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[2015·黑龙江质检]When I took my secondyear Spanish class, I was certain that it couldn't get any worse, There were a lot of people there that I didn't like. The __1__， Mrs. Sager, was very weird (奇怪的). I had to listen to people complaining about easy things with
__2__accents，and took part in strange activities that didn't help us __3__ the language.
Despite that，I did have some__4__memories. The class was small. We always listened to each other trying to__5__our lives with our limited Spanish words. Mrs. Sager often talked to each of us one by one in Spanish and gave us new views__6__discussion topics.
I used to tell my friends I__7__Mrs. Sager's class because no one tried hard to study. But when I__8__，I found I couldn't say they weren't trying, even though I sometimes really wanted to__9__
my ears when they tried to speak Spanish or wished the teacher would__10__them when they asked questions that she had already answered.
I realized this because my third year Spanish class was a real
__11__.
The class was two times__12__. Mr. Rider, the teacher, would sometimes come around and listen to us, but he never said anything or took part in our
__13__like Mrs. Sager. On the second day of the new term, we were supposed to talk about our summer in Spanish. While I was__14__mine, my partner was making faces at others. I
__15__talking and let her finish, but she didn't. Mr. Rider then told us to discuss whose__16__was the best and why. My partner just asked me to__17__what I said to her again.
I really regret not having a better attitude to my__18__year Spanish class. We often__19__a thing for granted until it's not there anymore. The__20__has taught me one thing: We should always be thankful for what we have.
作者通过讲述在上西班牙语课的经历，让作者懂得了“人生应该感恩所拥有的一切，而不是等失去之后才懂得珍惜”的道理。
1．A.doctor
B．officer
C．teacher
D．headmaster
答案：C 由文章第一句话“When I took...class”可知Mrs. Sager是一位西班牙语教师。
2．A.bad
B．beautiful
C．strong
D．spanish
答案：A 根据文章内容特别是第一段的第二句“There were a
lot of people...like.”和第二段的“...with our limited spanish words”可推知答案为A。
3．A.avoid
B．learn
C．refuse
D．calculate
答案：B 由文章知道是西班牙语学习班的第二年，故此处应该是“那些并不能帮助我学习西班牙语的奇怪的活动”。
4．A.fun
B．wrong
C．strange
D．abnormal
答案：A 第一段提到的作者不喜欢的一些人和事，根据第二段的despite可知此处的记忆与上文提到的是相反的，故用fun。
5．A.write
B．perform
C．deserve
D．describe
答案：D 根据前半句的“...listen to each other...”可知是“口头上说”，故选describe。
6．A.on
B．in
C．off
D．for
答案：A 由文章知是：给我们新的关于讨论的话题观点。
7．A.like
B．dislike
C．hate
D．despise
答案：B 由第一段第二句话和4、5段的内容可知是作者过去经常告诉朋友他不喜欢Mrs. Sager的课堂，故选B项。C、D两项语义上有点过了。
8．A.looked about
B．turned back
C．turned about
D．looked back
答案：D look back“回顾，回想”，常和介词on/upon搭配用。look about“环顾四周”；turn back“使折回，把赶走”；turn about“旋转，改变主意”。
9．A.open
B．cover
C．damage
D．update
答案：B 由上文的“__2__ accent”和本段的“no one tried hard to study”可知答案。
10．A.criticize
B．please
C．praise
D．abuse
答案：A 根据空后的“when...answered”知应是“批评”；B、C两项意思不符合，D项过分了。
11．A.dream
B．improvement
C．contribution
D．nightmare
答案：D 从上下文两位老师的对比，很容易知道选D项。
12．A.smaller
B．bigger
C．better
D．worse
答案：B 本段介绍的内容是和上文中的Mrs. Sager时期对比，故由上文的“the class was small”可以推知此处为The
class was two times bigger。
13．A.classes
B．conclusions
C．discussions
D．decisions
答案：C 由空后的like Mrs. Sager和第二段最后一句话可以知道C项正确。
14．A.making up
B．showing off
C．writing down
D．talking about
答案：D 由上句中的“we were supposed to talk about...”可知答案。
15．A.stopped
B．continued
C．began
D．enjoyed
答案：A 作者的合作伙伴没听他说而是在做鬼脸，所以就先“停下”，目的是让他停止做鬼脸。
16．A.summer
B．accent
C．journey
D．article
答案：A Mr. Rider让我们讨论谁的暑假过得最好以及为什么。
17．A.talk
B．explain
C．repeat
D．review
答案：C 根据上文可知作者已经说过了自己的暑假情况。
18．A.first
B．second
C．third
D．fourth
答案：B 从文中知作者在第三年学习西班牙语时，才意识到了第二年的做法不对，所以就会“后悔”当时没有一个更好的态度。
19．A.take
B．make
C．let
D．send
答案：A take常和for granted搭配，构成“认为……是当然的”。
20．A.matter
B．rule
C．example
D．experience
答案：D 根据文章可知是作者的“经历”让作者知道了“人应该感恩所拥有的”的道理。