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She was only about five feet tall and probably never weighed more than 110 pounds. However, Miss Bessie was a(n)     21    presence in the classroom. From 1938 to 1942, when I attended Bernard High School, she taught me a lot    22    I realized.

There was never a(n)     23     problem in Miss Bessie’s classes. We didn’t dare to trouble a woman who knew about the Battle of Hasting and could also play the piano and     24   Shakespeare and Milton.

Miss Bessie knew that my family couldn’t afford to buy a newspaper. She knew we didn’t    25    own a radio. Still, she    26     me to “look out for your    27  and find some way to   28    what’s going on in the world.”    29    I became a delivery boy who delivered newspapers. I   30    made a dollar a week, but I got to read a newspaper every day.

Miss Bessie noticed things that had nothing to do with schoolwork but were vital to a youngster’s   31   . Once a few classmates made fun of my    32     overcoat. As I was leaving school, Miss Bessie    33    me on the back of that old overcoat and said, “ Carl, never worry about what you don’t have. Just make the most of what you do have--- a(n)    34   .

   Among the things that I didn’t have was     35     in the little wooden house. But because of her    36   , I spent many hours beside a kerosene lamp(煤油灯) reading Shakespeare. Miss Bessie introduced me    37    a wonderful world of poems and stories. She led me to     38     that I could write poems as well as Shakespeare.

So I read   39    Miss Bessie told me to, and tried to remember the things she insisted that I store. Years later, her encouragement finally led to that lovely day when Miss Bessie dropped me a note    40    “I’m so proud to read your article in The Times.”

21. A. amusing       B. towering                C. interesting        D. exciting

22. A. more than              B. less than               C. better than                D. worse than

23. A. academy              B. homework            C. race                  D. discipline

24. A. make use of   B. make fun of       C. make sense of    D. make light of

25. A. even                B. still                         C. ever                       D. yet

26. A. allowed           B. forced                   C. turned                   D. encouraged

27. A. happiness             B. future                     C. family                    D. mistake

28. A. catch up with  B. come up with        C. keep up with        D. put up with

29. A. So               B. And                     C. Because               D. As

30. A. always                B. merely                   C. sometimes           D. almost

31. A. character        B. health                C. development        D. performance

32. A. colourful          B. modern                 C. informal                D. used

33. A. patted                    B. hit                          C. struck                   D. tapped

34. A. house                     B. overcoat               C. radio                            D. brain

35. A. money             B. electricity                     C. water                            D. gas

36. A. inspiration             B. anger                           C. curiosity                D. sponsorship

37. A. to                    B. in                         C. of                           D. about

38. A. imagine          B. believe                  C. dream                   D. insist

39. A. whenever        B. wherever               C. whichever             D. whatever

40. A. writing             B. printing                  C. saying                  D. speaking      

【回答】

21-25 BADCA  26-30 DBCAB  31-35 CDADB  36-40 AABDC

知识点：人物传记 故事阅读类

题型：完型填空