Question

When I entered Berkeley, I hoped to earn a scholarship. Having been a Straight-A student, I believed I could __36__ tough subjects and really learn something. One such course was World Literature given by Professor Jayne. I was extremely interested in the ideas he 37 in class.

When I took the first exam, I was 38 to find a 77, C-plus, on my test paper,   39   English was my best subject. I went to Professor Jayne, who listened to my arguments but remained_ 40   .

I decided to try harder, although I didn’t know what that  41  because school had always been easy for me. I read the books more carefully, but got another 77. Again, I   42  with Professor Jayne. Again, he listened patiently but wouldn’t change his 43     .

One more test before the final exam. One more  44  to improve my grade. So I redoubled my efforts and, for the first time.   45   The meaning of the word “thorough”. But my  46__    did no good and everything  47   as before.

The last hurdle(障礙) was the final. No matter what   48   I got, it wouldn’t cancel three C-pluses. I might as well kiss the   49   goodbye.

I stopped working head. I felt I knew the course material as well as I ever would. The night before the final, I even  50  myself to a movie. The next day I decided for once I’d have  51__with a test.

A week later, I was surprised to find I got an A. I hurried into professor Jayne’s office. He  52__ to be expecting me. “If I gave you the As you  53  , you wouldn’t continue to work as hard.”

I stared at him.  54  That his analysis and strategy(策略) were correct. I had worked my head   55  , 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.

 

36.   A. take        B. discuss      C. cover         D. get

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

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

39.   A. but         B. so          C. for           D. or

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

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

42.   A. quarreled    B. reasoned     C. bargained     D. chatted

43.   A. attitude      B. mind        C. plan         D. view

44.   A. choice       B. step         C. chance       D. measure

45.   A. memorized    B. considered   C. accepted      D. learned

46.   A. ambition      B. confidence   C. effort         D. method

47.   A. stayed        B. went        C. worked       D. changed

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

49.   A. scholarship     B. course      C. degree       D. subject

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

51.   A. fun            B. luck       C. problems      D. tricks.

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

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

54.   A. remembering    B. guessing    C. supposing    D. realizing

55.   A. out            B. over       C. on           D. off

Answer 1

解析：

36. A  考查詞語搭配。take subjects的意義是“上某一學科的課”。
37. B  考查詞語搭配。presented 意義是“傳授”，ideas 是he presented 的定語從句，意思是“他所傳授的理論”。

38. A考查上下文的意義的聯(lián)系。文中說他的學習成績總是得A，然而這次考試，他得的是C-plus，所以他感到震驚，所以選擇shocked。

39. C  考查上下文的意義的聯(lián)系。for表示原因。英語本來是他最好的科目，然而他的成績是C-plus。
40. D 考查上下文的意義的聯(lián)系。他與教授辯論，但老師無動于衷。
41. B 考查上下文的意義的聯(lián)系。我不知道這是怎么一回事兒。
42. B 考查上下文的意義的聯(lián)系。我又與教授辯論，此處的意義與上文arguments的意義一致。
43. B 考查詞的細微差別。mind指教授固有的思維方式。View 指對事物的意見。attitude 指對事物的態(tài)度。plan 意思是“計劃”。
44. C 考查上下文的意義的聯(lián)系。本段第一句話意思是“在期末考試前還有一次測驗，所以他還有一次機會提高他的成績。
45. D 考查上下文的意義的聯(lián)系。他加倍努力學習，所以他第一次學習到了“thorough”這個詞的意思。"thorough”意思是“完全的、深入的”。
46. C 考查上下文的意義的聯(lián)系。上文提到他加倍努力，這里意思是“努力也沒有用”。

47. B 考查詞的不同意義。一切的進展和以前一樣，went 指“進展”。Stayed 指“停留”。

48. A 考查上下文的意義的聯(lián)系。到期末的時候，無論我獲得什么高分數(shù)， 都不能去掉三個C-plus 的分數(shù)。
49. A 考查上下文的意義的聯(lián)系。本文第一句話，就提到他希望得到獎學金，這里說的是他可能與獎學金擦肩而過。
50. C 考查上下文的意義的聯(lián)系。他覺得此課程學得很好了，不用學了。在期末考試的前一天晚上，他看一部電影來款待自己。
51. A 考查上下文的意義的聯(lián)系。他決定把第二天的考試當作一次娛樂活動。與上文意義邏輯一致。
52. D 考查上下文的意義的聯(lián)系。一星期后，他驚訝地發(fā)現(xiàn)他獲得了優(yōu)秀成績，立刻跑到教授的辦公室。教授好像正盼望著他的到來。
53. C 考查上下文的意義的聯(lián)系。教授說：“如果我以前給了你所期待的優(yōu)秀成績，你就不會像這樣努力地學習了”。

54. D 考查上下文的意義的聯(lián)系。我盯著他，意識到他的分析和策略是正確的。

55. D 考查不同詞的意義差別。work my head off 指“全身心投入”。work out 意思是“做出，制定出”，work over 意思是“打擊、傷害”，work on 意思是“繼續(xù)工作”。