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高中自主招生英语模拟卷(十五) (考试时间30分钟，分值100分) Section A (40分) Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context. I was the first in my family to go to college, but I was a little_____1______because most of my classmates had_____2______private schools where creative writing and other electives (选修课) were given. I, on the other hard, had graduated from a small rural high school______3_____ there were only six or so teachers totally. Our first assignment was to write a short story. Our teacher Shelly Paulinus made very______4_____ other specifications(说明)，allowing our______5_____ free rein(自由发挥). I remember feeling quite proud______6_____ I handed in “masterpiece”. It had a boy- meets-girl plot, and I had_____7______it until I was certain that every word was perfect. Shell_____8______ an entire class to each of our stories, returning them one______9_____so that the author could read her work to the class and get______10_____ from her classmates. The other girls’ stories were wonderful. The more I heard, the more I knew how_____11______my story was. It was several weeks ______12_____Shelly returned my assignment. With much_____13______,I read my offering aloud. My classmates found even more faults than I had imagined they would! It wasdull, it was “completely______14_____ in imagination-even now, their words______15_____ in my memory. Wondering if the criticism would ever end, I heard Shelly say_____16______, “Can’t you see what Carol has done? She has taken a very ordinary plot and,_______17____ use of her creative words, has made _____18______ sparkle(生动). Shakespeare often did the very same thing.” I couldn’t believe my ears! ______19_____the flaw(缺点), Shelly had not only found something in my work worth ______20_____, but had compared it to Shakespeare’s. Years have passed, and I never did tell Shelly how much her praise meant to me. I became