do the things on his terms, the more we forced him to do the things on our terms and the angrier he got. The angrier he got, the more trouble he got into.

In other words, we __________ him.

But he wouldn’t let me tell him that. He took full responsibility for his behavior. He remembered feeling _________ for acting out.

That __________ me. Kids like Vincent are always angry about something ;they hold the world responsible for the consequence(后果).

This story also had one of us turning Vincent around. But none of us did that for him. There were no excellent teachers like Annie Sullivan or Jaime Escalante. That didn’t mean we didn’t ___________. I remember countless conversations, trying to understand them, going to his little League games.

It was Vincent who turned Vincent around , along with a junkie (吸毒者) house painter he worked with after failing through high school. This guy clearly scared (惊吓) him straight; talked him into going to ___________.

But it was Vincent who attended classes and got straight A’s for two years .And it was Vincent who got accepted into ten different universities, including Stanford and UW. And it was Vincent who landed a great job at a big tech company.

Vincent is completely different from 18 years ago. I couldn’t be happier for him.

And for me, the ___________is simple but powerful---there’s always hope.

1.A. talk       B. read        C. write       D. hear

2.A. angry    B. lazy         C. careless    D. disappointed

3.A. job        B. story        C. school      D. family

4.A. arrive    B. change      C. work         D. end

5.A. forgot    B. helped       C. freed       D. failed

6.A. proud      B. special      C. natural      D. terrible

7.A. attracted  B. encouraged   C. surprised   D. influenced

8.A. try        B. wait         C. learn        D. succeed

9.A. movies     B. business    C. college     D. sports

10. A. rule   B. memory      C. answer       D. message

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.D

6.D

7.C

8.A

9.C

10.D

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：作者是一位老师，讲述了一个叫文森特的学生的故事。文森特在小的时候不能和其他的孩子一样安静地坐在教室里听课，写作业也不认真，老师却强迫他去做，这样他会变得更烦躁，可是后来作者却发现改变了很多，告诉大家总是有希望的。

1.C考查动词及语境理解。句意：你可以写一些其它的东西，你想写的任何东西。A. talk谈论；B. read 阅读；C. write 写；D. hear听说。根据短文中的句子“when I had my class write something about themselves, he just sat there.”可知，老师想让学生写有关自己的一些东西。答案为C。

2.A考查动词及语境理解。句意：文森特很执拗和愤怒。A. angry 生气的； B. lazy懒惰的； C. careless粗心的； D. disappointed失望的。根据下文中的句子“The more he tried to do the things on his terms, the more we forced him to do the things on our terms and the angrier he got.”可知，答案为A。

3.B考查名词及语境理解。句意：他告诉我他的故事。 A. job 工作；B. story 故事；C. school学校；D. family家庭。下文讲述的是自己的一些情况。故答案为B。

4.C考查动词及语境理解。句意：A. arrive到达；B. change改变；C. work工作；D. end结束。文森特与众不同，他不能静静地做事，因此坐下来安静地听讲对他来说根本不起作用，故答案为C。

5.D考查动词及语境理解。句意：换句话说，我们让他适得其反。A. forgot忘记；B. helped 帮助；C. freed空闲；D. failed 失败。强迫他静静地坐在那儿听讲，他会变得更烦躁，反而起了负作用。答案为D。

6.D考查形容词及语境理解。句意：他记得自己糟糕的表现。A. proud自豪的；B. special特殊的；C. natural 自然的；D. terrible可怕的。文森特不责怪老师，他知道自己的表现很糟糕，自己负责。答案为D。

7.C考查动词及语境理解。句意：他的故事让我很惊讶。A. attracted吸引；B. encouraged鼓励；C. surprised 吃惊； D. influenced影响。根据后边的句子内容可知，他与别的孩子与众不同。故答案为C。

8.A考查动词及语境理解。句意：这并不意味着我们没有努力尝试过。A. try 尝试；B. wait等待；C. learn 学习；D. succeed成功。根据“I remember countless conversations, trying to understand them, going to his little League games.” 我记得无数的对话，试着去理解他们。说明作者没有放弃。答案为A。

9.C考查名词及语境理解。句意：恐吓他去上大学。A. movies 电影；B. business商业，生意；C. college 大学；D. sports体育。根据下文中的句子“And it was Vincent who got accepted into ten different universities”可知，答案为C。

10.D考查名词及语境理解。句意：对我来说，消息简单但强有力。——总是抱有希望。A. rule 规则；B. memory记忆；C. answer 答案；D. message信息。作者想要传达的信息就是总要抱有希望。

考点：考查人生百味类短文。