Question

I have had thousands of classes since I started school nine years ago. But only one _______was the most important.

It happened last term just after I had got a _______ result in an exam. I was sad and had lost _______. I decided to go to a class which can tell me how to be _______.

The speaker walked into the room. But he did not start talking like a teacher. _______, he held up a twenty dollars note!

“Who wants this?” he asked. Unsurprisingly, _______ of us in the class held up our hands. The speaker smiled. Then he put up the note on the blackboard and asked the _______ question. Again, we all put up our hands. The speaker smiled again, but _______ nothing. Suddenly, he threw the note onto the floor! Then he asked the same _______ a third time.

I didn’t ________ what the speaker was doing. Why was he asking the same question again and again? I didn’t know what to do. I wanted the note, ________ I put my hand up again. After a while, he ________ the note and started to laugh. “You have all just told me how to become successful,” he said to us ________ the note in his hand.

“The note is worth twenty dollars. It is ________ worth twenty dollars, even though I throw it on the floor. You are like the________. No matter ________ happens to you, you still have your worth.”

When I heard those words, I was deeply ________. Suddenly, I ________ I was worth a lot. I may have done badly in an exam, but it doesn’t ________ I can’t do well in the future. If I believe in ________, I will be successful!

1.A. classroom    B. subject    C. class    D. school

2.A. same    B. good    C. lucky    D. bad

3.A. shelter    B. heart    C. face    D. concern

4.A. extreme    B. successful    C. famous    D. rich

5.A. Instead    B. Exactly    C. Otherwise    D. Because

6.A. both    B. neither    C. all    D. none

7.A. same    B. different    C. difficult    D. math

8.A. said    B. bought    C. saw    D. wanted

9.A. student    B. teacher    C. question    D. way

10.A. remember    B. understand    C. notice    D. find

11.A. so    B. though    C. if    D. or

12.A. took out    B. packed up    C. picked up    D. put down

13.A. from    B. with    C. by    D. above

14.A. never    B. sometimes    C. hardly    D. always

15.A. exam    B. question    C. view    D. note

16.A. when    B. who    C. what    D. how

17.A. worried    B. ruined    C. suffered    D. moved

18.A. realized    B. forgot    C. dreamed    D. decided

19.A. know    B. mean    C. think    D. vote

20.A. money    B. friendship    C. violence    D. myself

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.B

5.A

6.C

7.A

8.A

9.C

10.B

11.A

12.C

13.B

14.D

15.D

16.C

17.D

18.A

19.B

20.D

【解析】本文中作者介绍了在他一生中最重要的一堂课。课堂上的演讲者用一个价值20元的便条为例，讲述了一个人的价值不会因为他所处的位置而有所改变。这让作者获得了继续努力的信心。

1.C考查名词。A. classroom教室；B. subject科目；C. class班；D. school学校。根据上文I have had thousands of classes（我上过无数堂课）可知，此处指的是课堂，故选C，但是只有一堂课……。

2.D考查形容词。A. same相同的；B. good好的；C. lucky幸运的；D. bad坏的。根据下文I was sad and had lost my confidence.（我非常沮丧并丧失了信心）可知，考试结果很不好。故选D。

3.B考查名词。A. shelter避难所；B. heart心脏；C. face脸；D. concern关心。我难过，已经失去了信心。lose heart失去信心，故选B。

4.B考查形容词。A. extreme极其，非常；B. successful成功的；C. famous著名的；D. rich富有的；根据前文描述可知，我此时最想的就是成功。故选B。

5.A考查词义辨析。A. Instead代替，反而；B. Exactly精确地；C. Otherwise否则；D. Because因为。他没有像一个老师一样谈话，相反，他拿出20美元的钞票！前后表示转折，故选A。

6.C考查不定代词。A. both两个都；B. neither两者都不；C. all全部；D. none什么也没有。根据Unsurprisingly（不出所料的），可知我们所有人都举起了手。故选C。

7.A考查形容词。A. same相同的；B. different不同的；C. difficult困难的；D. math数学。联系上下文可知，他问的是相同的问题，故选A。

8.A考查动词。A. said说；B. bought买；C. saw看见；D. wanted想要。我们又都举起手，演讲者又微笑，但什么也没说。故选A。

9.C考查名词。A. student学生；B. teacher老师；C. question问题；D. way方法。然后，他又一次问相同的问题。故答案为C。

10.B考查动词词义辨析。remember记得；understand明白；notice注意；find发现，找到。联系下文Why was he asking the same question again and again?可知，我不明白这个演讲者正在做什么。故选B。

11.A考查连词。A. so所以；B. though然而；C. if如果；D. or或者。联系上下可知，前后是因果关系，故选A，我想得到这个便条，因此我又举起了手。

12.C考查动词词组。A. took out拿出；B. packed up打包；C. picked up捡起；D. put down记下。联系上文可知，此时便条在地上，故应选C项“捡起”。

13.B考查介词。句意：他手中拿着条子，对我们说。with表示“带着，拿着”，故选B。

14.D考查副词。A. never从来没有；B. sometimes有时；C. hardly几乎不；D. always总是。结合语境可知，它总是值20元。故选D。

15.D考查名词。A. exam考试；B. question问题；C. view观点；D. note便条。它值20美元，即使我把它扔在地上，你就像这个便条，无论你发生什么，你都有你的价值。答案为D。

16.C考查状语从句。句意：无论你发生了什么事情，你都有你的价值。表示发生什么，故选C。

17.D考查动词。A. worried担忧；B. ruined毁掉；C. suffered遭受；D. moved感动，移动。当我听到那些话的时候，我深深地被打动。答案为D。

18.A考查动词。A. realized意识到；B. forgot忘记；C. dreamed梦想；D. decided决定。结合语境可知，此时我意识到自己的价值。故选A。

19.B考查动词。A. know知道；B. mean意味着；C. think想，认为；D. vote投票。结合语境可知句意为：它并不意味着我在将来不能做好。故选B。

20.D考查词义。A. money钱；B. friendship友谊；C. violence暴力；D. myself我自己。我相信我自己，我会成功的。答案为D。

【名师点睛】

本题短文内容不难理解，但是部分小题与上下文联系不大，部分题型甚至可以独立成题。因此在解答中有必要认真分析，把他们当成一个独立的选择题来对待。完成后多读几遍，看看上下文是否语句通顺，符合逻辑关系。