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In the clinic, I asked if Michael could be retested, so the specialist tested him again. To my ___1___, it was the same score.
Later that evening, I ___2___ told Frank what I had learned that day. After talking it over, we agree that we knew our ___3___ much better than an IQ test. We ___4___ that Michael’s score must have been a ___5___ and we should treat him ___6___ as usual.
We moved to Indiana in 1962, and Michael studied at Concordia High School in the same year. He got ___7___ grades in the school, especially ___8___ biology and chemistry, which was a great comfort.
Michael ___9___ Indiana University in 1965 as a pre-medical student, soon afterwards, his teachers permitted him to take more courses than ___10___. In 1968, he was accepted by the School of Medicine, Yale University.
On graduation day in 1972, Frank and I ___11___ the ceremony at Yale. After the ceremony, we told Michael about the ___12___ IQ score he got when he was six. Since that day, Michael sometimes would look at us and say ___13___, “My dear mom and dad never told me that I couldn’t be a doctor, not until after I graduated from medical school!” It is his special way of thanking us for the ___14___ we had in him.
Interestingly, Michael then ___15___ another IQ test. We went to the same clinic where he had __16___ the test eighteen years before. This time Michael scored 126, an increase of 36 points. A result like that was supposed to be ___17___.
Children often do as ___18___ as what adults, particularly parents and teachers, ___19___ of them. That is, tell a child he is “ ___20___”, and he may play the role of a foolish child.
1．A. joy
B. surprise
C. dislike
D. disappointment
2．A. tearfully
B. fearfully
C. cheerfully
D. hopefully
3．A. student
B. son
C. friend
D. doctor
4．A. argued
B. realized
C. decided
D. understood
5．A. joke
B. mistake
C. warning
D wonder
6．A. specially B. strictly
C. naturally
D. carefully
7．A. poor
B. good
C. average
D. standard
8．A. in
B. about
C. of
D. for
9．A. visited
B. chose
C. passed
D. entered
10．A. allowed
B. described
C. required
D. offered
11．A. missed
B. held
C. delayed
D. attended
12．A. high
B. same
C. low
D. different
13．A. curiously B. eagerly
C. calmly
D. jokingly
14．A. faith
B. interest
C. pride
D. delight
15．A. looked for B. asked for
C. waited for
D. prepared for
16．A. received B. accepted
C. organized
D. discussed
17．A. imperfect B. impossible
C. uncertain
D. unsatisfactory
18．A. honestly B. much
C. well
D. bravely
19．A. hear
B. learn
C. expect
D. speak
20．A. wise
B. rude
C. shy
D. stupid
【答案】
1．D
2．A
3．B
4．C
5．B
6．C
7．B
8．A
9．D
10．C
11．D
12．C
13．D
14．A
15．B
16．A
17．B
18．C
19．C
20．D
【解析】对于成功，智商真的有那么重要吗？文章通过一个故事告诉了我们到底重要不重要！
1．disappointment 意为“失望,失意,沮丧;挫折”,to one’s disappointment意为“使某人失望的是”；to one’s joy意为“使某人高兴的是”；to one’s surprise意为“使某人吃惊的是”；to one’s dislike 意为“使某人不喜欢的是”。
2．tearfully意为“含泪地”。根据上文中“In the clinic,I asked if Michael could be retested,so the specialist tested him again.”可判断出由于Michael测试成绩不好而感到难过,因此是含着眼泪把这件事告诉Frank。fearfully 意为“可怕地”；cheerfully意为“高兴地”；hopefully意为“抱有希望地”。
3．son意为“儿子”。根据下文中的“My dear mom and dad never told me that I couldn’t be a doctor,not until after I graduated from medical school!”可判断出作者是Michael的母亲。student 意为“学生”；friend 意为“朋友”；doctor意为“医生”。
4．decide意为“决定”,根据下文的内容可判断出他们决定不把Michael智力测试的分数作为一次错误的成绩。argue 意为“辩论,争论,争辩(某事、某论点等),为(某事,某论点等)作辩解”；realize意为“实认,实感,领悟,了解,体会”；understand意为“懂得;了解,明白,理解,领悟,领会(真意等);熟悉,通晓(学问等)，知道”。
5．mistake意为“错误”。根据下文中的“we should treat him naturally as usual”可判断出他们决定把Michael智力测试的分数作为一次错误的成绩。joke 意为“笑话,戏谑,诙谐”；warning意为“警告,警报，警戒，训诫”；wonder意为“不可思议,奇异,奇妙，奇异的事情(东西),奇迹，奇观，奇才”。
6．naturally意为“自然地”,表示自然地对待Michael,而不把他当作一个弱智的儿童。specially 意为“特殊地”；strictly意为“严格地”；carefully意为“小心地”。
7．good意为“好的”,根据下文中的“which was a great comfort”可判断出Michael获得了好的学习成绩。poor 意为“拙劣的”；average意为“平均的，普通的,一般的”；standard意为“标准的,模范的,规范化的”。
8．in意为“在……方面”,根据其宾语biology and chemistry可判断出尤其是生物和化学方面Michael的成绩特别优秀。about 意为“对于,关于”；of意为“(表示所属关系)……的,属于……的;(部分)……之中的,在……中”；for意为“(表示目的)为了”。
9．enter意为“进入”,根据其宾语“Indiana University”可判断出在1951年Michael考入了Indiana University。visit 意为“游览,参观”；choose 意为“选,选择,挑选,拣,选定”；pass 意为“经过,通过，穿过，越过，超过，掠过，前进”。
10．由题意可知他选修的课程比学这门专业所需要的课程要多。require意为“需要”；allow意为“准许(做某事),许可(某现象存在)”；describe意为“记述,叙述,描写,评述”；offer意为“提供，提出，提议，伸出(手等)”。
11．attend 意为“出席”；miss意为“没打中，没猜中，没到手,没拿到,没抓到,没达到”；hold 意为“控制,保持……的状态，支持,托住，压住,止住，吸住(注意等)”；delay意为“延迟,拖延,耽搁”。
12．根据上文的内容可判断出Michael在小时候的智商是很低的,这时,作者把他智商分数很低这件事告诉了他。low意为“低的”；high 意为“高的”；same意为“相同的,同样的,同种的”；different意为“不同的,不一致的,有差别的”。
13．jokingly意为“开玩笑地”。根据Michael说的话“My dear mom and dad never told me that I couldn’t be a doctor,not until after I graduated from medical school!”可判断出他以开玩笑的口吻对自己的父母说。curiously 意为“好奇地”；eagerly意为“热心地,急切地”；calmly意为“平静地,安静地,冷静地”；A、B、C三项都与当时的气氛不相符。
14．faith 意为“信任”。根据上文的内容可判断出由于Michael在小时候的智商的分数很低,但他的父母并没有把他当作弱智的儿童对待,而是像对待其他的孩子那样对待他,正是这种信任使他在学业上取得了成绩。interest 意为“兴趣,关注，爱好”；pride意为“骄傲，自尊(心)，自豪，得意,自满”；delight意为“欢喜,高兴,愉快”。
15．asked for 意为“要求”。根据下文中“We went to the same clinic”和“This time Michael scored 126,an increase of 36 points.”可判断出Michael要求再做一次智商测试。look for 意为“寻找”；wait for意为“等待”；prepare for意为“准备”。
16．receive意为“接收,接受”,根据上文中的“In the clinic,I asked if Michael could be retested,so the specialist tested him again.”可判断出18年前 Michael在这个诊所里接受过智商测试。accept 意为“接受”。receive和accept均可表示”接收,接受”,但receive表示接收者客观地收到,并不表示愿意接受与否。accept表示收到者经过考虑,主观上愿意接受所接之物。organize意为“组织，编组，创立,创办,发起”。discuss意为“议论，讨论,辩论”。
17．impossible意为“不可能的”。根据上文中的“This time Michael scored 126,an increase of 36 points.”可判断出一个人智商增加了30分被认为是不可能的事。imperfect 意为“不完全的,有缺点的”；uncertain意为“不定的,含糊的;不确定的,易变的;不可靠的”；unsatisfactory意为“不能令人满意的;不合要求的，不充分的”。
18．well意为“好地”,在此表示儿童像成年人那样做得一样好。honestly 意为“真诚地,公正地”；much意为“很,非常,多;几乎”；bravely意为“勇敢地”。
19．expect 意为“期望”,在此表示家长和老师期望他们做得与成年人一样好。hear of意为“听说”；learn意为“学习”；speak of意为“谈及,说到”。
20．根据下文中的“he may play the role of a foolish child”可判断出如果对孩子说你是愚蠢的,他们就会扮演愚蠢的孩子的角色。stupid 意为“愚蠢的”；wise意为“有智慧的，聪明的,贤明的”；rude意为“粗暴的,粗鲁的;无礼的”；shy意为“怕羞的;羞怯的”。
My husband and I insisted that our children were old enough to clean their rooms and make their beds. But they thought
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. My complaints, even self-justified（自有道理2
, were always landing on
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ears. Very often a whole hour’s scolding would end with their
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into tears. I felt very frustrated. I realized I needed to
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my method of “mothering”.
One day when they were at school, I spent some time tidying their rooms. On their desks, in plain
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, I left the cards: “Dear Bill(the other card was
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to Sarah), your room was messy this morning and I’m sure you like it clean. Love, the Room Fairy.”
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arriving back, the children were
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excited to receive the little note from the Room Fairy. The next day, their rooms were fairly tidy. Sure enough, there was another note from the Room Fairy
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for them, thanking them for their nice “gift” of a clean room and
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asking them to play a certain violin
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. Each day, thank-you notes would be written differently to keep the ideas
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Sometimes the Room Fairy would propose a little
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: “If you can finish your homework and go over your lessons before dinner, I’d like to watch a particular television program with you tonight.” Sometimes some colored markers or other little items would be left in
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of well-done jobs the day
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.
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I can’t remember how long “the Room Fairy” continued leaving her love notes. When they were age appropriate, we used various versions of Post-Its （贴条）. The bathroom mirror became the
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centre of our home. Appointments, notices about visiting relatives, lesson schedules, and changes in plans could be
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.
We all benefited from and
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the idea of sharing reminders and daily details of life through notes. I believe the true advantage of the Room Fairy notes survives in our frequent and enjoyable communication．
21．A. differently B. not
C. negative
D. same
22．A. crying B. shouting C. persuading D. beating
23．A. side
B. deaf
C. neither
D. either
24．A. crying
B. bringing
C. bursting
D. dropping
25．A. adjust
B. adopt
C. access
D. addict
26．A. sentence
B. words
C. speech
D. sight
27．A. sent
B. read
C. delivered
D. addressed
28．A. As
B. At
C. In
D. Upon
29．A. more than
B. rather than
C. no more than
D. other than
30．A. asking
B. waiting
C. praying
D. expecting
31．A. politely
B. friendly
C. gently
D. toughly
32．A. music
B. song
C. piece
D. tone
33．A. respectable
B. uninteresting
C. incredible
D. fresh
34．A. challenge
B. question
C. suggestion
D. advice
35．A. response
B. answer
C. praise
D. honor
36．A. ahead
B. before
C. over
D. ago
37．A. Actually
B. Even so
C. Even if
D. Though
38．A. life B. main
C. memory
D. reminder
39．A. sent
B. struck
C. posted
D. hanged
40．A. learned
B. appreciated
C. shared
D. thanked
【答案】
21．A
22．B
23．B
24．C
25．A
26．B
27．D
28．D
29．A
30．B
31．C
32．C
33．D
34．A
35．C
36．B
37．A
38．D
39．C
40．B
【解析】聪明的妈妈换了一种与孩子的交流方法，取得了意想不到的效果！
21．副词辨析。根据上下文的意思可知孩子的想法和我们的不一样。认为他们不会自己整理。
22．上下文串联。这里的shouting是指我让孩子做家务的叫声与上文的complaints相一致，我的抱怨和喊叫孩子们根本不理会，最后只会让孩子们流泪。
23．形容词辨析。根据句意可知孩子们对我的抱怨根本不理睬，充耳不闻。
24．固定结构。Burst into tears流泪。
25．固定词组。Adjust…调整…是指我得调整我做妈妈的方法了。
26．名词辨析。A句子；B话；C发言；D视力，风景；结合句意可知我在卡片上留下了话。
27．动词辨析。address给...)写(信),这里是指我另外一封信写给了Sarah。
28．介词辨析。Upon…一…就…;根据句意可知D正确。孩子们一回家就非常兴奋。
29．固定用法。More than+形容词 非常…句意同上。
30．固定搭配。Wait for…等待…
31．副词辨析。A礼貌地；B友好地；C温和地；D粗暴地；C项与我以前的方法形成对比。
32．名词辨析。这里的piece指(艺术)作品;曲,篇[C]
33．形容词辨析。A尊重的；B无聊的；C难以相信的；D新鲜的。这里是指每天都有新鲜的想法。
34．上下文串联。根据下文可知都是一些有难度的工作。那么应该是challenge指有挑战性的工作。
35．固定词组。In praise of表扬…
36．固定词组.the day before前天。
37．副词辨析。根据句意可知;实际上我也记不得…
38．上下文串联。这里是指浴室的玻璃上成了贴纸条的提醒墙。下文40空后面也有这个词。
39．动词辨析。这里是指各种各样的内容都可以贴上去。
40．动词辨析。Appreciate是指喜欢。
My father brought home a sailboat when I was ten, and almost each Sunday in summers we would go sailing. Dad was quite skilled in sailing, but not good at ___36___. As for me, I ___37___ both before twelve because of living close to Lake Ontario.
The last time Dad and I set sail together is really ___ 38___. It was a perfect weekend after I graduated from university. I came home and ___39___Dad to go sailing. Out we set soon on the ___40___lake. Dad hadn’t sailed for years, but everything ___41___well with the tiller（舵柄）in his hands.
When we were in the middle of the lake, a ___ 42___ wind came all of a sudden. The boat was hit ___43___. Dad was always at his best in any___44___, but at this moment he___45___.
"John!___46___!" he shouted in a trembling voice, with the tiller still in his hands.
In my memory he could fix any___ 47___. He was the one I always___48___for strength and security. Before I could respond, a___ 49___ of water got into the boat. I rushed to the tiller ___50___it was too late. Another huge wall of water ___ 51___the boat in a minute. We were thrown into the water, and Dad was struggling aimlessly. At that moment, I felt fiercely ___52___of him.
I swam to Dad ___ 53___and assisted him in climbing onto the hull（船壳）of the boat. Upon sitting on the hull, Dad was a little awkward about his flash of ___ 54___. "It's all right, Dad. We are safe now," I comforted him.
That was the first time Dad had counted on me in a moment of emergency. More importantly, I found it was my turn to start___55___for my father.
41．A.boating
B. running
C. swimming
D. teaching
42．A.enjoyed
B. desired
C. hated
D. learned
43．A.unforgivable
B. unforgettable
C. cheerful
D. regretful
44．A.sent
B. ordered
C. invited
D. allowed
45．A.calm
B. icy
C. stormy
D. thundery
46．A.finished
B. went
C. seemed
D. sounded
47．A.strong
B. gentle
C. cold
D. hot
48．A.respeatedly
B. lightly
C. hardly
D. violently
49．A. danger
B. place
C. sport
D. job
50．A. suffered
B. fell
C. froze
D. withdrew
51．A. look
B. Help
C. Run
D. jump
52．A. problem
B. relationship
C. machine
D. boat
53．A. turned to
B. lived with
C. argued with
D. objected to
54．A. fountain
B. stream
C. shower
D. wave
55．A. if
B. for
C. after
D. but
56．A. got through
B. poured into
C. turned over
D. lifted up
57．A. ashamed
B. protective
C. tired
D. afraid
58．A. hopelessly
B. quickly
C. slowly
D. helplessly
59．A. pain
B. anger
C. fear
D. shame
60．A. making up
B. getting ready
C. paying off
D. looking out
【答案】
41．C
42．D
43．B
44．C
45．A
46．B
47．A
48．D
49．A
50．C
51．B
52．A
53．A
54．D
55．D
56．C
57．B
58．B
59．C
60．D
【解析】在作者的记忆力爸爸无所不能。可是一次难忘的航行却让作者有了新的发现—原来父亲也需要别人的帮助！
41．根据第5段I swam to Dad可以确定是C(swimming)，父亲精通航海术，却不会游泳。
根据下文，作者陪父亲一同去航海，而且还救了落水的父亲，可知作者在很小的时
候就学会了(learned)航海和游泳。
上次作者跟他父亲一起去航海，但却遇到了意外，作者好不容易才救起了落水的父
亲，当然是十分难忘(unforgettable)。
下文叙述了作者跟其父亲一起去航海的经历。根据Dad hadn’t sailed for years,可知作者在大学毕业回家后，邀请(invited)父亲一同前往，去航海。
根据下文When we were in the middle of the lake, a
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wind came all of a sudden.可知，作者他们到了湖心，突然起风。自然出发的时候应该是风平浪静(calm)，也才能够去航
海。
尽管父亲多年没有航海，但在父亲的掌控中，一切都进展顺利(go well)。
根据下文，他们的船随风颠簸，到处乱撞(violently)，而且父亲还被卷落水中，可知
一定是狂风大作(strong)。
参考上一题。
想想当时，肯定他们是遇险了，在作者记忆中，父亲应该是能处理好一切的险情(danger)，但这一次，却害怕了。(也许是老了吧，呵呵。)
根据he shouted in a trembling voice，可知父亲是害怕了，手也不听使唤了，颤抖的声音在那向作者求救。
51．根据本句中的“he shouted in a trembling voice”可知作者的爸爸很害怕，大喊“救命”。
52．在作者的记忆中，爸爸可以解决任何“问题”。fix表示“解决（问题）”。
53．因为作者相信爸爸能够解决任何问题，所以总是向他寻求力量和庇护。 tum to表示“求教于；求助于”。后三项分别表示“与……生活在一起；忍受”“与……争论””反对”，都不符合语境。
54．作者还没有来得及回答，一个水“浪”就打到了小船上。前三项分别表示“喷泉”“溪流”“淋浴；阵雨”，均与语境不符。
55．根据下文中的“We were thrown into the water…”可知尽管作者冲向舵柄，”但是“已经太迟了。
56．下一句提到作者和爸爸被抛进了水中，由此可知巨大的水墙“打翻”了小船。A项“耗尽；顺利通过（考试等）”，B项“不断涌向”，D项“举起”，均不符合语境。
57．上一句提到作者的爸爸在水中漫无目的地挣扎，下文讲到作者如何帮父亲摆脱险境，由此可知作者在那一刻强烈地感觉到要“保护”他。
58．作者“快速地”游到爸爸身边，帮他爬上了船壳。
59．第四段提到作者的爸爸用颤抖的声音向作者求救，由此可知此时他为自己当时表现出来的“恐惧”感到尴尬。
60．更重要的是，作者发现轮到自己去“照看”父亲了。look out for sb.表示“关照”。
Someone said that encouragement is simply reminding a person of the “shoulders” he’s standing on, the heritage he’s been given. That’s what happened 36 a young man, the son of a(n) 37 baseball player, was chosen by one of the minor league teams. Hard as he tried, his first season was 38 , and by midseason he expected to be removed 39 day. The coaches were 40 by his failure because he possessed all the characteristics of a superb athlete, but he seemed to have become 41 from his potential.
His 42 seemed darkest one day when he had already struck out his first time at bat. Then he stepped up to the batter’s box again and quickly ran up two strikes. The catcher called a 43 and ran for a conference to discuss strategies. While they were busy, the 44 , standing behind him, spoke casually to the boy.
Then play 45 , the next pitch was thrown and the young man knocked it out of the park. That was the turning 46 . From then on, he played the game with a new confidence and power that quickly 47 the attention of the parent team, and he was called 48 to the majors.
On the day he was leaving for the city, one of his coaches asked him what had caused such a turnaround. The young man replied it was the 49 remark the judge had 50 that day when his baseball career had seemed 51 .
“He told me I reminded him of all the times he had stood 52 my dad in the batter’s box,” the boy explained. “He said I was holding the bat just the way Dad had held it. 53 he told me, ‘I can see his genes in you; you have your father’s 54 .’ After that, whenever I swung the bat, I just 55 I was using Dad’s arms instead of my own.”
61．A. as
B. since
C. while
D. when
62．A. star
B. average
C. amateur
D. old
63．A. embarrassing
B. disappointing
C. satisfying
D. rewarding
64．A. some
B. a
C. one
D. any
65．A. amazed
B. impressed
C. puzzled
D. ashamed
66．A. separated
B. different
C. inconsistent D. divided
67．A. hope
B. future
C. dream
D. ambition
68．A. pause
B. rest
C.break
D. stop
69．A. catcher
B. coach
C. batter
D. judge
70．A. began
B. lasted
C. restarted
D. moved
71．A. part
B. point
C. place
D. spot
72．A. drew
B. fixed
C. focused
D. took
73．A. in
B. for
C. up
D. out
74．A. encouraging
B. casual
C. demanding
D. wise
75．A. said
B. made
C. given
D. pointed
76．A. fixed
B. useless
C. endless
D. helpless
77．A. on the right
B. on the left C. before
D. behind
78．A. And
B. So
C. Thus
D. Therefore
79．A. strength
B. arms
C. body
D. talent
80．A. supposed
B. pretended
C. imagined
D. expected
【答案】
61．D
62．A
63．B
64．D
65．C
66．A
67．B
68．A
69．D
70．C
71．B
72．A
73．C
74．A
75．B
76．A
77．D
78．A
79．B
80．C
【解析】文章讲述了鼓励的巨大力量，它可以化腐朽为神奇！
61．上下文串联。根据句意：就像发生在一个年轻男孩身上——一个棒球明星的儿子——被选中到小职业球队联盟中的一个球队里。
63．形容词辨析。他的第一季赛还是令人失望。
65．形容词辨析。他的教练也为他的失败不知所措因为他拥有一个极好的运动员的所有的特征，但是他好像不能把这些优点组合成同等的成就。他似乎被这些潜能分离了一样。
他似乎被这些潜能分离了一样。
67．上下文串联。根据上文可知他表现不好，未来似乎很暗淡。
68．名词辨析。接球手提出暂停后跑到投球手那里商量了一会。
就在他们在忙的时候裁判员站在本垒板后非正式的对那个男孩说着。
71．词义辨析。Turning point转折点。
72．动词辨析。根据句意：从那时起，他有信心和动力打那比赛，他也很快的引起了队友的注意了，他被提为主力了。
73．动词短语辨析。Call up 召集。意义同上。
74．形容词辨析。根据句意：小男孩回答说这正是那天裁判员的鼓励评论就如他的棒球生涯是命中注定的。
Make the remarks做出评价。
76．形容词辨析。解析同49.
77．介词辨析。根据句意：“他告诉我让我始终想起他站在我爸爸的击球位置后面”
78．连词辨析。根据上下文可知这里是顺接关系。句意：他还告诉我——我能看到他的基因在你身上，你拥有你爸爸的武器。”
80．动词辨析。根据句意：从那以后，不管什么时候我摆动那个球棒，我就想象着我正用着爸爸的武器而不是我自己的。
I enjoy working with small children and like the challenges and awards from the job. I also think my work is important. There was a time when I thought I would never have that sort of
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I wasn’t an excellent student because I didn’t do much schoolwork. In my final term I started thinking
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I might do and found I didn’t have much to
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. I just accepted that I wasn’t the type to have a career. I then found myself a job, looking after two little girls. It wasn’t too bad at first, but the
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began when I agreed to
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, so that I would be there if my 41 had to go out for business in the evening. We
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that if I had to work extra hours one week, she’d give me off the next. But
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, it didn’t often work out. I was getting extremely
44and fed up, because I had too many 45
nights and early mornings with the children.
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Sunday, I was in the park with the children, and met Megan who used to go to school with me. I told her about my
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. She suggested that I should take a (n)
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and get a qualification if I wanted to work with children. I did not think I would be
49 because I didn’t take many exams in school. She
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me to phone the local college and they were really helpful. My experience 51
for a lot and I got a part-time course. I had to
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my job with the family, and got work helping out at a kindergarten. Now I’ve got a full-time job there, I shall always be
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to Megan. I wish I had known
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that you could have a career,
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you aren’t top of the class at school.
81．A. challenge
B. career
C. course
D. award
82．A. when
B. how
C. what
D. why
83．A. learn
B. teach
C. share
D. offer
84．A. problems
B. questions
C. work
D. career
85．A. stay up
B. play with
C. look after
D. live in
86．A. friend
B. boss
C. classmate
D. parent
87．A. agreed
B. thought
C. hoped
D. believed
88．A. particularly
B. clearly
C. unfortunately
D. specially
89．A. excited
B. tired
C. surprised
D. disappointed
90．A. early
B. late
C. long
D. hard
91．A. Another
B. That
C. This
D. One
92．A. condition
B. work
C. children
D. situation
93．A. course
B. exam
C. college
D. duty
【小题14】A. hired
B. recognized
C. accepted
D. known
94．A. promised
B. persuaded
C. allowed
D. made
95．A. explained
B. showed
C. counted
D. meant
96．A. take
B. get
C. lay
D. leave
97．A. warm
B. kind
C. thankful
D. friendly
98．A. later
B. earlier
C. more
D. less
99．A. even if
B. only if
C. since
D. as
【答案】
81．B
82．C
83．D
84．A
85．D
86．B
87．A
88．C
89．B
90．B
91．D
92．D
93．A
94．C
95．B
96．C
97．D
98．C
99．B
【小题20】A
【解析】
81．考查名词。作者喜爱自己的工作，“有一段时间我以为我永远不会有 (终身的)职业
82．考查疑问词。此处what引导宾语从句，做do的宾语。
83．考查动词。因为自己上学时不是优秀学生，做的作业不多，现在发现自己能为孩子们提供offer的东西不多。
84．考查名词。开始时不错，but后的内容应与此相反，所以选A，“问题出现了”。
85．考查动词短语。当我同意问题
86．考查名词。这样如果我的老板出差晚上我会在。
88．考查副词。可对我来说，不幸的是，这协议常常得不到执行。
89．考查形容词。长时间照顾孩子的不到休息，自然很累。
90．考查副词。late与后面的early对应。晚睡早起的次数太多了。
91．考查形容词。one Sunday一个周末。泛指不具体的时间。
92．考查名词。我把我所处的状况（situation）告诉了她。
93．考查名词。take a course修一门课程
94．考查动词。因为上学时考试不多， 作者担心自己不会被录取（接受）accept。
95．考查动词。因为我有所顾虑，Megan就（打消我的顾虑）说服我给当地一家大学打电话。
96．考查动词。我的经历起来很大作用。count for 有价值, 有重要性
97．考查动词。结合下文可知作者离开这两个小女孩家的原因是她参加了业余学习’s job辞职。
98．考查形容词。感谢Megan对自己的帮助。be thankful to sb感激某人。
99．考查副词。由于Megan对自己的帮助，自己取得了一份满意的工作，而在此前自己有过一些不顺，所以希望自己早点认识Megan。
【小题20】考查连词。结合自己的经说明即使学习差的学生也可以有自己的事业。