Question

One Bite at a Time

Stephen was on campus（校园）to register when I first met him.

One summer day     I was headed over to the administration building, I heard someone call my name. I       around and saw Philip, one of my colleagues standing with another young man. As Philip introduced me to the young man, named Stephen, he reminded him that he would be taking one of my         , Introduction to Literature. With a somewhat      expression, Stephen asked if my class was going to be “hard”. Would he be able to pass? I    he was concerned about failing before the     day of classes. We talked about what the class would     and I saw Stephen’s eyes getting big with      .

Then I remembered a bit of classical dialog:

Question: “How do you eat an elephant?”

Answer: “One bite at a time.”

I told him to     his work that way. To do his assignment（作业）, all of them, and to get them in on time. I added that most     students I knew made a timetable of all the assignment so they could      their workload.

As time went on, I learned more of Stephen’s story. He had     in middle school. It had taken him longer to finish than most young people. Family members, including his mother, kept reminding him that he was a     . Now, in the face of their negative-saying he had been admitted into college. He told me that before coming to our campus no one had believed he had much     .

    Stephen didn’t become an “A” student. He didn’t make any honor rolls. Still, he managed to      most of his courses by being in class every day, turning in all of his assignment on time and breaking down his studying into     digestible parts. By passing course after course he began to gain a measure of self-respect. He was a great singer and he was     the school’s cross-country team.

Every time I saw him on campus, he would brighten up and say, “One bite at a time.” Whenever he introduced me to his friends, he would tell them that he was           when he was supposed to be failing. His      , he said, was that he was      what I taught him before classes ever started: “Take it one bite at a time.”

1.A. after   B. when   C. until   D. once

2.A. turned   B. sat   C. moved   D. went

3.A. jobs   B. tests   C. classes   D. projects

4.A. innocent   B. angry   C. inspired   D. pained

5.A. sensed   B. imagined   C. heard   D. admitted

6.A. gathering   B. parting   C. closing   D. opening

7.A. change   B. adjust   C. cover   D. produce

8.A. interest   B. anger   C. fear   D. excitement

9.A. avoid   B. continue   C. present   D. approach

10.A. quiet   B. optimistic   C. energetic   D. successful

11.A. plan   B. increase   C. reduce   D. measure

12.A. fitted   B. hesitated   C. struggled   D. progressed

13.A. cheat   B. failure   C. winner   D. leader

14.A.experience   B. information   C. potential   D. honor

15.A. pass   B. begin   C. take   D. design

16.A. full-sized   B. bite-sized   C. pocket-sized   D. medium-sized

17.A. in   B. on   C. at   D. of

18.A. changing   B. recovering   C. concentrating   D. succeeding

19.A. secret   B. skill   C. reply   D. theory

20.A. spreading   B. considering   C. practicing   D. expressing

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.D

5.A

6.D

7.C

8.C

9.D

10.D

11.A

12.C

13.B

14.C

15.A

16.B

17.B

18.D

19.A

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述作者如何让一个对课程恐惧的学生一步步取得成功；

1.B考查连词辨析A. after 之后；B. when当。。时候；C. until直到；D. once一旦；句意：夏季的一天, 我正往行政办公楼走去, 我听到有人叫我的名字。根据句意选B项。

2.A考查动词辨析A. turned转向；B. sat坐；C. moved移动；D. went 去；句意：我转身，看到菲利普，我们的一个招生办辅导员和一个年轻人站在一起。根据语境可知有人叫他的名字，转身去看，故选A项。

3.C考查名词辨析A. jobs工作；B. tests考试；C. classes班级； D. projects 项目；句意：Philip介绍我给那个年轻人的时候, 他提醒他,他将要上我的一个普遍教育的课程: 圣经文学入门。根据语境可知选C项。

4.D 考查形容词辨析A. innocent无辜的；B. angry 生气的；C. inspired鼓励的；D. pained痛苦的； 句意：Stephen用带着少许痛苦的表情看着我, 他问我的课程是否很难。根据Stephen asked if my class was going to be “hard”可知课堂很骓，因此很痛苦，故选D项。

5.A考查动词辨析A. sensed感觉；B. imagined想像；C. heard听到；D. admitted承认；句意：我感觉他还没有开始上课就在想着失败了。根据语境只有A符合句意；

6.D考查动词辨析A. gathering聚集；B. parting分开；C. closing关闭；D. opening 打开；句意：我感觉他还没有开始上课就在想着失败了。根据语境选D项。

7.C考查动词辨析A. change改变；B. adjust 适应；C. cover覆盖；D. produce生产； 句意：我们开始谈论这个课程的内容和他将要学习的东西，我看到Stephen带着恐惧的眼睛越睁越大。Cover表达涉及，故选C项。

8.C考查名词辨析A. interest 兴趣；B. anger生气；C. fear恐惧；D. excitement 兴奋；句意：我们开始谈论这个课程的内容和他将要学习的东西，我看到Stephen带着恐惧的眼睛越睁越大。根据语境可知他对于课程的担心也越来越大，故选C项。

9.D考查动词辨析A. avoid避免；B. continue继续；C. present呈现；D. approach接近；句意：我告诉他用这个办法来安排他的学习和分配任务，并且要按时完成。根据To do his assignment（作业）, all of them, and to get them in on time可知这是学习的方法，故选D项。

10.D考查形容词辨析A. quiet安静的；B. optimistic 乐观的；C. energetic精力充沛的；D. successful 成功的；句意：我还告诉他,我所认识的大多数成功学生都制定日程表来分配学习任务，这样他们就可以有计划地去学习。根据语境可知选D项。

11.A考查动词辨析 A. plan计划；B. increase 增加；C. reduce 减少；D. measure测量；句意：我还告诉他,我所认识的大多数成功学生都制定日程表来分配学习任务，这样他们就可以有计划地去学习。根据 made a timetable of all the assignment设定时间安排就能有计划的学习，故选A项。

12.C考查动词辨析A. fitted适合；B. hesitated犹豫；C. struggled努力；D. progressed进步；句意：他在学校非常刻苦。根据It had taken him longer to finish than most young people.花费平常学生更多的时间来学习，可知学习努力，故选C项。

13.B考查名词辨析A. cheat 欺骗；B. failure 失败；C. winner 胜利者；D. leader 领导；句意：家里的人，包括他的妈妈都认为他不会成功。根据Now, in the face of their negative-saying he had been admitted into college事实被大学录取，可知以前大家认为他不会成功，故选B项。

14.C考查名词辨析A.experience经验；B. information信息；C. potential潜能；D. honor荣誉；句意：他告诉我在进入学校之前，没有人相信他会取得如此的成绩。根据上文可知选C项。

15.A考查动词辨析A. pass通过；B. begin开始；C. take带走；D. design设计； 句意：现在他仍然每天到教室上课，在努力的通过各项课程考试，按时交所有的作业，把学习任务分解成能够容易消化的小块。根据句意可知选C项。

16.B考查形容词辨析A. full-sized 全轮廓；B. bite-sized很小的；C. pocket-sized 袖珍的；D. medium-sized 中型的；现在他仍然每天到教室上课，在努力的通过各项课程考试，按时交所有的作业，把学习任务分解成能够容易消化的小块，故选B项。

17.B考查介词辨析及语境理解；句意：他还是一个很棒的歌手而且在校园课外活动中很活跃。Be on the team。。。中的一员，故选B项。

18.D考查动词辨析A. changing改变；B. recovering恢复；C. concentrating集中；D. succeeding成功； 句意：无论什么时候他把我介绍给他的朋友，他都告诉他们在他本以为要失败的时候他就成功了。本句话运用到was doing ..when..,根据语境可知选D项。

19.A考查名词辨析A. secret秘密；B. skill 技能；C. reply回应；D. theory理论；句意：而他的秘密就是：每次他开始学习时，他就练习用我教给他的方法，“一次只咬一口。”根据上文提到他成功了，故这指他成功的秘密，故选A项。

20.“一次只咬一口。”根据语境可知选C项。