Question

When I entered Berkeley College, I hoped to earn a scholarship. Having been a straight A student, I believed I could ____ tough subjects and really learn something. One such course was World Literature given by Professor Jayne. I was extremely interested in the ideas he ____ in class.

When I took the first exam, I was ____ to find a 77, C?plus, on my test paper, ____ English was my best subject. I went to Professor Jayne, who listened to my arguments but remained ____.

I decided to try harder, although I didn't know what that ____ because study had always been easy for me. I read the books more carefully, but got another 77. Again, I ____ with Professor Jayne. Again, he listened patiently but wouldn't change his ____.

One more test before the final exam. One more ___ to improve my grades. So I redoubled my efforts and, for the first time, ____ the meaning of the word “thorough”. But my ____ did no good and everything ____ as before.

The last hurdle(障礙) was the final. No matter what ____ I got, it wouldn't cancel C?pluses. I might as well kiss the ___ goodbye.

I stopped working hard. I felt I knew the course material as well as I ever would. The night before the final, I even ___ myself to a movie. The next day I decided for once not to ____ much about the result of the test.

A week later, I was surprised to find I got an A. I hurried into Professor Jayne's office. He ____ to be expecting me. “If I had given you the A?pluses you ____， you wouldn't have continued to work as hard.”

I stared at him, ____ that his analysis and strategy(策略) were correct. I had worked my head ____， as I had never done before.

I was speechless when my course grade arrived：A?plus. It was the only A?plus given. The next year I received my scholarship. I've always remembered Professor Jayne's lesson：you alone must set your own standard of excellence.

1.A.take B．discuss C．cover D．get

2.A.sought B．presented C．exchanged D．obtained

3.A.shocked B．worried C．scared D．anxious

4.A.but B．so C．for D．or

5.A.unchanged B．unpleasant C．unfriendly D．unmoved

6.A.reflected B．meant C．improved D．affected

7.A.quarreled B．reasoned C．bargained D．concerned

8.A.attitude B．mind C．plan D．view

9.A.choice B．step C．chance D．measure

10.A.memorized B．considered

C．accepted D．learned

11.A.ambition B．confidence C．efforts D．methods

12.A.stayed B．went C．worked D．changed

13.A.grade B．answer C．lesson D．comment

14.A.scholarship B．course

C．degree D．subject

15.A.helped B．favored C．treated D．relaxed

16.A.care B．ask C．cheat D．produce

17.A.happened B．proved C．pretended D．seemed

18.A.valued B．imagined C．expected D．welcomed

19.A.remembering B．guessing

C．supposing D．realizing

20.A.out B．over C．on D．off

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.D

6.B

7.B

8.B

9.C

10.D

11.C

12.B

13.A

14.A

15.C

16.A

17.D

18.C

19.D

20.D

【解析】本文主要講述了發生在作者和Jayne教授之間的一件事情。

1.答案：A　作者一直是全優生，相信自己可以修(take)難的課程，真正學點兒東西。

2.2】答案：B　作者對Jayne教授在課堂上陳述(presented)的觀點非常感興趣。A項表示“尋找”，C項表示“交換”，D項表示“獲得”，都不符合語境。

3.3】答案：A　第一次考試作者只得了77分，自然感到震驚(shocked)。

4.4】答案：C　結合空前內容可知，這里作者之所以驚訝是因為(for)英語是作者最好的科目。

5.5】答案：D　作者去找Jayne教授，但是任憑作者如何爭辯，他都無動于衷(unmoved)。

6.6】答案：B　作者決定更加努力，雖然作者不知道那意味著(meant)什么，因為學習對作者而言一直非常輕松。

7.7】答案：B　作者更加努力學習后，不曾想成績依然是77分，于是再次與Jayne教授理論。reason with sb.表示“與某人講道理”。

8.8】答案：B　教授耐心傾聽，但是不肯改變主意，故用mind。

9.9】答案：C　在期末考試前還有一次考試，這是提高成績的又一次機會(chance)。

10.0】答案：D　作者加倍努力，第一次明白了“thorough”這一詞的含義。learn在這里表示“明白，意識到，認識到”。

11.1】答案：C　此處與上一句中的efforts相呼應，表示作者的努力(efforts)沒有得到相應的回報。

12.2】答案：B　雖然作者加倍努力，然而成績不見起色，一切如舊。此處go意為“(事情)進展，進行”。

13.3】答案：A　作者根據自己前幾次的考試經歷認定，無論自己在期末考試中考出什么樣的成績(grade)，仍然取消不了之前的C＋。9空后的grades也是提示。

14.4】答案：A　第一段第一句提到作者想獲得獎學金，可接連幾次的考試成績都不理想，所以作者認為他要和獎學金(scholarship)說拜拜了。

15.5】答案：C　作者不再努力學習，在期末考試的前夜，甚至請自己看了一場電影。treat sb. to...表示“請某人……”。

16.6】答案：A　第二天，作者決定這一次不那么看重考試結果。care much about“很看重”。

17.7】答案：D　根據下文的內容可知，過去的一切都是教授精心安排的，所以他似乎(seemed)在等著作者去找他。

18.8】答案：C　教授解釋說，如果他給了作者期望(expected)得到的A＋，作者就不會繼續如此努力了。

19.9】答案：D　作者凝視著教授，意識到(realizing)他的分析和策略是正確的。

20.20】答案：D　work one's head off表示“不斷工作，拼命干活”，此處可理解為“拼命學習”。