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I wrote my first poem at the age of seven and showed it to my mother．She read and cried, “Buddy, you really wrote a beautiful poem!”

Shyly but     , I said yes．She poured out her    . “It was nothing short of talent!”

“What time will Father be home?” I asked．I could hardly wait to    my work to him．I spent quite some time      for his arrival. I wrote the poem out in my finest handwriting, drew a fancy border around it and    I placed it right on my father’s plate on the dining table. My father had begun his motion-picture career as a writer. I was sure he would be able to     my poem.

At almost 7 o’clock my father burst in. He seemed     . He circled the dining-room table, complaining about his employees.

Suddenly he paused and glared at his plate. “What is this?” He was reaching for my poem.

“Ben, Buddy has written his first poem!” my mother began. “And it’s beautiful, absolutely amaz…”

“If you don’t mind, I’d like to decide for myself.” Father said.

I     my head as he read that poem. It was only ten lines. But it seemed to take hours. Then I heard him dropping the poem back on the table. Now came the moment of    .

“I think it’s terrible,” he said.

I couldn’t look up. My eyes were getting    .

“Ben, these are the first lines of poetry he’s ever written,” my mother was saying. “He needs     .”

“I don’t know why.” My father held his ground. “Isn’t there enough awful poetry in the world already?”

I couldn’t     it another second. I ran from the dining room crying. Up in my room I      myself on the bed and cried the worst of the     out of me.

That may have been the end of the story, but not of its    for me. I realized how fortunate I had been. I had a mother who said, “I think it’s wonderful!” and a father who drove me to hear with “I think it’s      .”

Every one of us needs that mother force, from which all    flows; and yet the mother force alone is incomplete. It needs the balance of the force that ___  , “Watch. Listen. Review. Improve.”

Those     voices of my childhood ring in my ears through the years, like two opposing winds blowing me. Between the two poles of ___  and doubt, both in the name of love, I try to follow my true course．

1.A. typically      B. proudly       C. anxiously         D. honestly

2.A. motivation     B. shock         C. Criticism         D. praise

3.A. recite         B. describe     C. show               D. introduce

4.A.waiting         B. preparing     C. Praying            D. planning

5.A. gradually      B. desperately    C. confidently        D. casually

6.A. appreciate      B. revise        C. read              D. polish

7.A. relaxed        B. calm           C. noble             D. upset

8.A. shook          B. lowered        C. raised             D. turned

9.A. decision       B. excitement    C. meditation        D. devotion

10.A. dark          B. wide           C. wet               D. bright

11.A. arrangement   B. judgment       C. encouragement     D. adjustment

12.A. hold           B. attain       C. control           D. stand

13.A. threw         B. seated         C. left               D. kept

14.A. confusion      B. pressure      C. disappointment     D. tiredness

15.A. challenge      B. development  C. difficulty       D. significance

16.A. elegant        B. awful         C. fluent             D. controversial

17.A. failure       B. creation       C. limit             D. improvement

18.A. orders         B. misleads       C. cautions           D. foresees

19.A. inspiring      B. warning        C. disturbing         D. conflicting

20.A. confirmation   B. restriction    C. distrust          D. Disapproval

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.B

5.C

6.A

7.D

8.B

9.A

10.C

11.C

12.D

13.A

14.C

15.D

16.B

17.B

18.C

19.D

20.A

【解析】

试题分析：作者由一个我的诗得到母亲的赞美，得到父亲的批评这个故事，说明人的一生中不仅需要鼓励和赞美，以此来激励自己继续前进，也需要批评和怀疑的论调，以此来修正自己得以提升。

1.考查副词。A. Typically典型的；B. Proudly骄傲的；C. Anxiously焦虑的；D. Honestly诚实的；“Buddy, you really wrote a beautiful poem!”可知我因为母亲的赞美而感到自豪，骄傲，故选B。

2. Motivation动力；B. Shock震惊；C. Criticism批评；D. Praise赞美；. “It was nothing short of talent!”母亲说我在写诗方面有天赋，是对我倾注了赞美之情，故选D。

3. Recite引用；B. Describe描述；C. Show展示；D. Introduce介绍；根据I wrote my first poem at the age of seven and showed it to my mother我向母亲展示了自己的诗作，可知此处是想向父亲展示，故选C。

4.考查动词。A.waiting 等待；B. preparing 准备；C. Praying祈祷；D. Planning计划；I wrote the poem out in my finest handwriting, drew a fancy border around it这些行为都是为了给父亲看自己的诗作而做的准备，想把诗作最好的一面展示给父亲，选B。

5.考查副词。A. Gradually逐渐；B. Desperately绝望；C. Confidently自信；D. Casually随意；我之前受到了母亲的赞美，此时应该是十分有自信会得到父亲的赞美，选C。

6. 考查动词。A. Appreciate感激，欣赏；B. Revise复习；C. Read读；D. Polish润色，修改；根据and I placed it right on my father’s plate on the dining table.可知我很自信，父亲会欣赏我的诗作，故选A。

7.考查形容词。A. Relaxed放松；B. calm 平静；C. Noble高尚；D. Upset失望；He circled the dining-room table, complaining about his employees.父亲在抱怨自己的员工，说明父亲的情绪并不好，可知选D。

8.考查动词。A. Shook震惊；B. Lowered降低；C. Raised提升；D. Turned转向；I couldn’t look up. 可知上文我低下了我的头，此时我才不敢把头抬起来往上看，故选B。

9.考查名词。A. Decision决定；B. Excitement激动；C. Meditation沉思；D. Devotion奉献；“I think it’s terrible,” he said.这是我父亲对我的诗作的好坏的决定话语，选A。

10.考查形容词。A. Dark黑；B. wide 宽；C. Wet湿；D. Bright明亮；我因为父亲说我的诗作不好而委屈的哭了起来，选C。

11.考查名词。A. Arrangement安排；B. Judgment判断；C. Encouragement鼓励；D. Adjustment调整；“Ben, these are the first lines of poetry he’s ever written,可知这是我的第一篇诗作，我需要鼓励，选C。

12.考查动词。A. Hold抓住；B. attain 得到；C. Control控制；D. Stand站立；I couldn’t 12 it another second. I ran from the dining room crying.可知我因为无法忍受父亲的评论，不能在餐厅在待下去了，我跑开了，选D。

13.考查动词。A. threw 扔；B. Seated坐；C. Left离开；D. Kept保持；我是跑到自己房间，然后躺到床上，这个时候我是把自己“扔”到了床上，可以想象这个情景，故选A。

14.考查名词。A. Confusion困惑；B. Pressure压力；C. disappointment 失望；D. Tiredness疲倦；我对父亲对我诗作负面的评论感到失望，故选C。

15.考查名词。A. Challenge挑战；B. Development发展；C. Difficulty困难；D. Significance重要性； I realized how fortunate I had been.可知这件事让我对我而言是幸运的，那么这件事在我的生命中是有一定重要性的，故选D。

16.考查形容词。A. Elegant优雅；B. Awful可怕；C. Fluent流利；D. Controversial争议；had a mother who said, “I think it’s wonderful!上文提到我的母亲会称赞我，那么下文应该说明我的父亲会贬低我，故选B。

17.考查名词。A. Failure失败；B. Creation创造；C. Limit限制；D. Improvement提高；母亲鼓励的话语使得我们能够有信心继续创作下去，故选B。

18.考查动词。A. Orders订购；B. misleads误导；C. Cautions小心，警醒；D. Foresees预见；同时，人们也需要警醒自己的话语，这样才能得到自我的提升，故选C。

19. Inspiring激励；B. Warning警告；C. Disturbing打扰；D. Conflicting冲突；like two opposing winds blowing me. 可知这是两种具有冲突性的话语，故选D。

20. Confirmation证实，肯定；B. Restriction限制；C. Distrust不相信；D. Disapproval不同意；要与 doubt相反意义的词，应该选A，有肯定的评论，也有怀疑的评论， 故选A。

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