Question

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：本文通过作者童年的故事，可知童年里的这两种相矛盾的声音这些年一直在作者耳边萦绕，像两股相反的风吹着他，在以爱为名的认同和怀疑之间，作者努力追寻真正属于自己的道路。

1.B考查副词辨析及上下文联系。前文说作者在七岁时就写了第一首诗，故在受到母亲的夸奖后，作者是害羞和自豪的。typically典型地；proudly自豪地；anxiously紧张地，焦虑地；honestly诚实地。故选B项。

2.D考查名词及上下文联系。句意：她夸奖道：真是有天赋啊！ Motivation推动，促进；B. shock震惊；C. Criticism批评；D. praise称赞。根据“It was nothing short of talent!”可知，母亲夸奖了作者。故选D项。

3.C考查动词及上下文联系。句意：“爸爸什么时候回家呢？”“我迫不及待要让父亲看到我的诗。”recite背诵； describe描述；show展示；introduce介绍。show sth. to sb.向某人展示某事物。故选C项。

4.B考查动词及上下文联系。句意：我花了相当一些时间准备父亲的回来。wait等待；prepare准备；pray祈祷；plan计划。故选B项。

5.C考查副词及上下文联系。句意：随意地快速地我用我最拿手的花体字把诗誊写了一遍，并在旁边画了漂亮的花边。我自信满满地把纸放在餐桌父亲常坐的位置上。gradually逐渐地；desperately 拼命地，绝望地；confidently自信地；casually随意地。故选C项。

6.A考查动词及上下文联系。句意：我相信他能够鉴赏我的诗。appreciate欣赏，鉴赏；revise修订；read阅读；polish修改，润色。故选A项。

7.D考查形容词及上下文联系。句意：晚上七点的时候父亲回来了。他看起来心烦意乱的，他绕着餐桌边走边抱怨他的员工。relaxed放松的；calm冷静的；noble高尚的，贵族的；upset心烦意乱的。工作一天回来不可能是放松的或者冷静的，根据文中父亲一直在走来走去地抱怨，说明心情是“心烦意乱的”。故选D项。

8.B考查动词及上下文联系。句意：当父亲在读诗的时候，我低着头。shake摇晃；lower低下；raise举起；turn翻开，转向。故选B项。

9.A考查名词及上下文联系。句意：我听到父亲把纸放在桌子上，到了做决定的时候了。decision决定；excitement兴奋；meditation冥想，沉思；devotion献身，奉献；故选A项。

10.C考查形容词及上下文联系。句意：听到父亲的评价，我抬不起头来，我的眼睛开始湿润了。dark黑暗的；wide宽的； wet潮湿的；bright明亮的。作者本来信心满满，结果父亲却评价“糟糕透了”，所以作者感到很难受。故选C项。

11.C考查名词及上下文联系。句意：“这是他第一次写诗，”母亲说，“他需要鼓励。”arrangement布置，整理；judgment判断；encouragement鼓励；adjustment调整，调节。故选C项。

12.D考查动词。句意：听到这样的评价，我再也忍受不了。hold 抓住，控制；attain达到，实现；control控制； stand忍受。故选D项。

13.A考查动词。句意：一到房间，我就扑到床上失望地哭了起来。threw扔；seat坐；leave离开，留下；keep保持。threw oneself on the bed把自己扔到床上，扑到床上。故选A项。

14.C考查名词。根据上文，作者哭泣的原因是受到这样的评价，故作者感觉是“失望的”。confusion困惑；pressure压力； disappointment失望；tiredness疲劳。故选C项。

15.D考查名词。句意：那也许是这个故事的结尾，但它的意义却一直留在我的心里。我意识到经历了这些是多么幸运。challenge挑战；development发展；difficulty困难；significance意义，重要性。故选D项。

16.B考查形容词。句意：父亲提高声音说：难道世界上糟糕的事还不够多吗？elegant优雅的；awful糟糕的；fluent流利的，流畅的；controversial 有争议的。故选B项。

17.B考查名词。句意：我们每个人都需要来自母亲的鼓励，从中我们可以获得创造力。failure失败；creation创造；limit限制；improvement提高。故选B项。

18.C考查名词。句意：然而，只有母亲的鼓励是不完全的，还需要提醒的力量来使之平衡。orders命令；mislead误导；caution警告，提醒；foresees预见。故选C项。

19.D考查形容词。句意：童年里的这两种相矛盾的声音这些年一直在我耳边萦绕，像两股相反的风吹着我。inspiring鼓舞人心的，启发灵感的；warning警告的；disturbing烦扰的，令人不安的；conflicting相矛盾的，冲突的。文中父亲和母亲的评价截然相反，所以是“相矛盾的，相冲突的”。故选D项。

20.考查名词。句意：在以爱为名的认同和怀疑之间，我努力追寻真正属于我自己的道路。confirmation认可，证明；restriction限制，约束；distrust不信任，怀疑；disapproval不赞同，反对。故选A项。

【学法指导】

通过上下文的联系来解完形填空，是这一题型的重要手段，在本篇中体现得淋漓尽致。50小题C考查形容词及上下文联系。句意：听到父亲的评价，我抬不起头来，我的眼睛开始湿润了。dark黑暗的；wide宽的； wet潮湿的；bright明亮的。作者本来信心满满，结果父亲却评价“糟糕透了”，所以作者感到很难受。故选C项。

考点：考查故事类阅读