Question

Teachers selected from each district school for the Teacher of the Year competition were recognized.The competition's winner will be____in the spring.All those model teachers got me to think about some of my teachers through the years,and how they____me.

My college adviser,J.C.Casey,had a big____on my life.She was a teacher and friend.She____me to consider journalism as a career.My high school math teacher,Kathy Cloud,took the time to____math to me in a way I could ____understand.I'd struggled with math until I got in Cloud's classes.She gave me the____to realize I could do it.

My first-grade teacher,Darlene Dryden,held me back.Now,most people wouldn't____the teacher that kept them back a grade fondly,but Dryden has always been my____teacher.I was the youngest person in my class and very shy. She thought I____another year to mature before moving on to second____.She didn't make me feel____for having to repeat the grade.Instead,he made me feel____.I think I was her favorite,too.

My senior year of high school,right before____,I wrote Dryden a note letting her.know that I'd become a good student and was going to____and that she'd had a____in that.

The Norman teachers____Wednesday are just a few of the many who are in the classrooms every day making  ____in their students' lives.They may not even know the____impact（影响）they're having.I know it's not an____job, but teachers,just remember that you're a Mrs.Dryden to somebody.

1.A. impressed    B. emphasised    C. announced    D. understood

2.A. blamed    B. influenced    C. considered    D. awarded

3.A. education    B. lecture    C. force    D. effect

4.A. encouraged    B. warned    C. forced    D. begged

5.A. pass    B. explain    C. request    D. invite

6.A. usually    B. suddenly    C. actually    D. hardly

7.A. chance    B. confidence    C. courage    D. importance

8.A. doubt    B. respect    C. miss    D. remember

9.A. favorite    B. terrible    C. serious    D. curious

10.A. wasted    B. delayed    C. needed    D. planned

11.A. class    B. family    C. group    D. grade

12.A. stupid    B. comfortable    C. pleasant    D. troublesome

13.A. common    B. special    C. proud    D. sad

14.A. graduation    B. work    C. youth    D. sleep

15.A. nursery    B. college    C. school    D. factory

16.A. point    B. balance    C. sense    D. part

17.A. accepted    B. employed    C. honored    D. punished

18.A. differences    B. preparations    C. charges    D. decisions

19.A. passive    B. small    C. painful    D. positive

20.A. interesting    B. elegant    C. easy    D. important

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.A

5.B

6.C

7.B

8.D

9.A

10.C

11.D

12.A

13.B

14.A

15.B

16.D

17.C

18.A

19.D

20.C

【解析】本文是一篇记叙文。文章以从各个地方被选拔出来的教师参加每年的教师比赛开头，作者由这些模范教师想到了自己人生中比较重要的几位老师，并对这几位老师进行了简要的介绍，最后表达了对教师这个职业的尊重与赞美。

1. A. impressed 给人深刻印象；B. emphasised 强调；C. announced 宣布；D. understood理解。“The competition's winner will be___1___in the spring”，根据时间状语in the spring可知，本句为将来时，The competition's winner结果还不知道，根据语境分析，故选C。

2.A. blamed 指责；B. influenced 影响；C. considered 考虑；D. awarded奖励。“All those model teachers got me to think about some of my teachers through the years,and how they___2___me”，根据some of my teachers through the years，可知作者接下来讲述的是对自己影响比较大的几位老师。故选B。

3.A. education 教育；B. lecture 讲座；C. force 强制；D. effect 影响。“My college adviser,J.C.Casey,had a big___3___on my life”，根据on应选用与之能构成固定短语的单词，effect on对…有影响。故选D。

4.A. encouraged 鼓励；B. warned 警告；C. forced 强制；D. begged 乞求。“She___4___me to consider journalism as a career”，consider journalism as a career将新闻业作为事业，根据语境分析，老师应该是鼓励作者选择新闻业作为人生的事业。故选A。

5.A. pass 通过；B. explain 解释；C. request 请求；D. invite 邀请。“Kathy Cloud,took the time to___5___math to me in a way I could ___6___understand”，根据in a way 及 I could understand可知，Kathy Cloud老师用我能理解方法给我解释数学题目。故选B。

6.A. usually 通常；B. suddenly 突然；C. actually 实际上；D. hardly几乎不。“I could ___6___understand”，根据前文Kathy Cloud,took the time to explain math to me in a way,可知Kathy Cloud用我能理解的方法教我数学。故选C。

7.A. chance 机会；B. confidence信心；C. courage 勇气；D. importance重要性。“She gave me the___7___to realize I could do it”，根据to realize I could do it可知，老师给了我做到这件事的信心。故选B。

8.A. doubt怀疑；B. respect 尊重；C. miss 错过；D. remember记住。“most people wouldn't___8___the teacher that kept them back a grade fondly”，根据后文“but Dryden has always been my___9___teacher”但是Dryden仍然是我的老师，根据连词but，可知前后两句是转折关系，可知前句讲述的是，大多数人已经不记得这个老师了。故选D。

9.A. favorite特别喜欢的人；B. terrible 糟糕的；C. serious 严肃的；D. curious好奇的。“Dryden has always been my___9___teacher”根据后文“I think I was her favorite,too”，可知与之相对应，前句应该是Dryden是我最喜爱的老师。故选A。

10.A. wasted 浪费；B. delayed 推迟；C. needed 需要；D. planned计划。“She thought I___10___another year to mature ”根据前文“I was the youngest person in my class and very shy”，所以老师认为我还要再过一年才能成熟，故选C。

11.A. class 班级；B. family家庭；C. group 小组；D. grade年级。“before moving on to second___11___”根据前文“My first-grade”，可知此句讲述的是在升入下个年级之前。故选D。

12.A. stupid愚笨的；B. comfortable 令人舒服的；C. pleasant 高兴的； D. troublesome令人讨厌的。“She didn't make me feel___12___for having to repeat the grade”，由repeat the grade可知作者由于年龄小，又在一年级上了一年，但是老师没有让她感觉到自己（ ），故选A。

13.A. common 普通的；B. special特殊的； C. proud自豪的； D. sad伤心的。“Instead,he made me feel___13___”，根据前文“She didn't make me feel stupid for having to repeat the grade”,可知老师没有让作者感到留级很自卑，却让她觉得很特别。故选B。

14.A. graduation 毕业； B. work 工作；C. youth年轻；D. sleep睡觉。“My senior year of high school,right before___14___ I wrote Dryden a note letting her know that I'd become a good student”根据My senior year of high school,语境分析，作者给高中老师写了一封信，正好在高中毕业之前，故选A。

15.A. nursery 婴儿室；B. college 大学；C. school 学校；D. factory工厂。“I'd become a good student and was going to___15___”根据前文“My senior year of high school,right before graduation ”可知，作者高中毕业，马上要去上大学。故选B。

16.A. point 点；B. balance平衡；C. sense意识；D. part部分。“ was going to college and that she'd had a___16___in that”根据语意，我将要去上大学，对于这件事，由老师的努力与奉献，故选D。

17.A. accepted 接受；B. employed 雇佣；C. honored 尊敬；D. punished惩罚。“The Norman teachers___17___Wednesday are just a few of the many who are in the classrooms every day making ___18___in their students' lives”，可知，Norman把星期三作为一个节日去纪念。故选C。

18.A. differences不同；B. preparations 准备；C. charges 装载；D. decisions决定。“ who are in the classrooms every day making ___18___in their students' lives”，根据后文“impact（影响）they're having”，与之对应，故选A。

19. A. passive 被动的；B. small 小的；C. painful 痛苦的；D. positive积极的。“They may not even know the___19___impact（影响）they're having”，根据前文“who are in the classrooms every day making differences in their students' lives”,可知，他们为教育事业做出了很大的积极影响。故选D。

20.A. interesting 有趣的；B. elegant优雅的；C. easy容易；D. important重要的。“I know it's not an___20___ job,but teachers,just remember that you're a Mrs.Dryden to somebody”，根据连词but表转折，可知，前后两句呈现句意上的转折，故选C。