“A” for Attitude
English was always my favorite subject. In my freshman year of high school, I could write a killer composition. In my second year, my teacher me to give spelling tests to the class. I had a time of my junior year. Mrs Alexander me to sit at her desk and take over the class when she had to leave the room. Only my senior English class was , as we had a teacher right out of college who expected work. Every student received a "C" or "D" grade the first quarter. But English was still my favorite subject.
I graduated from high school, early and had children. about my English, I often helped my kids with their English homework. And I wrote long articles and beautiful poetry as a columnist for a newspaper. Fifteen years later, I went to college, and because I had been an "A" student, I remained an "A" student. I up to my own expectations.
Yesterday, I my high school report cards when I was reading old papers. That bundle of report cards back the old days. I remembered sitting in my advisor's office, explaining that I had always be at English, and recommending that I did not deserve a '"D" from that inexperienced teacher of my senior year. The advisor was but unable to change a(an) . Reading through my old report cards revealed something else too. I wanted to them or hide them. I was not an "A" student in high school English! Somehow, I had myself of this, when the grades clearly reflected an average student with an "A" or "B" but mostly "C” S.
Had I lived up to those grades and myself according to those letters, I would have never confidently sought my writing career. Had I my early grades instead of myself, I would have allowed my fear of failure to enthusiasm and damage my creativity. Instead, I my younger self as an "A" English student, except for that undeserved "D".
1.A. scolded B. allowedC. ordered D. reminded
2.A. badB. complexC. terribleD. wonderful
3.A. approvedB. appointedC. expectedD. urged
4.A. flexible B. creativeC. disappointingD. controversial
5.A. college-levelB. basedC. difficultD. easy
6.A. marriedB. workedC. succeeded D. progressed
7.A. SadB. Confident C. AnxiousD. Curious
8.A. added B. lived C. grew D. went
9.A. countedB. rememberedC. approachedD. discovered
10.A.
brought B. turned C. heldD. kept
11.A. nervous B. good C. poorD. terrible
12.A. impolite B. impatientC.
inexperiencedD. sympathetic
13.A. gradeB. figureC. paperD. entry
14.A. tearB. fireC. cryD. escape
15.A. warnedB. reminded C. informedD. convinced
16.A. average B. enthusiastic C. outstanding D. occasional
17.A. considered B. deniedC. reflected D. described
18.A. abandonedB. given C. believed inD. doubted
19.A. changeB. riskC. defeat D. reminded
20.A. looked B. viewedC. sang D. criticized
On returning home, she found a note _______ to the door, _______ “Call in later.”
A. attaching; reading B. attaches; saying
C. attached; which reads D. attached; reading
Although all of the apples ________, none of them ________ good.
A. have been tasted; tasteB. have been tasted; are tasted
C. have tasted; tasteD. have tasted; are tasted
Such good use had been his spare time_________ his English has improved a lot．
A
. made of; as B. made of; that C. made in; that D. found in; as
Was it from Libya ______ wars suddenly broke out _____ we managed to rescue the Chinese working staff?
A. that; whereB. which; thatC. where; that D. where; which
Medicine should not be kept where it is _______ to children.
A. addicted B. accessible C. attractive D. aggressive
