山东德州2014届高考英语一轮复习完形填空加强训练15
1.阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
“A” for Attitude
English was always my favorite subject. In my freshman year of high school, I could write a killer composition. In my second year, my 36 _______ allowed me to give spelling tests to the class. I had wonderful 37 _______ of my junior year. Mrs. Alexander 38 _______ me to sit at her desk and take over the class when she had to leave the room. Only my senior English class was 39 _______ , as we had a teacher right out of college who expected college-level work. Every student received a “C” or “D” grade the first quarter. 40 _______ English was still my subject.
I graduated from high school, 41
_______early and had children. Confident about my English, I often helped my kids with their English homework. And I 42 _______ long articles and beautiful poetry as a columnist for a newspaper. Fifteen years later, I went to college, and because I had been an "A" student, I remained an ‘‘A” student. I 43 _______ up to my own expectations.
Yesterday, I 44
_______my high school report cards when I was reading old papers. That bundle of report cards 45
_______back the old days. I remembered sitting in my advisor's office，explaining that I had always excelled at English, and 46 _______ that I did not deserve a “D” from that 47 _______ teacher of my senior year. The advisor was sympathetic but unable to change a (an) 48 _______
Reading 49
_______my old report cards revealed something else too. I wanted to shred them or hide them. I was not an ‘‘A” student in high school English ！ Somehow, I had 50 _______ myself of this，when the grades clearly reflected an 51 student with an occasional “ A ” or ‘‘ B” but mostly “C” s.
Had I lived up to those grades and 52 _______ myself according to those letters，I would have never confidently sought my writing 53 _______ . Had I believed in my early grades instead of myself ，I would have allowed my fear of 54 _______ to defeat my enthusiasm and damage my creativity. 55
_______，I viewed my younger self as an “A” English student, except for that undeserved “D”.
36. A. monitor B. headmaster C. classmate D. teacher
37. A. impressions B. thoughts C. inspirations D. memories
38. A. approved B. appointed C. expected D. urged
39. A. flexible B. creative C. disappointing D. controversial
40. A. So B. But C. And D. Or
41. A. married B. worked C. succeeded D. progressed
42. A. wrote B. edited C. read D. copied
43. A. added B. lived C. grew D. went
44. A. counted B. remembered C. approached D. discovered
45. A. brought B. turned C. held ‘ D. kept
46. A. reporting B. guaranteeing C. complaining D. recommending
47. A. impolite B. impatient C. inexperienced D. independent
48. A. grade B. figure C. paper D. entry
49. A. out B. through C. from D. into
50. A. warned B. reminded C. informed D. convinced
51. A. average B. enthusiastic 0. outstanding D. awkward
52. A. considered B. defined C. reflected D. described
53. A. goal B. dream C. career D. enterprise
54. A. change B. risk C. stress D. failure
55. A. Otherwise B. Besides C. Instead D. Still