20．A. supported B．comforted C．reminded 助读词汇

flourish v. 繁荣；昌盛；兴旺 reflection n. 映像；折射；反思 principle n. 原则；法则；原理 pursue vt. 追求 pursuit n. fulfill vt. 实现；完成 publication n. 出版；出版物 sway vt. 说服；使……动摇 bring out 使显现；使表现出 run a company 经营公司 go into law 从事律师业务 bring sb. up 把某人养育大

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D．raised

阅读下面短文，从短文后每题所给的 A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 I met Mrs. Neidl in the ninth grade on a stage-design team for a play and she was one of the directors. I loved her the first time I saw her. She had an 1 voice and a direct way of speaking, but she was encouraging and 2 .

Mrs. Neidl would ask me for my 3 . She wanted to know how I thought we should 4 with things. At first I had no 5 how to answer because I 6 nothing about stage design! But I slowly began to respond to her 7 .

Mrs. Neidl’s 8 that year was, “Try it. We will get better and better 9 !” At first, I was so afraid of failing, but Mrs. Neidl believed that I could do well. With the encouragement of Mrs. Neidl I became more 10 and went all out.

The shy, quiet freshman achieved success that year. I was 11 in the program as “Student Art Assistant” because of the time and 12 I’d put in. It was that year that I 13 I wanted to spend the rest of my life doing stage design.

Being on that stage-design team with Mrs. Neidl 14 me completely. Not only was I stronger and more able than I had thought, but I also 15 a strong interest and a world I hadn’t known existed. She taught me not to 16 what people think I should do. She taught me to take chances and not be 17 . Mrs. Neibl was my comforter when I was 18 . Her 19 in me has inspired me to do things that I never imagined 20 . 1. A. unhappy B. unpleasant 2. A. inspiring B. friendly 3. A. reason B. dream 4. A. share B. chat 5. A. idea B. time 6. A. thought B. told 7. A. explanations B. comments 8. A. message B. motto 9. A. again B. more 10. A. discouraged B. careless 11. A. recognized B. introduced 12. A. spirit B. money 13. A. doubted B. realized 14. A. scared B. shocked 15. A. discovered B. developed 16. A. accept B. care 17. A. bored B. afraid 18. A. amazed B. excited 19. A. trust B. patience 20. A. real B. enjoyable

助读词汇

stage-design n. 舞台设计 motto n. 格言；座右铭 freshman n. 新生 exist v. 存在

comforter n. 安慰者；值得欣慰的事物

C. unsure D. unfair

C. careful D. clever C. opinion D. future C. discuss D. deal C. patience D. chance C. cared D. knew C. questions D. discussions C. saying D. suggestion C. instead

D. later

C. hard-working D. confident C. blamed D. allowed C. effort D. design C. hoped D. promised C. changed D. attracted C. took

D. formed

C. judge D. wonder C. sad

D. lazy

C. pleased D. upset C. curiosity D. interest C. possible

D. wonderful

respond to 回应

with the encouragement of… 在……的鼓励下 go all out 全力以赴

recognize…as… 被认为是……；被评为…… take chances 冒险

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阅读下面短文，从短文后每题所给的 A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 A beggar was sleeping in the doorway of a fruit shop. The shop owner, who felt angry, walked up to him and ____1____ him to go away in a rude manner, but the beggar did not seem to ____2____ him and lay still there. The shop owner got much ____3____, yelling that he was a beggar in disguise and ____4____ cheated passers-by for money by making us of their kindness.

At that time, it was the busiest moment of a day and the market was ____5____ with shoppers. They all blamed the beggar for ____6____. Showing fear, the beggar ____7____ his face in an old blanket. What he received was bitter ____8____ rather than help.

The next morning, it was drizzling. An old man, who went to the market early, found the beggar ____9____ on the ground. He woke the beggar up and ____10___ asked whether he was cold or not, but the beggar made no ____11____. Then the old man ____12____ his hands gently, saying that they felt ____13____. With these words, he ran home in a hurry, returned with a pile of ____14____, picked out a sweater and urged the beggar to ____15____ it on again and again. Seeing what happened, many other passers-by surrounded the beggar and gave him change one after another, showing ____16____ for him. It was not long before the beggar received a handful of ____17____. In many cases our behavior may have a great ____18____ on the people around us because they tend to ____19____ us. Therefore, we should pay special attention to what we do and say, trying to infect others with positive words instead of ____20____ ones.

1. A. persuaded B. encouraged 2. A. approach B. speak 3. A. angrier

B. happier

C. expected

D. ordered D. agree D. more worried

C. hear

C. sadder

4. A. still B. only C. never

C. provided

D. indeed

D. equipped

5. A. crowded B. covered 6. A. laziness 7. A. buried 8. A. admiration 9. A. crying 10. A. loudly 11. A. comment 12. A. lifted

B. dishonesty B. raised B. curiosity B. eating B. rudely B. answer

C. inability D. mistake

D. bent D. praise

C. closed

C. scold

C. playing D. sleeping C. firmly

D. kindly

C. introduction D. bet

B. kissed

B. warm

C. held D. threw

C. sleepy

D. comfortable

13. A. freezing

14. A. books B. clothes 15. A. show

C. pictures

C. get

D. money D. put

D. appreciation D. sand

B. take

B. pity

16. A. respect 17. A. coins

C. affection

C. fruit

B. food

18. A. change B. view 19. A. avoid

C. effect D. impression

C. compare C. negative

D. imitate D. harmful

B. invite

B. meaningless

20. A. important 助读词汇

still adj. 静止的 adv. 仍然；甚至 bitter adj. 苦的；尖锐的 drizzle vi. 下毛毛雨 n. 毛毛细雨 change n. 零钱；改变 v. 改变；变化 yell (at) 朝某人咆哮 in a rude manner 粗鲁地 in disguise 伪装；化装 a pile of 一堆

urge sb. to do sth. 敦促某人做某事 infect…with… 使感染(某种感情)；影响