Jay Wilson was my English teacher at Lake Forest High School. It was him realized my potential in writing, and his made me a writer eventually.
He was kind to me, but I had no that he took particular notice of me. There were other kids in the class, and soon I fell back into my usual and thought that I was just a little over average in most things. Near the end of the term, we began to read the play--Macbeth. Believe me, this is not an easy play for high school students to understand, I spent a lot of time reading it. After working till the night before it was due, I wrote a paper about the — the first paper I typed on a typewriter — and turned it the next day.
I got a good on it, and below the grade Mr. Wilson wrote, “Sure you become a writer.” That was it. Those six words were written in his clear and neat handwriting. It was the first time he or anyone had in any way that writing was a option for me. We’d never had any writers in our family line, and we didn’t know any writers personally, even , so writing for a living didn’t seem something to me. But then, just like that, Jay Wilson tapped my hidden and let me see a wider world.
Over the next 10 years, I often about Mr. Wilson’s six words. Whenever I felt discouraged, it was those six words that came back to me and gave me . When a few instructors in college gently and not-so-gently tried to tell me I had no talent, I held Mr. Wilson’s before me to protect myself. I didn’t what anyone else thought. Mr. Wilson, head of the whole English department at Lake Forest High, I could be a writer. So I put my head down and struggled forward. 396
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解析試題分析：作者回憶了高中的英語老師對他的影響，通過鼓勵，老師讓作者意識到自己在寫作方面的潛力，讓他有了努力的方向。
【小題1】考查強調句：句意：就是他讓我意識到我的寫作能力。這里使用的是強調句結構：It is/was+強調部分+that/who(指人)，所以選B
【小題2】考查名詞辨析：A. knowledge知識，B. confidence自信，C. influence影響，D. assignment任務，作業(yè)，他的影響最終讓我成為一名作家，選 C
【小題3】考查名詞辨析：A. intention意圖，B. concern關心，C. doubt懷疑，D. sense感覺，他對我很好，但是我沒有感覺他特別注意我。選D
【小題4】考查形容詞辨析：A. older更老，B. smarter更聰明，C. richer更富有，D. luckier更幸運的，班級有其他更聰明的孩子，選 B
【小題5】考查名詞辨析：A. location地理位置，B. position職位，C. motivation動機，D. qualification 資格，我很快就落回到通常的位置，選B
【小題6】考查連詞辨析：A. so因此，B. but但是，C. or或者，D. for為了，上文的;this is not an easy play for high school students to understand,和我花了很多時間閱讀是因果關系，選A
【小題7】考查名詞辨析：A. work工作，B. term學期，C. class班級，D. play戲劇，從上文的Near the end of the term, we began to read the play--Macbeth.可知作者寫了一個關于這幕戲的論文，選D
【小題8】考查介詞辨析：A. on在…上面，B. off 離開，C. in在…里面，D. up向上，第二天上交了論文，turn in上交，選C
【小題9】考查名詞辨析：A. grade年級，分數，B. praise表揚，C. idea主意，D. start開始，從下文的：below the grade Mr. Wilson wrote,可知作者的這篇論文得到好分數，選 A
【小題10】考查動詞辨析：A. wonder想知道，B. hope希望，C. make制作，D. help幫助，老師在分數下面寫：希望你能成為一個作家，選B
【小題11】考查動詞辨析：A. arranged安排，B. persuaded勸說，C. announced宣布，D. indicated暗示，這是第一次他或有人以某種方式暗示寫作是我的事業(yè)選擇。選D
【小題12】考查名詞辨析：A. career事業(yè)，B. study學習，C. hobby愛好，D. method方法，因為作者后來做了作家，所以這是他職業(yè)的選擇，選A
【小題13】考查副詞辨析：A. distantly遠離地，冷淡地，遠房地，B. frequently頻繁地，C. actually實際地，D. obviously明顯地，我們家沒有過作家，我們自己甚至遠房也不知道有什么作家。選 A
【小題14】考查形容詞辨析：A. necessary必要的，B. precious寶貴的，C. different不同的，D. available可獲得的，所以寫作謀生似乎不是我可以做的事情，選D
【小題15】考查名詞辨析：A. talent 才能，B. memory記憶，C. secret秘密，D. opinion觀點，Jay Wilson開發(fā)了我潛在的能力，讓我看見一個更加寬闊的世界。選A
【小題16】考查動詞辨析：A. worried擔心，B. thought想，C. heard聽見，D. wrote寫，在接下來的10年中，我總是想起Jay Wilson的話，選B
【小題17】考查名詞辨析：A. impression 印象，B. improvement提高，C. imagination想象， D. strength力量，每次我感覺泄氣的時候，我都回想起這六個詞，給我力量。選D
【小題18】考查名詞辨析：A. actions行動，B. wisdom智慧，C. words單詞，話語，D. duty職責，從上文的： it was those six words that came back to me可知每當大學的一些老師溫柔的或不溫柔的說我沒有天賦的時候，我都用Wilson先生的話保護我，選C
【小題19】考查動詞辨析：A. care關心，B. predict預測，C. ignore忽視，D. learn學習，我不在乎別人怎么看我，選A
【小題20】考查動詞辨析：A. proved證明，B. said說，C. promised許諾，D. answered回答，這個英語系的主任Mr. Wilson說我可以做作家。選B
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English was always my favorite subject. In my freshman year of high school, I could write a killer composition. In my second year, my teacher me to give spelling tests to the class. I had a time of my junior year. Mrs Alexander me to sit at her desk and take over the class when she had to leave the room. Only my senior English class was , as we had a teacher right out of college who expected work. Every student received a "C" or "D" grade the first quarter. But English was still my favorite subject.
I graduated from high school, early and had children. about my English, I often helped my kids with their English homework. And I wrote long articles and beautiful poetry as a columnist for a newspaper. Fifteen years later, I went to college, and because I had been an "A" student, I remained an "A" student. I up to my own expectations.
Yesterday, I my high school report cards when I was reading old papers. That bundle of report cards back the old days. I remembered sitting in my advisor's office, explaining that I had always be at English, and recommending that I did not deserve a '"D" from that inexperienced teacher of my senior year. The advisor was but unable to change a （an） . Reading through my old report cards revealed something else too. I wanted to them or hide them. I was not an "A" student in high school English! Somehow, I had myself of this, when the grades clearly reflected an average student with an "A" or "B" but mostly "C” S.
Had I lived up to those grades and myself according to those letters, I would have never confidently sought my writing career. Had I my early grades instead of myself, I would have allowed my fear of failure to enthusiasm and damage my creativity. Instead, I my younger self as an "A" English student, except for that undeserved "D".
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科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：完型填空
Some years ago when I was in my first year in college, I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time. The moment was exciting. Salome’s filled the room and brought the theater to life. I was so that I decided to write an article about her.
I Salome Bey, telling her I was from Essence magazine, and that I wanted to meet her to talk about her career. She and told me to come to her Studio next Tuesday. When I hung up, I was scared out of mind. I I was lying. I was not a writer at all and hadn’t even written a grocery list.
I interviewed Salome Bey the next Tuesday. I sat there , taking notes and asking questions that all began with, “Can you tell me…?” I soon realized that Salome Bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible. The was almost unbearable. I struggled for days draft（草稿）after draft. Finally I put my manuscript（手稿）into a large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox.
It didn’t take long. My manuscript . How stupid of me! I thought. How could I in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldn’t the rejection letter, I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.
Five years later, I was moving to California. While my apartment, I came across the unopened envelope. This time I opened it and read the editor’s letter in :
Ms Profit,
Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic. Yet we need some materials. Please add those and return the article immediately. We would like to your story soon.
Shocked, it took me a long time to . Fear of rejection cost me greatly. I lost at least five hundred dollars and the chance of having my article appear in a major magazine. More importantly, I lost years of writing. Today, I have become a full-time writer. Looking back on this , I learned a very important lesson: You can’t to doubt yourself.
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科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：完型填空
Born in America，I spoke English，not Chinese，the language of my ancestors.When I was three，my parents flashed cards with Chinese ____ at my face，but I pushed them ____.My mom believed I would learn ___ I was ready.But the ____ never came. 
On a Chinese New Year's Eve，my uncle spoke to me in Chinese，but all I could do was ____ at him，confused，scratching my head.“ Still can't speak Chinese？”He____ me，“You can't even buy a fish in Chinatown.”
“Hey，this is America，not China.I'll get some ____ with or without Chinese.”I replied and turned to my mom for ____.
“Remember to ask for fresh fish，Xin Xian Yu，”she said，handing over a $20 bill.I ____ the words，running downstairs into the streets of Chinatown.
I found the fish ____ surrounded in a sea of customers.“I'd like to buy some fresh fish，”I shouted to the fishman.But he ____ my English words and turned to serve the next customer.The laugh of the people behind increased ____ their impatience.With every ____，the breath of the dragons(龍)on my back grew stronger—my blood boiling—____ me to cry out，“Xian Sheng Yu，please.”“Very Xian Sheng，”I repeated.The crowd erupted into laughter.My face turned ____ and I ran back home ____，except for the $20 bill I held tightly in my pocket.
Should I laugh or cry？They're Chinese.I'm Chinese. I should feel right at ____.Instead，I was the joke，a disgrace(丟臉)to the language.
Sometimes，I laugh at my fish ____，but，in the end.the joke is on ____.Every laugh is a culture ____；every laugh is my heritage(傳統(tǒng))fading away.
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科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：完型填空
With the help of Gloria ,his wife ,Tom Peterson worked for many years to build a solid business selling television sets, stereo systems, and home appliances. Tom developed an excellent with their full satisfaction guarantee and friendly service. He was proud of his high percentage of repeat .
About five years ago, Tom was by the owners of a competing company, Stereo Super Stores. They wanted him to them out. The price was very attractive. Everything looked good. Before making his final Tom asked Gloria what she thought about the purchase. She told him that the numbers looked good it didn't feel to her. However, Tom was so self-confident and so convinced that this was a rare , he went ahead and made the . Within months he discovered that he had made a big . He had paid too much for a company. He tried as hard as he could to make it work out, but he couldn't turn things . He was forced into bankruptcy（破產）. He was about to lose everything, including his business.
Tom was embarrassed, but he is a survivor. He looked at his situation. He decided to admit his mistake and, rather than getting stuck in lawsuits(訴訟), he would focus his on saving and rebuilding his original business. He saw also that he had made a mistake by not listening to his , and that he needed to learn from this .He dealt with the crisis in a way that delighted people, who in turn respect for him. Old customers poured into his store. He and Gloria _to changes in retailing(零售) and have built an even better business than before.
In the business world, it is natural to gain and lose, of Peterson’s experience is an example. Only those who regard their mistakes as gifts and learn from them attract endless profits.
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科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：完型填空
The Johnson family from England believe they are lucky to be alive after surviving an incredible incident off the coast of Australia. The Johnsons had been that they might see some whales when they were _ a yacht （帆船）— a large expensive boat for a 10-day sailing around the Whitsunday Islands. , they had no clue just how their viewing would be. Two hours into their journey a nine-meter-long humpback whale out of the ocean and crashed into their boat before returning to the water.
Mark Johnson，the eldest son，was sailing the yacht when he heard an immense bang and a thud(重擊聲).He thought the yacht had hit a rock. However, when he looked up, he saw the whale down the deck of the boat. He told the reporters, “ We were staring into its right eye. It was a very _ moment. The eye was about the of a dinner plate. It was huge.”
for the Johnson family, no one was hurt, but the yacht suffered damage. The whale had ruined the mast and rigging — the pole and ropes which hold the ——and so the family was left at sea, 10 miles from the shore. The equipment was also damaged, but fortunately they had a cell phone and were able to call for help.
Why the whale jumped onto the yacht is a ，but the family thinks that maybe the boat had not sailed between the whale and its baby calf. Perhaps the whale was trying to its calf when it jumped, hit the yacht by chance.
Whatever the reason, people are completely that this incident happened. There is over 135 million square miles of ocean , so what are the of a whale jumping onto a 30-foot-long yacht? The chance of something like this happening is miniscale, but it just shows that life is full of surprises.
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科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：完型填空
Letting go of success
I want to make the most of every day. And, like most people, I've____ that the best way to do it is to let go of past failures. But that's not all. One can never fully ____ today while thinking too much about past successes, either. People never ____ while resting comfortably on their laurels (榮譽). The ___ is that sometimes our successes hold us back more than our failures!
I once ____ a story about the Oscar owner, actor Clark Gable. A friend ____ Gable one afternoon at the actor's home. She brought along her ____ son, who was playing happily with toy cars on the floor. He____ he was racing those cars around a great track, which in ____ was an imaginary circle around a golden statue (雕像). The small statue the boy played with was actually the Oscar Clark Gable ____ for his performance in the 1934 movie It Happened One Night.
When his mother told him the time had come to ____, the little boy asked the actor, “Can I have this?” ____ to the Oscar.
“Sure, ” he smiled. “It's yours.”
The horrified mother ____. “Put that back immediately!”
Giving the child the golden statue, Clark Gable said, “Having the Oscar around doesn't mean anything to me; ____it does.” The actor seemed to know that past success could be a ____ hammock (吊床) upon which he may be tempted to____, rather than a springboard setting him to begin a new start.
You may have learned to let go of past ____ and mistakes in order to free the present. But will you forget past successes and achievements in order to free the ____? Will your past be a springboard or a restful hammock?
“I like the ____ of the future better than the history of the past,” said Thomas Jefferson. I ____. After all, the future, not the past, is where the rest of your life will be lived.
【小題1】A discovered B. inferred C. hoped D. worried
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科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：完型填空
Wishing to encourage her young son’s progress on the piano, a mother took her boy to a Paderewski concert. After they were , the mother spotted a friend in the audience and walked down the passage to greet her.
Seizing the to explore the wonders of the concert hall, the little boy rose and explored his way through a door marked “NO ADMITTANCE.” When the house lights dimmed and the concert was about to begin, the mother returned to her seat and that the child was missing.
Suddenly, the curtains parted and spotlights focused on the impressive Steinway on stage. In , the mother saw her little boy sitting at the key-board, picking out Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.
At that moment, the great piano master made his , quickly moved to the piano, and in the boy’s ear, “Don’t quit. Keep playing.”
Then over, Paderewski reached down with his left hand and began filling in a bass part. Soon his right arm reached around to the other side of the child and he added a running obbligato (伴奏). Together, the old master and the young novice (beginner) transformed a frightening situation into a wonderfully experience. The audience was strongly .
That’s the way it is in life. What we can accomplish (實現(xiàn)) on our own is hardly . We try our best, but the aren’t exactly graceful flowing music. But when we trust in the hands of a Greater Power, our life’s work can be beautiful.
Next time you set out to great achievements, listen carefully. You can hear the voice of the Master, whispering in your ear, “Don’t quit. Keep playing.”
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科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：完型填空
One afternoon in January in 1998, Susan Sharp, 43, and her 8-year-old son David, were walking across an icy square, Susan's cane(手杖) slipped on the ice. Her face first into the mud. David her mother's side, “Are you all right, Mom” , Susan pulled herself up, “I'm okay, Honey,” she said.
Susan was falling more since she had trouble walking. Every inch of ice was a danger for her. “I wish I could do something,” the boy thought. David, too, was having of his own. The boy had a speech problem, so at school he talked .
One day, David's teacher announced a homework. "Each of you is going to come up with an ," she said. This was for "INVENT AMERICA", a national competition to encourage creativity in children.
An idea David one evening. If only his mother's cane didn't slip on the ice. “What if I your cane to a nail coming out of the bottom” he asked his mother.
“ the sharp end would scratch(劃破) floors,” Susan said.
“No, Mom, I make it like a ball-point pen. You take your hand off the button and the returns back up.” Hours later the cane was finished. David and his father as Susan used it to walk 50 feet about the . Happily Susan cried out, “It !”
In July 1999, David was national winner for the "INVENT AMERICA". David began to make public appearance. Thus he was forced to communicate .Today, David is nearly free of his speech problem, and his cane is becoming well accepted.
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