完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，

选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

When 1 was twelve years old，my family were the first black people to move into an

a11-white part of Grand Rapids，Michigan．Many of our new36_weren’t very welcoming. Some of the adults said    37 that we should return where we came from．The  38  sometimes threw stones at me or  39  me home from school．

Most of my teachers 40  ignored me，but not Dorothy Bean，my history teacher．Miss Bean was angry at how badly 1 was being   41   ，but she didn’t say this to me．Miss Bean showed her 42  for me by teaching me just like anyone else．43    being unnoticed，1 was given a 44    to show that 1 was smart．Miss Bean was the first teacher who ever made me 45    for myself． She insisted on knowing what I thought about difficult 46  ．Was Thomas Jefferson right to buy Louisiana from France?

Why? She  47  me to have an opinion and to be able to  48    it up．Miss Bean was teaching me that thinking for oneself was the real    49    to Success in learning.

One day，when 1 was not   50   in class，Miss Bean suddenly threw an eraser at

me．Unbelievably，the eraser hit me right on the hand and   51     my pencil flying．The

whole class was  52  at first，then started laughing．This incident became famous in the school and，  53  it happened to me，the students wanted to get to  54    ，So that’s the story of how Dorothy Bean made me her target，and how I became just another  55  in school．

36．A．friends       B．relatives     C．fellows     D．neighbors

37．A．kindly       B．pitifully      C．angrily     D．anxiously

38．A．seniors       B．children     C．enemies     D．elders

39．A．drove        B．took        C．helped      D．carried

40．A．hardly        B．simply      C．suddenly    D．widely

41．A．taught        B．fooled      C．picked      D．treated

42．A．dislike        B．thanks      C. respect     D．gifts

43．A．Instead of     B．In memory of  C．In case of    D．In spite of

44．A．question      B．chance      C．test         D．place

45．A．care         B．100k       C．work        D．think

46．A．exams        B．history      C．questions    D．books

47．A．persuaded     B．forced       C．allowed     D．expected

48．A．back      B．set         C．shut         D．give

49．A．notice     B．key        C．attention     D．attitude

50．A．looking up     B．paying attention  C．reading aloud   D．getting along

51．A．sent      B．found      C. saw          D．kept

52．A．moved    B．calmed     C．worried     D．shocked

53．A．when     B．once       C．because     D．whether

54．A．ask       B．know      C．punish      D．admire

55．A．kid       B．problem    C. teacher       D．example

When I was twelve years old, my family were the first black people to move into an all-white part of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Many of our new 　1 weren’t very welcoming. Some of the adults said 　2 that we should return where we came from. The 　3 sometimes threw stones at me or 　4　 me home from school.

Most of my teachers 　5 ignored me, but not Dorothy Bean, my history teacher. Miss Bean was angry at how badly I was being 　6 , but she didn’t say this to me. Miss Bean showed her 　7 for me by teaching me just like anyone else. 　8 being unnoticed, I was given a 　9 to show that I was smart. Miss Bean was the first teacher who ever made me 　10 for myself. She insisted on knowing what I thought about difficult 　11 . Was Thomas Jefferson right to buy Louisiana from France? Why? She 　12 me to have an opinion and to be able to 　13 it up. Miss Bean was teaching me that thinking for oneself was the real 　14 to success in learning.

One day, when I was not 　15 in class, Miss Bean suddenly threw an eraser at me. Unbelievably, the eraser hit me right on the hand and 　16 my pencil flying. The whole class was 　17 at first, then started laughing. This incident became famous in the school and, 　18 it happened to me, the students wanted to get to 　19 me. So that’s the story of how Dorothy Bean made me her target, and how I became just another 　20 in school.

1. A. friends　　 B. relatives　　　　 C. fellows　 　 D. neighbors

2. A. kindly　　　 B. pitifully　　　　 C. angrily 　　 D. anxiously

3. A. seniors　　　　 B. children　　　　 C. enemies　　　　 D. elders

4. A. drove　　　 B. took　　　　　　 C. helped　　　 D. carried

5. A. hardly　　　 B. simply　　　　　 C. suddenly　　 D. widely

6. A. taught　　　 B. fooled　　　　　 C. picked　 　 D. treated

7. A. dislike 　　 B. thanks　　　　　 C. respect 　 D. gifts

8. A. Instead of 　　 B. In memory of　　 C. In case of 　 D. In spite of

9. A. question　　 B. chance　　　　　 C. test　　　　 D. place

10. A. care　　 　 B. look　　　　　　 C. work　　 　 D. think

11. A. exams　 B. history　　　　 C. questions　 　 D. books

12. A. got　　 　 B. forced　　　　 C. allowed　 　 D. expected

13. A. back　 　　 B. set　　　　　　 C. put　 　　　　D. give

14. A. notice　　 B. key　　　　　　 C.attention　　　 　 D. attitude

15. A. looking up　　 B. paying attention　 C. reading aloud 　 D. getting along

16. A. sent　　　 B. found　　　　　 C. saw　　　 　 D. kept

17. A. moved　 B. calmed　　　　 C. worried 　　　 D. shocked

18. A. when　　　 B. once　　　　　 C. because　 　 D. whether

19. A. ask　　　　 B. know　　　　　 C. punish　　　　 D. admire

20. A. kid　　　　 B. problem　　　　 C. teacher　　 　 D. example