U 单元重庆
U1 完形填空(一)
U1 [2013·重庆卷]
请阅读下面两篇短文，掌握大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
A
When Joe was about to start school, all signs pointed to success.Yet things turned out to be quite __36__．The fourth grade even found him at the __37__ of the class.Joe struggled day and night, but it did not __38__—until one stormy afternoon.
On that afternoon，__39__ the math teacher started to introduce difficult concepts, dark clouds covered the sky, and the storm set in.Hard though she tried to make the kids __40__，the thunder won the battle for their attention.No one __41__ the concepts.Except for Joe.He understood them and answered all the questions correctly.The teacher patted him on the back, and told him to go around to the others and explain how he had managed it.__42__ by his newfound success, Joe moved quickly throughout the room.Soon math time was followed by the time for __43__．All children naturally drew __44__ pictures on such a day.Except for Joe.
Since then, Joe started __45__．Though he never made it to the top, his math teacher was always __46__ and curious about the change: Why had that stormy day changed Joe?
On the day Joe graduated, he presented the teacher with his most __47__ possession—the picture of a bright yellow sun.On the picture Joe had written: This is the day I __48__ my brightness.
36．A.unfair B．boring
