二、完形填空(本题共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)
请认真阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
Every night after dinner, my mother and I would sit at the kitchen table. She would
new tests, showing me examples from stories of amazing children she had read in newspapers and magazines.
The first night she brought out a story about a three-year-old boy who
the capitals of all the states in our country and even the European countries. A teacher also said the little boy
pronounce the names of the foreign cities correctly.
“What’s the capital of Finland?” my mother asked me, looking at the magazine story. All I knew was the capital of California. “Nairobi!” I guessed, saying the most
word I could think of. She checked to figure out how to pronounce “Helsinki” before showing me the answer.
The tests got
. One night I had to look at a page from a geography book for three minutes and then
everything I could remember. I tried my best. Then I saw my mother’s
face once again, and my heart felt really hurt. I hated the tests, the raised
and failed expectations. Before going to bed that night, I looked in the mirror in the bathroom and saw my ordinary but
face.
I pressed my face near the mirror and stared at myself, so I could see myself more
. And then I saw what seemed to be the clever side of me because I had never seen that face before. I had new
: I wouldn’t let my mother change me. I wouldn’t be what I’m not.
So the following nights when my mother gave me her tests, I
lazily, my head on one arm. I pretended to be bored. I secretly started to
about other things. Soon, she
I was absent-minded. We had a talk and I showed my opinions about the tests. She seemed to be thinking about it.
The next day, she presented me some
tests. Slowly, my joy and confidence returned. We enjoyed this special family time together. Being “clever” doesn’t mean becoming someone else. It’s all about discovering my own way of learning.
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)11. A. present B. write C. think D. send
(
)12. A. realized B. knew C. visited D. saw
(
)13. A. must B. might C. should D. could
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)14. A. shocking B. foreign C. beautiful D. boring
(
)15. A. longer B. newer C. better D. harder
(
)16. A. look up B. write down C. listen to D. hand in
(
)17. A. smiling B. confused C. disappointed D. cheerful
(
)18. A. plans B. hobbies C. hopes D. regrets
(
)19. A. strange B. special C. happy D. common
(
)20. A. silently B. slowly C. clearly D. sadly
(
)21. A. books B. thoughts C. games D. stories
(
)22. A. stood B. performed C. slept D. talked
(
)23. A. ask B. worry C. hear D. think
(
)24. A. forgot B. noticed C. praised D. imagined
(
)25. A. easier B. stranger C. deeper D. longer
