绵阳市2014高考英语完形填空预演复习训练（十四）及答案.docVIP

绵阳市2014高考英语完形填空预演复习训练（14）及答案 【北京市东城区检测完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Jay Wilson was my English teacher at Lake Forest High School. It was him 36 realized my potential in writing, and his 37 made me a writer eventually. He was kind to me, but I had no 38 that he took particular notice of me. There were other 39 kids in the class, and soon I fell back into my usual 40 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, 41 I spent a lot of time reading it. After working till the night before it was due, I wrote a paper about the 42 — the first paper I typed on a typewriter — and turned it 43 the next day. I got a good 44 on it, and below the grade Mr. Wilson wrote, “Sure 45 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 46 in any way that writing was a 47 option for me. We’d never had any writers in our family line, and we didn’t know any writers personally, even 48 , so writing for a living didn’t seem something 49 to me. But then, just like that, Jay Wilson tapped my hidden 50 and let me see a wider world. Over the next 10 years, I often 51 about Mr. Wilson’s six words. Whenever I felt discouraged, it was those six words that came back to me and gave me 52 . When a few instructors in college gently and not-so-gently tried to tell me I had no talent, I held Mr. Wilson’s 53 before me to protect myself. I didn’t 54 what anyone else thought. Mr. Wilson, head of the whole English department at Lake Forest High, 55 I could be a writer. So I put my head down and struggled forward. 396 A. when B. who C. how D. where A. knowledge B. confidence C. influence D. a