第一节：完形填空（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～15各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选取出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Nick sat in my classroom after school, five years ago, wanting help on a research paper that stood between him and graduation. An  1  student at the school, he felt much worried about his assignment.

Many  2  find themselves in the same position: A child feels lost with  3  and turns to you for help . Not wanting the child to   4   , some parents step in and take over. I could easily tell the  5  between a parent’s writing style and the sudent’s style on homework.

Parents often have purposes, but the result can be harmful. They’re cheating their kids out of the very   6    they want them to get Allowing children to master a skill 7  lifelong gains.

Some ways to help without hurting:

Be a model learner. If your child sees you _8_ papers, magazines or literature, he’ll be _9  motivated to learn.

Ask _10_ needs to be done, and look over completed assignments. This shows that you  __11 them to do the work and consider it important enough to review.

If you’re  _12  that he or she is falling behind , talk with the teacher about it  ___13  doing the work yourself.

Nick made it through fine. I didn’t write her paper. Nor did his mother, instead, we guided him together. At_ 14_ , we are very happy to see him collect his diploma. But _15__ was prouder than Nick. He knew what he had done.

1.A.average      B. excellent    C. open-minded    D. absent-minded

2.A.children     B. teachers     C. parents        D. researchers

3.A.school       B. homework     C. research       D. classroom

4.A.study        B. graduate     C. succeed        D. fail

5.A.difference   B. similarity   C. comparison     D. distance

6.A.homework     B. purpose      C. education      D. school

7.A.results in   B. comes from   C. makes up       D. takes over

8.A.writing      B. reading      C. collecting     D. making

9.A.not          B. more         C. no longer      D. much

10.A.who          B. what         C. why            D. how

11.A.teach        B. allow        C. expect         D. force

12.A.sure         B anxious       C. worried        D. happy

13.A.rather than  B. instead of   C. except for     D. as well as

14.A.classroom    B. home         C. graduation     D. presentation

15.A.everyone     B. someone      C. anyone         D. no one