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专题检测卷(十六) 完形填空 (建议用时: 40分钟) A (2013·张掖模拟) 体裁 夹叙夹议文 话题 学会倾听 词数 300 I’m a straight-A student and have been my whole life. When you come from a family of educators, it just seems　1　. With high academic standards and a competitive　2　, I don’t just like losing and I also can’t　3　it. I need to beat the　4　students, perfectly in everything. I’ve even gone so far as to define myself by my　5　, saying how outstanding I am. If I don’t get the grade I　6　then I am lost. Today I was sitting in class trying to　7　the last minutes studying for a test in which I had to get full marks. 　8　the girl behind me started talking to me, I tried to listen　9　while still glancing at my study sheet　10　. When I thought the conversation required it, I smiled, nodded and　11　. And then I found myself wishing she would be　12　so I could study. After a while, she said, “You know, you’re a really good　13　. You’re so easy to talk to. ”I froze. I replayed the praise in my head before smiling and accepting it　14　. But inside, I knew it wasn’t true. She’d made every effort to have a conversation and I wasn’t even trying to　15　. I passed the test excellently despite my　16　of lost study time, but the one thing I needed to learn most wasn’t on that test. I had　17　being the best student so that I had failed at just being normal. So what　18　to me most? What I have is all about my personal　19　and about me being too self-centered. There can only be so many scholars, but there is　20　enough sympathy. I want that to be what matters to me—sympathy. 1. A. usual　　 B. helpless　 C. unfortunate D. natural 2. A. spirit B. sport C. school D. market 3. A. take B. recommend C. stand D. help 4. A. ordinary B. top C. handsome D. strong 5. A. strength B. appearance C. grades D. tricks 6. A. invent B. expect C. copy D. hide 7. A. save B. spend C. collect D. cost 8. A. When B. After C. Because D. Before 9. A. rudely B. bitterly C. excitedly D. politely 10. A