Ⅰ.完形填空
If you were told that reading is the most important skill you will need in life, would you believe it? I didn't, but over time I realized I was __1__.
It started with my high school testing scores. When I got my __2__ back. I scored in the eighth percentile (百分位) in the reading category. After __3__ this, I walked through the halls silently as everyone compared __4__ with each other. I looked at people's faces, embarrassed at how __5__ I did. Shortly after, my dad and I had a(n) __6__. He said he found a reading program. It was through the Huntington Learning Center. I wasn't really excited about the idea __7__ it was three days a week, for two hours each day. My dad said, “If you do this now, it will __8__ in the long run.” I __9__ and gave it a shot.
The first time I walked into the Huntington Learning Center, I thought, “Now, I get to go to __10__ after school.” I was wrong. I __11__ being there, and became so motivated (有积极性的) to get my __12__ done that I was completing almost twice the work each time! When I __13__， Doug, the owner, told me I was set for a schedule that would __14__ 14 months. I proved him wrong and finished my entire __15__ in 10 months.
I took the test for the second time later that term, and __16__ my overall score by four points, and my reading by 10. I'm __17__ that I raised my reading level four grades and happy that my classes have become much __18__.
My dad __19__ tells me, “It's not where you start, it's where you finish that __20__.” I now understand it.
本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。爸爸通过帮助提高作者的阅读成绩来让他明白：从哪里起步不重要，重要的是你完成了什么。
1．A.stubborn B．selfish
C．careless D．wrong
答案：D
解析：根据下文作者的经历和感悟可知，一开始作者也不信，但是后来他才明白他错了(wrong)。
2．A.records B．lists C．results D．books
答案：C
解析：根据上一句中的testing可知，作者拿到了考试结果(results)，他的排名很低。
3．A.seeing B．giving C．reading D．finishing
答案：A
解析：作者看到(seeing)自己的成绩后，默默地穿过走廊，此时别人正在互相对比自己的试卷(papers)。
4．A.presents B．papers C．numbers D．pictures
答案：B
解析：参考上题解析。
5．A.bad B．late C．slowly D．helplessly
答案：A
解析：根据上文作者的测试结果和本空前的embarrassed可以推知，作者的成绩很差(bad)，自己都有点不好意思了。
6．A.exam B．trip C．meeting D．talk
答案：D
解析：根据下一句中的said可知，那次考试后，作者的爸爸跟他谈了(talk)一次话。
7．A.unless B．but C．because D．though
答案：C
解析：结合本空前的I wasn't really excited about the idea和本空后参加这个阅读项目所需要花费的时间可知，作者对这个提议根本没兴趣，因为(because)这会占用他很多时间。
8．A.turn up B．move on C．add up D．pay off
答案：D
解析：作者的父亲在试图说服作者参加这个项目，由此可以推知，父亲说参加这个项目，最终会有回报(pay off)。
9．A.stopped B．arrived C．agreed D．refused
答案：C
解析：根据下文作者去参加这个项目可知，他同意了(agreed)爸爸的提议，决定试一试。
10．A.school B．hospital C．church D．market
答案：A
解析：由上文的阅读活动的时间安排可知，作者觉得放学后又进了学校(school)一样，因此他得上补习班。
11．A.considered B．enjoyed C．hated D．minded
答案：B
解析：根据本空后的motivated(有积极性的)可以推知，作者很喜欢(enjoyed)在那儿。
12．A.cleaning B．experiment C．work D．duty
答案：C
解析：本空后的work有提示。作者觉得自己很有积极性，并且完成了他的作业(work)。
13．A.volunteered B．listened C．searched D．started
答案：D
解析：根据本空后的I was set for a schedule可知，刚开始(started)时，Doug对作者说，他的课程将持续(last)14个月。
14．A.stay B．last C．wait D．hold
答案：B
解析：参考上题解析。
15．A.course B．party C．test D．plan
答案：A
解析：作者是来接受阅读培训的，他在10个月内就完成了整个培训课程(course)。
16．A.achieved B．improved C．had D．got
答案：B
解析：根据下文的I raised my reading level four grades可知，作者在第二次测试中总分提高了(improved)4分。
17．A.grateful B．hopeful C．proud D．confident
答案：C
解析：与本空后的happy构成并列。作者的阅读分数提高了，所以他感到很自豪(proud)。
18．A.shorter B．longer C．safer D．easier
答案：D
解析：根据上文作者通过参加阅读项目提高了阅读能力，所以上课也就觉得更容易(easier)了。
19．A.sometimes B．always C．also D．still
答案：B
解析：爸爸总是(always)教导作者：从哪儿起步并不重要，重要的是(matters)你完成了多少。
20．A.matters B．happens C．exists D．comes
答案：A
解析：参考上题解析。
