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：这篇短文中作者回忆起自己的一名学生，在三年级时拒绝教师管理，辍学；但是多年后突然在世界知名杂志facebook上发现了这个学生，并得知学生自身聪明，虽然经历了很多坎坷，但是自己战胜了困难，成功被世界很多名牌大学录取，还拥有了很棒的工作。作者通过叙述故事，提倡要尝试去教育，总是有希望的。

1.C考查动词及语境理解。talk：谈论；read：读；write：写；hear：听。根据前文“when I had my class write something about themselves”的描述可知，这里指的是作者建议他可以写一些别的东西。故应选C。

2.A考查形容词及语境理解。angry：生气的；lazy：懒惰的；careless：粗心的；disappointed：失望的。根据下文“He acted out. He threw things. He refused to work, to be quiet, to sit down.”的描述可知，这里指的是他生气了。结合选项可知应选A。

3.B考查名词及语境理解。job：工作；story：歉意；school：学校；family：家庭。根据前文“And after a few texts we agreed to meet.”的描述可知，这里指的是他向作者表示歉意。故应选B。

4.C考查动词及语境理解。arrive：到达；change：改变；work：工作、起作用；end：结束。根据前文的描述可知，这里指的是对他来说，静静的坐着，去听、去读是没有用的。故应选C。

5.D考查动词及语境理解。forgot：忘记；helped：帮助；freed：使自由；failed：失败。根据前文“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. ”可知，这里指的是作者对他没有办法，教育失败了。故应选D。

6.D考查形容词及语境理解。proud：自豪的；special：特殊的；natural：自然的；terrible：可怕的。根据语境可知，这里指的是他还记得对自己的举动感到可怕。故选D。

7.C考查动词及语境理解。attracted：吸引；encouraged：鼓励；surprised：惊讶；influenced：影响。根据前文说“他对自己的行为完全负责任，并对自己的举动感到可怕”可知，这里指的是作者对他感到惊讶。故应选C。

8.A考查动词及语境理解。 try：尝试；wait：等待；learn：学习；succeed：成功。根据下文“I remember countless conversations, trying to understand them, going to his little League games”可知，这里指的是作者他们并非没有尝试。故应选A。

9.C考查名词及语境理解。movies：电影；business：生意；college：大学；sports：运动。根据下文“And it was Vincent who got accepted into ten different universities, including Stanford and UW. ”可知，这里指的是Vincent说服了他上的大学。故应选C。

10.；memory：记忆；answer：答案；message：信息。联系上下文的描述可知，这里指的是得知他的信息是简单的，但是却是有力量的。故选D。

考点：考查人生百味类短文。