第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1. 5分,满30分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
There was a very special teacher who made a far–reaching difference in my life.
Fall, 1959, the first day of class at Bethesda Chevy Chase High School was about begin. "Who", I asked a senior, "is Mrs McNamara, my 10th grade English teacher?" He just ___31___ and said something about my being in ___32___ Soon, I understood what he meant. Mrs. McNamara had a pattern of ___33___ that she repeated again and again. We would have a literature reading task for ___34___. The next day ,when we came to class, there would be two or three topics on the blackboard ___35___ to the homework reading. We were ___36___ to write an in class essay about one of the topics. The following day, she would ___37___ the corrected and graded essays and each person would be called ___38___ to stand in front of the class and to ___39___ his / her essay. The class were required to criticize(评论)that essay, ___40___ the grade of everyone in class would be reduced.
The first time that I ___41___ her read–write–criticize method, I had not ___42___ to do the homework and had written something without knowing what it meant. ___43___ the extreme embarrassment I suffered, standing before my classmates, ___44___ myself. No one laughed at me, no one would be ___45___ enough, or foolish enough, to do that in Mrs. McNamara's class. The embarrassment came from ___46___ and along with it came a strong ___47___ not to let it happen again. Mrs. McNamara kept all of our written work in files, it was easy to see the ___48___ in writing that had occurred. What was not so easy to see was the inner transformation that had taken place, at least for me. What Mrs. McNamara ___49___ me to do was to see myself as others see me and, having done that, I could improve myself. And I ___50___. Thank you, Mrs. McNamara.
31. A. nodded B. laughed C. apologized D. shouted
32. A. trouble B. sorrow C. danger D. anger
33. A. behavior B. evaluation C. activity D. thought
34. A. review B. performance C. practice D. homework
35. A. added B. related C. contributed D. compared
36. A. expected B. persuaded C. allowed D. advised
37. A. collect B. return C. send D. receive
38. A. on purpose B. at first C. by chance D. in turn
39. A. talk through B. hand over C. read out D. show off
40. A. so B. and C. but D. or
41. A. tried B. adopted C. examined D. experienced
42. A. undertaken B. attempted C. bothered D. hesitated
43. A. Remember B. Predict C. Bear D. Imagine
44. A. playing jokes on B. making a fool of
C. setting a trap for D. taking advantage of
45. A. brave B. careless C. proud D. selfish
46. A. above B. within C. behind D. below
47. A. tendency B. preference C. determination D. sense
48. A. improvements B. pains C. difficulties D. advantages
49. A. trusted B. invited C. forced D. permitted
50. A. did B. could C. had D. would